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Material relating to the Academi Gymreig Playwrights Group, of which Tony Curtis was a member, comprising: scripts of plays by group members, including plays titled 'Detention' and 'Patience Being a Virtue' and two untitled draft plays by Tony Curtis; correspondence; list of group members; and details of tasks set to members. One (untitled) play (photocopied typescript) is by Anglo-Welsh poet and writer Nigel Jenkins ((photocopied) signature at top left corner of first page).

Material relating to the production and broadcast of a [television?] series titled 'Year Ending', in which it is implied that Tony Curtis participated by reading the works of selected poets.

Folder of papers containing a Welsh Academy Anglo-Welsh literature teaching resource pack titled 'Writing in Wales', edited by Tony Curtis and Cliff James, which includes: 'Notes for Teachers'; biographical notes on Anglo-Welsh writers, with examples of each writer's work; analytical accounts of the process of poetry composition (with examples of works by Tony Curtis and Gillian Clarke); and booklet titled 'Writers on Tour', providing information on various Anglo-Welsh poets and writers in view of teaching, discussion, readings and so forth.

During the 1980s, Tony Curtis established Creative Writing courses and the Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English at the (then) Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd (now the University of South Wales). See November 2018 papers under heading Polytechnic of Wales: Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English.

Papers relating to a proposed anthology of prose titled Writing from Wales, presumably edited by Tony Curtis, including suggested outline of contents and correspondence between Tony Curtis and Duncan McAra, editor at proposed publisher John Murray (London).

Report on proposal by Lynette Craig to compile and publish a book on Tony Curtis as part of the 'Writers of Wales' series, with a response to that report by Lynette Craig.

Papers [?student exercises] apparently relating to the study of Welsh poetry, including examples of Welsh poetry showing metre notation and rhyming scheme; draft poetry, with amendations; and translations of Welsh poetry into English. One principal and one secondary hand, neither of which are those of Tony Curtis.

Material relating to the compilation and publication of the revised 2nd edition of Welsh Painters Talking, edited by Tony Curtis and originally published by Seren Books in 1997, largely comprising correspondence and biographical notes from contributing artists, namely Sally Moore, Iwan Bala, Charles Burton, Arthur and Bim Giardelli, John Knapp-Fisher and Peter Prendergast.

Including annotations/amendments in the hands of Tony Curtis and Sally Moore.

Letters and card relating to the compilation and publication of Welsh Painters Talking, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 1997, the correspondents comprising Mick Felton of Seren Books, David Higgs of the British Council (to Mick Felton, with copy to Tony Curtis), poet and writer Helen Dunmore, Maggie Knight of the Washington Gallery, Penarth, artists Arthur and Bim Giardelli, sculptor and artist Jonah Jones, landscape painter Peter Prendergast and poet and writer Leslie Norris.

For the publication see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/welsh-painters-talking/tony-curtis/9781854112002)

Papers, 1992-1997, relating to the research and production of Welsh Painters Talking (Seren Books, 1997), edited by Tony Curtis (see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/welsh-painters-talking/tony-curtis/9781854112002), comprising: correspondence between Tony Curtis and the artists included in the volume and typescript drafts of interviews with the artists, with corrections by the interviewees, namely Iwan Bala, Charles Burton, Felicity Charlton, Arthur Giardelli, John Knapp-Fisher, Sally Moore, Peter Prendergast, Shani Rhys James, Will Roberts, Kevin Sinnott, Kyffin Williams and Ernest Zobole. Together with correspondence between Seren Books and others involved in the publishing of the volume and from David Alston, who wrote the foreword. Also included are draft versions of Tony Curtis's introduction to the volume; a review of the volume in a Seren booklet of recent publications; and a photocopy of the proposed cover of the volume. The material ranges from the project's inception in 1992 to the book's publication in 1997.
Some correspondence is written on postcards or cards showing reproductions of the artists' works.
Together with photocopy of review of the volume taken from a printed source.
Typescript notes included in this section provide detailed information regarding Tony Curtis's audio-taped interviews with the artists.

Letters relating to the compilation and publication of Welsh Artists Talking, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 2000. Correspondents comprise artist Alfred Janes (letter from Curtis to Janes), Oliver Fairclough, Keeper of Art at the (then) National Museum & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff, artist Arthur Giardelli, painter Emrys Williams and sculptor, artist and teacher Lois Williams, the latter enclosing the interview conducted between her and Tony Curtis for Welsh Artists Talking (with amendments in Lois Williams's hand).

For the publication see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/welsh-artists-talking/.

Draft and fair-copy texts, with corrections by the interviewees, of interviews conducted by Tony Curtis with the artists involved in the compilation of Curtis's Welsh Artists Talking (Seren Books, 2000) (see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/welsh-artists-talking), together with correspondence and other material relating to the artists. The artists involved are: Brendan Burns, Ivor Davies, David Garner, Robert Harding, Alfred Janes, Christine Jones, Jonah Jones, David Nash, Terry Setch and Lois Williams.
Also included is material relating to an exhibition of contemporary paintings curated by Tony Curtis entitled 'Ten Welsh Painters', held at the Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, 18 January - 4 February 1999. Many of the exhibiting artists are included in Curtis's Welsh Painters Talking (Seren Books, 1997 - see under heading Welsh Painters Talking) and in Welsh Artists Talking.

Material relating to Wales: The Imagined Nation, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Poetry Wales Press in 1986 (see, for example: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Wales_the_Imagined_Nation.html?id=N3pnAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y).
The material includes:
Letters to/from Tony Curtis and prospective contributors to the volume and letters to Tony Curtis from Mick Felton of Poetry Wales
Contributed essays and thumbnail biographies of contributors
Poetry Wales Press booklet detailing new publications
Letter to contributors from Tony Curtis
Press cuttings
Photocopied material from printed sources, including poetry
Draft outline/contents of the volume

Material relating to the compilation of Tony Curtis (ed.): Wales: The Imagined Nation (Poetry Wales Press, 1986).

Material relating to the compilation of Tony Curtis (ed.): Wales: The Imagined Nation (Poetry Wales Press, 1986), which includes: rough manuscript and annotated typescript draft texts by Tony Curtis; poetry and prose photocopied from printed sources; photocopied template letter, 14 October 1985, from Tony Curtis addressed to contributors to the publication; photocopied draft contents page; correspondence addressed to Tony Curtis; printed flyers and programme relating to Made in Wales theatre company and letter, 11 October 1985, to Tony Curtis from Judith Lee, Made in Wales press officer, requesting return of the production photographs (a request with which Curtis obviously did not comply).
For the publication see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wales-Imagined-Cultural-National-Identity/dp/0907476546

Material relating to the compilation and publication of Wales at War: Critical Essays on Literature and Art, edited and contributed to by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 2007, comprising: draft list of contents; correspondence and essays from contributors to the collection, namely Eric Rowan, Professor Katie Gramich, Professor M. Wynn Thomas and Dr James A. Davies; information relating to the storage of works of art during World War II sent to Tony Curtis from Ellie Dawkins, then Collections Assistant at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea; and photocopied image of a painting titled 'Hope (Desolated Landscape)' by Ceri Richards.
For the publication see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/wales-at-war/

Material relating to the volume Wading Through Deep Water: The Parkinson's Anthology, edited by Tony Curtis, with dialogues by Val Bowden, and published by Coychurch Press in 2001 (see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wading-Through-Deep-Water-Parkinsons/dp/0954027604). The material comprises correspondence addressed to Tony Curtis, with one letter addressed to his wife Margaret, largely from poets responding to requests to submit work (some poems included), together with discussion relating to preparation and publication of the anthology; programme of proposed events making up the launch of the anthology at the Troubadour, London, 19 November 2001; draft cover of anthology (annotated), printed draft copy (annotated) and final printed copy of the anthology; accounts relating to the publication of the anthology; and printout background information relating to the Parkinson's Disease Society. Those submitting work include poets Dannie Abse, Gillian Clarke, Anne Stevenson and Andrew Motion.

See also January 2014 papers under heading Letters to Tony Curtis (postcard to Curtis from Seamus Heaney dated 31 November [sic] 2000).

For names of all contributors to the publication, please access this section of the archive.

First edition of poet and translator Vernon Watkins's collection of poems Cypress and Acacia, published by Faber & Faber in 1959, the frontispiece inscribed in Watkins's hand: 'for Maurice Zarb, a true friend of unfailing kindness, in gratitude [signed] Vernon'.
Together with:

Letter, 1959, from Vernon Watkins to Maurice Zarb, which references Watkins's family, the poems titled 'A Man with a Field' and 'The Scythe' (both of which appear in the enclosed volume) and Watkins's and Zarb's work at Bletchley Park (see note below) during the Second World War. For Cypress and Acadia see, for example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cypress-Acacia-Vernon-Watkins/dp/0571036872.

(Undated) photocopied typescript of a critical analysis by Vernon Watkins titled 'The Poetry of Wilfred Owen'. According to a note which originally accompanied this sub-archive, this item was given to Tony Curtis by Vernon Watkins in 1966 when Watkins was tutor to Curtis at the then University College, Swansea (for further material relating to Curtis's period of study at University College, Swansea, see April 2016 papers under heading University College, Swansea).

Material relating to Tony Curtis's first poetry reading visit to the United States in 1972, the trip funded by Curtis's winning the Society of Authors' 1972 Eric Gregory Award, comprising: travel/flight details and printed tourist brochures; poetry by Tony Curtis inspired by his visit, with manuscript amendments by Curtis; contact details relating to possible poetry reading opportunities sent to Tony Curtis by poet Leon Spiro; newspaper cutting from the Ross Valley Reporter, based in San Anselmo, California; printed programme of the Poetry Center, New York; letters to Tony Curtis in response to his requests regarding possible poetry reading opportunities and venues; press cuttings relating to Tony Curtis's visit to the United States; and rough manuscript list of poems (abbreviated titles) in Tony Curtis's hand, with ticks alongside, under the heading 'Gregory Award'.

Material relating to Tony Curtis's second poetry reading visit to the United States in 1975, comprising: biographical details relating to Tony Curtis; correspondence addressed to Tony Curtis regarding potential poetry reading venues; press cuttings and correspondence relating to Tony Curtis's poetry readings at American schools; material relating to an abortive 'poem cards' scheme involving work by poets including Gillian Clarke, Leslie Norris and Roland Mathias, with related correspondence; rough draft poem addressed to 'R.S.T.' (presumably the Anglo-Welsh poet R. S. Thomas); typescript copy of talk given by Tony Curtis on the American television show Sunday Best, with manuscript amendments by Tony Curtis; and typescript copy of a press article by Tony Curtis titled 'America the Beautiful', with photocopy of the published article.
However, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Best_(American_TV_series)#:~:text=Sunday%20Best%20is%20a%20reality,BET%20on%20October%202%2C%202007.&text=In%20each%20season%2C%20the%20show,undiscovered%20gospel%20talent%20in%20America, Sunday Best is currently described as 'a reality television singing competition series', which appears to bear little resemblance to the programme on which Tony Curtis proposed to present his talk.

Material relating to an Arts Council-sponsored Poetry Exchange Tour to celebrate the American bicentenary 1776-1976, comprising: printed booklet containing details of a tour of Britain by American poets; biographical details relating to Denise Levertov and excerpts from reviews of her work; printed poetry by Denise Levertov, with source information added in Tony Curtis's hand; material relating to a night of poetry reading and talks by American poets Denise Levertov, Michael S. Harper and Galway Kinnell at the Polytechnic of Wales, Barry; correspondence addressed to Tony Curtis from Denise Levertov and one other relating to Levertov's visit to Wales; rough draft of a poem by Tony Curtis titled 'At Abercanaid with Denise Levertov and Michael S. Harper', inspired by Levertov and Harper's visit to Wales; press cutting relating to Levertov, Harper and Kinnell's visit to Wales; and letters addressed from Ireland to Tony Curtis from American poet and writer Tess Gallagher, enclosing several of her poems.

Material relating to the 1984 Wales/USA Print and Poem Project, a collaborative exhibition between American artists/printmakers and Welsh poets, of which Tony Curtis was co-director and as part of which he would participate in poetry readings and talks at Western Illinois University and other venues. The material comprises: correspondence from Western Illinois University, the then Welsh Arts Council, the British Council and a letter, 25 October 1984, to Curtis from sculptor, artist and printmaker Jonah Jones; details of events taking place at Western Illinois University, including poetry readings by Tony Curtis and others and a lecture by Curtis titled 'Dylan - Roots and Heirs'; draft and fair-copy poetry by Tony Curtis; biographical details relating to the exhibiting Welsh poets, together with examples of their work; press cuttings relating to the exhibition; and a booklet (kept in a marked envelope) containing the poem 'Castell y Bere' by Welsh poet and writer Bobi Jones rendered into decorative print by Jonah Jones, together with details of Welsh and American poets and artists, translations of some of the works of the Welsh poets submitted to the exhibition and (inserted) photographic prints of the poem 'Castell y Bere', (?) possibly for display via an overhead projector. For a comparable event which took place ten years later, in 1994, see January 2014 papers under heading Poems & Prints: A celebration of word and image.

Material relating to the America '85 Festival of American arts and entertainment to be held 6-30 May 1985.

Material relating to or inspired by visits by Tony Curtis to the United States and Canada, much of which is unspecific as regards date and purpose/event. The contents include: rough manuscript and typescript copies of a journal written by Curtis while visiting Canada in April 1981 as part of The Welsh Academy/Canada Council Writers Exchange Scheme; poems by Curtis inspired by a visit to the United States of America's Midwest in 1989 and to South Dakota and California; draft and fair-copy versions of prose piece titled 'Out of the Wreck: Influences from Contemporary American Poetry'; draft poetry by Curtis, with manuscript amendments; report by Tony Curtis on the Rotary International Group Study Exchange Scheme from District 115 South Wales to District 56 1, South Dakota, 1978; rough manuscript list of poems headed 'Greenwich Festival', the poems possibly to be read at the festival; press cutting relating to a poetry reading event by Curtis; and printed map showing a section of the north-eastern coast of the United States and part of south-eastern Canada . Items previously grouped together by Curtis are kept in marked envelopes.
Further copies of the poems are also included under heading Individual poems (loose papers).
For printed programme of the 6th International Literature of Region and Nation Conference held at the University of New Brunswick, Canada, August 1996, see under heading Festivals and conferences within this archive.

See also January 2014 papers under heading Poems & Prints: A celebration of word and image and June 2021 papers under heading Miscellanea by/relating to Tony Curtis.

Material relating to Tony Curtis's period as a student at University College, Swansea (now Swansea University), including lecture notes, exam papers, course details and reading lists.

Printed booklet commemorating Dr Ceri Evans (1965-2002) of the University of Glamorgan, containing details of paintings by David Carpanini and John Cleal which were gifted to the university in May 2007 by Letitia Anne Rhys, mother of Ceri Evans, together with commemorative poems by Tony Curtis and Letitia Anne Rhys.