Papers relating to the artist and writer David Jones
Research notes and a draft catalogue of the worksheets of In Parenthesis and The Anathemata by David Jones compiled at the Library in 1981, together with a list of letters by Tony Stoneburner, 1977, a catalogue of parts of the archive by Harman Grisewood, and a Catalogue of the artist's drawings and papers in the possession of the David Jones Trustees in 1992, prepared by Matilda and Douglas Hall.
David Jones letters to Donald Attwater
Seven letters, 1937-1964, from artist and writer David Jones, Harrow, to the Catholic author and editor Donald Attwater, in which he discusses In Parenthesis and The Anathemata (ff. 23, 24, 28 recto-verso, 29 verso, 32), Welsh history (ff. 24 verso, 27 recto-verso), Welsh place names (ff. 26 verso-27, 29 recto-verso, 30 recto-verso), Cornwall (ff. 29 verso, 30 verso), the Biblical place name Calvary or Golgotha (ff. 30 recto-verso), the attitude of the French authorities to the Breton language (ff. 31 recto-verso), and his inability to learn languages, in particular Welsh (ff. 25, 31 verso).
Jones, David, 1895-1974