The series comprises 13 files of artistic works by David Jones which were found amongst his papers. There are greeting and Christmas cards, dating from 1905, designed by David Jones and probably printed with the help of his father who was a printer's overseer. There are some original sketches, copies of frontispieces to his books, and copies of sketches, engravings, prints, and pictures.
Papers relating to David Jones' art
The series comprises material relating to David Jones as an artist, with exhibition catalogues, drafts of letters by David Jones principally relating to art, and lists of paintings.
Invitations to exhibitions and accumulated images
The series comprises invitations David Jones received to art exhibitions, 1940-1970, in the Tate Gallery, Redfern Gallery and various other galleries, along with printed images and postcards accumulated by him.
Assembled biographical material
The series comprises biographical material assembled by René Hague for Dai Greatcoat, including letters or copies of letters from David Jones to Stanley Honeyman, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, René Hague, Jim Ede, Desmond Chute and Tom Burns; a transcript of an interview with David Jones, and letters to and from René Hague relating to the publication of the book.
The series comprises material actually published in Dai Greatcoat, including copies of David Jones' letters, drafts and settings copies of the book, and related material.
The series comprises draft and incomplete letters from David Jones to friends and acquaintances, relating to his work as author and artist, as well as other disparate topics. The series also includes some draft letters to the press which are mixed within the same files.
The series comprises draft and incomplete letters from David Jones to editors of newspapers, such as The Tablet, The Times, The Listener, and The Catholic Herald relating to history, literature, religion and other topics. The series also includes letters to friends and acquaintances, which are mixed within the same files.
Arranged by individual friends
The series comprises letters from Clarissa Eden, T. S. Eliot, Nicolette Gray, Saunders Lewis, Morag [Mac Clennan], Lady Moray, Edith Sitwell, Janet Stone, Tony Stoneburner, Helen Sutherland and Valerie Wynne-Williams.
Letters from friends and acquaintances
The series comprises letters from various people including Graham Greene, Stephen Spender, David Pryce-Jones, Ruth Wainwright, Hugh Fraser, and E. Sackville West.
Letters arranged chronologically
The series comprises letters from various people, relating to David Jones' literature (especially In Parenthesis and The Anathemata), literary prizes and awards, art exhibitions, pictures, and social engagements.
Letters from galleries, publishers, etc.
The series comprises letters to David Jones from the Redfern Gallery, Tate Gallery, BBC, British Council, Faber, Ganymed and other publishers and editors, University of Wales and other institutions and societies.
Letters arranged alphabetically
The series comprises letters from various people relating to exhibitions, drawings, publications, radio broadcasts, and personal correspondence.
Postcards, birthday and Christmas cards,
The series comprises letters, postcards, Christmas cards, birthday cards, telegrams and invitations from various people.
The series comprises letters from Alun Oldfield-Davies, Lynette Rees, Nancy Sanders, Saunders Lewis, Colin Hughes, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Jackson Knight and others.
The series consists of manuscript drafts of The Anathemata, with related notes and fragments, and two black folders which David Jones used when writing The Anathemata.
The series consists of typescript drafts of The Anathemata: the final typescript, pages of the original typescript rejected after re-typing, a few re-typed pages rejected because they had been re-typed a second time, and carbons which were used by David Jones as working copies.
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The series comprises galleys, page proofs, revised page proofs and second revise page proofs.
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The series includes material relating to a BBC broadcast of The Anathemata in 1954, produced by Douglas Cleverdon, and the introduction to a broadcast of The Anathemata entitled 'Wales and the monarchy of Britain', 1953.
Cleverdon, Douglas
Reviews, correspondence and related material
The series comprises reviews of and commentaries on The Anathemata, correspondence relating to the book, most importantly from David Jones to Desmond Chute, and related material.
The series comprises material for A Commentary on The Anathemata of David Jones by René Hague, published by Christopher Skelton in 1977. There are typescript drafts of the Commentary with manuscript comments by David Jones, and related correspondence.
Hague, René