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Valerie Wynne-Williams correspondence

  • NLW ex 3075.
  • Ffeil
  • 2017

A file of correspondence, 30 March-7 May 2017, between Valerie Wynne-Williams and her solicitors Kuits on the one hand and Thomas Dilworth and his publishers Penguin Random House UK on the other, relating to the contents of Dilworth's biography David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet (London, 2017). The correspondence resulted in a number of amendments being made to subsequent editions of the book.

Wynne-Williams, Valerie

Various campaigns

The file comprises ephemera created by various campaigns in 2023 including a campaign against a power line in the Tywi Valley (circulated during the Urdd National Eisteddfod in 2023) and the Welsh Liberal Democrats regarding the National Health Service.

Various political papers

Papers from a Nuffield Trust event on the role of the state in healthcare in 2004, a copy of a speech by Ron Davies on devolution, a letter from Ann Williams following the death of her husband Phil Williams and a copy of Ieuan Wyn Jones's Oath of Allegiance after the 2003 elections to the National Assembly for Wales.

Various publications

“State Visit: A Musical Play in One Act” by George Cartwright (Samuel French, London, 1961);
“The Open Doors of Balliol” (Kenneth Harris on Edward Heath, Observer, 23 January 1966);
Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents Association Year Book, 1968;
Programme of the 89th Conservative Conference held at Brighton, October 1971. Peter Thomas was the Chairman of the Party Organisation;
Programme (2 copies): First Conservative Friends of Israel VIP Tour of Israel, February 1978, led by Peter Thomas and Baroness Pike of Melton. Peter Thomas was a Vice-President of CFI;
The Campaign Guide, Supplement 1978 by the Conservative Research Department;
Royal Air Forces Ex-Prisoner of War Association Newsletter, No. 51 [1993];
Nigeria Now, published by the New Nigeria Forum, London (March 1995).

Vernon Watkins letters to Francis Dufau-Labeyrie

  • NLW MS 24198i-iiD.
  • Ffeil
  • 1937-1967, [?1970s]

One hundred and seven letters, 1937-1940 and 1944-1967, from Vernon Watkins, mainly at Pennard and Swansea, to his friend and occasional translator, Francis Dufau-Labeyrie, containing personal and family news, and discussing his poetry and other literary output, his and Francis's poetry translations and other poets and their work, notably their mutual friend Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats (ff. 1-9, 13-40, 43-121, 125-133, 137-148, 151-158, 161-164, 166-196, 199-211).
Also included are typescript transcripts, [?1970s], of eight of the letters (ff. 10-12, 41-42, 122-124, 134-136, 149-150, 159-160, 165, 197-198, inserted after the originals). The letters occasionally contain poetry by Watkins, including parts of 'After Sunset' (f. 15), an attempt at a poem about Francis (f. 32 verso, in French), the first two verses of 'the Wine Ballad' ['Ballad of the Two Tapsters'] (f. 38), a limerick [?by VW] (f. 40), a verse (f. 46), a verse from 'the Broken Net ballad' ['Ballad of Dundrum Bay'] (f. 50 verso), the end of 'Portrait of a Friend' (f. 75 verso) and the sonnet 'The Conception' (f. 147); there are also transcripts of poems by Yeats (ff. 68, 88 verso, 109 verso) and other miscellaneous poems in English (ff. 46, 76 verso, 119 verso, 190) and French (ff. 17, 82 verso, 86, 128). A few rough ink sketches are on ff. 2, 19, 46, 103, 109 verso, 117 verso. The letters contain annotations and markings in the hand of Francis Dufau-Labeyrie, including attempts at dating and ordering. The letters were mostly sent to Francis while he was living in Bristol, 1937-1938, Beckenham, 1938-1939, Paris, 1939-1947, and thereafter Montreal, Quebec, the later correspondence being mostly by air letter. For extracts from sixteen of the letters, 1937-1946, see 'Vernon Watkins: Selected quotations from his letters to Francis Dufau-Labeyrie', Temenos, 8 (1987), 146-155.

Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967

Viscount Rochester,

Note book containing a handwritten novel. "Viscount Rochester - a historical novel of the period of James I", by D. J. Jones. Some 23 pages including contents page and preface.

Visit to Breconshire County Council

The file comprises papers relating to the administrative inspection visit by the Local Government Commission for Wales to Breconshire County Council including a programme for the visit and notes for questions to raise with various departments of the council and a detailed overview of council services.

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