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Correspondence between the donor Rosemary Markham and Peter Prendergast, Kyffin Williams, Jonah Jones, Martin Tinney and others relating to an appeal for the donation of artworks towards the exhibition 'Art for Mercy' at the Washington Gallery, Penarth, 22-24 November 2002, to raise funds for Tearfund, together with minutes of the organising committee and exhibition and auction catalogue. Also included is a letter (in Welsh), 2008, to the donor from David T. Jones, Jonah Jones's son, relating to the project 'Cofio Jonah Jones'.

Mounted 35mm transparencies of artworks by JKW.

File comprises letters to Patrick Hannan; correspondents include Dannie Abse, Phlip Weekes, Sir Richard Lloyd Jones, Michael Foot, George Thomas, Sir Bernard Ingham, Leo Abse, John Morgan, Sir Wyn Roberts, Anthony Hopkins and Kyffin Williams. The letters deal with various issues including Hannan's book on Aneurin Bevan, television and radio programmes and the 1984-1985 miners' strike. The file also includes a summons to appear before Cardiff magistrates Court to give evidence in the case against the leaders of the Free Wales Arms, including Julian Cayo Evans and Dennis Coslett on the 10th of March 1969.

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.

The manuscript introduction by Sir Kyffin Williams to the publication Will Roberts RCA : drawings (2001), edited by Paul Joyner, together with typescript essays by the artist's widow and daughter Phyllis and Siân Roberts included in the book, and a list of the artist's exhibitions, 1949-1999, by its editor.

Eleven letters, 1975, to John Petts relating to a retrospective exhibition of his work held at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, including letters of appreciation from Kyffin Williams, John Piper, Lord Snowdon, Glyn Jones, Gwynfor Evans, Moelwyn Merchant and George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy, together with a typescript draft of the catalogue and a draft of the cover design by John Petts.

Papers of Sir Kyffin Williams, 1716-[2008], including correspondence, 1923-2006; diaries and journals, 1939-2006; catalogues of, and papers regarding, solo and group exhibitions, 1950-2006; drafts of books and articles by Kyffin Williams, [?1965]-[?2004]; works about him, 1953-[2008]; financial papers, 1939-2005; personal papers, 1931-2006; together with papers relating to various family members, 1716-2006, and papers accumulated by the artist, 1796-2007.

Kyffin Williams photographs include personal and professional, family, Welsh views, artworks and views abroad, most notably Patagonia.

Papers relating to the organisation and administration of a Kyffin Williams exhibition in 1987-1988 organised by Mostyn Art Gallery and the National Museum of Wales, 1986-1988.

Autograph letter, 24 February 1981, from Kyffin Williams, Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, to 'John', requesting his advice on how to acquire and prime new canvasses now that John has retired. The recipient may be John Reynolds of Highgate, supplier of materials to the artist.

Autograph letter, 2 February 1993, from Kyffin Williams, Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, to Margaret [Toms], thanking her for a letter of appreciation for his autobiography A Wider Sky (Llandysul, 1991) (f. 86 recto-verso).
Williams and Toms, a former Royal Academy staff member, had a mutual friend in Sidney Hutchison, former Secretary of the Royal Academy, and Williams refers to their recent dinner together in Beaumaris (as recorded in Williams's journal, 14 September 1992, see NLW, Kyffin Williams Archive A2/3). Also included is a card with a printed portrait by WIlliams, inscribed 'Happy Christmas - Kyffin' (f. 87).

Letter, 15 November 1968, from Kyffin [Williams] in Gaiman, Patagonia, to his friend the painter Gwyn Brown and her husband Harry, Tegfryn [Art Gallery], Menai Bridge, Anglesey, containing observations on the scenery and people, the weather, the challenging conditions for painting and the difficulties of communicating in Welsh and Spanish.
Williams was in Patagonia from October 1968 to early 1969 on a Fellowship awarded by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. The letter was published in David Meredith and John Smith, Obsessed: The Biography of Sir Kyffin Williams (Llandysul, 2012), pp. 134-5.

A letter, 13 August 1987, from Kyffin Williams, Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, to John Harry Fisher Evans, Cardiff, illustrated with a self-portrait sketch in ink of the artist holding a shotgun. Williams discusses his ability with a shotgun and the recent award of a life peerage to his friend Nicholas Edwards (subsequently Baron Crickhowell).

A letter, 26 May 1970, from Kyffin Williams, [London], to Meic Stephens, [Literature Director of the Welsh Arts Council], attempting to secure financial support to publish his book on his 1968-1969 visit to Patagonia.
The book remained unpublished, although parts of it appeared as 'An Artist in Welsh Patagonia', in The Anglo-Welsh Review, 18.42 (February 1970), 5-32, or would be adapted for his book A Wider Sky (Llandysul, 1991). The letter contains references to Christopher Falkus of prospective publishers Weidenfeld [& Nicolson].

Two letters, 19 April 1981 and 21 May 1993, from the artist Kyffin Williams, Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll, to Elin [McGorran], who, as a student of Fine Art at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1981 was writing a dissertation on Williams.
Williams refers to McGorran's recent visit to interview him for the dissertation (f. 32) and discusses the antagonism of some members of the Welsh art establishment towards him (f. 33). Williams includes a self-portrait sketch in ink, depicting himself on horseback 'on a sheep station … in the Australian Outback' (f. 33 verso).

Eleven letters, 1991-2002, from Kyffin Williams, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, to his friends and near neighbours the broadcaster Ian Skidmore and his wife, the writer Celia Lucas, mainly offering thanks or congratulations, with most containing pen and ink self-portrait cartoons.
The correspondence includes four letters addressed to Celia Lucas (ff. 2-4, 10, the first two in French), three to Ian Skidmore (ff. 1, 9, 11) and two addressed to both (ff. 6, 8); together with a poem concerning the writer and critic A. A. Gill (f. 7) and a limerick addressed to Skidmore (f. 11). The cartoons portray Kyffin in a dunce cap (f. 1), as a Frenchman (f. 2 verso), as a 'naughty little boy' (f. 4 verso), celebrating (f. 5), with an ear trumpet (f. 6 verso), as [?'a fox-hunting man'] (f. 8), dancing with Ian Skidmore (f. 9) and waving a handkerchief (f. 10). There are also cartoons of A. A. Gill being grilled by Old Nick (f. 7) and Ian Skidmore waving a flag (f. 11).

Papers relating to the organisation and administration of the Kyffin Williams Portraits 1944-1993 exhibition in 1993-1994, organised by Oriel Ynys Môn, 1992-1993, including a letter from Kyffin Williams.

Correspondence with Kyffin Williams concerning personal matters and the sale of some of his paintings, together with receipts for Winifred Coombe Tennant's purchase of them, and related press cuttings and exhibition catalogues.