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Seventeen letters, 1943-1980, mostly in Welsh, to Glyn Evans (or Ifans), Tregaron, mainly concerned with matters of literary interest. The majority date from the period of Evans's war service as an RAF wireless operator in Ceylon.
The correspondents are Jennie Eirian Davies, 27 August 1979 (f. 1); D. R. Hughes, 1944-1946 (ff. 8, 12-14); R. Williams Parry, 1952 (ff. 15-19); Iorwerth C. Peate, 1943-1980 (ff. 20-22, 24-29); Kate Roberts, 17 October 1946 (ff. 30-31), and Mrs Elizabeth Williams, [c. 1974] (ff. 32-33). Also included is a manuscript draft of an article on Welsh secondary education submitted by Evans to Jennie Eirian Davies for publication in Y Faner, [1979] (ff. 2-7); a copy, [c. 1974], in the hand of Elizabeth Williams, of lecture notes by her husband, Prof. G. J. Williams, on the literary traditions of Cardiganshire (ff. 34-43); newspaper cuttings, [?1944]-[1945] (ff. 9, 23, English); and a programme for Community Hymn Singing in Cross Hands on 14 May 1944 (ff. 10-11, English).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Alun Oldfield-Davies; Cassie Davies; Gwennant Davies, Urdd Gobaith Cymru; Dr Noelle Davies; T. I. Ellis; Y Fonesig/Lady Megan Lloyd George; Kenneth O. Morgan (2); Y Parch./Rev. Luther Moseley; Iorwerth C. Peate; Kate Roberts (2); Syr/Sir Wyn Roberts; Ceinwen H. Thomas.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Alun Oldfield Davies, 1947; Gwilym Prys Davies, 1947; Ithel Davies, 1947; Dr Noelle Davies, 1948 (3); T. I. Ellis, (4), 1947-1948; J. Gwyn Griffiths, 1948; Mari Headley (Ellis), 1947; Gwenallt, 1948; Saunders Lewis, 1947; D. Myrddin Lloyd, 1948; Thomas Parry, 1947; Iorwerth C. Peate, 1947; Delwyn Phillips, (4), 1947; Dewi Watkin Powell, 1947-1948; Kate Roberts, 1948; Ceinwen H. Thomas (2), 1947-1948; Alun Llywelyn Williams, 1948.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Gwennant Davies (later Gillespie), Urdd Gobaith Cymru; Gwilym Prys Davies (3); Ithel Davies; Dr Noelle Davies (5), T. I. Ellis (13); William George; R. E. Griffith; J. Gwyn Griffiths (2); T. Elwyn Griffiths; Mari Headley (Ellis) (3); A. O. H. Jarman; Dafydd Jenkins (3); Gwenallt; Rhys Hopkin Morris; J. Dyfnallt Owen; Thomas Parry; Iorwerth C. Peate; Delwyn Phillips; Dewi Watkin Powell (2); Mati Rees; Keidrych Rhys; Kate Roberts; Ben Bowen Thomas (2); Griffith John Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Alun Oldfield-Davies (2); Cassie Davies (2); D. Hywel Davies; Gareth Alban Davies (3); Dr Noelle Davies (3); Huw T. Edwards (2); T. I. Ellis; J. Gwyn Griffiths (6); Mathonwy Hughes (2); Saunders Lewis; Geraint Morgan AS/MP; E. T. Nevin (2); Thomas Parry; Kate Roberts; Syr/Sir Wyn Roberts; Meic Stephens; David Gibson-Watt (2); Jac L. Williams; Gordon Wilson (3).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Trefor Beasley; Gwennant Davies, Urdd Gobaith Cymru; Dr Noelle Davies (5); T. I. Ellis (2); Meredydd Evans; William George; J. Gwyn Griffiths (7), Roparz Hemon (2); Saunders Lewis; Rhys Hopkin Morris; Delwyn Phillips; Kate Roberts (3); Mallt Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/includes letters from: Alun Oldfield Davies; Dr D. J. Davies; E. Tegla Davies; John Eirian Davies; Parch./Rev. Gwilym Davies; T. I. Ellis; Moses Griffith (2); Mati Rees (5); Kate Roberts.

Portraits of Welsh and Anglo-Welsh writers. Many of these are photographs taken by Julian Sheppard for the Welsh Arts Council and are duplicates of photos found elsewhere in the collection.

Some one hundred and thirty letters and cards, 1966-1994 and n.d., to Dedwydd Jones, mostly from actors, playwrights and other prominent theatrical and literary figures in response to receiving copies of his works. Among the correspondents are Alan Ayckbourn (3) 1975-1981, Stanley Baker (4) 1968-1975, Cyril Cusack (2) 1968, Anthony Hopkins (1) 1987, Eugène Ionesco (1) 1974, Glyn Jones (10) 1969-1978, J. Saunders Lewis (1) 1969, Spike Milligan (2) 1977-1978, John Osbourne (3) 1991-1993, Siân Phillips (1) n.d., Kate Roberts (10) 1971-1977, Harry Secombe (1) 1982, and Sam Wanamaker (9) 1990-1993.

Letters, 1937, concerning a claim for damages by Morris T. Williams, managing director of Gwasg Gee, and his wife, Kate Roberts, against Periodical Press Ltd, following the allegedly defamatory reference to them in an article in the News Review, 21 January 1937, including two letters from I. D. Hooson and Caradog Prichard (ff. 12-14).

Over seventy letters and cards, 1917-1986, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include E. Tegla Davies (1) 1956, W. J. Gruffydd (1) 1952, R. T. Jenkins (1), 1946, David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1) 1953, T. Gwynn Jones (9) 1923-1939, J. Saunders Lewis (5) 1931-1976, Caradog Prichard (4) 1962-1972, Kate Roberts (28) 1937-1983, D. J. Williams (6) 1917-1969, and T. H. Parry-Williams (1) 1953.

Letters to Saunders Lewis from his father the Reverend Lodwig Lewis (4) 1919-24; letters and cards from Saunders Lewis to his wife Margaret (18) 1931-55 [not included in Saunders Lewis: Letters to Margaret Gilcriest ed. Mair Saunders Jones, Ned Thomas and Harri Pritchard Jones (Cardiff, 1993)], and to his daughter Mair (1) 1937; and letters from Mair to her mother (4) 1939. Also included are four letters to Mair Saunders Jones from various correspondents, 1952 and 1984-[c. 1986], including a letter, 1952, from Dr Kate Roberts.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Arglwydd/Lord Chalfont; Michael Foot; Raymond Garlick; Peter Hughes Griffiths (3); Tweli Griffiths; R. Geraint Gruffydd; Gwyndaf; Edward Heath; Dafydd Jenkins; Robyn Lewis; Ralph Maud (2); Hywel Moseley; Dewi Watkin Powell; Alwyn D. Rees; Kate Roberts; Gwyn Williams, Trefenter (2).

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Dr David Butler, Rhydychen/Oxford; Hafina Clwyd; Cassie Davies; Geraint Talfan Davies; Dr Noëlle Davies; J. Gwyn Griffiths; Peter Hughes Griffiths (3); R. Geraint Gruffydd; Harri Pritchard Jones; Ieuan Wyn Jones; Jan Morris; Kate Roberts; Eurys Rowlands; George Thomas; Dafydd Wigley; J. E. Caerwyn Williams.

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: A. D. Carr (2); John Emyr; R. Geraint Gruffydd; Jan Morris (2); Delwyn Phillips; Manon Rhys; Kate Roberts; Meic Stephens; Dafydd Wigley (4).

The file consists of a scrapbook of press cuttings, 1984-1992, of obituaries of Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams, Dr Kate Roberts, Sir Geraint Evans, Dylan Thomas, Ivor Novello and others prominent in Welsh literary, theatrical and musical circles.

Messages from Saunders Lewis, D. J. Williams and Lewis Valentine to the Welsh Nationalist Party newspaper Y Ddraig Goch, September 1937, following their release from prison after serving a sentence for the arson attack at the bombing-school at Penyberth; together with a note from Lewis Valentine to Morris T. Williams and his wife, Kate Roberts.

Autograph fair copies of 'Mewn Gward Ysbyty (Mr Michaeliones)' by E. Tegla Davies, 'Cathod mewn ocsiwn' by Kate Roberts, 'Ni Thawodd y Bytheiaid' by D. J. Williams, all published in Taliesin 1 (1961), and 'Darparu Yng Nghymru', an article by Saunders Lewis, with revision and sub-headings by Gwilym R. Jones, published in Baner ac Amserau Cymru, 5 June 1940, under the title 'Dylifiad Noddedigion i Gymru'.

The file contains corresondence, 1968-1969, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi. The correspondence relates to the first and other early meetings of the section and includes letters and references to many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Brenda Chamberlain, Alexander Cordell, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Rhys Davies, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, A.O.H. Jarman, Glyn Jones, Harri Pritchard Jones, John Idris Jones, R. Brinley Jones, R. Gerallt Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Roland Mathias, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, T. J. Morgan, James Morris, Leslie Norris, D. Parry-Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, Cecil J. L. Price, A. G. Prys-Jones, Alun Richards, Kate Roberts, Meic Stephens, Gwyn Thomas (Bangor), R. George Thomas, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Gwyn Williams (Trefenter), Herbert Williams and Raymond Williams.

Letters to the Reverend Edwin Pryce Jones from J. Glyn Davies (1) 1952, D. Gwenallt Jones (2) 1962 and 1969, R. Hopkin Morris (1) 1953, and Kate Roberts (2) 1951 and 1953.