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Papurau'r Academi Gymreig / The Welsh Academy Papers, File
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Membership papers: nominations, 1980-1981

The file contains autobiographical notes on candidates nominated for election, 1981, together with a list of the number of votes obtained by each candidate and correspondence with those elected. Those elected were Chris Torrance, Emlyn Williams, Richard Llewellyn, R. Brinley Jones, Barbara Hardy and Elwyn Jones. Apart from Emlyn Williams and Richard Llewellyn, their responses to the invitation to join the Academi have not been noted in this file.

Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987

Membership papers: nominations, 1983

The file contains voting cards, lists of votes cast and biographical notes on those nominated for membership, 1983, and correspondence regarding the nominations. Those elected were Cary Archard, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Moira Dearnley, Mike Jenkins, Duncan Bush and Richard Griffiths. The file also contains a letter from Chris O'Neill accepting membership of the Academi, and Sian James, accepting a seat on the section's executive committee.

Archard, Cary

Welsh Arts Council grant applications

The file contains correspondence between the Academi and the Welsh Arts Council regarding various applications for financial aid made by the Academi, 1987-1989. The correspondence includes discussions on the franchise of the New Welsh Review and funding for the Cardiff Literature Festival.

Welsh Arts Council

Typescript on children's literature

The file contains a typescript draft of a publication on children's literature based on the 'Loughborough' conference held in Wales in 1983. A note on the typescript states that it was published by the Welsh National Centre for Children's literature although no publication could be located. Authors of various chapters include Raymond Garlick, Gwyn Thomas and Bedwyr Lewis Jones.

Garlick, Raymond

Correspondence with Academi

The file includes correspondence between the Academi and Belinda Humfrey and Peter Foss at the New Welsh Review, a copy of the three year franchise appolication made for the New Welsh Review, a provisional list of contents of the first issue and a press release relating to one of the early issues, 1987-1992.

General office file

General correspondence and papers, 1989-1990, relating to the New Welsh Review including a copy of its constitution, readers' comments, grant applications, minutes of meetings and the assistant editor's report for the year 1988-1989. There is also a copy of a letter from Tony Brown, a member of the NWR's management group, to Belinda Humfrey expressing concern over the apparent lack of a constitutional/legal structure to the periodical.

Brown, Tony, 1948-

Michael Parnell correspondence

The file contains letters from Michael Parnell, a member of the New Welsh Review editorial board, in the process of taking over the editorship of the periodical, regarding the editorial situation in the New Welsh Review. The recipients are John Pikoulis and Kevin Davies of the Academi. The file also includes the minutes of a meeting of the Association of Publishers in Wales, September 1991.

Parnell, Michael, 1934-

BWA correspondence with contributors

The file contains correspondence with contributors and related papers including drafts of articles, April 1983 and August 1989. The file includes letters complaining about the publishing of an article, in BWA Spring 1986, by Mike Jenkins entitled 'A literary market-place'. Correspondents include Cary Archard, Robert Minhinnick and Tony Curtis.

Jenkins, Mike, 1953-

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