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Gwyneth Lewis Papers Elin ap Hywel, 1962-
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Letters from Gwyneth Lewis

Draft manuscript letters and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis to family, friends and literary and academic associates concerning personal, social, literary, musical and academic matters relating to her time as a student at Balliol College, Oxford; also included are newsletters of the Oxford Poetry Society and a photocopy of a manuscript review of ‘Mynd lawr i’r nefoedd’ by Menna Elfyn that was written by Gwyneth Lewis for publication.

Correspondence

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, universities, and media and insurance companies concerning personal, social, literary, academic, professional and domestic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York and her travels around the United States, together with a notebook, postcards, press cuttings, photographs, leaflets, theatre programmes, student newsletters and a map of Florence; also included are a typescript transcript and offprint of an interview with Italo Calvino by Ian Thomson, some papers relating to Elin ap Hywel (including a typescript of poems by her, a typescript of poems inspired by her work, and a typescript of a short story dedicated to her), typescripts of poems by others, and some postcards relating to Gwyneth Lewis but sent between her friends.

Correspondence

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, university staff, literary contacts and private companies, and postcards from Gwyneth Lewis to her parents, concerning personal, literary, social, academic, career, family and domestic matters, including her published work, the possibility of publishing a collection of her poetry, her editorial activities with Poetry Wales, her life in Cambridge, her applications for work and courses, and her move to Harvard; a letter from Tom Earley also includes typescript copies of two of his poems.