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Thirty-six typescript and manuscript letters, 1977-1994, from Thomas Dilworth, University of Windsor, Ontario, to Huw Ceiriog Jones, Bow Street and the National Library of Wales, concerning their research into the poet and artist David Jones as well as relating personal news.
Also included are a printout of an email exchange between Jones and Dilworth, September 2021, and explanatory notes (in Welsh) by the donor, 2024.

Press cuttings relating to a talk given by Tony Curtis at the opening of an exhibition of painter Ray Howard-Jones's works at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. The cuttings also show Tony Curtis's wife Margaret and Dr Kathy Talbot, then honorary curator of the museum and gallery. See also https://www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/successful-talk-on-ray-howard-jones-at-tenby-museum-456403.

Two copies of a lecture given, 16 November 2004, by Tony Curtis to the Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) titled 'Four Gold Medals - The 1960s', which references the four Gold Medals for Visual Art awarded by the National Eisteddfod of Wales to artists Ceri Richards, Josef Herman, David Jones and Merlyn Evans.
See also under heading Articles and essays by Tony Curtis.
For the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, see also April 2018 papers under heading Contemporary Art Society for Wales (CASW) .

Draft and fair-copied copies of paper, titled 'Charles Burton: The Painting's in the Pity', given by Tony Curtis at a conference on the work of artist Ivor Davies ('Burnt Poetry': Ivor Davies and Destruction/Creation in Art and Word) held at Cardiff University, 27 February 2016 (see under section titled 'Hen Galan' at https://cardiffmemori.wordpress.com/page/4/). Drafts annotated/amended in the hands of Tony Curtis and that of his wife, Margaret Curtis.

Script of Foundation Course lecture on the theme of 'War', given by Tony Curtis as a tutor at, most probably, the then Polytechnic of Wales or, as it subsequently became known, the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales).

Books and manuscripts collected by René Hague relating to David Jones, including copies of Jones's published works, with annotations and corrections by Hague, and including loose items such as typescript texts by Jones, letters and maps, 1936-[c. 1981]; notebooks containing notes on David Jones, manuscript drafts by him, and letters to René Hague, 1949-1978; and exhibition catalogues, 1964-1979.

A file, apparently compiled, [1986x1987], by John G. Gallagher, relating mainly to BBC radio adaptations of In Parenthesis, 1964, The Sleeping Lord, 1981, and The Anathemata, 1953 and 1978, by David Jones, containing transcripts of the adaptations and also including transcripts and cuttings from newspapers and periodicals relating to the historical background to In Parenthesis and to David Jones and his work in general.

Papers, [1978]-[2001], including his introduction to an exhibition of paintings by Derwent Wise: 'Northumberland landscapes', 1996; an extract of his talk 'Coming home' given at the 1993 conference of Welsh Union of Writers published in their newsletter; a photocopy of his review of The Gododdin by Desmond O'Grady, 1978, published in Books Ireland; and a note 'David Jones and demotic Roman lettering'.

Papurau yn ymwneud â Saunders Lewis a David Jones a gasglwyd ac a ysgrifennwyd gan Emyr Humphreys, yn cynnwys teipysgrifau o'r traethodau 'A Necessary Figure' ac 'Enaid Digimar' (cyhoeddwyd yn Y Faner, 1985), drafft llawysgrif o draethawd yn ymwneud â'r gwaith' Excelsior' gan Saunders Lewis (heb ei ddyddio), a phamffledi a thoriadau pellach yn ymwneud â Saunders Lewis, yn cynnwys copi o deyrnged gan Thomas Parry (heb ddyddiad), teyrnged gan Theatr Ymylon ([1973]), toriad o'r Radio Times ( 1987), a phamffled 'Y Ddrama yn Ewrop' (gyda rhagair gan Emyr Humphreys); ynghyd â nodiadau teipysgrif a llawysgrif gyda’r teitl 'Hours by the Window: an artist in Philistia' (heb ddyddiad), nodiadau teipysgrif yn ymwneud â rhaglen ar David Jones gan Harlech Television (heb ddyddiad), pamffled ar gyfer Gŵyl David Jones (1973), a copi o adolygiad o 'In Parenthesis' David Jones o 'The Tablet' (1964), gan Saunders Lewis, ac o 'Time and Tide' (1952) gan Emyr Humphreys, a llyfryn ar gyfer arddangosfa David Jones (1972) , ymhlith papurau eraill. / Papers relating to Saunders Lewis and David Jones collected and written by Emyr Humphreys, comprising typescripts of the essays ‘A Necessary Figure’ and ‘Enaid Digymar’ (published in Y Faner, 1985), a manuscript draft of an essay related to the work ‘Excelsior’ by Saunders Lewis (undated), and further pamphlets and cuttings relating to Saunders Lewis, including a copy of a tribute by Thomas Parry (undated), a tribute by Theatr Ymylon ([1973]), a cutting from the Radio Times (1987), and a pamphlet ‘Y Ddrama yn Ewrop’ (with foreword by Emyr Humphreys); together with typescript and manuscript notes titled ‘Hours by the Window: an artist in Philistia’ (undated), typescript notes relating to a programme on David Jones by Harlech Television (undated), a pamphlet for the David Jones Festival (1973), a copy of a review of David Jones’ ‘In Parenthesis’ from ‘The Tablet’ (1964), by Saunders Lewis, and from ‘Time and Tide’ (1952) by Emyr Humphreys, and a booklet for a David Jones exhibition (1972), among other papers.

Research notes and a draft catalogue of the worksheets of In Parenthesis and The Anathemata by David Jones compiled at the Library in 1981, together with a list of letters by Tony Stoneburner, 1977, a catalogue of parts of the archive by Harman Grisewood, and a Catalogue of the artist's drawings and papers in the possession of the David Jones Trustees in 1992, prepared by Matilda and Douglas Hall.

Notebook containing autograph drafts, September 1966, of a series of eight lectures entitled 'Modern Poetry Lectures', apparently given by Vernon Watkins at the University College of Swansea.
The lecture notes contain references to various poets, in particular T. S. Eliot (ff. 2-16 passim), W. B. Yeats (ff. 3-31 passim), D. H. Lawrence (ff. 17-24), Wilfred Owen (ff. 24, 26-31) and David Jones (ff. 24-28). Excerpts from the notes were published in Poetry Wales, 12.4 (Spring 1977), 52-55.

Letters, 1900-1995, of miscellaneous provenance. Correspondents include A. J. Balfour (1) 1916, W. H. Davies (2) 1912-1913, Lyubov (Aimée) F. Dostoevskaya (1, in French) 1924, Owen M. Edwards (4) 1900-1916, David Lloyd George (4) 1911-1919, Megan Lloyd George (3) 1948-1951, Richard Hughes (6) 1923-1935, Augustus John (7) [1918]-1950, Daniel Jones (2) 1972-1981, David Jones (1) 1966 (discussing some of his paintings), Jack Jones (2) 1938-1939, Saunders Lewis (5) 1951-1965, Wallis Simpson, later Duchess of Windsor (1) 1937, Edward Thomas (1) 1901, and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1) [1940].

Forty-eight letters, 1934-1980, to John Petts from various correspondents including David Jones (7) 1954-1956, Professor Gwyn Jones (5, together with a draft introduction for a projected but apparently unpublished volume entitled 'Woodcuts of Wales'), 1947-1949, Alun Lewis (15) [1940]-1943, and Gwyn Williams, Trefenter (2) 1949-1951; also included is one letter, 1942, to Alun Lewis from Huw Menai, enclosing three autograph poems.

Some ninety-five letters, 1955-82, to Keidrych Rhys from various correspondents (surnames I-L), mainly in his capacity as editor of Wales and Welsh correspondent of The People, together with poems, short stories and essays submitted to him for publication. The correspondents and contributors include Augustus John (2) 1959, A. G. Prys-Jones (3, with three poems and an article) 1959, David Jones (1) 1959, Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (2) 1955-7, Glyn Jones (7) 1957-82, and Mervyn Levy (5) 1957-8.

Over one hundred and twenty letters, 1928-80 (correspondents A-M), to Ceri and Frances Richards, many of them concerned with their work as artists, together with one letter, 1985, to the artists' daughters. The correspondents include Francis Bacon (1) [1940s], Benjamin Britten (1) 1957, R. A. Butler (2) 1967, Sir Kenneth Clark (1) 1942, Arthur Giardelli (1) 1970, Ivon Hitchens (3) 1957-66, Imogen Holst (3) 1966-70, Augustus John (2) 1960, David Jones (4) 1961-70, and Henry Moore (15) 1942-62.

Correspondents include Lady Megan Lloyd George, Robert Graves, Gerald Hayes (6), Barbara Hepworth (2), R. T. and Myfanwy Jenkins (3), David Jones (5), Jack Jones (3), and Dr Thomas Jones (8).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Dr Noëlle Davies; Mari Ellis; Peter Hughes Griffiths (3); Dafydd Iwan; David Jones (1895-1974); Harri Pritchard Jones; R. Gerallt Jones; D. Tecwyn Lloyd; Derec Llwyd Morgan; John Morris AS/MP; Dewi Watkin Powell; Melvyn Rosser; Eurys Rowlands; Dafydd Wigley.

Photocopied pages taken from the Winter 1995 issue of Modern Painters, the quarterly journal of fine arts.

Printed programme relating to a celebratory evening to mark poet and priest R. S. Thomas's 70th birthday, held at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 17 May 1983.

Ink sketch by sculptor David Nash relating to a commission from the former University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales) (possibly identified with (scroll to near end of article): https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/david-nash-opens-largest-exhibition-2052530)

Printed programme of an exhibition by painter Kyffin Williams, held at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff, April 1997.

Ballpoint pen sketches, with marginal annotation, by poet, writer and painter Alan Perry.

Printed programme of an exhibition by painter Brendan Stuart Burns titled 'In View', held at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, August-September 2007.

Pencil sketches and prints by painter John Selway, sketches annotated in Selway's hand and signed 'J. H. Selway'. Folder in which material originally kept inscribed in Tony Curtis's hand: 'John Selway Print Proje[c]t [signed] T Curtis'.

Printed programme of the 1990 Cardiff Literature Festival.

Proposal for a book titled How Radio Writers Work, edited by playwright, director and scenographer Sam Boardman-Jacobs.

Statement of finances and expenditure relating to the 10th Annual Conference of the Association for Welsh Writing in English held at Gregynog Hall, Powys, March 1997.

Poetry by American poets, including James Ballowe, Lisel Mueller and Dave Etter. With statements and biographical notes.

Business details of artist/sculptors Viki Govan and Richard Warner, trading as Iron Vein.

Text, the original in Welsh, with separate English translation, relating to an exhibition by artist Shani Rhys James at the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff (no year noted).

Printed memorial service programme for poet and film-maker John Ormond.

Photocopied article by poet John Montague taken from Comparative Criticism 19 (Cambridge University Press, 1997) titled 'Conversations with David Jones, 1969-1974'. The handwritten name and address of Montague' wife, Elizabeth Wassell, is inserted below the title.

The file comprises mainly of correspondence, 1968-1969, relating to the preliminary meeting and other early meetings of the English Language Section of the Academi. The preliminary meeting was arranged by Meic Stephens and the file includes invitations sent out by him, letters of reply, and letters commenting on this first meeting. The file also includes letters inviting writers to become members of the Academi, their replies and lists of those writers who have accepted or declined membership. There are a few references to discussions about the establishment of a new English language literary magazine, an idea which was rejected for the time being. There are letters from and references to, many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Alexander Cordell, Brenda Chamberlain, Tony Conran, Rhys Davies, Tudor David, Menna Gallie, Bryn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffith, Gwenallt, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, Emyr Humphreys, A. G. Prys Jones, David Jones, Dedwydd Jones, Glyn Jones, Gwyn Jones, Jack Jones, John Idris Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, Roland Mathias, Leslie Norris, John Ormond, Alun Owen, D. Parry-Jones, Cecil Price, Alun Richards, Gwyn Thomas, R. S. Thomas, John Tripp, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Harri Webb, Gwyn Williams, Herbert Williams, John Stuart Williams and Raymond Williams.

The file contains correspondence, 1974-1975, regarding a weekend conference held by the English Language Section of the Academi on David Jones.

The file contains correspondence, 1993-1994, regarding a project to celebrate David Jones's centenary in 1995.

The file contains correspondence, 1981, regarding the organising of a series of lectures to coincide with the David Jones exhibition in Cardiff.