Showing 1987 results

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 David Smith, Evelyn Monnington, Gwyn O. Jones, W. J. Granville Beynon, Edward Bawden, Christopher Hall, William L. Mars-Jones (2), Jack Raymond Jones (2), Miriam Hughes, Gareth Alban Davies, Bernard Dunstan, R. Vivian Pitchforth, and Hugh Casson (including an illustration in ink).

Includes letters from Ivor Roberts-Jones, Tim Jeal, David Jenkins, Will Roberts, W. J. Granville Beynon, Miriam Hughes (2), Douglas Bassett (4), John Ormond, Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey), Priscilla Anderson, Paul Manousso, Jack Raymond Jones, Moelwyn Merchant (2), Idris Foster, Delyth Jones, Arthur Giardelli (3), Eiluned Rees, Hugh Casson, and R. Vivian Pitchforth.

Papers, 1973-2004, relating to various galleries in Wales and England with which Kyffin Williams was actively involved.

Papers, 1973-2004, relating to the Royal Academy of Arts, including minutes of the General Assembly, 1976-1977.

Papers, 1976-2001, relating to the National Museum of Wales, including agenda and minutes of the Art Purchasing Committee, 1976-1977, and the Art Committee, 1986.

Papers, 1976-2003, relating to the Royal Cambrian Academy, including notes by Kyffin Williams, [1976], regarding the future location of the Academy; and a booklet, [2002], which contains a foreword by, and entry on, the artist.

Papers, 1979-1983 (predominantly 1980), relating to the Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno, including agenda and minutes of meetings.

Includes a paper, [?2000], outlining potential developments at Oriel Ynys Môn; and drafts of a letter, 1995, by Kyffin Williams thanking owners of his landscape paintings for the loan of items for an exhibition at the gallery.

Papers, 1931-2006, belonging, or relating, to Kyffin Williams. They include his personal papers, 1931-2006, among them certificates and material concerning honours bestowed on him; papers, 1967-1969, relating to his visit to Patagonia; various contracts and agreements, 1987-2004; poems by other authors, 1972-[?2002], some of which are dedicated to Kyffin Williams; papers, 1974-2003, relating to Pwllfanogl; and miscellaneous notes, 1954-[2006], including poetry, in Kyffin Williams's hand.

Personal papers, 1931-2006, including a notebook, with photographs, listing mostly birds observed by Kyffin Williams and his brother Dick, 1933; Articles of Pupilage to qualify as a chartered surveyor, 1936; copies of official papers regarding his army career and discharge due to ill-health, 1937-1941; passports, 1975-2004; membership cards, 1962-2001; records relating to his health, 1945-2006; and papers concerning his estate, 1993-1994.

Papers, 1974-2003, relating to Pwllfanogl including a copy of a photograph showing employees of the Britannia Slate Works, c. 1890; an undated typewritten list of buildings and dwellings at Pwllfanogl and their occupants; and a typescript list, with some additions in Kyffin Williams's hand, of birds observed at Pwllfanogl, 1974. Also included is a paper by D. C. Jones entitled 'The Pwll Fanog Slate Wreck - Industrial Archaeology under the Sea', which contains notes on the reverse in Kyffin Williams's hand in preparation for a talk on portrait painters together with a short verse.

Papers, [2004], relating to the Kyffin Big Draw competition, including rules, entry form and a letter of inivtation to patrons of the event.

Miscellaneous notes, 1954-[2006], including poetry, by Kyffin Williams, some of which contain pencil and ink sketches.

Papers, 1932, relating to Shrewsbury School, including a programme and cuttings concerning a visit by the Prince of Wales, and an undated manuscript score of quadruple chant for "Te Deum" by W. H. Moore.

Papers, 1947-2000, relating to Highgate School, including school lists, 1968 and 1973, containing notes in Kyffin Williams's hand, with an ink sketch on the back cover of the 1968 list; a copy of The Cholmeleian, 1973, with tributes on his retirement as Art Master; and a cutting from The Cholmeleian, 2000, referring to Kyffin Williams.

Various certificates, 1934-2001, including those awarded to Kyffin Williams as a student at the Slade School of Fine Arts; Honorary Degrees and Fellowships; and a copy of his birth certificate, 1999. A certificate for drawing from the Slade, 1943-1944, contains a pencil sketch of a man's face on the reverse.

Papers, 1973-1999 (with gaps), relating to Honorary Degrees, Honorary Fellowships, and a Knighthood conferred on Kyffin Williams, including Addresses of Presentation, with a signed typescript of Professor Bedwyr Lewis Jones's presentation, 1991.

Papers, 1967-1969, mainly comprising travel documents and correspondence, relating to Kyffin Williams's visit to Patagonia. Also included are typescript notes relating to Patagonia, [?1961x1962], belonging to John Ormond and used by him in preparation for his visit to the region to film 'The desert and the dream' (1962). These notes, which include an annotated script of the film, appear to have been given to Kyffin Williams, together with a holograph poem by John Ormond, 'Instruction to settlers', 1967, prior to his trip. In addition, the file includes a copy of the journal Argentina, vol. 4, no. 4 (April 1963), which contains an article entitled 'The desert and the dream'; a list of contacts in Patagonia, [1968], prepared by Valmai Jones in readiness for Kyffin Williams's visit; typescript questions and answers prepared before, or possibly at the beginning of, his visit; and a catalogue of the 'Photographs of Patagonia' exhibition at Oriel Môn, 1982, with photocopies of drawings contained in an album. The file also contains a photocopy of the book Tan tro nesaf by Gareth Alban Davies (Llandysul, 1976), which includes the titles of pictures by Kyffin Williams to be inserted in the work.

Papers, 1987-2004, mostly comprising contracts, agreements and letters relating to the loan and donation of paintings by, and owned by, Kyffin Williams to galleries and exhibitions; television and radio interviews; and the transfer of copyright ownership to Oriel Ynys Môn of works by Kyffin Williams held at the gallery, 1994.