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The file contains corresondence, 1968-1969, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi. The correspondence relates to the first and other early meetings of the section and includes letters and references to many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Brenda Chamberlain, Alexander Cordell, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Rhys Davies, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, A.O.H. Jarman, Glyn Jones, Harri Pritchard Jones, John Idris Jones, R. Brinley Jones, R. Gerallt Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Roland Mathias, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, T. J. Morgan, James Morris, Leslie Norris, D. Parry-Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, Cecil J. L. Price, A. G. Prys-Jones, Alun Richards, Kate Roberts, Meic Stephens, Gwyn Thomas (Bangor), R. George Thomas, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Gwyn Williams (Trefenter), Herbert Williams and Raymond Williams.

Correspondence between John Legonna, figures in the Welsh, Breton and Celtic nationalist, socialist and literary communities, contributors and subscribers to 'Cilmeri', publishers, periodicals, banks, family and friends, concerning a wide range of political, literary and personal matters, especially the production and content of 'Cilmeri' and other publications, the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, Welsh republican groups, nationalist and socialist movements in Wales and other Celtic countries, the Celtic League and pan-Celtic politics, and Legonna's personal problems and arrangements at the end of his life, including his intended writing projects, together with articles, poems and reviews intended for publication in 'Cilmeri', including a curriculum vitae of Olier Mordrel, and also related press cuttings and lists of books available from Club Leabhar (the Highland Book Club).

Llythyr drafft, 19 Ionawr 1974, oddi wrth Dilys Williams at Meic Stephens, oedd ar y pryd yn Gyfarwyddwr gyda Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, yn trafod manylion poster a fyddai'n dwyn geiriau'r gerdd 'Cofio' gan Waldo Williams, brawd Dilys. 'Roedd 'Cofio' yn un o gyfres o bosteri a gyhoeddwyd gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a oedd yn arddangos cerddi Cymraeg yn erbyn cefndiroedd darluniadol o waith yr arlunydd Sue Shields.

Includes letters from Derek Savage (97), Howard Sergeant (9), Jon Silkin (8), Alan Sillitoe (4), Mercer Simpson (17), Dai Smith (5), Elan Closs Stephens (5), Meic Stephens (71), and Julian Symons (13).

Some one hundred and forty letters, 1948-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames S-W), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Christopher Sandford, 1953 (ff. 12-13), Meic Stephens, 12 December 1995 (f. 22), Winifred Coombe-Tennant, 19 February 1948 (f. 33), Dewi-Prys Thomas, 1977-1978 (ff. 36-37), David Tinker, 1967 (ff. 44-45), John Ward, 1967-1992 (ff. 75-78 verso), George Weber of Edmonton, Alberta, 1987-1994 (ff. 81-97 verso), Sir Huw Wheldon, 1961, [?late 1970s] (ff. 116-118), Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1996 (ff. 119-146 verso), the Rev. G[wilym] O[wen] Williams, 20 February 1952 (f. 158), Kyffin Williams, [1960s]-1995 (ff. 161-167), Stan Williams, [?early 1990s], (f. 171), and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, 1965-1967 (ff. 148-153). Also included are draft letters from John Elwyn (ff. 53, 58 verso-59 verso, 63 verso, 100) and drafts of two poems by Phillip Whitfield, 1991-1992 (ff. 124, 127, 129, 131, 134, 138, 141), with a translation into Welsh of one of them [?by John Elwyn], [?1992] (f. 147).

Includes letters from Glyn Ceiriog Hughes (2), Hilda Vaughan, Julia Peyton Jones, Leonard Appelbee, Cledwyn Hughes, Jenny Lynn (2), Delyth Jones, Meic Stephens, and Bernard Dunstan (Christmas card with original sketch).

Includes letters from Jack Raymond Jones (2), Gwilym O. Williams, Meic Stephens, Ralph Edwards (4), Franta Belsky, Priscilla Anderson (2), Clough Williams-Ellis, Joan Connell, Ieuan Rees, David Jenkins, Bernard Dunstan, and Diana Armfield.

Includes letters from John Ward (3, including an ink sketch of a woman), Derec Llwyd Morgan, Peter Prendergast (3), Keith Grant, Meic Stephens, Colin See-Paynton (4), Michael Mansfield, Alistair Crawford (2), and Eleri Mills.

Correspondence, 1990-1995, regarding the commission, publication, and use of literary works by John Barnie and the commission of some articles for Planet magazine, including letters from John Barnie (6); Mike Jenkins (2); Meic Stephens (3); Tony Bianchi (2); Tom Owen (1); Kate Pahl (1); Dyfed Elis Gruffydd (6); Susan Burns & Marc Collett (1); Ned Thomas (3); Paul Oliver (1); Cilla Huggins (2); William Ferris (1); Wyn Binding (1); Mick Felton (2); Johnny Coppin (1); Liz Powell (1); Susan Jenkins (3); Barry Dempster (3); Ole Henrik Giortz (1); Maura Dooley (1); David Lloyd (7); Pamela Brayley (1); Sally Baker (1); Colin Everett (1); Jeffrey Young (1); Richard Poole (2); Robert Minhinnick (4); Kevin Thomas (1); Mairwen Prys Jones (1); and David Esslemont (1). The file also contains a copy of readers' reports for John Barnie's works 'No Hiding Place' (1995) and 'The City' (1991); and a typescript copy of acknowledgments intended for inclusion in 'Y Felan A Finnau' (1992).

Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Meg Ellis yn trafod cynnig Robat Gruffudd i wrthod siarad Saesneg a straeon ganddi, Eric Wyn Roberts, Judith Maro, Dafydd Parri yn trafod Y Llewod a Marc Daniel, Bernard Knight yn trafod ei lyfr Lion Rampant, Meic Stephens ar ran Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru yn trafod y cynllun newydd er cynorthwyo cyhoeddwyr i gyflogi staff gweinyddol neu olygyddol, John Jenkins o garchar Albany ynghylch cardiau celtaidd, Derrick K. Hearne ar y sefyllfa wleidyddol yng Nghymru, datganoli, Plaid Cymru a Chymdeithas yr Iaith; Harri Webb ar gyfrifoldeb y llywodraeth i ariannu cyhoeddiadau Cymraeg; ac Emily Huws yn trafod ei nofelau diweddaraf. Hefyd ceir cerdd gan Alan Llwyd 'Awdl archebol i'r Lolfa'; llythyrau yn trafod Cymdeithas Emrys ap Iwan, y galw am bosteri a chardiau Cymraeg, disgo'r Llewod yn 1976, a chasglu deunydd i LOL ar ei newydd wedd. Yn y ffeil ceir hefyd bapurau yn ymwneud ag 'Ymgyrch Cymreigio Ysgol Penweddig yn cynnwys deiseb gan rieni a chopi o 'Y Gymraeg yng Ngwyddoniaeth a Thechnoleg ein Colegau – y Ffordd Ymlaen', Adroddiad Gweithgor y Gymdeithas Wyddonol Genedlaethol.

Gohebiaeth rhwng Zonia M. Bowen a swyddogion Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru ynglŷn â chylchgrawn Y Wawr, 1968-1975, gan gynnwys llythyrau yn trafod grantiau amrywiol ar gyfer gwella clawr Y Wawr. Ymysg y gohebwyr mae Meic Stephens, yn ei rôl fel Cyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.

Llythyrau, 1970-1971, gan gynnwys llythyr oddi wrth Sam Adams (3), Islwyn Ffowc Elis (3), Gilbert [Ruddock] (4), Eluned Phillips (2), Gwynfor [Evans], Donald J. Stewart, Gwyn [Thomas], Meic Stephens (4) a Gwilym Rees Hughes. Maent yn trafod materion llenyddol ac academaidd, ynghyd â llythyrau o edmygedd a anfonwyd ato adeg ei weithred ef a gweinidogion/offeiriaid eraill yn gosod arwydd Cymraeg ar bont Caerfyrddin a hebrwng un sumbolaidd i Neuadd y Sir.

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.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1995, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (f. 3 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 5 verso-53 passim), Meic Stephens (ff. 13-41 passim, 47), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 42, 51), Andrew Sachs (ff. 22, 23 verso-24, 34), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27-28, 48) and Gwynfor Evans (ff. 28 verso, 35 verso), as well as to the illness and death of Glyn Jones (ff. 9 verso-16 verso passim) and the disposition of his papers (ff. 17-47 passim). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 1, 7, 47).

Claude Stanfield; Charles Butt Stanton; Paul Starling; Desmond Swayne; Peter Stead; Campbell Stephen; Meic Stephens; Chris Stevens; Bob Stewart; Peter Stock; Mike Stoddart; Neil Stone; Mark Strong; Paul Stuart-Smith; Richard Suchorzewski; Jacqui Sullivan; Glyndwr John Summers; Desmond Swayne; Walter Sweeney; and Kay Swinburne.

Peter Sain Ley Berry; Robert Salisbury; Anthony Salkeld; Geoffrey Salt; Antoinette Mackeson-Sandbach; Carl Sargeant; Gwenno Saunders; Liz Saville Roberts; Anne Scott; Molly Scott Cato; Cerian Screen; Elizabeth Screen; David Selby; Barry Shaw; Michael Shaw; Tim Shaw; David Simmonds; Andrew Sivertsen; Peter Skelly; Brian Smith; Dewi Smith; Robert Smith; Stephen Smith; Stephen Smith; Michael Squires; Peter Stead; Meic Stephens; Christopher Stevens; Peter Stock; Robert Stoddart; John Storey; Mark Strong; Paul Stuart-Smith; and Glyndwr Summers.

Correspondence, 1981-2000, mainly relating to reviews and articles intended for publication in the Anglo-Welsh Review, and to the Welsh Arts Council’s withdrawal of funding in 1987 and subsequent closure of the publication in 1988. The file includes letters to Greg Hill and others from Arthur Giardelli (3); Bim Giardelli (1); Glyn Jones (1); Anne Stevenson (3); Tony Conran (2); Jeremy Hooker (9); Desmond Slay (1); Meic Stephens (4); Freda Walters (3); Tony Curtis (1); John Davies (1); Raymond Garlick (2); Peter Dale (1); David Annwn (1); Ann Hallam (1); Tony Bianchi (1); Gillian Clarke (1); and Steve Griffiths (1). Also enclosed are cuttings of obituaries for the writer and historian Gwyn Jones, written by Desmond Slay and Meic Stephens respectively (1999); and a copy of a cutting from the Western Mail, reporting on the closure of the Anglo-Welsh Review and the launch of the New Welsh Review (1987).

Copies and cuttings of published reviews and short articles by Greg Hill (1977-2021), including articles published in Planet magazine (1977-2016, with gaps), Poetry Wales (2004-2005), The Friends’ Quarterly (1997), New Welsh Review (1996), New Horizon (1996), and Critical Survey ([?1990]); a copy of his chapter ‘John Barnie: Biography and Autobiography’ (2017), with a letter from Matt Jarvis; and copies and cuttings of reviews written by Greg Hill ([?1980]-[?2005], with gaps), as published in Planet, The Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales, New Welsh Review, and Llais Llyfrau. The file also contains a list of publications and review titles (1981-1990), in the hand of Greg Hill; a programme for the production of ‘Branwen’ at Theatr Clwyd ([1989]), with a contract for a review of the performance for BBC Radio 4, and notes (1989); and a cutting from the Cambrian News (2000), including a letter from Greg Hill.

Scripts of seven radio broadcasts, 1950-1966, by Glyn Jones, or programmes in which he participated. Some contain manuscript amendments in his hand. Also included is a copy of 'Letter from Tuscany', 1986, by John Ormond, presented by the author to Glyn Jones in 1988. It appears that a number of scripts were given to Meic Stephens in 1988, and two letters from him to Robin Reeves, 1996, are attached to a copy of 'An interview between Rhys Davies and Glyn Jones', 1950.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Gwyn Thomas, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenlyn Parry, Dic Jones, Tecwyn Lloyd, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Rowland Mathias a Meic Stephens. Ceir cyfeiriadau at sefydlu Cymdeithas Awduron Cymru ac Adran Saesneg yr Academi Gymreig.