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The file contains nomination papers and correspondence relating to the election of members, 1978. Those elected were Sheenagh Pugh, Stuart Evans, Alan Perry, Belinda Humfrey, Walter Haydn Davies, Robert Minhinnick, Gwyn Alf Williams, Nigel Jenkins and Peter Elfed Lewis.

Press cuttings, 1997, relating to the controversy concerning the publication of a poem by Nigel Jenkins in the New Welsh Review following the death of George Thomas, Viscount Tonypandy.

Includes letters from Peter Finch (2); Nigel Jenkins; Sally Roberts Jones; John Idris Jones; Tony Curtis; John Ackerman; and Chris Bendon (4).

Letters to Sam Adams from A.O.H. Jarman (1), Meic Stephens (5), R. George Thomas (1), Dora Polk (1), Stewart Conn (4), Duncan Glen (1), Edwin Morgan (3), Gus Martin (1), Ulla-Lena Lundberg (1), William Cookson (3), John Ackerman (2), John Barnie (1), Norman Schwenk (1), Ruth Bidgood (1), Lewis Davies (1), Malcolm Parr (1), Christopher Meredith (1), Peter Gruffydd (1), John Harris (2), John Stuart Williams (1), John Davies (1), Glyn Tegai Hughes (2), Pennar Davies (2), Raymond Garlick (1), Roland Mathias (5), Sally Roberts Jones (3), Nest Cleverdon (1), Howell Daniels (1), Tony Curtis (1), Ioan Bowen Rees (1), Nigel Jenkins (1), Chris Torrance (1), Walford Davies (1), Robert Morgan (2), Alexander Cordell (1), Desireé Hirst (1) and Glyn Jones (5) concerning literary, social and personal matters, especially relating to poetry, Poetry Wales and Welsh literature, including comments on Adams's own poems and reviews, together with copies of two poems by Bobi Jones (one of them in Welsh), one poem by Tony Curtis and three by Meic Stephens.

The file comprises papers, [1975]-1976, relating to Poems '76, ed. Glyn Jones (Llandysul, 1976). The poems included in the anthology appeared between 1974 and 1976, though it seems they were composed, and some published, before this period. Some of the notes are written on typescript drafts of works which appear to have been composed by Glyn Jones. -- In addition the file contains correspondence, 1975-1976, including draft letters by Glyn Jones and copies of a letter by him requesting the authors' permission to use their poems in the anthology, and letters from the following, mostly contributors: John Ackerman (2), Sam Adams (3), Graham Allen (2), Ruth Bidgood, Alison Bielski (2), Joseph Clancy, Bobi Jones, Anthony Conran (2), Tony Curtis (2), Elwyn Davies (3), Jon Dressel, Dannie Abse, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Jeremy Hooker (3), Emyr Humphreys (2), Nigel Jenkins, Sally Roberts Jones (3), Edward Lloyd (4), Roland Mathias (3), Robert Minhinnick (2), John Ormond (2), Richard Poole, A. G. Prys-Jones, Harri Gwynn, Sheenagh Pugh (3), Meic Stephens, R. S. Thomas (1), J. P. Ward (2), Harri Webb, Gwyn Williams and John Stuart Williams (2). Copies of poems are enclosed with some letters.

Typescript copies, [1995]-1997, of poems submitted to the New Welsh Review; together with related letters, 1992 and 1995-1997, including a letter from Nigel Jenkins.

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).