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- 1938-1997 (Creation)
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209 ff. (bound in incorrect order; ff. 108-109, 107 should be located before f. 97). Guarded and filed at NLW.
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Over one hundred and fifty letters, 1938-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames B-C), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Menna Baines, 30 July 1992 (f. 1, Welsh), Kit Barker, 1970-1974 (ff. 9-11), David Bell, 1950-1958 (ff. 14-35), H. I[dris] Bell, 4 May 1959 (f. 36), Euros Bowen, 26 March 1976 (f. 43, Welsh), S. Morse Brown, 18 July 1938 (f. 48), David Buckman, 1987-1994 (ff. 55-74), [Miss] E. M. Bush, 1944-1946 (ff. 77-94), Arthur Chater, 1981 (ff. 119-122), and John and Lel Cleal of Workshop Wales Gallery, [1982]-[?1996] (ff. 123-153, 156-189). The letters contain references to Lord Harlech (f. 14) and Denis Reed (f. 70), and to John Elwyn’s portrait of Dr Raymond Edwards (ff. 199-202).
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23798D.
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- Ormsby-Gore, William George Arthur, 1885-1964. (Subject)
- Edwards, Thomas Raymond, 1919-1999 -- Portraits. (Subject)
- Bell, David, 1915-1959 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Reed, Denis William, 1917-1979. (Subject)
- Baines, Menna. (Subject)
- Barker, Kit, 1916-1988. (Subject)
- Bell, David, 1915-1959. (Subject)
- Bell, H. Idris (Harold Idris), Sir, b. 1879. (Subject)
- Bowen, Euros. (Subject)
- Morse-Brown, Sam (Subject)
- Buckman, David. (Subject)
- Bush, E. M., d. 1947. (Subject)
- Chater, A. O. (Subject)
- Cleal, Lel. (Subject)
- Cleal, John, 1929-2007 (Subject)