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Stanfield-Swinburne

Claude Stanfield; Charles Butt Stanton; Paul Starling; Desmond Swayne; Peter Stead; Campbell Stephen; Meic Stephens; Chris Stevens; Bob Stewart; Peter Stock; Mike Stoddart; Neil Stone; Mark Strong; Paul Stuart-Smith; Richard Suchorzewski; Jacqui Sullivan; Glyndwr John Summers; Desmond Swayne; Walter Sweeney; and Kay Swinburne.

Letters to John Elwyn : S-W,

Some one hundred and forty letters, 1948-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames S-W), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Christopher Sandford, 1953 (ff. 12-13), Meic Stephens, 12 December 1995 (f. 22), Winifred Coombe-Tennant, 19 February 1948 (f. 33), Dewi-Prys Thomas, 1977-1978 (ff. 36-37), David Tinker, 1967 (ff. 44-45), John Ward, 1967-1992 (ff. 75-78 verso), George Weber of Edmonton, Alberta, 1987-1994 (ff. 81-97 verso), Sir Huw Wheldon, 1961, [?late 1970s] (ff. 116-118), Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1996 (ff. 119-146 verso), the Rev. G[wilym] O[wen] Williams, 20 February 1952 (f. 158), Kyffin Williams, [1960s]-1995 (ff. 161-167), Stan Williams, [?early 1990s], (f. 171), and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, 1965-1967 (ff. 148-153). Also included are draft letters from John Elwyn (ff. 53, 58 verso-59 verso, 63 verso, 100) and drafts of two poems by Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1992 (ff. 124, 127, 129, 131, 134, 138, 141), with a translation into Welsh of one of them [?by John Elwyn], [?1992] (f. 147).

David Jones letters to Valerie Wynne-Williams

  • NLW MS 24167i-iiiE.
  • File
  • 1958-1974

One hundred and twenty-four autograph letters, 1959-1974, from painter-poet David ('Dafydd') Jones, all addressed to Valerie ('Elri') Wynne-Williams (née Price), with the exception of two to her husband Michael ('Mihangel') (ff. 54, 112-113) and one to them both (ff. 55-56), discussing a variety of topics including his, and her, health and living conditions, his work, his friends, the Welsh language and Welsh history and politics. Some letters are illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings, mainly of animals and flowers (ff. 8, 32, 33, 45 verso, 46 verso-47, 48 verso, 76, 103, 104 verso, 152), inscriptions (ff. 9, 34, 124 verso, 128, 136 verso) and sketch maps of Harrow (ff. 143, 144).
There are references throughout to friends and correspondents including Saunders Lewis (ff. 2-11 passim, 42-188 passim), Harman Grisewood (ff. 4-192 verso passim), René Hague (ff. 42 verso-187 passim), David Blamires (ff. 160, 186, 190 verso, 192), Louis Bonnerot (ff. 123, 186 verso), Tom Burns (ff. 13, 14 verso, 48, 64 verso, 68 verso, 77, 85 verso, 86 verso, 89 verso, 110, 116, 140 recto-verso, 188 verso), Douglas Cleverdon (ff. 68 verso, 160 verso, 162, 163 verso, 187), Aneirin Talfan Davies (ff. 9 verso, 11, 14 verso, 16, 33 verso, 63 verso, 71 verso, 123, 124, 128, 129 verso, 154 verso, 162), Clarissa Eden (f. 107 verso), T. S. Eliot (ff. 51 recto-verso, 62 verso, 67 verso, 69 verso, 71, 73, 74, 85), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 29 verso, 31, 131-192 verso passim), Illtud Evans (f. 6, 11 recto-verso, 37, 46 verso, 57, 61), Arthur Giardelli (ff. 150, 151 verso, 171 verso, 186), Eric Gill (ff. 45 verso, 66, 67 verso, 68 verso, 121), Stanley Honeyman (ff. 84, 140, 154 verso, 159 verso), Morag Owen (ff. 59, 98, 140), Catherine Rousseau (née Ivainer) (ff. 36 verso-127 passim), Stephen Spender (ff. 81 verso-82, 83 verso, 91), Bill Stevenson (f. 158 verso) and Helen Sutherland (ff. 68, 97 verso, 157). There are also occasional references to Desmond Chute (f. 120 verso), Idris Foster (ff. 60 verso, 63 verso), Philip Jones Griffiths (ff. 1, 131), David Lloyd George (ff. 108 verso-109, 127 verso), Megan Lloyd George (ff. 18 verso, 20, 21-22), J. D. Innes (f. 49 verso), Augustus John (f. 85 verso), Alun Oldfield-Davies (ff. 37, 77), Tristram Powell (ff. 142 recto-verso, 144), Caradog Prichard (ff. 19 verso, 77, 108), Kathleen Raine (f. 59 verso), Keidrych Rhys (ff. 6 verso, 8, 9, 16, 30 verso, 36 verso), Meic Stephens (ff. 171, 175), Vernon Watkins (ff. 47, 128 verso), D. J. Williams (f. 106 recto-verso), Kyffin Williams (ff. 49, 63, 77) and R. O. F. Wynne and his family (ff. 61, 62, 63, 64 verso, 67 verso, 81, 94 verso, 96 verso¸ 98, 130 verso), and brief reminiscences of his experiences during the First World War (ff. 70 recto-verso, 76, 79 recto-verso, 108 verso-109, 130 recto-verso, 151 verso, 164). Also included is a copy of his letter, dated 10 August 1959, to Megan Lloyd George (f. 21; for her reply see NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT3/3, f. 247); cuttings of letters to the Times by David Jones, Valerie Price and others, 1958 (ff. 193-196); and a copy of a 1959 photograph of the two by Philip Jones Griffiths (f. 197). The letter of 23 September 1973 (ff. 178-179 verso) was published under the title 'Yr Iaith' in Planet, 21 (January 1974), 3-5.

Jones, David, 1895-1974

John Tripp papers

  • NLW MS 24013i-iiD.
  • File
  • [1967]-[1975]

Literary papers of John Tripp, [1967]-[1975], comprising manuscript and typescript poetry (ff. 1-26, 28-116, 130-151, 166-171), short stories (ff. 117-118, 152-153) and scripts for radio plays (ff. 119-129, 154-165).
The poetry includes original manuscript and typescript working sheets (ff. 1-26), photocopies of published poems (ff. 166-171), fair typescript copies (typed by Fay Williams) and photocopies of original typescripts (typed by John Tripp) of poems, seventy-two mainly unpublished (ff. 28-100), and twenty-one published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected writings of John Tripp, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010) (ff. 130-151), and a series of twelve poems entitled 'Intervals of Heat', mainly unpublished (ff. 101-116). The short story 'Ferret and Weasel' (ff. 152-153) and the verse play for radio 'The Seed of Dismemberment' (ff. 154-165) were published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge, while 'Confessions of an English Tutor' and 'Sketches from Provincial Love' (ff. 117-129) remain unpublished. Also included is a letter to Tripp from Meic Stephens, 9 September 1968 (f. 6 verso), and a draft letter from Tripp to John Stuart Williams, 2 April 1969 (f. 27). A list of the contents, compiled by the donor, [?2010], is also included (ff. i-v).

Tripp, John, 1927-1986

General correspondence: Sally Roberts Jones, 1968-1969

The file contains corresondence, 1968-1969, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi. The correspondence relates to the first and other early meetings of the section and includes letters and references to many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Brenda Chamberlain, Alexander Cordell, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Rhys Davies, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, A.O.H. Jarman, Glyn Jones, Harri Pritchard Jones, John Idris Jones, R. Brinley Jones, R. Gerallt Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Roland Mathias, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, T. J. Morgan, James Morris, Leslie Norris, D. Parry-Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, Cecil J. L. Price, A. G. Prys-Jones, Alun Richards, Kate Roberts, Meic Stephens, Gwyn Thomas (Bangor), R. George Thomas, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Gwyn Williams (Trefenter), Herbert Williams and Raymond Williams.

Abse, Dannie

Llythyr oddi wrth Dilys Williams at Meic Stephens

Llythyr drafft, 19 Ionawr 1974, oddi wrth Dilys Williams at Meic Stephens, oedd ar y pryd yn Gyfarwyddwr gyda Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, yn trafod manylion poster a fyddai'n dwyn geiriau'r gerdd 'Cofio' gan Waldo Williams, brawd Dilys. 'Roedd 'Cofio' yn un o gyfres o bosteri a gyhoeddwyd gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a oedd yn arddangos cerddi Cymraeg yn erbyn cefndiroedd darluniadol o waith yr arlunydd Sue Shields.

Correspondence: 1986-1990,

Includes letters from Douglas Houston; Sylvia Kantaris (2); Angela Morton (5, including poems); Lesley Grant-Adamson (3); Irene E. Thomas (4); Michael Horovitz (4); Sue Stewart; Berenice Moore (4, including a poem); Meic Stephens; Ian M. Emberson; Anne Stevenson (6); Gwyn Parry (9); Sue Moules (6); Ann Vaughan-Williams (3); Christine Evans (4); Liz Cashdan; Chris Bendon; Jeremy Hooker (2); Bill Headdon; Robert Minhinnick; Maggie Holmes (2); Nigel Forde (3); Liz Ashurst (including poems); Berlie Doherty (5, enclosing poem); Enid Luff; Gloria Evans Davies (3); John Sewell; Harold Fawkner (2); Julia Bell (enclosing poem); Glenda Beagan; Caryl Davies (2); Maura Dooley (2); Arnt Lykke Jakobsen; Jane Esson; Terry Gifford (enclosing a poem); David Dabydeen; Sally Roberts Jones; Hugo Williams (2); Joseph Clancy; Kyffin Williams; Jean Earle (2); Sian James (2); and Candyce Clayton.

Kantaris, Sylvia.

Correspondence: 1989-1991,

Includes letters from Betty Mulcahy (2); Mavis Carter (6); Robert Minhinnick; Gwyn Parry (11, including a poem); Shelagh Hourahane (2); Berlie Doherty (3); Christine Evans (2); Mary Oldham; Lesley Grant-Adamson (4); Candyce Clayton (2); Berenice Moore (3); Cary Archard; Irene E. Thomas; Angela Morton (6, including a poem); Howard Bowcott; Anna Jauncey (3); Julia Bell; Moelwyn Merchant (2); Cora Greenhill; Alison Leonard (including a poem); Michael Horovitz; Maggie Hannan (including poems); Myra Schneider (including a poem); Gerard Casey; Gwyn O. Jones (2); Bill Headdon; Tony Curtis (copy); T. A. Owen (2); Roland Mathias (2); Glyn Jones (2); Eric Alexander (enclosing poems); Maurice Rutherford (3); Michael Holroyd (2); Roger Garfitt; Enid Luff; Meic Stephens; Carys Bell; Kate Foley; and Jeremy Hooker.

Diary

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1995, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (f. 3 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 5 verso-53 passim), Meic Stephens (ff. 13-41 passim, 47), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 42, 51), Andrew Sachs (ff. 22, 23 verso-24, 34), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27-28, 48) and Gwynfor Evans (ff. 28 verso, 35 verso), as well as to the illness and death of Glyn Jones (ff. 9 verso-16 verso passim) and the disposition of his papers (ff. 17-47 passim). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 1, 7, 47).

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Peter Sain Ley Berry; Robert Salisbury; Anthony Salkeld; Geoffrey Salt; Antoinette Mackeson-Sandbach; Carl Sargeant; Gwenno Saunders; Liz Saville Roberts; Anne Scott; Molly Scott Cato; Cerian Screen; Elizabeth Screen; David Selby; Barry Shaw; Michael Shaw; Tim Shaw; David Simmonds; Andrew Sivertsen; Peter Skelly; Brian Smith; Dewi Smith; Robert Smith; Stephen Smith; Stephen Smith; Michael Squires; Peter Stead; Meic Stephens; Christopher Stevens; Peter Stock; Robert Stoddart; John Storey; Mark Strong; Paul Stuart-Smith; and Glyndwr Summers.

Event papers 1982: Literary quiz

The file contains correspondence, quiz papers and various other papers relating to the literary quiz night held at the Oriel in Cardiff. Many prominent writers contributed rounds and there are letters from Glyn Jones, Roland Mathias, Peter Finch, John Tripp, Meic Stephens and others.

Jones, Glyn, 1905-1995

General correspondence: Sally Roberts Jones, 1970-1971

The file contains correspondence, 1970-1971, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as Secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi Gymreig. It includes a letter inviting A. G. Prys-Jones to become the next chairman of the English Language Section following the death of Jack Jones. There are also letters relating to poetry readings including one to be held by the poetry group Horse, established by Peter Finch. Other correspondents include Ron Berry, Alison Bielski, Gillian Clarke, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Cyril Hodges, Jeremy Hooker, Belinda Humfrey, Glyn Jones, Douglas Phillips, Cecil Price, Meic Stephens, Gwyn Thomas (Rhondda), Ned Thomas, and J. P. Ward.

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Huw Ceredig; D. Hywel Davies; Ithel Davies; P. Berresford Ellis; Dafydd Morris Jones; Harri Pritchard Jones (2); Huw Morris-Jones; Robyn Lewis; D. Elystan Morgan; Dewi Watkin Powell; D. Ben Rees; Syr/Sir Wyn Roberts; Ted Spanswick; Meic Stephens; Gwilym Tudur; Dafydd Wigley (2).

Ceredig, Huw

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Syr/Sir Goronwy Daniel; Alun Talfan Davies; Jennie Eirian Davies; Per Denez; Robat Gruffudd (2); Ieuan Wyn Jones; Robyn Lewis; Saunders Lewis; Manon Rhys (2); Meic Stephens; Dafydd Wigley.

Daniel, Goronwy H. (Goronwy Hopcyn), 1914-2003

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: D. J. Bowen (2); A. D. Carr; Syr/Sir Goronwy Daniel (2); Alun Talfan Davies; Ithel Davies; Hywel Teifi Edwards; Parch./Rev. Huw Ethall; June Gruffydd (3); Emyr Jenkins (4); Jan Morris (3); Parch./Rev. W. Rhys Nicholas; Eurys Rowlands (2); Wynne Samuel; Meic Stephens; Dafydd Elis Thomas; Angharad Tomos; Gwilym Tudur (3); Dafydd Wigley.

Bowen, D. J. (David James), 1925-

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Dr Carl Clowes; Huw Edwards, BBC; Robat Gruffudd (3); Ursula Masson; Ralph Maud; Geraint Morgan AS/MP (2); Dr Dylan Morris; Parch./Rev. W. Rhys Nicholas; Emyr Price (2); Robert Rhys; J. Beverley Smith; Meic Stephens; Dr Ceinwen Thomas; Dafydd Elis Thomas (2); R. S. Thomas (2); Dafydd Wigley (2).

Clowes, Carl

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Hafina Clwyd; Athro/Professor Walford Davies; Per Denez; Owen Edwards, S4C; Peter Berresford Ellis (2); Meredydd Evans (4); R. Geraint Gruffydd (3); Emyr Humphreys; Emyr Jenkins (2); Jan Morris; Esgob/Bishop Daniel Mullins; Laura McAllister; John Osmond; Meic Stephens (2); Dafydd Elis Thomas (3); Peter Walker AS/MP (2); Dafydd Wigley (4).

Clwyd, Hafina

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Myrddin ap Dafydd; Hafina Clwyd; Per Denez; Ashley Drake (7); Hywel Teifi Edwards; Peter Hughes Griffiths (2); Dafydd Iwan; Ieuan Wyn Jones; Jan Morris; John Osmond; Dewi Watkin Powell (2); Meic Stephens; Dafydd Elis Thomas; Dafydd Wigley (2).

Myrddin ap Dafydd

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