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One hundred and twenty-four autograph letters, 1959-1974, from painter-poet David ('Dafydd') Jones, all addressed to Valerie ('Elri') Wynne-Williams (née Price), with the exception of two to her husband Michael ('Mihangel') (ff. 54, 112-113) and one to them both (ff. 55-56), discussing a variety of topics including his, and her, health and living conditions, his work, his friends, the Welsh language and Welsh history and politics. Some letters are illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings, mainly of animals and flowers (ff. 8, 32, 33, 45 verso, 46 verso-47, 48 verso, 76, 103, 104 verso, 152), inscriptions (ff. 9, 34, 124 verso, 128, 136 verso) and sketch maps of Harrow (ff. 143, 144).
There are references throughout to friends and correspondents including Saunders Lewis (ff. 2-11 passim, 42-188 passim), Harman Grisewood (ff. 4-192 verso passim), René Hague (ff. 42 verso-187 passim), David Blamires (ff. 160, 186, 190 verso, 192), Louis Bonnerot (ff. 123, 186 verso), Tom Burns (ff. 13, 14 verso, 48, 64 verso, 68 verso, 77, 85 verso, 86 verso, 89 verso, 110, 116, 140 recto-verso, 188 verso), Douglas Cleverdon (ff. 68 verso, 160 verso, 162, 163 verso, 187), Aneirin Talfan Davies (ff. 9 verso, 11, 14 verso, 16, 33 verso, 63 verso, 71 verso, 123, 124, 128, 129 verso, 154 verso, 162), Clarissa Eden (f. 107 verso), T. S. Eliot (ff. 51 recto-verso, 62 verso, 67 verso, 69 verso, 71, 73, 74, 85), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 29 verso, 31, 131-192 verso passim), Illtud Evans (f. 6, 11 recto-verso, 37, 46 verso, 57, 61), Arthur Giardelli (ff. 150, 151 verso, 171 verso, 186), Eric Gill (ff. 45 verso, 66, 67 verso, 68 verso, 121), Stanley Honeyman (ff. 84, 140, 154 verso, 159 verso), Morag Owen (ff. 59, 98, 140), Catherine Rousseau (née Ivainer) (ff. 36 verso-127 passim), Stephen Spender (ff. 81 verso-82, 83 verso, 91), Bill Stevenson (f. 158 verso) and Helen Sutherland (ff. 68, 97 verso, 157). There are also occasional references to Desmond Chute (f. 120 verso), Idris Foster (ff. 60 verso, 63 verso), Philip Jones Griffiths (ff. 1, 131), David Lloyd George (ff. 108 verso-109, 127 verso), Megan Lloyd George (ff. 18 verso, 20, 21-22), J. D. Innes (f. 49 verso), Augustus John (f. 85 verso), Alun Oldfield-Davies (ff. 37, 77), Tristram Powell (ff. 142 recto-verso, 144), Caradog Prichard (ff. 19 verso, 77, 108), Kathleen Raine (f. 59 verso), Keidrych Rhys (ff. 6 verso, 8, 9, 16, 30 verso, 36 verso), Meic Stephens (ff. 171, 175), Vernon Watkins (ff. 47, 128 verso), D. J. Williams (f. 106 recto-verso), Kyffin Williams (ff. 49, 63, 77) and R. O. F. Wynne and his family (ff. 61, 62, 63, 64 verso, 67 verso, 81, 94 verso, 96 verso¸ 98, 130 verso), and brief reminiscences of his experiences during the First World War (ff. 70 recto-verso, 76, 79 recto-verso, 108 verso-109, 130 recto-verso, 151 verso, 164). Also included is a copy of his letter, dated 10 August 1959, to Megan Lloyd George (f. 21; for her reply see NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT3/3, f. 247); cuttings of letters to the Times by David Jones, Valerie Price and others, 1958 (ff. 193-196); and a copy of a 1959 photograph of the two by Philip Jones Griffiths (f. 197). The letter of 23 September 1973 (ff. 178-179 verso) was published under the title 'Yr Iaith' in Planet, 21 (January 1974), 3-5.

The series comprises manuscript, typescript or proof copies of articles written about David Jones by David Blamires, Harman Grisewood, Nicolette Gray, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Eric Gill and others.

The file comprises a manuscript copy of a poem entitled 'The weeping Queen', with a note in the same hand signed René [Hague] and dated 22 January 1930; a typescript copy of three poems by Harman Grisewood, dated 1931, one entitled 'Rigor'; a typescript copy of two poems, one entitled 'Esurientes' (in an envelope marked 'Harman's Poems'); and a typescript and manuscript copy of an untitled poem. The hand appears to be that of René Hague.

The file includes seven pamphlets, many of them presented to David Jones by the author, including The Dance of Earth by William Hayward, Life is a lousy drag by Dominic Milroy, O. S. B., 'Charles Sorley's Bright promise' by J. H. Johnston, 'Words fail me' by Harman Grisewood, 'Les Deux Mains de Dieu...' by Jean Mambrino, 'The trumpets of Tut-ankh-amen and their successors' by P. R. Kirby, and 'Another Damned Scotsman' by Burns Singer.

The file comprises a letter from René Hague to David Jones, [May 1937] relating to the In Parenthesis proofs (possibly No. 11); a letter from Coutts bank to Harman Grisewood, 1976, relating to the manuscripts of David Jones which were deposited there, and a carbon copy of a letter from René Hague to Harman Grisewood, 1976, discussing the In Parenthesis manuscripts and proofs.

The file comprises letters to David Jones, 1943-1961 and undated, from friends and acquaintances, including Kenneth Clark, Harman Grisewood, Lady Barbara Moray, Joan and René Hague, Fr Illtud Evans O.P., and Theodore Bailey O.S.B.

The file comprises postcards to David Jones from Jim Ede, Louis Bonnerot, Janet Stone, Harman Grisewood, Peter Levi, Douglas Cleverdon, Will Carter, Walter Shewring, Desmond Chute, Ben Nicholson, Prudence Pelham, Desirée Hirst, Lynette Roberts, Keidrych Rhys, Tom Burns, René Hague, Helen Sutherland and many other friends and family members, with also a Christmas card made by Ray Howard-Jones and a postcard from David Jones, 1915.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to some of his dearest friends: René Hague, Valerie Wynne Williams (and to her mother Mrs Price), Harman Grisewood, Helen Sutherland, Tom Burns, Jim Ede, Morag [McLennan], and Saunders Lewis.

The file comprises two typescript copies of Chapters 1 and 2 of the Commentary, with corrections and related notes. There are also letters to René Hague from Tom Dilworth, 'Helen', 'Mollie', Harman Grisewood, William Blissett, William Cookson, R. Brinley Jones and others, 1974-1976; and typescript copies of letters from René Hague, 1974-1976.

The file comprises typescript copies of material for The Roman Quarry, 1979-1981, with a manuscript page by David Jones. There is also René Hague's notebook, and numerous letters to René Hague (ff. 1-60), many relating to Dai Greatcoat, 1976-1980, from Walter Shewring, William Blissett, Harman Grisewood, Helen [Ede], Anne [Seymor] (Anthony d'Offay Ltd), Nicolete [Gray], Jim Ede, Robert Buhler, Nicholas Jacobs, Rosemary Goad (Faber), Malcolm Yorke, Jeremy [Hooker], Laurence Bevenot, Mike W. Richey, and others.

The file comprises letters to David Jones arranged alphabetically, G-I, including Nicolete Gray, Harman Grisewood, Bryn Griffiths, Arthur Giardelli, Ray [Howard-Jones], Rupert Hart-Davies, René Hague, Robin Ironside and others.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones mainly to Harman Grisewood and Jim Ede, with also letters to Helen Ede and René Hague, with one letter each to Prudence Pelham, Philip Hagreen, and T. S. Eliot.

The file comprises letters from various people including D. Brynmor Anthony, Vernon Watkins (6, 1 incomplete) and Gwen Watkins, William Cookson, Howard Griffin, Vincent Lines (3), Vera Bassett, Neville Braybrooke (4), K. M. Elisabeth Murray, Louis Bonnerot, Percival R. Kirby, Sir Ifor Evans (2), Charles L. H. Duchemin (4), Arnold Palmer (3), William Blissett, Raymond Garlick (2), John Buckland Wright, August Closs (4), D. Emrys Evans, Helen Sutherland (2), David Bell (2), Megan Lloyd George, T. Charles Edwards, Valerie Wynne-Williams (2), J. E. Jones, William Hayward (4), John P[iper], Sir John Cecil Williams (2), Donald Nicholl (5), A. Robert Caponigri, Prof. Thomas Jones (3), Elwyn Evans (2), Alun Oldfield-Davies (3, 1 incomplete), Canon Walter Hussey, Alan Pryce-Jones, Geraint Gruffydd (2), Harman Grisewood, V. E. Nash-Williams, Kenneth Clark, Dr Charles Burns (incomplete), Colin Wilcockson, Janet Stone and W. B. Dalton.

The file includes correspondence about the Commentary mainly between René Hague and Christopher Skelton of the Skelton Press, with letters to René Hague from William Blissett and others, 1977. There are reviews of the Commentary by Kathleen Raine, Harman Grisewood, and Hugh McKinley, 1978, and numerous prints of a portrait by Eric Gill of David Jones in 1921.

The file comprises letters and post cards to David Jones from A. S. Hartrick, Rex Nan Kivell, Tom Burns, Janet Stone, Sir Kenneth Clark, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Harman Grisewood, Illtud Evans, Moelwyn Merchant, Anthony Steel, Saunders Lewis, Christopher Dawson, William Hayward, Bryn Griffiths, Colin Hughes, Nancy Sandars, August Closs, [Arthur Giardelli], E.V.C. Plumptre, Jack Sweeney and others.

The file comprises four bundles of typescript copies of David Jones' letters to Jim Ede, Tom Burns, Harman Grisewood and Rene Hague, arranged chronologically into four sections as in the book. There is also a letter from David Jones to Philip Hagreen, and a letter from René Hague to Colin [Hughes], 1978.

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to friends and associates, including Mr Alcock, Jackson Knight, Tony Stoneburner, Walter Shewring, Glyn Jones, Harman Grisewood, Alun Oldfield-Davies, T. Charles Edwards, Gwynfor Evans, Peter Orr, Valerie Wynne-Williams, Rachel Bromwich, and others. Many of the drafts are incomplete, many only of the first paragraph of the letter. There are also many letters to editors of newspapers.

The group comprises material collected by René Hague while editing Dai Greatcoat : a self-portrait of David Jones in his letters, (London : Faber and Faber, 1980), a collection of letters to H. S. (Jim) Ede, Harman Grisewood, T. F. (Tom) Burns, and René Hague. There are copies of letters from David Jones to them and others, and also biographical material, setting copies, and other material relating to the publication. They have been arranged into two groups and listed by Harman Grisewood.