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Papurau amrywiol (1902-2019), gan gynnwys nodiadau llawysgrif a drafftiau, teipysgrifau, proflenni, a gohebiaeth, yn ymwneud â chasgliadau o farddoniaeth gyhoeddedig a heb ei chyhoeddi gan Emyr Humphreys. / Various papers (1902-2019), including manuscript notes and drafts, typescripts, proofs, and correspondence, relating to collections of published and unpublished poetry by Emyr Humphreys.

Includes letters from John Ormond (23), and Seumas O'Sullivan (4).

Correspondence and papers, 1980-1982, relating to the laying of a memorial stone to Dylan Thomas in Poets' Corner at Westminster Abbey, together with papers relating to the presentation of the first Dylan Thomas Award, 1983 (ff. 130-3) and two letters, 1964, to Mervyn Levy concerning the poet (ff. 134-6). The correspondents include Daniel Jones (3) 1982, John Ormond (4) 1981, Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis (15 draft and copy letters) 1981-1982, and Llewelyn Thomas (2) 1982.

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.

Prose of indeterminate provenance by Tony Curtis, comprising:
Annotated typescript piece titled 'Diverse Disguises: The Welshness of Recent Poetry from Wales', together with copies of poetry by Tony Curtis and others.
Manuscripts for proposed children's stories titled 'Back to Steam' and 'Barry the Engine', with covering letter of rejection from Gomer Press.
Response to an article by Robert Nisbet in the cultural/political magazine Planet (rough manuscript and fair-copied typescripts).
Draft annotated typescripts of a short piece titled 'That day'.
Untitled manuscript draft of ?short story.
Short untitled manuscript draft.
Manuscript draft of piece titled 'Visit to Annie's'.
Short typescript pieces titled 'The Saturday Morning Thoughts of Joe', 'Occupations', 'The Journey Back' and 'The Letter', and one untitled typescript piece.
Typescript piece of indeterminate style resembling stream-of-consciousness prose (text in capitals).
Biographical piece relating to the artist Graham Sutherland.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of a short piece relating to a tortoise (see also under Individual poems (loose papers), where this piece is titled 'Tortoise').
Short typescript overviews of the work of poets Gillian Clarke, Raymond Garlick, Jeremy Hooker and John Ormond.
Draft (annotated) and fair-copy typescript pieces titled 'Playing it Cool: Poetry & Jazz in Britain', which references a work by American poet Michael S. Harper (for whom, see under heading USA: festivals, inspirations and collaborations).

First draft, 1982, of the post-production script of the BBC Wales film about Dylan Thomas, 'I sing to you strangers', produced by John Ormond, and annotated by him; this copy was presented by JO to Glyn Jones, a participant in the programme, and his wife Doreen. Also included is a cutting, 1983, relating to the film.

Some one hundred and forty-five letters, 1938-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames D-G), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Sir Alun Talfan Davies, 1986 (ff. 2-5), Aneirin Talfan Davies, [c. 1975]-1980 (ff. 7-12), Nan Davies, BBC, 1960-1965 (ff. 20-27), Ogwyn Davies, [early 1990s]-1997 (ff. 28-30), Janina Ede, 1996-[1997] (ff. 49, 53), Dr Raymond Edwards, 1984-1985 (ff. 57-58), Huw [Ethall], 1996-1997 (ff. 63-67), Elwyn Evans, BBC, 1953-1955, 1988 (ff. 68-76), George Ewart Evans, 1953-1986 (ff. 79-94), Gwynfor Evans, 2 September 1954 (f. 95), Nicholas Evans, 1981-1985 (ff. 100-106), Ray Evans, 1965-1967 (ff. 107-109), Tony [Eyton], 10 November 1950 (f. 110), Mick Felton, 1987-1988 (ff. 129-134), Raymond Garlick, 1958, 1995 (ff. 144-147), and Gwennant Gillespie, 9 September 1996 (ff. 159-160). The letters contain references to Leslie Harries (f. 46 verso) and to a memorial fund for John Ormond (ff. 141-143). Also included is a copy of a typescript letter, 1951, from his Uncle, Evan [Davies], to Jim [Miskell], containing reminiscences of his time living in Saskatchewan, Canada (see Evan Davies and Aled Vaughan, Beyond the Old Bone Trail (London, 1960) and Evan Davies and Aled Vaughan, Arswyd yr Unigeddau, trans. by Phebe Puw (Llandysul, 1980)) (ff. 113-126), and a draft letter, [1994], from John Elwyn (f. 183).

Over one hundred and thirty letters, 1938-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames O-R), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include John Ormond, 1977-1987 (ff. 4-20 verso), [Sir] Thomas Parry, 17 December 1959 (f. 29), John Petts, 1953-1991 (ff. 35-55), Thomas Rathmell, December 1988 (f. 119), Dennis William Reed, 1938-1957 (ff. 120-155 verso), Ceri Richards, 1947 (ff. 161-163), and Frank Roper, 12 May 1959 (f. 165). Letters, 1959-1962, relating to commissions for the Shell County Guides, from the publishers Rainbird, McLean Ltd (later George Rainbird Ltd) (ff. 80-117, 174-180), include letters from Kenneth Rowntree, 1959-1960 (ff. 96, 104, 174-175), and Edward Young, 1962 (ff. 113-117), notes by Geoffrey Grigson, 1959-1960 (ff. 99-101, 176-180), and a letter from John Elwyn (f. 92). Also included is a copy of John Ormond's tribute to Graham Sutherland, 1980 (ff. 5-13). The letters contain references to Dannie Abse (ff. 16-17), Leslie Norris (f. 17), John Petts's declining health and death (ff. 31-34), Richard Macdonald (ff. 120 recto-verso, 123-124, 131, 142 recto-verso, 143 verso, 145) and Frank Dobson (ff. 131 verso-132); and to the Second World War (ff. 124-146), including air-raids on Bristol (ff. 135-138).

Includes letters from Ivor Roberts-Jones, Tim Jeal, David Jenkins, Will Roberts, W. J. Granville Beynon, Miriam Hughes (2), Douglas Bassett (4), John Ormond, Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey), Priscilla Anderson, Paul Manousso, Jack Raymond Jones, Moelwyn Merchant (2), Idris Foster, Delyth Jones, Arthur Giardelli (3), Eiluned Rees, Hugh Casson, and R. Vivian Pitchforth.

Includes letters from Rosemary Gwynne-Jones (3, one written on behalf of Allan Gwynne-Jones), Eric Gee, Eiluned Rees (5), Robert W. Steel (2), R. Vivian Pitchforth (3), Lloyd Kenyon (2), Laurence Whistler, Edward Bawden (5, including a lino-cut by him), John Ormond (2), Ivor Roberts-Jones, Gareth Alban Davies, Mildred E. Eldridge, John Ward, Tom Parry, and R. Geraint Gruffydd (2).

Includes letters from Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey, 3), John Ormond (4), R. Vivian Pitchforth (3), Laurence Whistler (2), David Jenkins (2), Karl Theodore Parker, John Betjeman, Tim Jeal, Evan Charlton, R. Charles Evans, Bruce Campbell, Eiluned Rees, Bernard Dunstan, and Diana Armfield.

Includes letters from Fred Uhlman (3), Edward Bawden, Tim Jeal, Nicholas Edwards, Peter Thomas, Allan Gwynne-Jones, A. Tudno Williams, Jack Raymond Jones, Joan Connell, John Ormond (4), Gwilym O. Williams, Gareth Alban Davies, Priscilla Anderson (2), and Ivor Roberts-Jones.

Includes letters from Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey, 3), Gwilym O. Williams, David Brown, Charles Wynne Finch, Peter Greenham, Derec Llwyd Morgan, Alistair Crawford, R. Geraint Gruffydd (3), Eiluned Rees, John Ormond (2), Alun Talfan Davies (2), Dafydd Wigley, Wyn Roberts, Richard Eurich, James Nicholas (englyn, 'Yn y Stabl'), Alwina H. Thomas, Luned Roberts de González, Tegai Roberts, Peter Wakefield, and Anna Haycraft.

Includes letters from Randolph Schwabe, Geoffrey Crawshay (2), Cecily Williams Ellis, R. T. Jenkins, Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey, 2), R. Charles Evans (2), John Ormond, Carel Weight, Ll. Wyn Griffith, Idris Foster, Albina J. Zampini, Tegai Roberts, Delyth Jones, and Alwina H. Thomas.

Includes letters from Joan Rix Tebbutt (2), Robin Stemp (9), Robert W. Steel, Anna Haycraft (2), Roger de Grey (2), Bernard Dunstan (2), Hywel Harries, Henry Paget (Marquess of Anglesey, 5), John Ormond, Magnus Magnusson, John Coombes, Jack Raymond Jones (2), D. Huw Owen, Miriam Hughes, Julian Halsby, Mary Anne Stevens, Moelwyn Merchant, Gillian Clarke, David Dykes, and David Carpanini.

Papers, 1967-1969, mainly comprising travel documents and correspondence, relating to Kyffin Williams's visit to Patagonia. Also included are typescript notes relating to Patagonia, [?1961x1962], belonging to John Ormond and used by him in preparation for his visit to the region to film 'The desert and the dream' (1962). These notes, which include an annotated script of the film, appear to have been given to Kyffin Williams, together with a holograph poem by John Ormond, 'Instruction to settlers', 1967, prior to his trip. In addition, the file includes a copy of the journal Argentina, vol. 4, no. 4 (April 1963), which contains an article entitled 'The desert and the dream'; a list of contacts in Patagonia, [1968], prepared by Valmai Jones in readiness for Kyffin Williams's visit; typescript questions and answers prepared before, or possibly at the beginning of, his visit; and a catalogue of the 'Photographs of Patagonia' exhibition at Oriel Môn, 1982, with photocopies of drawings contained in an album. The file also contains a photocopy of the book Tan tro nesaf by Gareth Alban Davies (Llandysul, 1976), which includes the titles of pictures by Kyffin Williams to be inserted in the work.

Poetry and other material given to Tony Curtis in the 1970s by other Anglo-Welsh poets and writers who were or who would subsequently become well-known, namely Dannie Abse, Sam Adams, Alison Bielski, Gillian Clarke, Tony Conran, Jeremy Hooker, Nigel Jenkins, Glyn Jones (unnamed, but see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/corgi-series-common-path-the/glyn-jones/9780863817212), Roland Mathias, Christopher Morgan, Robert Morgan, Leslie Norris, John Ormond, Alan Perry, Douglas Phillips, A. G. Prys-Jones, Sally Roberts-Jones, R. George Thomas, John Tripp, Gwyn Williams and John Stuart Williams, which includes draft and fair-copied poems and biographical and bibliographical information relating to the individual poet/writer, together with letters, 1975, to Tony Curtis from Gillian Clarke, Nigel Jenkins and Robert Morgan, and from the Anglo-Welsh poet Raymond Garlick, who is not represented in the body of this material. Multiple drafts of poems show the progression of the poets' works. Poems by Alan Perry include a letter to Perry from the Sunday Times accepting his poem 'The Smell of Baking Bread' for publication.
A. G. Prys-Jones's work includes English translations of 'Aberdaron' by Cynan (Albert Evans-Jones) and 'Ystrad Fflur' by T. Gwynn Jones.

Correspondence, including letters from publishers, mostly concerning poetry by Gillian Clarke including The sundial, with a copy of the agreement with the publishers (1978), and Poetry introduction 3. Also included are drafts of the poems 'Rhiannon' a 'Pwyll'. Among the correspondents are Tony Curtis (3); Douglas A. Bassett (3); Nigel Jenkins (2); Meic Stephens (9); Michael Quinn (2); Hamish M. Brown (2); Derek Mahon; John Rowlands; Gwyn Jones; Peter Finch; Roger Garfitt; Michael J. Collins (2); Sally Roberts Jones; Glenn Storhaug; Cary Archard; Dannie Abse (2); Graham Allen (2); Lesley Grant-Adamson; Frank Ormsby (3); Charles Causley (2); Gwyn Erfyl; Jon Dressel; Glyn Jones; John Ormond (2); Peter Elfed Lewis (3); Sam Adams (2); and Stewart Conn (2).