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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).

The file comprises two copies of a map or game labelled 'David Jones, Umpire', a sketch of a ship by David Jones, a drawing of Conway castle by T. Wood, a sketch of a design for a chimney kettle handle possibly by Eric Gill, a post card of sculpture of St Sebastian by Eric Gill, a manuscript salvage map dated 1917, and miscellaneous printed engravings and pictures. There are also postcards to David Jones from his father James Jones, 'Mike' (1946), Arthur [Giardelli, 1956], and 'Kathrin'.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to Arthur Giardelli, Captian St. Luke, Ethel Watts, editor of The Times and others.

The file comprises letters from numerous friends and associates, including Neville Braybrooke, David Cecil, Desmond Chute, Hilda Cochrane (7), P. J. Flood, Arthur Giardelli, T. S. Gregory, A. J. Hartrick (5), C. C. Lloyd Jones (3), Mervyn Levy, Frank Overton, H. D. C. P[epler] (2), Father Leo Rowlands OSFC, Jonathan Scott (4), Tony Stoneburner, and Arthur Pritchard Williams. There is also a Christmas card from T. S. Eliot, two postcards from his secretaries, a typed copy of his poem 'The cultivation of Christmas trees', and a draft note by David Jones relating to the poem.

The file comprises letters to David Jones arranged alphabetically, G-I, including Nicolete Gray, Harman Grisewood, Bryn Griffiths, Arthur Giardelli, Ray [Howard-Jones], Rupert Hart-Davies, René Hague, Robin Ironside and others.

The file comprises letters and post cards to David Jones from A. S. Hartrick, Rex Nan Kivell, Tom Burns, Janet Stone, Sir Kenneth Clark, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Harman Grisewood, Illtud Evans, Moelwyn Merchant, Anthony Steel, Saunders Lewis, Christopher Dawson, William Hayward, Bryn Griffiths, Colin Hughes, Nancy Sandars, August Closs, [Arthur Giardelli], E.V.C. Plumptre, Jack Sweeney and others.

Includes letters from Glyn Jones; John Tripp (2); Arthur Giardelli; Prys Morgan (2); Raymond Garlick (2); Moelwyn Merchant; Philip Owens (2); Robin Gregory; Leslie Norris (5); A. G. Prys-Jones (4); Philip Pacey; Dannie Abse; Sam Adams (2); Charles Kohler; Andrew McNeillie (2); Roger Conover (4); and Peter Dent.

Includes letters from Arthur Giardelli (2); Robert Nisbet; A. G. Prys-Jones; H. J. Lloyd-Johnes; Myfanwy Thomas (4); Peter Dent (3, including poems); Jonah Jones; Tom Ellis; Howard Sergeant (2); Philip Owens; Richard Ball (4); Roy Thomas (2); Gerard Casey; Raymond Garlick; Jon Dressel; and Glyn Jones.

Includes letters from Roger Garfitt (4); Arthur Giardelli (2); and Pamela Gillilan (2, including poems).

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.

Some thirty-seven letters, 1939-71, comprising originals, copies and transcripts, from Ceri and Frances Richards to various correspondents, who include Arthur Giardelli (1) [1959], Ivon Hitchens (1) 1942, Edrica and Richard Huws (22) 1939-62, Carl Jung (1) 1960, and Tambimuttu (1) [?1945]. The letters, which are arranged alphabetically by correspondent, relate mainly to the artists' work but contain personal and family news as well. Also included is a draft, 1943, in Frances Richards's hand, of an application by Ceri Richards for a teaching post (ff. 73-6).

Over one hundred and twenty letters, 1928-80 (correspondents A-M), to Ceri and Frances Richards, many of them concerned with their work as artists, together with one letter, 1985, to the artists' daughters. The correspondents include Francis Bacon (1) [1940s], Benjamin Britten (1) 1957, R. A. Butler (2) 1967, Sir Kenneth Clark (1) 1942, Arthur Giardelli (1) 1970, Ivon Hitchens (3) 1957-66, Imogen Holst (3) 1966-70, Augustus John (2) 1960, David Jones (4) 1961-70, and Henry Moore (15) 1942-62.

Includes letters from L. Alun Page (6); Michael Gardner (5); Glyn Jones (8); D. Emrys Evans; Arthur Giardelli; David Williams; and Vernon Watkins (4). Some letters relate to lectures by Roland Mathias and the broadcasting of poems by him.

Includes letters from Kyffin Williams; Alun Oldfield-Davies (2); Raymond Garlick (14); Jac L. Williams (5); Ian Parrott (4); Arthur Giardelli (3); D. W. T. Jenkins; Cecil Price; Myra Owen (5); D. J. Williams; and Gwyn Jones. A number of letters refer to Roland Mathias's appointment as Head of Herbert Strutt School, Belper.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (9); Gwyn Jones (3); R. George Thomas (4); Arthur Giardelli; Aled Vaughan, BBC (enclosing a typescript copy of the poem 'For Warren Davies, two years dead' by Roland Mathias); Urien Wiliam (2); and Myra Owen.

Includes letters from Glyn Jones (2); Raymond Garlick (15); L. Alun Page; R. George Thomas (3); Alun Oldfield-Davies (7); Arthur Giardelli; Gerallt Jones (letter addressed to Raymond Garlick); Nan Davies (2); David Eccles; E. Howard Harris (letter addressed to Raymond Garlick); Gwyn Jones (3); A. O. H. Jarman; and D. Tecwyn Lloyd (letter addressed to Raymond Garlick).

Includes letters from Michael Fogarty; D. Tecwyn Lloyd (2); Raymond Garlick (6); Gareth Alban Davies; R. George Thomas (10); T. Gwynfor Griffith (2); A. G. Prys-Jones (4); Cecil Price (5); Arthur Giardelli; D. J. Williams; and L. Alun Page. Also enclosed is a programme of the Seventh Annual Congress of the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music (18-20 May).

Includes letters from Gerald Morgan; Cecil Price (13); R. George Thomas (3); Robert Gittings (3); Leslie Norris (2); John Stuart Williams (7); Dora Polk (4); Ellen Tifft (3); Alun Llewellyn (18); Rev. L. Alun Page (6); Islwyn Ffowc Elis (3); William Mathias (3); Neville Masterman (2); Raymond Garlick (5); Arthur Giardelli (3); Alison Bielski (4); Robert Morgan (3); Ian Parrott (4); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Jeffrey Steele; Julian Ennis (3); Vernon Watkins (3); Dannie Abse; F. R. Konekamp; Maurice Carpenter (2); Bryn Griffiths; David Harries (2); and David Jones (3), including a typescript copy of the poem 'The hunt'.

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.

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (18); Dannie Abse (7); Arthur Giardelli (2); Jeffrey Steele (5); George Ewart Evans; Susan Glyn (2); Dora Polk (5); John Stuart Williams (7); Robert Shaw (2); R. S. Thomas; John Pook (3, including poems by him); Tony Curtis; Alun Llewellyn (16); Glyn Jones (2); Thomas Taig (3); H. P. Collins (4); Neville Masterman (7); John Idris Jones (8); Cecil Price (17); Kent Thompson (2); Bryn Griffiths (4); Ian Parrott (4); Bernard Lloyd (4); R. George Thomas; Howard Sergeant (2); Kay Harris; John Alun Davies (2); Brian Way (3); Alison Bielski; Vera Rich (copy); Randal Jenkins (5); Ray Howard-Jones; Raymond Garlick (4); David Gallon (4); Leslie Norris (2); John Snelling; Tom Earley; David Parry; Vernon Watkins; John Ward (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Ralph Salisbury (2); Gerald Morgan; Joseph P. Clancy; Annemarie Towner (2); Robert Morgan; Eiluned Lewis (3); and Harri Webb (copy).