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Current Letters: mainly in appreciation of Spoken History; also relating to oral traditions, customs, the career of Matthew Evans, etc.

Current Letters: 1986-7, letters mainly in appreciation of Spoken History; also relating to oral traditions, customs, the career of Matthew Evans, the horse world, news from Wales, contemporary politics. Correspondents include: Victor Bonham-Carter, 1987 (488/2); James Delaney, 1987 (488/4); Peter du Sautoy, 1987 (488/5); Elwyn [?Evans], 1987 (488/7); [D.] Llewellyn [Jenkins], 1987 (488/14); Douglas [Kennedy], 1987 (488/15-16); Edmund Pennar, 1987 (488/19); Raphael Salaman, 1987 (488/24-5); David [Thomson], 1987 (488/27-8). Two brief miscellaneous notes. Press cuttings, 1985-7, mainly reviews of Spoken History.

Drafts, press cuttings and correspondence relating to George Ewart Evans's reviews of other country books

Typescript drafts, press cuttings and correspondence, 1969-81, relating to George Ewart Evans's reviews of other country books, including: The Survival of the English Countryside by Victor Bonham-Carter, 1971 (544/7); A Lad of Evesham Vale by Fred Archer, 1972 (544/13); Akenfield by Ronald Blythe, 1972-4 (544/19-30), the book and the film heavily criticised by George Ewart Evans, with a response from Sir Bernard Miles, 1975 (544/29); an article entitled 'I Am a Tape Recorder' in Encounter, containing a review of Speak for England by Melvyn Bragg, 1976 (544/39); Hovel in the Hills by Elizabeth West, 1977 (544/42-6). Miscellaneous, comprising: an article, 'The Hare' in New Society (no. 56); a letter to the press, 1978, and an article, 1982, relating to village events; two typescript articles, concerning a riding master and a 'Small Country Town'; press cutting, 1974, on George Ewart Evans's life and work; part of an untitled typescript article on village traditions, including his remarks on the Blaxhall stone; letter requesting submission of a short story.

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