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Llythyr Melville Richards

Copi carbon o lythyr teipysgrif, 17 Chwefror 1971, oddi wrth Yr Athro Melville Richards, [Coleg Prifysgol Gogledd Cymru, Bangor], at E. T. Jones, Clerc Cyngor Dosbarth Gwledig y Fali, [sir Fôn], yn ymateb i ymholiad ganddo ynglŷn â tharddiad yr enw 'Valley'. = A carbon copy typescript letter, 17 February 1971, from Prof. Melville Richards, [University College of North Wales, Bangor], to E. T. Jones, Clerk of Valley Rural District Council, [Anglesey], in response to his enquiry concerning the origin of the name 'Valley'.

Richards, Melville

Correspondence relating to research and teaching in the field of oral history, conferences, invitations to lecture, etc.

Correspondence, 1971-87, relating to research and teaching in the field of oral history, conferences, invitations to lecture, the possibility of establishing an archive of oral material, publication of the journal Oral History, reviews, recording, participation in producing a BBC radio programme (1971-2), mention of Melvyn Bragg, 1976 (441/64), copyright on tapes, appreciation of Where Beards Wag All. Correspondents include Ronald Blythe, concerning George Ewart Evans's criticism of Akenfield, 1975 (441/5), Charles Parker of the BBC, 1971 (441/7), with a substantial number of letters from Paul and Thea Thompson of Essex University.

David Jones's 'A, a, a, Domine Deus'

A holograph copy, [1971], of David Jones's poem 'A, a, a, Domine Deus', signed 'D.J. c. 1938 & 1966'. The manuscript contains a few minor variants to the final published text, most notably the substitution of 'signum' for 'symbol' (line 5). A substantial marginal note relates to 'certain motifs & the title'.
The poem is written in black ink with the title and certain words in red ink. An early version of the poem was published in the essay 'Art and Sacrament', in Catholic Approaches, ed. by Elizabeth Pakenham (London, 1955), pp. 143-182 (p. 181), and collected in David Jones, Epoch and Artist (London, 1959), pp. 143-179 (p. 179). In its final form it first appeared in Agenda, 5.1-3 (Spring-Summer 1967), 5, and was collected in David Jones, The Sleeping Lord and Other Fragments (London, 1974), p. 9.

Jones, David, 1895-1974

Notes on teaching history at universities; transcript of a tape entitled 'The Farming Year', etc.

Manuscript notes on teaching history at universities; transcript of a tape entitled 'The Farming Year'; minutes of meetings of the Oral History Group and suggestions for a radio programme; notes on Oral History for the BBC seminar; programmes for conferences and offprints of papers given; newsletter, 1978; press cuttings, 1971-87, relating to history teaching, the redundancy of Charles Parker and a review of Spoken History; and tariff of photographic charges.

Kyffin Williams letter,

A letter, 26 May 1970, from Kyffin Williams, [London], to Meic Stephens, [Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council], attempting to secure financial support to publish his book on his 1968-1969 visit to Patagonia.
The book remained unpublished, although parts of it appeared as 'An Artist in Welsh Patagonia', in The Anglo-Welsh Review, 18.42 (February 1970), 5-32, or would be adapted for his book A Wider Sky (Llandysul, 1991). The letter contains references to Christopher Falkus of prospective publishers Weidenfeld [& Nicolson].

Williams, Kyffin, 1918-2006

R. S. Thomas poems,

Eight typescript poems, [1970]-[1972], by R. S. Thomas, published in Poetry Wales, 6.1 (Summer 1970), 37-38, and ibid. 7.4 (Spring 1972), 9-14.
The poems are 'Vocation', [1970], 'Alma Mater', 'Dimensions', 'No', 'God's Story', 'The Hand', 'Ann Griffith' and 'Amen', [1972]. However, 'Saunders Lewis', also published in the Spring 1972 number, is not present.

Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000

Jones Family Grave

Image of the Jones family grave at Merthyr Dyfan cemetary, Barry. Inscription on reverse, written by one of Gareth's sisters, Gwyneth or Eirian, reads, " Family grave of my parents, Edgar 1953 & Gwen 1965, Miss Winifred Jones (Aunt) 1951, Gareth Jones, brother, 1935."

Jehu family tree : third draft

Xerox copy, [1969], of the third draft of a pedigree of the Jehu family, originally of Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire, from the sixteenth century to the twentieth, compiled by the donor, October 1968-March 1969.

Derrick-Jehu, Leo, 1919-1994.

Llythyr Pêr Denez at Gerald Morgan

Llythyr, 30 Ionawr 1969, yn llaw'r awdur Llydewig Pêr Denez (wedi ei llofnodi 'Fel Arfer') at Gerald Morgan ('Gerallt'), ynglŷn â thriniaeth egr dros hanner cant o ddynion a gwragedd Llydewig a gawsant eu harestio, carcharu a'u holi o dan amheuaeth o gymryd rhan yng ngweithgareddau'r Front de Libération de la Bretagne (FLB). = A letter, 30 January 1969, in the hand of the Breton writer Pêr Denez (signed 'Fel Arfer') to Gerald Morgan ('Gerallt') concerning the harsh treatment of over fifty Breton men and women recently arrested, incarcerated and interrogated on suspicion of involvement in the activities of the Front de Libération de la Bretagne (Breton Liberation Front; FLB).

Denez, Per

David Jones letter

A letter, 26 October 1969, from the artist and poet David Jones, Harrow, to Ann Sidgwick of the Ganymed Press, London, giving permission to transfer the reproduction rights in Ganymed Press's facsimile of Jones's watercolour 'The Chapel in the Park' to a potential buyer (f. 6). Sidgwick's draft reply, 29 October 1969, is also included (f. 7).
The letter is written in reply to Sidgwick's of 29 September 1969 (now NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT4/13, ff. 29-32).

Jones, David, 1895-1974

Kyffin Williams letter to Gwyn and Harry Brown

Letter, 15 November 1968, from Kyffin [Williams] in Gaiman, Patagonia, to his friend the painter Gwyn Brown and her husband Harry, Tegfryn [Art Gallery], Menai Bridge, Anglesey, containing observations on the scenery and people, the weather, the challenging conditions for painting and the difficulties of communicating in Welsh and Spanish.
Williams was in Patagonia from October 1968 to early 1969 on a Fellowship awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. The letter was published in David Meredith and John Smith, Obsessed: The Biography of Sir Kyffin Williams (Llandysul, 2012), pp. 134-5.

Williams, Kyffin, 1918-2006

R. S. Thomas letter

A letter, 28 January 1968, from the poet R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron Vicarage, to Miss H. Thomas, Bangor, in which he discusses his work and opinions and the recurring figure of 'Iago Prytherch', evidently in response to specific questions from Miss Thomas.

Thomas, R. S. (Ronald Stuart), 1913-2000

Correspondence mainly with Faber and Faber in connection with George Ewart Evans's work as a reader, royalty statements, etc.

Correspondence, 1967-87, mainly with Faber and Faber, in connection with George Ewart Evans's work as a reader, royalty statements, permission to use extracts and quotations; the author's contacts; a request for assistance with Welsh; preparation of the second part of his autobiography; translation of the books into other languages; praise and comments on The Voices of the Children; meeting with Lord Rhodes.

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