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Geiriau 'Cân yr Alltud/The Exile's Song', rhan gyntaf y gwaith corawl/cerddorfaol 'In These Stones, Horizons Sing', a gyfansoddwyd gan y cyfansoddwr a'r offerynnwr Karl Jenkins, y geiriau Cymraeg/Saesneg gan Menna Elfyn, y bardd, awdur, golygydd, libretydd, adolygydd llenyddol a'r cyn-ohebydd Grahame Davies a'r bardd Gwyneth Lewis. Comisiynwyd y gwaith ar gyfer agoriad Canolfan y Mileniwm yng Nghaerdydd ym mis Tachwedd 2004 a'i ddatgan gan y canwr bâs-baritôn byd-enwog Bryn Terfel. Gwyneth Lewis gyfansoddodd y testun a ymddengys uwchben Canolfan y Mileniwm.
Testun yr eitem wedi'i arnodi/gywiro yn llaw Menna Elfyn.

Deunydd yn ymwneud â chyfieithu gwaith barddonol Menna Elfyn i ystod eang o ieithoedd, gan gynnwys Tsieinëeg, Lithwaneg, Swedeg, Wcreineg, Groeg, Hindi a Slofeneg. Ymysg y cyfieithwyr i'r Saesneg mae Robert Minhinnick, R. S. Thomas, Gwyneth Lewis, Tony Conran, Nigel Jenkins, Joseph Clancy, Elin ap Hywel a Gillian Clarke. Ynghyd â gohebiaeth yn ymdrin â'r gwaith cyfieithu rhwng Menna Elfyn, Nigel Jenkins, Gillian Clarke, Tony Conran a Joseph Clancy.

Sgôr gerddorol In These Stones Horizons Sing, darn a gomisiynwyd i ddathlu agoriad Canolfan y Mileniwm yng Nghaerdydd; y gerddoriaeth gan Karl Jenkins a'r geiriau gan Menna Elfyn, Grahame Davies a Gwyneth Lewis.

Letters and cards to Dannie Abse from various individuals and organisations mainly from the British and American literary and arts world, correspondents including the Arts Council of Wales, Gillian Clarke, Milein Cosman, Professor Tony Curtis, Menna Elfyn, Christopher Fry, Raymond Garlick, William Meredith/Richard Harteis, John Heath-Stubbs, Daniel Hoffman, Jonah Jones, Judith Maro, Norman Kreitman, Christopher Levenson, Gwyneth Lewis, Maureen Lipman, Jon Manchip White, Jan Morris, Andrew Motion, William Oxley, Patricia Oxley, the Poetry Society, Suzanne Poirier, Harri Pritchard-Jones, Simon Rae, Anne Ridler, Sally Roberts Jones, Macha Louis Rosenthal, the Royal Society of Literature, Lawrence Sail, Alan Sillitoe, the Society of Authors (mainly referencing Abse's rôle on the Gregory Awards selection panel), Meic Stephens, Anne Stevenson, Barry Wallenstein, Theodore Weiss, the Welsh Academy, Tony Whittome and Paul Zimmer.
Correspondence from the University of Wales College of Medicine and from the University of Glamorgan discusses Dannie Abse's acceptance of, respectively, an Honorary Fellowship and an Honorary Doctorate.
Family correspondents include Dannie Abse's brothers, Dr Wilfred Abse and Leo Abse, his daughters Keren and Susanna, his son David, his niece Bathsheba Abse, his grandsons Max and Marley and his granddaughter Larne.
Some letters are addressed to both Dannie and Joan Abse (see also under heading Correspondence of Joan Abse).
Included is a photocopied article titled Dannie Abse: poet and physician by Professor Michael J. Collins of Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (see under letter 'C' in alphabetical sequence).
Some of the material is annotated in Dannie Abse's hand.
One letter (filed under 'J') incomplete.
Also included are Christmas and birthday cards, 1992, 1995, 1997-1999, and one undated Easter card to Dannie and, in the case of Christmas cards, to both Dannie and Joan Abse, together with a list of 1997 cards written out in Abse's hand. Two cards blank.

A postcard from Alan Brownjohn (for whom see under 'B') is enclosed with a note from Tony Whittome (for whom see under 'W').

Correspondence relating to more specific topics eg publications, including articles and reviews and poetry/prose readings, talks and workshops by Dannie Abse, are filed under their particular headings eg Articles and reviews, Readings, talks and workshops. Likewise, many of the correspondents are referenced within other sections of this archive. For literary references (eg works by/edited by Dannie Abse) see under relevant headings within this archive.

For correspondence from Barnet London Borough/Church Farmhouse Museum (under 'B') see also January 2005 papers under heading Press cuttings: articles, reviews, poetry.

Letters and cards, 1964-2014 and undated, to Dannie Abse and to both Dannie and his wife Joan Abse, from family members, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, publishers, literary agents and admirers, with topics largely relating to literary matters, including Dannie Abse's shortlisting for the 2013 T S Eliot Prize for his poetry collection Speak, Old Parrot (for which see under heading Poetry: Poetry anthologies: Poetry anthologies by/co-authored by Dannie Abse: Speak, Old Parrot (Hutchinson, 2013)). Correspondents include the poet Lynne Hjelmgaard, the companion of Abse's latter years; his brother Dr Wilfred Abse; his children Keren, Susanna and David; his mother Kate Abse; his uncle Dr Max Abse; poets Carol Ann Duffy, Robert Minhinnick, Gillian Clarke, Jeremy Robson, Fleur Adcock, Tony Curtis and Gwyneth Lewis. The correspondence also includes a notification from the Cabinet Office of Dannie Abse's nomination for Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Years Honours List and letters, 2013, from Paul Murphy MP relating to a proposed biography of Dannie Abse's brother, the socialist politician Leo Abse. Also included is a series of correspondence, 1978-1981, kept in an RAF file and annotated on front cover in Dannie Abse's hand: 'Personal File of Dr D Abse Re Lacon House Correspondence'; copies of correspondence, 1975, between Jeremy Morris of Robson Books Ltd, writer Ann Thwaite and writer, dramatist and critic Ronald Hayman relating to a proposed publication by Dannie Abse titled 'My Cambridge' (one letter annotated in Abse's hand); and an incomplete and undated postcard to 'Pat' in Dannie Abse's hand.
Kept separately in marked envelopes are a series of 70th (1993), 90th (2013), 91st (2014) and unspecified birthday cards, Christmas and New Year cards (2013) (with one undated Christmas card to unknown recipient(s) from Dannie and Joan Abse), anniversary card (1997), 'Get well' cards ([?2014]) and what appears to be a sympathy card, most likely on the occasion of Joan's death in 2005, sent to Dannie Abse (occasionally to both Dannie and Joan Abse or to Dannie and Lynne Hjelmgaard). Correspondents include Lynne Hjelmgaard, Dannie Abse's brother Wilfred, his daughters Keren and Susanna, his son David and his grandchildren Max, Marley and Larne.

Please note that correspondence is also included within other sections of this archive and that many of the correspondents are referenced within other sections of this archive.

For literary references (eg works by/edited by Dannie Abse) see under relevant headings within this archive. For correspondence relating to poetry/prose readings and talks given by Dannie Abse see under heading Readings, talks and lectures.

Framed ink drawing originally enclosed with letter, 12 November 2013, from Peter Ellison, kept in small wallet (within large box).

For the artist Milein Cosman see also under heading Correspondence: Correspondence of Joan Abse: Letters to Joan Abse from various correspondents and under heading Miscellanea: General miscellanea).

Includes letters from A. G. Prys-Jones (6); Ted Hughes; Anne Stevenson (4); Jean Earle (4); Bobi Jones; Gwyneth Lewis (5); Olivia Byard; Christine Evans (3); Maura Dooley (4); John Emyr (enclosing poem for Gillian Clarke); Sally Roberts Jones (3); Kate Foley; Anne Cluysenaar (2); Douglas Houston (enclosing poem for Gillian Clarke); Menna Elfyn; Ruth Bidgood; Michael Longley; Gweno Lewis; Leslie Norris; Charles Causley; Meic Stephens; Kevin Crossley-Holland; Lawrence Sail; M. Wynn Thomas (2); Shani Rhys-James (3); R. S. Thomas; Phil Clark; Dannie Abse; Raymond Garlick; Jeremy Hooker; and Nigel Jenkins.

Llythyrau a chardiau at Menna Elfyn oddi wrth y bardd a'r awdur Gwyneth Lewis

Two manuscript drafts and a typescript draft of ‘Real Aberystwyth’ with manuscript and typescript annotations by Niall Griffiths and the publisher, and related letters and email correspondence between them concerning the writing and production of the book, as well as correspondence between Niall Griffiths and the predominantly literary contacts whom he consulted about the content of the book, together with other material accumulated during the writing of the book and relating to people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Aberystwyth and the surrounding area as well as the ‘Real Aberystwyth’ project itself, comprising manuscript and typescript notes by Niall Griffiths, typescript copies and photocopies of poems (notably ‘One, Rheidol Place’, ‘Symbols’ and ‘River Moods’ by Herbert Williams, ‘An Aberystwyth Canto’ by Matthew Jarvis, ‘Nietzscheanism and the meaning of the superman’ and ‘Aberystwyth short fiction’ by Tiffany Atkinson, and ‘The Buoy’ by Gwyneth Lewis), typescript copies of articles (including ‘“In a very deranged state”: notes on the Iolo Morganwg Project’ by Mary-Ann Constantine, ‘The English in Wales: an Englishman’s view’ and ‘Flag waving’ by Simon Rodway, ‘Crud cenedlaetholdeb Cymreig’ [‘A cradle of Welsh nationalism’] by Rhys Jones and Carwyn Fowler, and ‘Teithio yn y nos / Nachtreise’ by Patricia Duncker), photographs taken by Niall Griffiths (in labelled envelopes which have since become jumbled), printouts from websites, press cuttings and tourist information literature. Also included, bound in a volume with a draft of ‘Real Aberystwyth’, is a manuscript draft of ‘Real Liverpool’ with manuscript notes by Niall Griffiths and an outline proposal by him for the book, together with a copy of related email correspondence between him and the publisher.

Papers, mostly correspondence, 1998-1999, regarding the series of articles 'Welsh greats of the century' published in the New Welsh Review. Included are letters from Dafydd Glyn Jones (2); Ozi Rhys Osmond; Hywel Francis; Belinda Humfrey; D. Densil Morgan (2); M. Wynn Thomas; and Gwyneth Lewis.

Llythyrau, 1980-1984. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Gwynfor Evans (yn mynegi'i fwriad i ymprydio hyd angau pe bai angen os na fyddai'r Llywodraeth Geidwadol newydd yn newid ei meddwl a sefydlu sianel Gymraeg newydd), Geraint Bowen, [D.] Myrddin [Lloyd] (3) a Gwyneth Lewis. Ceir llythyrau o gefnogaeth adeg achos llys Pennar Davies a charcharu'i fab Hywel Pennar gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Mered[ydd] [Evans], Menna Elfyn a Saunders Lewis (2), ynghyd â thaflen y cyfarfod a gynhaliwyd i gydnabod ei wasanaeth yng nghapel Ebeneser Newydd, Abertawe, 1983, a'i anerchiad 'Dydd Blynyddol y Coleg Coffa', 1984.