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Copy Letter to J. A. White, Methuen and Co. Ltd.

Copy Letter to J. A. White, Methuen and Co. Ltd. Says she encloses various letters re In Praise of Sweden, comments on the situation at the Svenska Trafikförbundet. Refers to Mr Stjerna's letter and his comments on names spelt incorrectly.

File headed 'Ideas and drafts for articles etc',.

File headed 'Ideas and drafts for articles etc', including:. 1. Notes for Mrs Delaney's Hortus Siccus. 2. 'The Pagan who went to Heaven' [draft of an article on a pagan British chieftain's reception in heaven]. 3. Appreciation of 'Hard Cash' by Charles Reade [incomplete]. 4. 'Crabbed Age and Youth' [incomplete article on the youth of the day]. 5. 'The Joys of Travel' [original and draft of an article based on an English-French phrase-book]. 6. 'Plymouth' [original and two carbon copies of an article on the history of the town]. 7. 'Extracts from Welsh Broth - Thomas Jones C.H. 1950'. 8. 'Borrow in Wales' [incomplete draft]. 9. Rough notes on Newcastle Emlyn [incomplete]. 10. 'Holiday Haunts' [two rough incomplete drafts of articles on the writing of Holiday Haunts. 11. 'Tickets Please' [draft of an incomplete article on her first-class 'All Stations' pass]. 12. 'Biographical Memoir of Morfydd Owen' [carbon copy of article]. 13. 'Drama' [draft article on drama in Wales, incomplete]. 14. 'Monmouthshire a Welsh County' [carbon copy of draft press article]. 15. 'Blackwood Authors at the International Arthurian Congress' [carbon copy of draft press-article]. 16. 'Pembrokeshire' and 'Little England Beyond Wales', two articles on Pembrokeshire [the first only incomplete draft, the second a complete draft article]. 17. 'Poet Close', draft of an article on Lakeland's Poet Close. 18. 'An Enchanting Pastime', draft of an article on Jane Williams' Paper People. 19. 'The Armless Wonder', rough draft of an article on William Kingston of Ditcheat. 20. 'Sarah Biffin', draft of an article on a woman born without arms or legs. 21. 'The School Treat', a description of a trip to Burnham Beeches. 22. 'Reading', a draft article [incomplete].

Parents.

This series is grouped as follows:

O/1-233 Correspondence between Maxwell and her parents; O/234-358 Correspondence to Maxwell from her parents; O/359-372 W.H. Fraser and May; O/373-779 W.H. Fraser; O/780-895 May Fraser; O/896-1062 Personalia

Printed Material,

29 Christmas card from Douglas and Nora Macmillan with 'The Isles of Avalon' printed on it. 30 Christmas card from Betty and A.G. Prys-Jones with 'Poem for Christmastide'. 31 Hills of Heaven by Douglas Macmillan. 32 Christmas card from Olwen Silvester with 'Christmas 1979' and 'Nadolig 1979'. 33 'Girls Who Photographed Fairies' by A.W. Wells. 34 'The Gorsedd & Its Bards in Britain' by William Morris-Haldreyn. 35 Granville Sharp, 'Saint and Abolitionist' by Marjorie Madgwick. 36 'Genius and Genealogy' by Tenison Little. 37 'The Other Room' by D.S. Owen (Hoffnant). 38 'A Song of "Faith"' by D.S. Owen (Hoffnant). 39 Book of poetry [pages missing, author unnamed]. 40 Green Willows by Monica Hutchings, publicity leaflet. 41 The Origins and Growth of Hereford by Frank Noble B.A., off-print from the City of Hereford Official Guide. 42 'Our Lady of Vocations, Courtfield' by Mary Corkran from The Heritage (R.C. Magazine), November 1956. 43 'Pioneer of London's Water Supply, Sir Hugh Myddleton and the 'New River' Project' by R. Roberts A.C.I.S. from The Municipal Review, January, 1960. 44 The Welsh Woollen Industry by the Welsh Woollen Manufacturers Association.

Manuscript copies and originals,

1 Gwenau'r Mab Bychan two englynion by J.R. Morris, Bethel [Welsh]. 2 'A Tour of Pembrokeshire by Kim Senior [illustrated]. 3 Poem to power of prayer by Nich Kenney. 4 Extract from The Somerset Countryman vol. IV, Jan. 1934 of 'A Quaint Somerset Survival' by the Rev. Edward Glanfield M.A. 5 'St David of Wales' and extract from 'Cruise of the Nona' by Hilaire Belloe [in Maxwell's hand].

Typescripts,

6 'A Lament for Caerleon' by Gwen Davies. 7 'God Bless the Prince of Wales'. 8 'Ar Wasgar - Eto'n Un' by Elfed [Welsh]. 9 'Mentra Gwen'; 'Ar Hyd y Nos'; 'Bugeilior Gwenith Gwyn' and 'Y Deryn Pur' [Welsh]. 10 'Le Manger' Punch, 8 February 1939, by Aph. 11 'To a Lady in Trousers' by D.S. Owen (Hoffnant). 12 'The Queen in the Car', 'Little King George' and 'The Leaden Queen' by Andrew Leigh. 13 'Radnorshire' by W.H. Howse. 14 'The Story of the National Eisteddfod' by H. Francis Jones. 15 'A Book' by Hannah More. 16 'Living in Hope', an essay on the history of the Hope area by [Elfed] Roberts. 17 'The Druids' by Lgd [incomplete]. 18 'Culinary Specialities' [author unnamed]. 19 'A Chronicle of Good Wines' [author unnamed]. 20 'Dejeuner de Rupture' by James Laver. 21 'Postscript' by Emlyn Williams [broadcast on 27 February 1944]. 22 'Llewelyn ap Gruffydd. His Political Relations with England 1246-72' by Megan Hughes [?Honours thesis]. 23 'Renaissance and Songs of Wales' by Walter Dowding, Hafod y Bryn, Bryn Mawr, Brecs. 24-7 Scripts of 'The Archers' broadcast on 29 December 1972; 1 January 1973; 27 April 1976, and 28 April 1976. 28 'Jamaica Farewell' [author unnamed].

Folder of miscellaneous printed material re Cornwall.

1 Publicity sheet on Cornish Meads and Metheglins. 2 Mead Making guide to products of Mead Makers Ltd, The Mead House, Gulval, Cornwall. 3 'Cornish Place Name' monograph. 4 The Story of the Cornish Language Its Extinction And Revival by A.S.D. Smith. 5-8 New Cornwall vol. 5 no. 1, vol. 6 no. 3, vol. 7 no. 5, vol. 8 no. 5. 9 Serviette with some Cornish and English words on it. 10 Cornish Calendar 1962. 11 'The Land of a Lost Language' [part of an incomplete article]. 12 Cutting from the Evening Herald, 5 September 1949, re death of Mr R.A.J. Walling. 13 'The Queen of Cornwall' by Rutland Boughton. Cutting from Radio Times 17 February 1950.

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