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The group comprises material collected by René Hague while editing Dai Greatcoat : a self-portrait of David Jones in his letters, (London : Faber and Faber, 1980), a collection of letters to H. S. (Jim) Ede, Harman Grisewood, T. F. (Tom) Burns, and René Hague. There are copies of letters from David Jones to them and others, and also biographical material, setting copies, and other material relating to the publication. They have been arranged into two groups and listed by Harman Grisewood.

The file comprises letters to David Jones, 1943-1961 and undated, from friends and acquaintances, including Kenneth Clark, Harman Grisewood, Lady Barbara Moray, Joan and René Hague, Fr Illtud Evans O.P., and Theodore Bailey O.S.B.

The file comprises four bundles of typescript copies of David Jones' letters to Jim Ede, Tom Burns, Harman Grisewood and Rene Hague, arranged chronologically into four sections as in the book. There is also a letter from David Jones to Philip Hagreen, and a letter from René Hague to Colin [Hughes], 1978.

The file comprises letters to David Jones arranged alphabetically, G-I, including Nicolete Gray, Harman Grisewood, Bryn Griffiths, Arthur Giardelli, Ray [Howard-Jones], Rupert Hart-Davies, René Hague, Robin Ironside and others.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to some of his dearest friends: René Hague, Valerie Wynne Williams (and to her mother Mrs Price), Harman Grisewood, Helen Sutherland, Tom Burns, Jim Ede, Morag [McLennan], and Saunders Lewis.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones mainly to Harman Grisewood and Jim Ede, with also letters to Helen Ede and René Hague, with one letter each to Prudence Pelham, Philip Hagreen, and T. S. Eliot.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones to René Hague, and occasionally to his wife, Jean Hague, 1933-1974, selected for Dai Greatcoat.

The file mainly comprises typescript copies of numerous letters by David Jones to René Hague, 1931-1974, and a few to Jim and Helen Ede, 1927-1936.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones to René Hague, and occasionally to his wife, Jean Hague, 1934-1936, 1946, 1955, 1960, 1963-1967, 1970-1974.

The file comprises postcards to David Jones from Jim Ede, Louis Bonnerot, Janet Stone, Harman Grisewood, Peter Levi, Douglas Cleverdon, Will Carter, Walter Shewring, Desmond Chute, Ben Nicholson, Prudence Pelham, Desirée Hirst, Lynette Roberts, Keidrych Rhys, Tom Burns, René Hague, Helen Sutherland and many other friends and family members, with also a Christmas card made by Ray Howard-Jones and a postcard from David Jones, 1915.

The group contains manuscript and typescript drafts of most of the poems which appear in the volume with also some material which was unused.
The Roman Quarry and other sequences was edited by Harman Grisewood and René Hague, and first published by Agenda Editions in 1981. (See the foreword and introduction for information on how the material was selected from the archive for publication in this volume.) The volume is made up of some unpublished poetry, but also poetry which may have been part of The Anathemata (1952), The Sleeping Lord (1974), The Kensington Mass (1975) or The Narrows (1981). Most of the papers are from Group B.