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Benjamin T. Lewis; Esyr Lewis; Gareth Lewis; Mostyn Lewis; Huw Lewis; Ian Lewis; Sir John Herbert Lewis; Robyn Léwis; Saunders Lewis; Julian Lewis; Richard Lewis; and Steffan Lewis.

Llythyr oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, 1964, yn ymwneud â llwyddiant ei nofel [Lleian Llanllŷr]; llythyr oddi wrth Gruffydd Aled Williams, 2002, yn ymateb i’w nofel olaf Cydio mewn Cwilsyn ac oddi wrth Geraint V[aughan] Jones, 2003.

Mae'r fonds yn cynnwys cofnodion cyfarfodydd y Pwyllgor Rheoli a phwyllgor Sir Gaernarfon Cronfa Apêl Saunders Lewis, 1989-2001; llythyron a phapurau amrywiol yn ymwneud â sefydlu a lansio'r Apêl, a llythyron yn ymwneud â threfnu gweithgareddau amrywiol i ddwyn arian i'r Gronfa, 1986-2002; gweithiau creadigol yn ymwneud â'r ysgoloriaethau, 1995-1996; cyfrifon a phapurau'r trysoryddion, 1989-2000; a phapurau printiedig sy'n ymwneud ag elusennau, 1996-2002. Y mae hefyd gopi o gyfansoddiad y Gronfa, 1989, a chopi o ddiweddariad, 1999.

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].

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.

Over a hundred and fifty letters, 1961-88 in English, Welsh and French, from various correspondents (surnames Jones-W). The letters, some of which include fair copies of published poems, are chiefly concerned with contemporary writing in Wales in both English and Welsh and with the recipient's work as editor of a number of volumes in this field. The correspondents include Glyn Jones (36, and three poems) 1967-86, Gwyn Jones (6) 1967-87, Saunders Lewis (1) 1974, Roland Mathias (17) 1961-86, Leslie Norris (32, and one poem) 1967-86, Eigra Lewis Roberts (2) 1970-3, R. S. Thomas (1) 1975, John Tripp (8) 1968-78, Harri Webb (14) 1967-79, and Kyffin Williams (8) 1970-1.

Mae'r casgliad yn cynnwys deunydd a gasglwyd gan y cynllun yn ymwneud â'r llenorion Cymraeg canlynol: E. Tegla Davies, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Harri Gwynn, D. Gwenallt Jones, John Gwilym Jones, J. Saunders Lewis, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, T. H. Parry-Wiliams, Caradog Prichard, Kate Roberts, D. J. Williams, Abergwaun, Huw Llewelyn Williams a Waldo Williams. Mae'r archif yn cynnwys hefyd adysgrifau o rhai o'r casetiau o atgofion awduron Cymraeg diweddar a recordiwyd gan staff y cynllun ymchwil, ychydig eitemau o archifau yr Academi, deunydd yn ymwneud â gweithgareddau'r Academi a'r cynllun ymchwil, papurau ynglŷn â Geiriadur yr Academi a gwobr Griffith John Williams, a gohebiaeth yn deillio o'r cynllun ymchwil = The collection comprises material collected by the scheme relating to the following Welsh literary figures: E. Tegla Davies, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Harri Gwynn, D. Gwenallt Jones, John Gwilym Jones, J. Saunders Lewis, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, T. H. Parry-Wiliams, Caradog Prichard, Kate Roberts, D. J. Williams, Fishguard, Huw Llewelyn Williams and Waldo Williams. The archive also includes transcripts of some of the casettes of reminiscences of recent Welsh authors recorded by the staff of the research project, a few items from the archives of the Academi, material relating to the activities of the Academi and the research project, papers concerning the Welsh Academi Dictionary and the Griffith John Williams Prize, and correspondence deriving from the research scheme.

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.

Papers of O. M. Roberts, 1929-1979, relating mainly to 'Cronfa Saunders Lewis', the fund set up to provided financial assistance to Saunders Lewis following his dismissal from his lecturing post at Swansea.

Llyfr nodiadau, 1957-1976, yn eiddo i T. Llew Jones, a ddefnyddiwyd yn achlysurol fel dyddiadur rhwng Tachwedd 1957 a Mawrth 1963 (ff. 1-61), gyda chofnodion unigol ar gyfer 16 Mehefin 1971 a 16 Hydref 1976 (ff. 61 verso-66). Ceir adroddiad, Chwefror-Mawrth 1963, o restiad ac erlyniad Emyr Llewelyn, a gyhuddwyd o danio ffrwydryn yng Nghwm Tryweryn, Bala (ff. 50 verso-61, 63). = Notebook, 1957-1976, of T. Llew Jones, used sporadically as a diary between November 1957 and March 1963 (ff. 1-61), with single entries for 16 June 1971 and 16 October 1976 (ff. 61 verso-66). Included is an account, February-March 1963, of the arrest and prosecution of Emyr Llewelyn, accused of causing an explosion at Cwm Tryweryn, Bala (ff. 50 verso-61, 63).
Cynhwysa'r gyfrol gyfeiriadau at Waldo Williams (ff. 2-45 verso passim), a'i gystudd olaf a'i farwolaeth (ff. 61 verso-64), Gwenallt (ff. 6, 52 verso), Proinsias Mac Cana (f. 6 recto-verso), Saunders Lewis (ff. 7 recto-verso), Alun Cilie (ff. 15, 20 verso, 38 verso, 64 verso-65), Cassie Davies (f. 17), Dic Jones (ff. 20 verso, 22), John Alun Jones (ff. 22, 52 verso, 54), W. Rhys Nicholas (ff. 22, 60 verso), Euros Bowen (ff. 29 verso-30 verso), Bobi Jones (ff. 31, 52 verso), Dilwen M. Evans (f. 32 recto-verso), Dewi Emrys (f. 41 verso), W. R. P. George (ff. 51, 58), Gwilym Tudur (f. 56 verso-57), ac Elwyn Jones (ff. 59 verso-60 verso); ceir cyfeiriadau hefyd at gystadlaethau'r Gadair yn Eisteddfodau Cenedlaethol Glyn Ebwy, 1958 (ff. 3 verso-4, 9, 31 verso, 33 verso-36), a Chaernarfon, 1959 (ff. 39 verso-40 verso), sinema symudol yn Nhregroes (ff. 4 verso-5), Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion (f. 13 recto-verso), cyfarfod Plaid Cymru yn Aberaeron (f. 16 recto-verso), cyfarfod yr Urdd yn Llandysul (f. 17 verso), a barddoniaeth Gymraeg (ff. 29 verso-31).

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.

A letter, dated 10-11 July 1967, from the artist and writer David Jones, Harrow, to the novelist [Anthony] Powell, mainly discussing Welsh genealogy and history. Jones also refers to the anniversary of his involvement in the battle of Mametz Wood, 10-11 July 1916, the subject of part 7 of his poem In Parenthesis (London, 1937) (f. 16 verso).
The letter contains references to the recent 'David Jones Special Issue' of Agenda, 5.1-3 (Spring-Summer 1967), Powell's television producer and director son Tristram, with whom Jones was acquainted, Kenneth Jackson, Saunders Lewis, and Jones's knowledge of Welsh (all f. 16), and the Eliseg Pillar inscription (f. 16 recto-verso).

Twenty six letters, 1922-1937, from D. J. Williams, Fishguard, to Flora Forster. They relate mainly to their personal relationship, but also contain references to his imprisonment, 1937 (ff. 48-9), George M. Ll. Davies (ff. 29 verso-30, 41), the 1922 parliamentary election (ff. 1-3), Saunders Lewis (f. 14 verso), and Welsh nationalism (ff. 45-8).

Notebook of Berta Ruck, January-June 1937, containing diary entries, ideas for fiction, comments on the progress of her writing, and pasted-in letters and cards to her, together with her typescript account of attending the trial at the Old Bailey of Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams, sketches of the defendants and related press cuttings and correspondence. Also pasted in are press cuttings relating to other contemporary events, including the coronation of George VI and the marriage of Edward, duke of Windsor.

Anerchiad, Awst 1937, gan y Parch. D. Llewelyn Jones, ar ran Rhanbarth Sir Drefaldwyn o Blaid Genedlaethol Cymru, yn gyflwynedig i Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine a D. J. Williams ar eu rhyddhad o'r carchar yn sgil llosgi'r Ysgol Fomio ym Mhenyberth (f. 15). = An address, August 1937, by the Rev. D. Llewelyn Jones, on behalf of the Montgomeryshire Region of Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru, to Saunders Lewis, Lewis Valentine and D. J. Williams on their release from prison following the burning of the bombing school at Penyberth (f. 15).
Ceir nodiadau ar fynwentydd ac ysbrydion yn ardal Borth, sir Aberteifi, ar f. 15 verso. = There are notes on cemeteries and ghosts in Borth, Cardiganshire, on f. 15 verso.

A note, 1926, in the hand of A[rthur] Foulkes-Roberts, highly critical of Saunders Lewis, pasted on a printed review by the latter of Cywyddau Iolo Goch ac Eraill, ed. by Henry Lewis, et al. (1925), which appeared in Y Llenor, October 1926.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Euros Bowen, a threfniadau Cynhadledd Caredigion Taliesin yn benodol, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; J. E. Caerwyn Williams, R. S. Thomas, Islwyn Ffowc Elis a Gwenallt. Ceir cyfeiriadau at roi Gwobr Griffith John Williams i Gwaed Gwirion, Emyr Jones, yn ogystal â chyfeiriadau Tecwyn Lloyd at rai o helyntion is-etholiad Sir Gaerfyrddin, 1966 a llythyr oddi wrth Vernon Jones, athro yn Ysgol y Berwyn y Bala, yn cynnig y syniad, am y tro cyntaf, o enwebu Saunders Lewis ar gyfer Gwobr Nobel.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Gwyn Thomas. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Rhydwen Williams, Gwynne Williams, Marion Eames ac R. Bryn Williams. Ceir cyfeiriadau at gyflwyno Gwobr Goffa Griffith John Williams i Saunders Lewis, yn 1968, am Cymru Fydd^ ac i J. G. Williams, yn 1970, am Pigau'r Ser.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys ysgrifau byrion Saunders Lewis a gasglwyd ynghyd fel rhan o 'Gyfres y Clasuron' dan y teitl Meistri a'u Crefft, Gwynn ap Gwilym, gol.(Caerdydd, 1981).

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.