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Over a hundred and fifty letters, 1961-88 in English, Welsh and French, from various correspondents (surnames Jones-W). The letters, some of which include fair copies of published poems, are chiefly concerned with contemporary writing in Wales in both English and Welsh and with the recipient's work as editor of a number of volumes in this field. The correspondents include Glyn Jones (36, and three poems) 1967-86, Gwyn Jones (6) 1967-87, Saunders Lewis (1) 1974, Roland Mathias (17) 1961-86, Leslie Norris (32, and one poem) 1967-86, Eigra Lewis Roberts (2) 1970-3, R. S. Thomas (1) 1975, John Tripp (8) 1968-78, Harri Webb (14) 1967-79, and Kyffin Williams (8) 1970-1.

Manuscript vocal score of 'Dawn trees' (words, Glyn Jones). Published Magor: Mansel Thomas Trust, Ref: MT123 and MT212 [1998?].

The file comprises manuscript and typescript drafts together with printed copies of articles by Glyn Jones, 1953-1993 (with gaps), a number of which were published in Poetry Wales and Bulletin of the Welsh Academy. Included is a review of poetry readings at the Casson Theatre, Cardiff, 1973; articles on John Elwyn, 1976, 'The Beach of Falesá', 1977, John Petts, 1977, and 'Some letters of Idris Davies', 1980; the foreword to Elwyn Davies, Mild majesty (Llandysul, 1987); tributes to Gwyn Thomas, 1981, Keidrych Rhys, 1987, George Ewart Evans, 1988, and John Ormond, 1990; and a draft, notes and correspondence, 1980-1982, relating to an article on Gwyn Jones which appeared in the Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Novelists, 1930-1959 (some papers also pertain to the entry for Glyn Jones in this reference work). -- In addition, the file contains newspaper cuttings, 1960-1961 and 1963, of articles, reviews and poetry by Glyn Jones (arranged and numbered by him); they include a review of the poetry festival, Poetry at the Mermaid, 1961, and cuttings of poems and articles by various writers from the Saturday Magazine section of the Western Mail, 1960. Also included are typescript copies and cuttings of articles by six Anglo-Welsh writers, including Glyn Jones, each of whom wrote a chapter as part of a thriller serial which was published under the title 'Sextet' in the Western Mail, 1961, with related letters.

Letters to John Pikoulis from members of Alun Lewis's family other than those mentioned above. Correspondents comprise: Glyn Lewis, brother of Alun Lewis (1977-1982); Laurie Phelps, cousin of Alun Lewis (1978, 1981); Mair Fenn (née Lewis), sister of Alun Lewis, with letter, 1981, to Mair Fenn from John Pikoulis; Evelyn Loudon (née Grafton), cousin of Alun Lewis (1981); the Reverend Dewi Evans, Llwynhendy, Llanelli, cousin of Alun Lewis (1981); Gill Lewis, daughter of Alun Lewis's brother Glyn (1984); and Huw Lewis, brother of Alun Lewis (undated). Also included is a transcript by Alun John of a letter, 1944, from Thomas J. Lewis, father of Alun Lewis, to poet and writer Glyn Jones.

Envelopes marked with name of correspondent(s) and date (where applicable) of correspondence.

See also under Correspondence of Alun Lewis (photocopies, typescript copies and transcripts) .

Includes letters from L. Alun Page (10); Graham Sutherland; Friedrich R. Könekamp (3); Kyffin Williams (4); Aneirin Talfan (6); Glyn Jones (2); and D. J. Williams. The file also contains a report by Roland Mathias on a lecture given by Professor Emrys Bowen; and questions about Anglo-Welsh poetry and poets for the programme 'Literary notebook', with answers in Roland Mathias's hand.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (16); Nan Davies (6); Michael Gardner; D. J. Williams (3); Jac L. Williams (2); Glyn Jones; and David Williams. Some letters relate to Eleven men of Eppynt.

Includes letters from Tom Earley (6); H. P. Collins; Dora Polk (4); Cecil Price (21, with a letter to Ralph Maud); Glyn Jones (4); Stephen Griffith (2); Robert Morgan (3); Meic Stephens (6); F. R. Konekamp (2); Neville Masterman (8); Alison Bielski (3); Menna Gallie; Ellen Tifft (2); John Stuart Williams (16); Bryn Griffiths (8); Emily Katharine Harris (2); L. Alun Page; Alun Llewellyn (15); Susan Glyn (6); Julian Ennis (6); Ian Parrott (8); Raymond Garlick (7); Leslie Norris (3); Cledwyn Hughes (7); R. George Thomas (2); John Idris Jones (4); Arthur Giardelli; Dannie Abse; D. J. Williams; Horst Jarka; and Maurice Carpenter. The file also includes draft copies of The Anglo-Welsh Review constitution.

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (18); Dannie Abse (7); Arthur Giardelli (2); Jeffrey Steele (5); George Ewart Evans; Susan Glyn (2); Dora Polk (5); John Stuart Williams (7); Robert Shaw (2); R. S. Thomas; John Pook (3, including poems by him); Tony Curtis; Alun Llewellyn (16); Glyn Jones (2); Thomas Taig (3); H. P. Collins (4); Neville Masterman (7); John Idris Jones (8); Cecil Price (17); Kent Thompson (2); Bryn Griffiths (4); Ian Parrott (4); Bernard Lloyd (4); R. George Thomas; Howard Sergeant (2); Kay Harris; John Alun Davies (2); Brian Way (3); Alison Bielski; Vera Rich (copy); Randal Jenkins (5); Ray Howard-Jones; Raymond Garlick (4); David Gallon (4); Leslie Norris (2); John Snelling; Tom Earley; David Parry; Vernon Watkins; John Ward (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Ralph Salisbury (2); Gerald Morgan; Joseph P. Clancy; Annemarie Towner (2); Robert Morgan; Eiluned Lewis (3); and Harri Webb (copy).

Includes letters from Robert Morgan (9); Rosamund Stanhope (5); John Idris Jones (8); Leslie Norris (7); Alison Bielski (6); Alun Llewellyn (10); Meic Stephens (26); Ray Howard-Jones (19); Roy Thomas (4); Cecil Price (16); Glyn Jones (8); R. S. Thomas (4); Thomas Taig (2); John Stuart Williams (6); A. F. Leighton Thomas (11); John Trice; Neville Masterman (7); Philip Larkin; Peter Thomas (4); Eryl Davies (3); L. Alun Page (2); A. G. Prys-Jones (5); Elwyn Davies (5); Andrew Waterman (4); Alun Llywelyn-Williams (3); Kent Thompson; Leonard Clark (4); Tony Curtis (5); Raymond Garlick (6); Kyffin Williams; Peter Finch; H. P. Collins; Raymond Moore (6); Dora Polk (2); Anthony Steel; Randal Jenkins; Jeremy Hooker (3); Ellen Tifft; Glanmor Williams (2); R. George Thomas; and Norman Schwenk (2).

Includes letters from Alison Bielski (3); Leslie Norris (6); Susan Glyn (3); Dora Polk (7); Raymond Garlick (7); Gillian Clarke (29); Glyn Jones (4, including a copy of letter to Meic Stephens); J. P. Ward (6, including a typescript of the poem 'Yesterday in Cehyddion Valley', with corrections in the author's hand); Sally Roberts Jones (7); Elan Closs Stephens (5); Tony Curtis (8); David E. Painting (4); Hywel D. Lewis; A. G. Prys-Jones (8); Sam Adams (7); John Tripp (7); Belinda Humfrey (12); Rosamund Stanhope (4); Randal Jenkins (2); Robert Morgan (5); L. Alun Page (5); Jeremy Hooker (4); Ray Howard-Jones (17, including a catalogue of her first retrospective exhibition at The Sackville Gallery); Philip Pacey (3); John Ackerman (3); Leonard Clark (2); Harri Webb (5); Neville Masterman (4); Lawrence W. Hockey (4); John Stuart Williams (2); Ruth Bidgood (3); Judith Maro (3); Friedrich Konekamp (3); Cledwyn Hughes (2); and Eigra Lewis Roberts (2).

Includes letters from Robert Morgan (9); Sam Adams (8); Richard Poole (5); John Tripp (7); Sally Roberts Jones (11); Cyril Hodges (7); Raymond Garlick (7); Tony Curtis (4); Philip Pacey (3); Richard Vaughan (2); Alan Perry (3, including a typescript copy of poem 'House-Wiring'); Belinda Humfrey (5); Robin Gregory (3); Jeremy Hooker (13, including typescript copies of poems by him); Gillian Clarke (8); John Ormond (2, including typescript copies of two poems by him, signed by the author); John Stuart Williams; Ruth Bidgood (7); Ray Howard-Jones (11); Dannie Abse; Judith Maro (2); Neville Masterman (4, one addressed to Gillian Clarke); Roy Thomas (5); Sheenagh M. Pugh (3); Alison Bielski (3); Raph Maud; Dora Polk (4); Glyn Jones (4); Lawrence Hockey; Peter Finch (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (2); A. F. Leighton Thomas (3); John Pook; Bedwyr Lewis Jones (2); J. P. Ward (3); and E. G. Bowen.

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 John Pikoulis; Raymond Garlick (4); Gillian Clarke (2); Cary Archard (3); Meic Stephens (8); Ronald Lowe; Jeremy Hooker (4); A. G. Prys-Jones (4); Glyn Jones (4); J. P. Ward; John Davies (3); Ruth Bidgood (9); Nigel Jenkins; Jon Dressel; Ray Howard-Jones (2); and Sally Roberts Jones.

Includes letters from Jeremy Hooker (2, including a typescript of his article, 'A profile of Roland Mathias' for the New Welsh Review); Raymond Garlick (2); Glyn Jones; Gillian Clarke (4); and John Davies.

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.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Islwyn Ffowc Ellis ac Euros Bowen, a threfnaiadau Cynhadledd Caredigion Taliesin yn benodol, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenallt, Bobi Jones, Glyn Jones, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Tecwyn Lloyd, Alun Talfan Davies, D. J. Williams, Derec Llwyd Morgan a G. J. Williams.

The file comprises letters to David Jones, 1943-1966, from the BBC (some incomplete and undated) including letters from Douglas Cleverdon, Glyn Jones, Alun Oldfield Davies, Elwyn Evans, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Anna Kallin, Meirion Edwards, and Tristram Powell, with also contracts and payment slips, 1946-1962, and a letter to Douglas Cleverdon from Stanley Honeyman.

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to friends and associates, including Mr Alcock, Jackson Knight, Tony Stoneburner, Walter Shewring, Glyn Jones, Harman Grisewood, Alun Oldfield-Davies, T. Charles Edwards, Gwynfor Evans, Peter Orr, Valerie Wynne-Williams, Rachel Bromwich, and others. Many of the drafts are incomplete, many only of the first paragraph of the letter. There are also many letters to editors of newspapers.

Some ninety-five letters, 1955-82, to Keidrych Rhys from various correspondents (surnames I-L), mainly in his capacity as editor of Wales and Welsh correspondent of The People, together with poems, short stories and essays submitted to him for publication. The correspondents and contributors include Augustus John (2) 1959, A. G. Prys-Jones (3, with three poems and an article) 1959, David Jones (1) 1959, Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (2) 1955-7, Glyn Jones (7) 1957-82, and Mervyn Levy (5) 1957-8.