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Some one hundred and fifty letters, 1944-1997, mostly in English, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames A), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Sam Adams, 1988, [?1995] (ff. 65-66 verso), Richard Allen, 1971, 1976 (ff. 68-69 verso), David Brynmor Anthony, 1944-1963 (ff. 90-101, English and Welsh; including some (ff. 94-101) on behalf of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales), their friends George and Ann Aceves, 1979-1996 (ff. 7-62), the Alresford Gallery, Winchester, 1991-1997 (ff. 70-89), the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1960 (ff. 102-105), and the Attic Gallery, Swansea, 1988-1997 (ff. 108-178). There are references to a tribute evening to Glyn Jones, 1995 (ff. 2-6), and a memorial exhibition for David Bell, 1960 (ff. 102-104).

Oxfam Desk Diary 1996, with one week to view, belonging to Raymond Garlick, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1 verso-16 verso, 19-55 verso).
The volume includes references to Gordon Stuart (f. 2), Don Dale-Jones (ff. 6, 27 verso, 28 verso), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 8 recto-verso), Leslie Norris (f. 9), Jon Dressel (ff. 20, 23, 25, 32 verso-36 verso passim, 47 verso-49), Sam Adams (ff. 23, 24), R. S. Thomas (ff. 26, 31 verso, 36 verso, 47-50 passim, 54), Wyn Binding (ff. 29 verso, 38 verso-46 passim), Jacques Wirz (ff. 31-36 verso passim, 53), Gwynfor Evans (f. 34), Kusha Petts (f. 43) and Roland Mathias (ff. 48 verso-49 verso). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 8, 17, 25, 31).

The file comprises papers, [1975]-1976, relating to Poems '76, ed. Glyn Jones (Llandysul, 1976). The poems included in the anthology appeared between 1974 and 1976, though it seems they were composed, and some published, before this period. Some of the notes are written on typescript drafts of works which appear to have been composed by Glyn Jones. -- In addition the file contains correspondence, 1975-1976, including draft letters by Glyn Jones and copies of a letter by him requesting the authors' permission to use their poems in the anthology, and letters from the following, mostly contributors: John Ackerman (2), Sam Adams (3), Graham Allen (2), Ruth Bidgood, Alison Bielski (2), Joseph Clancy, Bobi Jones, Anthony Conran (2), Tony Curtis (2), Elwyn Davies (3), Jon Dressel, Dannie Abse, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Jeremy Hooker (3), Emyr Humphreys (2), Nigel Jenkins, Sally Roberts Jones (3), Edward Lloyd (4), Roland Mathias (3), Robert Minhinnick (2), John Ormond (2), Richard Poole, A. G. Prys-Jones, Harri Gwynn, Sheenagh Pugh (3), Meic Stephens, R. S. Thomas (1), J. P. Ward (2), Harri Webb, Gwyn Williams and John Stuart Williams (2). Copies of poems are enclosed with some letters.

The file comprises correspondence, 1969-1972, 1974 and 1976, including draft letters by Glyn Jones, relating to Selected short stories (London, 1971), mostly from the literary agents, Laurence Pollinger Ltd, and publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and includes letters from Gwyn Jones (photocopies, 2), and Sam Adams (2). Also included are royalty statements and other related papers.

Includes letters from Dannie Abse (5), Sam Adams (13), Graham Allen (6), Sandra Anstey (4), and Cary Archard (17).

Correspondence, mostly concerning poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Chris Bendon; Ivor C. Treby (4); Ruth Bidgood (7); Mike Jenkins (3); Roland Mathias (2); Tom Earley (3); John Davies; Tony Curtis; Joyce Herbert (3); Sheenagh Pugh (2); Alison Bielski (3); Nigel Jenkins; Bridget Joseph; John Tripp (3); Rosamund Stanhope; Michael Farley; D. S. Savage; Susanne M. Dumbleton; Tom Rawling; Margaret Toms (4); Jon Dressel (7); J. P. Ward; Pete Morgan (4); David T. Lloyd (3); John Barnie (2); Gerald Dawe (4); Jane McLaughlin; Gerard Casey (12); Leslie Norris (2); David Constantine (2); Philip Owens (3); Moelwyn Merchant; Wes Magee (2); Steve Griffiths (2); Sam Adams (2); Jack Clemo (6); Ted Hughes; Anthony Conran; Paul Wilkins (4); I. P. Taylor (3); Phyllis M. Jones; R. S. Thomas; Ian Hughes (3); Dudley G. Davies; Mary Casey; Charles Kohler; A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Leonard Clark; Andrew McNeillie; Lynn M. Trowbridge; Huw Jones; Brian Martin Davies (addressed to Huw Jones); Richard Poole; and Chris O'Neill. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias.

Typescript drafts of the essay 'Beginning at home' by Roland Mathias, which was included in The literature of Wales in secondary schools ([Cardiff], 1987); together with related papers and correspondence, 1983-1986, including letters from Sam Adams (4), and David Parry (9).

Includes letters from Arthur Giardelli (2); Cecil Price (4); A.G. Prys-Jones; Sally Roberts Jones; John Stuart Williams (4, including copies of the poem 'Theseus on Naxos' and a photocopy of 'Dic Penderyn', broadcast in 1968); Peter Finch (3); Bryn Griffiths; Meic Stephens (13); Laurie Burt; Roy Burnett (2); A. F. Leighton Thomas (5); Sam Adams (4); John Idris Jones (2); Alison Bielski; Alan Perry; Glyn Jones (3); Malcolm Parr (3); J. P. Ward; Raymond Garlick; Jeremy Hooker (2); John Tripp; Dora Polk; Annemarie Ewing (3); Robert Morgan (2); David E. Painting; Moira Dearnley; Jeremy B. Lowe; Kyffin Williams (2); Alun Llewellyn (5); Désirée Hirst; R. George Thomas; Ieuan Gwynedd Jones; John Pikoulis (3); H. P. Collins (2); John Ackerman; Leslie Norris (2); Tony Curtis (2); Neville Masterman (2); Alan Crang; and Judith Maro. The file also contains letters and financial papers, 1970-1979, relating to The Wells, St Twynells, Pembroke.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (4); Sam Adams (2); Dannie Abse; Roy Thomas; John Trice; Ruth Bidgood; Jeremy Hooker; Kyffin Williams; and John Davies (2).

Includes letters from Leslie Norris; Nigel Jenkins; Raymond Garlick (5); Sam Adams (7); Belinda Humfrey; John Trice (2); Jon Dressel; Robert Steel (2); Ruth Bidgood (3); Jeremy Hooker (2); and John Davies.

Includes letters from Ruth Bidgood (4); Sam Adams (6); Marion Löffler (2); Robert Steel; Meic Stephens (2); Nigel Jenkins (including a typescript copy of his poem 'Porth Cwyfan (for Roland Mathias)'); Gerald Clifton; John Davies (2); Raymond Garlick (2); Jeremy Hooker; Leslie Norris (2); John Pikoulis; and Gillian Clarke (2).

Includes letters from Richard Poole (3); Sam Adams (5); Raymond Garlick (7); Jeremy Hooker (including a typescript copy of his article, 'Henry Vaughan: image-maker, iconoclast'); Ruth Bidgood (4); Meic Stephens (2); Cliff James (2); and Gloria Evans Davies. The file also contains a small bundle of letters addressed to Molly Mathias.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (4); Cary Archard; Emyr Humphreys; Cecil Price; Kay Harris (7); Gwyn O. Jones; Ruth Bidgood (3); Glyn Jones (4); Sam Adams (2); Dora Polk (2); Brian Keeble (2); John Davies (4); Jeremy Hooker; Greg Hill (2); and Belinda Humfrey.

Includes letters from John Davies (5); R. Gerallt Jones; Raymond Garlick (6); Meic Stephens (12, including copies of letters from Meic Stephens to Ceri George and R. Brinley Jones); Anthony Conran (3); Jeremy Hooker (3); Robert Minhinnick; Bruce J. James (6); Ruth Bidgood (5); Nigel Jenkins (3); Gerard Casey; Jon Dressel; Kay Harris (3); Leslie Norris (including a copy of the poem 'The dark months'); Glyn Jones (5); Elwyn Davies; Emyr Humphreys; Brian Keeble; Sam Adams (2); A. G. Prys-Jones; and Cecil Price.

Includes letters from Sally Roberts Jones (5); John Davies (5); Ruth Bidgood (9); G. O. Jones; Glyn Jones (5); A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Meic Stephens (18, including a copy of a letter to R. Geraint Gruffydd); Tony Curtis (3); Douglas Bassett (5); Prys Morgan; Gerard Casey (4); Emyr Humphreys (2); Raymond Garlick (4); J. P. Ward (2); John Osmond (2); Walford Davies (5); Greg Hill (3); Peter Finch; Leslie Norris (2); Joseph Clancy; Sam Adams (3); Dora Polk; Nigel Jenkins (4); Gwyn Jones (2); Gillian Clarke (2); Kay Harris; and Dai Smith (2).

Includes letters from Jennie Eirian Davies (2); Alun Llewellyn; Tony Bianchi (2); Brian Howells (4); Gillian Clarke (6); Ruth Bidgood (5); Dora Polk (3); Sally Roberts Jones (7); Meic Stephens (17); Jon Dressel (3); Glyn Jones (2); John Tripp; Selyf Roberts (2); John Davies (5); Belinda Humfrey (2); Jeremy Hooker (4); Peter Elfed Lewis (2); Robert Morgan; Moira Dearnley (2); Sam Adams (2); J. P. Ward; John Rowlands (3); Emyr Humphreys; Désirée Hirst; Leonard Clark (2); and Clive Betts.

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (36); Leslie Norris (3); Gillian Clarke (7); Jeremy Hooker (4); Sam Adams (3); Ruth Bidgood (7); Jon Dressel (6); Tony Bianchi (7); Gerard Casey (4); John Davies; Robin Gwyndaf; Raymond Garlick (3); Sally Roberts Jones (5); J. P. Ward (5); R. S. Thomas (2); Dannie Abse; Glyn Jones (4); John Tripp (4); A. G. Prys-Jones (6, including a letter to J. P. Ward); Prys Morgan (3); Walford Davies (4); Francis Jones (3); Dora Polk (2); Cary Archard (3); and Alison Bielski.

Includes letters from Gillian Clarke (9); Emyr Humphreys; Jeremy Hooker (5); Leslie Norris (5, including a typescript draft of the poem 'Hyperion'); Meic Stephens (26); John Davies (6); Bedwyr Lewis Jones (3); Prys Morgan (2); A. G. Prys-Jones (3); John Ormond (2); Cary Archard; David Harries (6); Glyn Jones (5); Sam Adams (2); Robin Gwyndaf; Sorley MacLean; Belinda Humfrey (6); Ruth Bidgood (3); Sally Roberts Jones; Rhys Davies; Kay Harris; Dora Polk (2); Ken Edward Smith; Maxwell Fraser; Brian Howells (3); and Robert Morgan.

Includes letters from Glyn Jones (6); Alan Rudrum; Gillian Clarke (9); Raymond Garlick (5); John Davies (11); Meic Stephens (17); Emyr Humphreys (4); Belinda Humfrey; David Blamires; John Tripp (3, including a typescript copy of the poem 'View from the Gap'); Dora Polk (5); Gerard Casey (6); John Ormond (3); Bedwyr Lewis Jones (2); Dannie Abse (2); J. P. Ward; Ruth Bidgood (9); Jon Dressel (2); Leslie Norris; Harri Webb (2); Rhys Davies; Sally Roberts Jones; John Stuart Williams; Sam Adams; Ray Howard-Jones (2); and Jeremy Hooker.

Includes letters from William Blissett (2); David [Dai] Smith; Gillian Clarke (5); Belinda Humfrey (4); Arthur Giardelli (8); Jeremy Hooker (6); Ned Thomas; Raymond Garlick (6); Ray Howard-Jones; Judith Maro (4); Harri Pritchard Jones (5); John Trice; Gwyn Jones; David Blamires (7); Sally Roberts Jones (4); Meic Stephens (14); Désirée Hirst (5); Glyn Jones (5); Sam Adams (4); Brian Howells (3); Patrick Thomas (notes); A. G. Prys-Jones; Dora Polk (2); Ruth Bidgood (3); Dannie Abse (3); Jon Dressel (2); Wyn Griffith (4); Sheenagh Pugh (2); John Stuart Williams; Cary Archard; Bobi Jones; Richard Poole; and Alan Rudrum.