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Richard Burton letters

  • NLW MS 23970D.
  • File
  • [?1963]-1979

Six letters and three telegrams, [?1963]-1972, from Richard Burton (in some instances jointly with wife Elizabeth), to his childhood friend and actor Dennis Burgess, containing personal and professional news, but mainly concerned with acting roles secured by Burton for Burgess in the films Bluebeard (1972) and Massacre in Rome (1973).
The letters were sent from the Dorchester Hotel, London, [?1963] (ff. 1-2), Sardinia, 1967 (ff. 3-4), Budapest, 1972 (ff. 5-10), and Munich, 1972 (ff. 11-12). Also included are letters to Burgess from Lord Snowdon, 18 May 1973 (f. 13), and Sir John Gielgud, 15 October 1979 (f. 15), and a photocopy of a telegram from Elizabeth Burton, 4 November 1975 (f. 14), inviting Burgess and his wife to Richard Burton's fiftieth birthday party. There are references to the films Becket (1964) (ff. 1-2), Doctor Faustus (1967) (ff. 3-4), Where Eagles Dare (1968) (f. 7), Bluebeard (ff. 5-10) and Massacre in Rome (ff. 11-12), and to the actor Hugh Griffith (f. 8)

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984

Printed items relating to John Cowper Powys

  • NLW ex 1549
  • File
  • 1924-1978

Printed items, formerly owned by Frederick H. Davies, comprising pamphlets relating to John Cowper Powys, periodicals containing articles on him, and inscribed printed books including Powys's personal copy of Dante's Divina Commedia, 3 vols (London, 1924). A list is available in the box. [Papers relating to John Cowper Powys in NLW MSS 23193-23197].

Letters and poems,

  • NLW MS 23474C.
  • File
  • 1976-1977

Five letters, 1976-7, from the poet R. S. Thomas to Christopher Carrell, Sunderland, mainly relating to a collection of his poems, The way of it (Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, 1977); together with typescript copies of the eighteen poems concerned, and a proof copy of the volume.

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

Helen Thomas letters to Terence Cooper: Transcripts

  • NLW MS 23300D.
  • File
  • 1959-1977

Typescript transcripts, [?1977], by Myfanwy Thomas of letters and cards, dated 1959-1967, from her mother Helen Thomas to Terence Cooper, now NLW MS 23299C (ff. 9-175), together with a related letter, 1977, from her to Terence Cooper (f. 7), and typescript notes by the latter on his first three visits to Helen Thomas in 1959 (ff. 1-6).

Thomas, Myfanwy

Miscellaneous printed material relating to Augustus John

  • NLW ex 1237.
  • File
  • [c. 1900]-1977

Miscellaneous printed material relating to the artist Augustus John (1878-1961) or compiled by him, comprising the following:
1237/1-7. Proofs, many with holograph corrections: (1) Eric Otto Winstedt, 'La Bella Chiavina', Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society n.s. vol. 3 (April 1910), pp. 242-50; (2) Proof copy of Augustus John, Chiaroscuro (1952); (3) Review by Augustus John of Dora E Yates, My Gypsy Days: Recollections of a Romani Rawnie (1953); (4) Augustus John, 'Some Portraits from Memory', The London Magazine vol. 2 (Feb. 1955), pp. 53-63. (See also Autobiography (1975), pp. 329-31, 372-6, 393-5; NLW MS 22796, ff. 15-24); (5) Augustus John, 'Dylan Thomas & Company', 'Elephants with beards' and 'Roy Campbell - the Flaming Terrapin', published in The Sunday Times, 1958. (See also Autobiography, pp. 398-417, and NLW MS 22796, ff. 40-51); (6) Augustus John, 'Four Fragments', Wales n.s. no. 7/38 (March, 1959), pp. 6-14; and (7) Augustus John, tribute to Dora E Yates, published in Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society vol. 39 (i) (Jan.-Apr. 1960), pp. 3-4.
1237/8-18. Miscellaneous exhibition catalogues, 1908, 1960-74.
1237/19-35. Miscellaneous pamphlets and printed items, 1928-72, collected by Augustus John or relating to him.
1237/36. File of press cuttings, 1902-77, relating to the John and Nettleship families, with special reference to Augustus and Gwen John.
1237/37-57. Family photographs, 1920s-74: (37) 'Augustus John - the Master Mind of [the] Three Arts' Ball & Frank Moran, the well known boxer' in fancy dress, [1920s]; (38) Augustus John photographed by Curtis Moffat, [?1920s]; (39) Augustus John, [?late 1920s/early 1930s]; (40) Tommy Earp, [late 1920s/early 1930s]; (41) Edwin William John, [?1930s]; (42) Augustus John with Sir William Walton and Elisabeth Bergner, 1936; (43) 'Augustus John with Poppet John and Babe Anrep, St Tropez, 1939; (44) Augustus John with Villiers (Bill) Bergne, Fryern Court, [c. 1940]; (45) Poppet John with Matthew Smith at 1 Elm Place, London, 1941; (46) Augustus John with Mavis de Vere Cole and an unidentified woman, at Fryern Court, [?early 1940s]; (47) Augustus John at Fryern Court, [?early 1940s]; (48) Dorelia and Poppet John at Fryern Court, [1940s]; (49) Augustus John at an exhibition, with Alice Rothenstein, [?1948]; (50) Augustus John at Fryern Court with his grand-children, Sara John and Yuri White, [late 1940s]; (51) Augustus John in his studio, [1950s]; (52) Augustus John in his studio, [1950s]; (53) Augustus John in his studio, photographed by Douglas Glass, [?1954]; (54) Augustus John in his studio, photographed by Douglas Glass, 1954; (55) Gravestone of Thornton John in Canada, [1970s]; and (56-57) Grave of Edwin William John at Gumfreston, co. Pemb., photographed 1974 (see NLW MS 22799, ff. 71-2).
1237/58. Typescript list compiled by Ronald Haman of drawings, paintings and bronzes by Augustus John, prior to their acquisition by the National Museum of Wales in 1972.
1237/59-60. Files containing over 200 photographs and reproductions of drawings and paintings by Augustus John, [c.1900-50s].
1237/61. File of reproductions (53 items) of works by various artists, formerly in the possession of Augustus John. The artists include Rubens, Renoir, Cézanne, Puvis de Chavannes, Van Gogh, Karen Leyden; also included is a photograph of a sketch of Augustus John by an unidentified Canadian artist, [c. 1950s].
1237/62. [Charles Le Brun, Expressions of the Passions of the Soul, engraved by John Tinney (I. Tinney, London, n.d. [18 c], formerly in the possession of Augustus John.

Cantilena e Scherzo for String Quartet and Harp by Gian Carlo Menotti

  • NLW ex 3047
  • File
  • 1977

Autograph manuscript by Osian Ellis, harpist and composer, of 'Cantilena e Scherzo for String Quartet and Harp' by Gian Carlo Menotti, copied by him from the manuscript and with his detailed markings and corrections and annotations throughout, this being almost certainly the copy used by him in preparation of the first performance. Accomplished in black, blue and purple ink, and pencil. The Cantilena and Scherzo was first performed at Alice Tully Hall (New York, Lincoln Center) on March 15, 1977 by Osian Ellis, James Buswell (violin), Ani Kavafian (violin), Walter Trampler (viola) and Leslie Parnas (cello). The work has its roots in Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro and Debussy’s Danse sacrée et danse profane, but instead of separating the two movements, Menotti frames the Scherzo with the Cantilena’s lyrical material, creating a ternary structure. The very choice of the word ‘Cantilena’ betrays Menotti’s preoccupation with vocal writing, and the result is suitably song-like, full of melodic richness, sustained string writing, and a resonating harp part.

Ellis, Osian

David Jones: The Fatigue

  • NLW MSS 21925-6E, 21927D.
  • File
  • 1965, 1975

Correspondence and other papers, 1965, concerning the production of a limited edition of The Fatigue by David Jones to mark the author's seventieth birthday, together with galley and page proofs, heavily corrected by the author, and a few related papers, 1975. The correspondence includes ten letters from David Jones to the printers, Will and Sebastian Carter, Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge (NLW MS 21925E, ff. 25-7, 29-34, 43).

Jones, David, 1895-1974

Article by Eric Rowan on Augustus and Gwen John

  • NLW ex 1921.
  • File
  • [1975]

Proofs of an article by Eric Rowan on Augustus and Gwen John, based on the script of his BBC Wales television film, The Fire and the Fountain, and published in The Listener, 20 March 1975.

Rowan, Eric, 1931-

The Fire and the Fountain

  • NLW MS 23713E.
  • File
  • 1974-1975

Scripts, letters and photographs, 1974-1975, relating to the production of 'Augustus and Gwen: The Fire and the Fountain', a television documentary film about Augustus John and Gwen John, written by Eric Rowan and first transmitted, 19 March 1975, on BBC2.
The papers comprise a location list, [1974] (ff. 1-3), dubbing script, 25 February 1975 (ff. 4-31), and post-shoot script, [January 1975] (ff. 32-63); letters to Eric Rowan from Michael Holroyd, 1974 (ff. 64-66), Caspar John, [5] August 1974 (f. 67, postcard), Edwin John, 1974-1975 (ff. 68-70, 73), Poppet Pol, 4 October 1974 (f. 75), Romilly John, 1974-1975 (ff. 76-77 verso), and Mary Taubman, 9 October 1974 (ff. 78-79, incomplete); draft and copy letters of Eric Rowan to Edwin John, [December 1974], 19 February 1975 (ff. 71-72, 74); and five photographs taken during the filming in Provence of Poppet Pol's contribution, [Summer 1974] (ff. 80-84).

Rowan, Eric, 1931-

John Tripp papers

  • NLW MS 24013i-iiD.
  • File
  • [1967]-[1975]

Literary papers of John Tripp, [1967]-[1975], comprising manuscript and typescript poetry (ff. 1-26, 28-116, 130-151, 166-171), short stories (ff. 117-118, 152-153) and scripts for radio plays (ff. 119-129, 154-165).
The poetry includes original manuscript and typescript working sheets (ff. 1-26), photocopies of published poems (ff. 166-171), fair typescript copies (typed by Fay Williams) and photocopies of original typescripts (typed by John Tripp) of poems, seventy-two mainly unpublished (ff. 28-100), and twenty-one published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected writings of John Tripp, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010) (ff. 130-151), and a series of twelve poems entitled 'Intervals of Heat', mainly unpublished (ff. 101-116). The short story 'Ferret and Weasel' (ff. 152-153) and the verse play for radio 'The Seed of Dismemberment' (ff. 154-165) were published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge, while 'Confessions of an English Tutor' and 'Sketches from Provincial Love' (ff. 117-129) remain unpublished. Also included is a letter to Tripp from Meic Stephens, 9 September 1968 (f. 6 verso), and a draft letter from Tripp to John Stuart Williams, 2 April 1969 (f. 27). A list of the contents, compiled by the donor, [?2010], is also included (ff. i-v).

Tripp, John, 1927-1986

David Jones: Letters

  • NLW MS 22274E
  • File
  • 1961-1974

Letters to Rachel Bromwich from David Jones, artist and writer (3) 1961-1965, together with a copy of Agenda, vol. 4, no. 1 (April-May 1965), containing David Jones's poem The Hunt, with notes and corrections in the author's hand, and from Colin Wilcockson, Cambridge (2) 1974, one enclosing a copy of a letter, 1974, from David Jones (ff. 39-46).

Jones, David, 1895-1974

David Jones letters to Louis Bonnerot

  • NLW MS 24128F.
  • File
  • 1937, 1959-1974

Correspondence, 1937, 1959-1974, of Louis Bonnerot, Professor of English Literature at the Sorbonne, Paris, comprising twenty-two letters, 1960-1974, from the poet and artist David Jones, Harrow, mostly concerning Bonnerot's translations of Jones's poems into French (ff. 1-47), together with four draft and copy letters from Bonnerot to Jones, 1959-1974 (ff. 49-54), a letter, 24 August 1974, from Jones to Luce Bonnerot, following her husband Louis's death (f. 48), and a typescript letter, 25 December [1937], to Bonnerot from C[ecil] Day Lewis (f. 55).
Jones answers Bonnerot's questions about specific turns-of-phrase used in his poems as well as giving detailed corrections to printers' errors in editions of his work; he also discusses reviews and lectures by Bonnerot, articles in British magazines concerning Jones's work, and the history of Wales and Roman Britain. An illustration of a 'pacing-stick' is on f. 11 verso. There are occasional annotations in pencil by Bonnerot (ff. 29, 29 verso, 32, 33 verso, 36, 36 verso, 38, 38 verso, and 43), together with a transcript by Bonnerot of most of Jones's letter of 9 October 1972 (ff. 56-61).

Jones, David, 1895-1974

Phyllis Playter letters to George Lewin

  • NLW MS 22853C
  • File
  • 1930-1974

Letters and cards to George Lewin, bookseller friend of J. Cowper Powys, from Phyllis Playter (28, of which nine are incomplete), [c. 1942]-[c. 1971], Louis Wilkinson (2), 1963, Isobel Powys Marks (1), 1964, and Enid Lewis (8), 1966-1974, together with a few other letters, 1930-1949, with Powys associations including two letters, 1949, to Theodore F. Powys from Valentine Ackland.

Playter, Phyllis

David Jones letters to Nancy K. Sandars

  • NLW MS 23238E
  • File
  • 1964-1974

Twenty letters, 1964-74, from David Jones (1895-1974), artist and writer, to the archaeologist Nancy K. Sandars. As well as containing references to his work, the letters discuss a range of topics including the history and prehistory of Wales.

Jones, David, 1895-1974

David Jones letters to Valerie Wynne-Williams

  • NLW MS 24167i-iiiE.
  • File
  • 1958-1974

One hundred and twenty-four autograph letters, 1959-1974, from painter-poet David ('Dafydd') Jones, all addressed to Valerie ('Elri') Wynne-Williams (née Price), with the exception of two to her husband Michael ('Mihangel') (ff. 54, 112-113) and one to them both (ff. 55-56), discussing a variety of topics including his, and her, health and living conditions, his work, his friends, the Welsh language and Welsh history and politics. Some letters are illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings, mainly of animals and flowers (ff. 8, 32, 33, 45 verso, 46 verso-47, 48 verso, 76, 103, 104 verso, 152), inscriptions (ff. 9, 34, 124 verso, 128, 136 verso) and sketch maps of Harrow (ff. 143, 144).
There are references throughout to friends and correspondents including Saunders Lewis (ff. 2-11 passim, 42-188 passim), Harman Grisewood (ff. 4-192 verso passim), René Hague (ff. 42 verso-187 passim), David Blamires (ff. 160, 186, 190 verso, 192), Louis Bonnerot (ff. 123, 186 verso), Tom Burns (ff. 13, 14 verso, 48, 64 verso, 68 verso, 77, 85 verso, 86 verso, 89 verso, 110, 116, 140 recto-verso, 188 verso), Douglas Cleverdon (ff. 68 verso, 160 verso, 162, 163 verso, 187), Aneirin Talfan Davies (ff. 9 verso, 11, 14 verso, 16, 33 verso, 63 verso, 71 verso, 123, 124, 128, 129 verso, 154 verso, 162), Clarissa Eden (f. 107 verso), T. S. Eliot (ff. 51 recto-verso, 62 verso, 67 verso, 69 verso, 71, 73, 74, 85), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 29 verso, 31, 131-192 verso passim), Illtud Evans (f. 6, 11 recto-verso, 37, 46 verso, 57, 61), Arthur Giardelli (ff. 150, 151 verso, 171 verso, 186), Eric Gill (ff. 45 verso, 66, 67 verso, 68 verso, 121), Stanley Honeyman (ff. 84, 140, 154 verso, 159 verso), Morag Owen (ff. 59, 98, 140), Catherine Rousseau (née Ivainer) (ff. 36 verso-127 passim), Stephen Spender (ff. 81 verso-82, 83 verso, 91), Bill Stevenson (f. 158 verso) and Helen Sutherland (ff. 68, 97 verso, 157). There are also occasional references to Desmond Chute (f. 120 verso), Idris Foster (ff. 60 verso, 63 verso), Philip Jones Griffiths (ff. 1, 131), David Lloyd George (ff. 108 verso-109, 127 verso), Megan Lloyd George (ff. 18 verso, 20, 21-22), J. D. Innes (f. 49 verso), Augustus John (f. 85 verso), Alun Oldfield-Davies (ff. 37, 77), Tristram Powell (ff. 142 recto-verso, 144), Caradog Prichard (ff. 19 verso, 77, 108), Kathleen Raine (f. 59 verso), Keidrych Rhys (ff. 6 verso, 8, 9, 16, 30 verso, 36 verso), Meic Stephens (ff. 171, 175), Vernon Watkins (ff. 47, 128 verso), D. J. Williams (f. 106 recto-verso), Kyffin Williams (ff. 49, 63, 77) and R. O. F. Wynne and his family (ff. 61, 62, 63, 64 verso, 67 verso, 81, 94 verso, 96 verso¸ 98, 130 verso), and brief reminiscences of his experiences during the First World War (ff. 70 recto-verso, 76, 79 recto-verso, 108 verso-109, 130 recto-verso, 151 verso, 164). Also included is a copy of his letter, dated 10 August 1959, to Megan Lloyd George (f. 21; for her reply see NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT3/3, f. 247); cuttings of letters to the Times by David Jones, Valerie Price and others, 1958 (ff. 193-196); and a copy of a 1959 photograph of the two by Philip Jones Griffiths (f. 197). The letter of 23 September 1973 (ff. 178-179 verso) was published under the title 'Yr Iaith' in Planet, 21 (January 1974), 3-5.

Jones, David, 1895-1974

Haverfordwest Baptist Foundation minute book

  • NLW MS 24069E.
  • File
  • 1907-1973

Minute book, 1907-1973, of the Board of Trustees of the Haverfordwest Baptist Foundation, containing minutes of Board meetings, 1907-1913, 1926, 1929-1930, 1967-1970 (pp. 1-71).
The Foundation was established by a scheme of the Board of Education in February 1907 to administer the foundations and subsidiary endowments of the former Haverfordwest Baptist College, Pembrokeshire, and thereby provide an annual income to the North and South Wales Baptist Colleges.

Haverfordwest Baptist Foundation. Board of Trustees

Robert Graves letters,

  • NLW MS 23931D.
  • File
  • [1966]-1973

Eleven letters, [1966]-1973, from the poet and novelist Robert Graves, to Owen M. Roberts, Bickley, Kent, his comrade in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, whom Graves credited with saving his life at High Wood in July 1916, during the Somme offensive (ff. 1-3, 5-12).
Also included is a carbon copy typescript letter from Roberts to Graves, 1 January 1968 (f. 4). The letters contain references to the battle at High Wood (ff. 1, 10), the Royal Welch Fusiliers (ff. 6, 8, 11), Siegfried Sassoon (ff. 1 verso, 2, 12 verso) and Harold Macmillan (f. 10 verso). Graves mentions Roberts in his autobiography, Goodbye to All That (London, 1929); Roberts's copy of the 1966 revised edition (see NLW ex 2334) contains an autograph dedication from Graves and a marginal gloss on p. 198.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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