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Correspondence with John Elwyn Davies concerning art, personal and social matters, together with letters to Winifred Coombe Tennant about him, and press cuttings, catalogues and notes relating to his work.

Correspondence, 1938-1997, and miscellaneous personal papers, 1944-1995, of John Elwyn, including letters relating to commissions and exhibitions. Among the more notable correspondents are Winifred Coombe Tennant, Nicholas Evans, Alun Hoddinott, Glyn Jones, John Petts, Ceri Richards and Kyffin Williams.

Miscellaneous papers, 1940s-1997, of the artist John Elwyn (John Elwyn Davies, 1916-1997), consisting mainly of exhibition catalogues, printed material relating to other artists' work, including pamphlets and ephemera produced by the Old Stile Press, papers relating to artists' societies, minor correspondence and personal papers.

The file comprises correspondence, 1958-1961, 1966 and 1978, including draft letters by Glyn Jones, relating to The learning lark (London, 1960), mostly from the publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, with letters from John Elwyn, Alan Sillitoe (2), Gwyn Jones (2), Elwyn Davies, Gwyn Thomas and Roland Mathias. -- In addition, the file contains royalty statements, 1960-1966, and notes relating to the book. Also included are printed reviews of the book, 1959-1960; newspaper cuttings of an adaptation of the novel serialised in the Empire News, 1960, and manuscript of an article giving Glyn Jones's views on the book following its serialisation, [1960].