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Gohebiaeth (1993-2001), yn cynnwys llythyrau a chardiau oddi wrth Meredydd Evans (Merêd) (5), ac at Merêd oddi wrth Aled Eurig (1), Emyr Humphreys (2), a Garffild Lloyd Lewis (1); ac at Emyr Humphreys oddi wrth Merêd a Phyllis Kinney (1), R. J. Evans (1), Meredith Edwards (1), ac Huw a Frieda Ethall (1). / Correspondence (1993-2001), including letters and cards from Meredydd Evans (Merêd) (5), and to Merêd from Aled Eurig (1), Emyr Humphreys (2), and Garffild Lloyd Lewis (1); and to Emyr Humphreys from Merêd and Phyllis Kinney (1), R. J. Evans (1), Meredith Edwards (1), and Huw and Frieda Ethall (1).

Gohebiaeth wedi'i threfnu yn ôl y wyddor / Correspondence arranged alphabetically

Llythyrau at ac oddi wrth Emyr ac Elinor Humphreys ([?1940au]-2010), yn cynnwys gohebiaeth lenyddol a phersonol yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth lenorion megis Sam Adams, Iwan Bala , Meredydd Evans ( Merêd ) a Phyllis Kinney , R. Geraint Gruffydd , ac M. Wynn Thomas, ymhlith eraill. / Letters to and from Emyr and Elinor Humphreys ([?1940s]-2010), consisting of literary and personal correspondence including letters from literary figures such as Sam Adams, Iwan Bala , Meredydd Evans (Merêd) & Phyllis Kinney, R. Geraint Gruffydd, and M. Wynn Thomas, among others.

Gohebiaeth / Correspondence

Gohebiaeth (1929-2019), yn cynnwys llythyrau at ac oddi wrth Emyr Humphreys yn trafod materion llenyddol a phersonol, wedi’u trefnu’n dri grŵp: gohebiaeth wedi’i threfnu yn nhrefn yr wyddor (F1), yn ôl pwnc (F2), ac yn ôl dyddiad (F3). / Correspondence (1929-2019), consisting of letters to and from Emyr Humphreys discussing literary and personal matters, arranged in three groups: correspondence arranged alphabetically, by subject, and by date.

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Papurau Emyr Humphreys, 1882-2019, yn cynnwys llythyrau, nodiadau, drafftiau, teipysgrifau, proflenni, llyfrau nodiadau, toriadau, pamffledi, ffotograffau, a chylchgronau, yn cynnwys gohebiaeth, 1929-2019, yn cynnwys llythyrau at ac oddi wrth Emyr Humphreys yn ymwneud â materion personol a llenyddol; papurau yn ymwneud â nofelau a gweithiau rhyddiaith, 1931-2017, gan gynnwys gweithiau gan Emyr Humphreys ac eraill; papurau yn ymwneud â chasgliadau o farddoniaeth gan Emyr Humphreys, 1902-2019, gan gynnwys barddoniaeth gyhoeddedig a heb ei chyhoeddi; llyfrau nodiadau a phapurau, [?1938x?1948]-2014, yn ymwneud â chasgliadau o straeon byrion gan Emyr Humphreys, wedi'u cyhoeddi a heb eu cyhoeddi; sgriptiau a phapurau cysylltiedig, 1882-2010, gan gynnwys sgriptiau gan ac yn ymwneud â gwaith Emyr Humphreys ac eraill; papurau gweinyddol, 1943-2009, yn ymwneud â gweithiau cyhoeddedig Emyr Humphreys; papurau yn ymwneud ag erthyglau, darlithoedd, a traethodau gan Emyr Humphreys ac eraill, 1938-2019; eitemau cyhoeddedig, 1917-2019, a gasglwyd gan ac yn ymwneud â gwaith Emyr Humphreys, gan gynnwys toriadau a chylchgronau; llyfrau nodiadau a phapurau, 1906-1966, y Parch. Griffith Jones, Llanwnda, a gasglwyd gan ei fab-yng-nghyfraith Emyr Humphreys; ac eitemau a phapurau amrywiol eraill a gadwyd ac a gasglwyd gan Emyr Humphreys, 1922-2013. / Papers of Emyr Humphreys, 1882-2019, including letters, notes, drafts, typescripts, proofs, notebooks, cuttings, pamphlets, photographs, and magazines, comprising correspondence, 1929-2019, including letters to and from Emyr Humphreys relating to both personal and literary matters; papers relating to novels and prose works, 1931-2017, including works by both Emyr Humphreys and others; papers relating to collections of poetry by Emyr Humphreys, 1902-2019, including both published and unpublished poetry; notebooks and papers, [?1938x?1948]-2014, relating to collections of short stories by Emyr Humphreys, both published and unpublished; scripts and related papers, 1882-2010, including scripts by and relating to the works of Emyr Humphreys and others; administrative papers, 1943-2009, relating to published works by Emyr Humphreys; papers relating to articles, lectures, and essays by Emyr Humphreys and others, 1938-2019; published items, 1917-2019, collected by and relating to the works of Emyr Humphreys, including cuttings and magazines; notebooks and papers, 1906-1966, of the Rev. Griffith Jones, Llanwnda, collected by his son-in-law Emyr Humphreys; and other miscellaneous items and papers kept and collected by Emyr Humphreys, 1922-2013.

Professional papers, personal papers and biographical material,

Correspondence, notes, reports, certificates, press cuttings and other papers relating to Cyril Fox's professional and personal life, including material collected for his biography and proposed autobiography, comprising: academic and professional correspondence and notes of Cyril Fox, with letters from archaeologists to Aileen Fox, and some family correspondence, 1903-1994; correspondence and notes relating to Cyril Fox's appointments to posts at Magdalene College, the National Museum of Ireland and the National Museum of Wales, 1924; correspondence between Cyril Fox and Methuen publishers concerning archaeological books written by him for them, 1929-1935; correspondence between Cyril Fox, Wilfrid Hemp and others concerning the work of the Royal Commission on Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, with particular reference to archaeological fieldwork, as well as the appointment and pay of senior staff at the Commission, 1927-1952; copies of reports and minutes of meetings at the National Museum of Wales relating to curatorial matters, finances, education, staff members and the new building, and press cuttings and photocopies of articles relating to the Museum and its work, 1926-1990; correspondence between Olive Fox, Cyril Fox and other members of the family, with notes and press cuttings relating to her death, 1931-1933; obituaries and memorials for Cyril Fox and other archaeologists, 1967-1979; photocopies of letters from Cyril Fox to his family, 1951-1961; autobiographical notes by Cyril Fox relating to his working life, with notes and press cuttings relating to The Personality of Britain, [?1930s]-1962; school, Army and university reports, certificates and associated letters relating to Cyril Fox's school life, Army commission, academic qualifications, and honours, 1894-1953; essays on history, literature, art, politics and ideas, some of them in diary form, by Cyril Fox, 1907-1908; poems composed by Cyril Fox, 1903-1909; a diary of an archaeological cruise undertaken by Cyril Fox from Italy through the Adriatic to Greece, together with letters relating to his early life and the Royal Commission on Tuberculosis, as well as family history and publishing contracts, 1903-1981; and correspondence, notes and interviews accumulated by Charles Scott-Fox in the course of preparing his biography of Cyril Fox, including the personal and professional reminiscences of archaeologists, some of them concentrating on Fox's involvement in the Vernacular Architecture Group, 1985-2003.

Jenkin Evans,

Correspondence with Jenkin Evans and others (including Sir Cyril Fox, Iorwerth Peate and Esther Grainger) concerning his work, together with related press cuttings, notes, photographs, catalogues and committee minutes, and correspondence with him concerning personal and social matters. Also included is correspondence with members of his family, especially his wife, Bessie, concerning personal and family matters.

Evans, Jenkin, artist.

J. D. Lewis and Sons, Llandysul, correspondence,

  • NLW Minor Deposit 1625.
  • File
  • 1940-1942.

Three files of correspondence, 1940-1942, of J. D. Lewis and Sons, Gomerian Press, Llandysul, including letters from Brenda Chamberlain, T. Rowland Hughes, Iorwerth C. Peate, John Petts and D. J. Williams. = Tair ffeil o ohebiaeth, 1940-1942, J. D. Lewis, Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul, gan gynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth Brenda Chamberlain, T. Rowland Hughes, Iorwerth C. Peate, John Petts a D. J. Williams.

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Trefor Beasley; D. J. Bowen (2); Kitchener Davies; Nan Davies, BBC; Ifan ab Owen Edwards; William George; J. Gwyn Griffiths (6); Carwyn James; D. Myrddin Lloyd; Dafydd Miles (6); John Morris AS/MP (2); Iorwerth C. Peate; Delwyn Phillips; Emrys O. Roberts AS/MP; Jac L. Williams (2); R. O. F. Wynne.

Beasley, Trefor

Papurau Iorwerth C. Peate,

  • GB 0210 IPEATE
  • fonds
  • 1826-1983 /

Papurau llenyddol, proffesiynol a phersonol Iorwerth C. Peate, 1826-1983, gan gynnwys nifer helaeth o lythyrau; papurau yn ymwneud ag amryw o'i weithiau llenyddol; papurau ynglŷn â'i yrfa broffesiynol, yn cynnwys sefydlu Amgueddfa Werin Cymru; a ffeiliau ar bynciau penodol yn ymwneud â diwylliant gwerin. Yn ogystal ceir papurau aelodau o'i deulu, yn eu plith dyddiaduron, llyfrau nodiadau, llythyrau a chyfrifon. Ceir hefyd bapurau a grynhowyd gan Iorwerth Peate a'i berthnasau. -- Literary, professional and personal papers of Iorwerth C. Peate, 1826-1983, including a substantial group of letters; papers relating to various literary works by him; papers regarding his professional career, including the establishment of the Welsh Folk Museum; and files concerning specific subjects relating to folk culture. In addition, the archive contains papers pertaining to members of his family, among which are diaries, notebooks, letters and accounts. Also included are papers accumulated by Iorwerth Peate and his relatives.

Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982

Llythyrau,

Llythyrau, 1934-[1947], gan gynnwys llythyr oddi wrth Iorwerth Peate yn sôn am ei onestrwydd wrth wneud sylwadau am waith Pennar Davies a llythyrau oddi wrth Keidrych Rhys (7) yn ymwneud â chyfraniadau llenyddol i'r cylchgrawn Wales.

Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982

Llythyrau at Glyn Evans, Tregaron

  • NLW MS 23728D.
  • File
  • 1943-1980

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).

Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982

Iorwerth C. Peate's Welsh House

  • NLW MS 16271C.
  • File
  • 1940

A typescript, prepared for the press, of Iorwerth C. Peate's essay 'The Welsh House: a study in folk culture', published in Y Cymmrodor, 47 (1940).
The volume includes the title page, dedication and preface (ff. i-v), contents (f. vi), a list of illustrations (ff. vii-xxi; the illustrations are not included), the main text (ff. 1-254) and bibliography (ff. 255-275). There are some manuscript annotations and corrections, with a number of significant additions (ff. 11, 67, 154 verso, 163 verso, 179 and 249 verso). The printed version includes a few additional changes and an index. A revised edition was published in 1944.

Peate, Iorwerth Cyfeiliog, 1901-1982

Letters of Richard Cobden

  • NLW MS 11340B
  • File
  • 1849, 1872-1887, 1958

A holograph letter from Ric[hard] Cobden to [Joseph] Sturge, 1849 (the progress of the peace movement, a tribute to Henry Richard); correspondence, 1872-8, relating to the proposed publication by the Cobden Club of the letters of Richard Cobden, including holograph letters to Henry Richard from Thos. Thomasson; Mrs Catherine Anne Cobden; Thomas B. Potter; [Sir] Louis Mallet; Henry Ashworth; [Sir] Thomas Bazley; [Sir] Edward Baines; C[harles] Cobden; W. Cowper Temple; and others; and copies of correspondence between Mrs. Catherine Anne Cobden, Thos. Thomasson, Henry Richard, and others; and holograph letters to Henry Richard from John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1878 (the writer's proposed biography of Richard Cobden; A. J. Mundella, 1882; J[ohn] Thomas, Congregational minister, Liverpool, 1887 (Samuel Morley's contribution to Congregational and other causes in Wales, the writer's proposed biography of the Reverend Thomas Rees, Swansea); and others. Bound with the letters is an offprint of an article by the donor, the Reverend H. R. Evans, M.C., M.A., on 'Henry Richard and Cobden's Letters', published in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1958, pp. 54-81.

Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865

Album of franks,

  • NLW MS 12136F.
  • File
  • 1831-1840 /

An album compiled by Rees Goring Thomas, Llannonn, Llanelly, co. Carmarthen, in 1840, and containing mounted franks of letters of members of the House of Commons almost entirely of the period 1831-40. The writers include Henry Granville Fitzalan-Howard, aft. 14th duke of Norfolk, W. O. Stanley, Charles Hindley, Winthrop M. Praed, J. P. B. Chichester, H. W. Tancred, Fredk. Hodgson, W. H. Ludlow Bruges, John Hume Cust, viscount Alford, S. Crawley, C. J. F. Russell, R. Palmer, William Keppel Barrington, viscount Barrington, Jos[hua] Scholefield, Wm. Holmes, G. L. Fox, Wm. Turner, Wm. Feilden, J. S. Brownrigg, E. C. Lister, R. Pigot, P. Courtenay, Thos. Wood, Hy. Broadwood, F. Henry F. Berkeley, G. R. B. Pechell, P. W. S. Miles, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, aft. 3rd. marquess of Buckingham, Frederick William Hervey, aft. 1st marquess of Bristol, Eliot [T.] Yorke, H. Verney, C. Fitz Roy, Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice, aft. 3rd marquess of Lansdowne, Richard J. Eaton, R. G. Townley, Chas E. Law, Henry Goulburn, Thomas Spring Rice, 1st baron Monteagle of Brandon, W. E. Powell, G. Rice Trevor, D. Morris, J. Jones, Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, C. F. Berkeley, [Sir Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton], E. J. Stanley, H. G. Boldero, [Lord] Arthur Lennox, Hugh Rose, John Fort, Edwd. Horseman, C. Lemon, H. A. Aglionby, R. Sanderson, Edward Granville Eliot, aft. 3rd earl of St. Germans, W. Williams, Edwd. Ellice, John Neeld, S. Irton, G. H. Cavendish, Geo. Crewe, F. Hunt, G. Grey, E. Strutt, Lewis Wm. Buck, M. E. N. Parker, R. Williams, H. C. Sturt, J. Yarde Buller, Anthony Ashley Cooper, aft. 7th earl of Shaftesbury, J. R. Reed, E. R. Rice, Arthur Hill Trevor, 3rd viscount Dungannon, J. T. Tyrell, T. W. Bramston, Charles G. Round, Edwd. Divett, Edwd. Kerrison, Tho. Duncombe, Library of Wales Wm. Follett, Stephen R. Glynne, Cuthbert Rippon, Edwin Richard Windham Wyndham-Quin, aft. 3rd earl of Dunraven, C. R. M. Talbot, Grantley F. Berkeley, J. Phillpotts, F. Tollemache, E. Barnard, C. B. Wall, Glynne E. Welby, C. Wood, Hen. C. Compton, J. Planta, ?R. B. P. Philipps, W. H. Scourfield, Robert Price, Ed. Foley, George John Frederick Sackville- West, viscount Cantelupe, E. B. Clive, Higford Burr, R. Alston, Philip Henry Stanhope, aft. 5th earl of Stanhope, James Walter Grimston, aft. 1st earl of Verulam, Abel Smith, W. Cowper, R. H. Hurst, Edw. Fellowes, Fred. Pollock, J. Peel, Fitz Roy Kelly, Wm. Geary, John P. Plumptree, W. T. Praed, Tho. Law Hodges, Rd. Godson, W. C. James, H. Rich, Stratford Canning, William Hutt, W. Wilberforce, H. Hardinge, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, aft. 14th earl of Derby, George Marton, Edw. B. Farnham, Charles Packe, S. Duckworth, Beaumont Hotham, 3rd baron Hotham, C. Greenaway, R. A. Christopher, G. Anson, Charles Anderson-Pelham, aft. 1st earl of Yarborough, G. J. Heathcote, H. Handley, Dudley Ryder, 1st earl of Harrowby and viscount Sandon, C. Cresswell, W. Crawford, J. Pattison, Edward Herbert, viscount Clive, Willm. Pinney, Jno. Stewart, John Brocklehurst, T. Grimsditch, Jno. Fector, John Round, Q. Dick, M. Philips, Ernest Bruce, Wm. Robt. Clayton, Fred Spencer, C. W. Williams Wynn, Thos. Wood, G. C. H. Somerset, J. Edwards, Granville George Leveson Gower, aft. 2nd earl Granville, Tho. Wilde, W. J. Blake, H. N. Burroughes, W. Bagge, Edmond Wodehouse, George James Finch-Hatton, aft. 11th earl of Winchilsea, Henry George Grey, aft. 3rd earl Grey, Charles Bennet, aft. 7th earl of Tankerville, Raikes Curry, Matt[hew] Bell, C. Blackett, H. Gally Knight, Lanc[elot] Rolleston, Arthur Richard Wellesley, marquess of Douro, Henry Pelham Fynes Pelham Clinton, aft. 5th duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, John Hobhouse, G. G. Harcourt, Donald Maclean, T. G. Brunhall Estcourt, R. H. Inglis, W. Erle, John Owen, R. M. Rolfe, C. J. Hector, Hesketh Fleetwood, W. Wilkins, G. R. Philips, Geo. Thos. Staunton, R. Townley Parker, T. Dundas, Alex. Speirs, Thos. Pemberton, E. B. Sugden, R. Bernal, John Fenton, Thomas Hobhouse, E. T. Troubridge, F. W. Trench, J. Parker, H. G. Ward, W. Ormsby Gore, R. Hill, William Harry Vane, 4th earl of Darlington, R. H. Clive, Adam Duncan-Haldane, aft. 2nd earl of Camperdown, Wm. Gore Langton, A. R. Dottin, R. Ingham, E. Buller, Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, aft. gist earl of Shrewsbury, Dan. W. Harvey, [Lord] J[ohn] Russell, W. T. Copeland, Ed. Barnes, John Henniker-Major, 2nd baron Henniker, Rt. Rushbrooke, J. Bailey, Charles Broke Vere, R. Alsager, C. C. Cavendish, G. Darby, E. H. A'Court, Robert Peel, John Martin, J. Heathcoat, C. Barry Baldwin, Wm. Blount, Henry Fitzroy, aft. 5th duke of Grafton, Henry John Temple, 3rd viscount Palmerston, Edward Adolphus Seymour Seymour, aft. 12th duke of Somerset, J. Ennis Vivian, W. S. Lascelles, J. Eardley Wilmot, J. Mordaunt, Willm. Collins, W. Stratford Dugdale, E. J. Shirley, W. G. Hayter, J. Milnes Gaskell, G. W. Hope, M. Attwood, George Augustus Frederick Child-Villiers, aft. 6th earl of Jersey, Paulet St. J. Mildmay, Walter Long, J. B. East, J. Ramsbottom, George Spencer-Churchill, aft. 6th duke of Marlborough, Henry J. Winnington, R. Smith, Geo. Rob. Smith, Wm. Duncombe, W. Wilshere, E. S. Cayley, Henry Broadley, W. Gordon, J. Duff, Al[exander] Bannerman, [Patrick] Jas. [Herbert Crichton-] Stuart, Hope Johnstone, George Sinclair, Ja[mes] Colquhoun, Matt. Sharpe, J. Campbell, W. D. Gillon, A. Leith Hay, ?F. Maule, James Wemyss, R. Macleod, Robert Wallace, R. Steuart, J. Oswald, R[obey]t Ferguson, Fred. Dundas, R. Cutlar Fergusson, P. Chalmers, A. Kinnaird, Archibald Primrose, lord Dalmeny, J. McTaggart, W. Howard, J. Blair, ?J. O'Neill, Willm. Curry, J. D. Jackson, John Young, J. Stock, S. R. Maxwell, E. Litton, F. B. Beamish, Wm. M. Somerville, aft. baron Meredyth, William Brabazon, aft. 11th earl of Meath, Daniel O'Connell, F. Shaw, R. Hutton, Thos. Knox, aft. 1st earl of Ranfurly, Thomas Martin, A. H. Lynch, Mervyn Archdall, M. J. O'Connell, N. Fitz Simon, H. Thomas, Nathaniel Clements, aft. 2nd earl of Leitrim, William Roche, R. Bateson, R. A. Ferguson, ? John H. Talbot, J. W. Fitz Patrick, [Dennis O'Connor] 'O'Connor Don', C. H. Coote, J. P. Somers, H. Corry, James Power, etc. Among the recipients of the letters are J. B. Jeffreys (Jeffries, Jeffenes), solicitor, Carmarthen, Geo. T. Thomas, Gelliwernen, Llanelly, John Biddulph, Llanelly, etc., Eben[eze]r Morris, [vicar of] Llanelly, etc., Rees Goring Thomas, Llanon, etc., John Jeffereys, Swansea, David Lewis, Stradey, Llanelly, H. R. Downman, Tin Works, Carmarthen, John Davies, Guildhall Square, Carmarthen, R. J. Nevill, Llangennech, and W. Harris, Swansea. English and Welsh, Scottish, and Irish members are separately grouped, and the franks are arranged within each of the three groups in alphabetical order of constituencies. The initials 'R. G. T.' are lettered in gold on the upper cover, and 'House of Commons, 1840' likewise on the spine.

Thomas, Rees Goring.

Letters from various family members

Letters to John Cowper Powys from his mother Mary Cowper Powys (1), 1914, his sister-in-law Violet Powys (wife of Theodore Francis Powys) (1) (partial), [c. 1915], his father the Reverend Charles Francis Powys (2), 1918, his sister-in-law Alyse Gregory (wife of Llewelyn Powys) (7), 1924-1925, 1929, 1939-1940, 1960, his brother Llewelyn Powys (4), 1925, 1927 and undated, his sister-in-law Mabel Powys (first wife of Littleton Charles Powys) (2), [1939] and undated, his sister Katie (Philippa) Powys (1 + 1 postcard), 1941, 1949; his sisters Gertrude Powys, Lucy Penny and 'Marz' [?Marian Powys] (1 telegram), 1942; his brother Littleton Charles Powys (1 telegram), [1942]; his sister Lucy Penny (1, with an enclosed letter from Lucy to Phyllis Playter) 1946; his companion Phyllis Playter (1), undated; his son Littleton Alfred Powys (1 [?Christmas card]), undated; and Ernest Angell (aka Peter Grey), father of Powys's nephew Peter Powys Grey (1), undated; also an envelope (contents removed) from his sister Marian Powys (1954).

Letters from Gertrude Powys

Twenty-two letters, 1951-1952, to John Cowper Powys from his sister, Gertrude Powys, containing mostly personal and family news, including Gertrude's response to a piece for radio broadcast by John Cowper Powys relating to their brother Llewelyn Powys ('Lulu'), who died in 1939, and to reading John Cowper Powys's novel Porius (published 1951), and Gertrude's and her sister Philippa (Katie)'s memories and reflections on their mother, Mary Cowper Powys. There is an ink drawing by Gertrude of 'Mr Kent' [?her brother Littleton Charles Powys's landlord] on f. 19. Enclosures comprise three letters to Phyllis Playter from Gertrude, two letters to Gertrude from her sister-in-law Elizabeth (wife of her brother William Ernest ('Willie') Powys), two letters to John Cowper Powys from Katie Powys, and one letter to Phyllis Playter from Katie Powys. Written at the head of the final letter in this collection is a note signed 'J' which reads: 'This is our Gertrude's last letter she must have died soon after writing this.'

Llythyrau M-T,

Llythyrau, [1938]-[1957]. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Meuryn, Dyddgu Owen, Ivor [Owen], Llew Owain, Iorwerth P[eate] (2), T[om] P[arry] (9), T. H. Parry-Williams (3), J[ohn] C[owper] Powys, R. Williams Parry, Kate Roberts (3), Keidrych Rhys, Henry E. G. Rope (3), Melville Richards (2), Enid [Pierce Roberts], [J.] [E.] Caerwyn [Williams], G. J. Williams (3), Alun Llywelyn-Williams, R. O. F. Wynne (7), Wynn Wheldon (6), W. D. [Williams], Ifor Williams, David Thomas (Lleufer) (2), Joseph Thorp, a Taldir.

Meuryn, 1880-1967.

Notebook

A volume containing fragmentary drafts, [1970s]-[1980x1985], by James Hanley of both published and unpublished plays and fiction, including 'The Child's Tale' (ff. 1 verso, 35 verso-38, 57-59 verso, 60 verso-61, see also NLW MSS 23127E, 23129E), 'The End House' (ff. 18-22 verso, see also NLW MS 23129E), A Dream Journey (London, 1976) (ff. 35, 38 verso-39, see also NLW MS 23125E), A Woman in the Sky (London, 1973) (f. 33 recto-verso), A Kingdom (London, 1978) (ff. 40-44, 45-46 verso, 61-62, see also NLW MS 23122E), 'In That Time' (f. 48 recto-verso, see also NLW MS 23128E) and 'The Shadow House' (ff. 48 verso-52, 54-55, see also NLW MS 23126E), together with recollections of John Cowper Powys (ff. 55 verso-56; cf. Hanley's John Cowper Powys. A Man in the Corner (Loughton, 1969)), and personal reflections.

James Hanley.

Rev. B. G. Rees papers

  • NLW MS 24059E.
  • File
  • 1935-1945

Papers, 1935-1945, of the Rev. B. George Rees, Curate of Llangynwyd, Maesteg (1936-38), and Laleston (1938-44), Rector of Llansannor (1944-48), and a WEA lecturer on literature at the Maesteg Unemployed Centre and elsewhere. The papers include letters, 1939-1940, from a number of authors and poets, responding to requests by Rees for their thoughts on lecture subjects such as 'Life and Literature'.
The respondents include W. H. Auden, [1939] (ff. 2-3), Winston Churchill, 17 January 1939 (f. 8), C. Day Lewis, [?1939]-1940 (ff. 10-12), Aldous Huxley, 27 March 1940 (f. 16), Glyn Jones, April 1939-February 1940 (ff. 19-27), Herbert E. Palmer, February-March 1940 (ff. 35-44), John Cowper Powys, February-March 1940 (ff. 45-47), J. B. Priestley, 10 January 1939 (f. 48), Dylan Thomas, September 1939-February 1940 (ff. 56-60), and Emlyn Williams, 8 February 1940 (f. 63); a few respondents, such as Glyn Jones (f. 25) and Dylan Thomas (ff. 59-60), supplied Rees with brief essays. Also included are notes, newspaper cuttings and other papers relating to Rees's lectures (ff. 66-91); and papers, 1935-1945, relating to his Church career, including letters and telegrams concerning his Institution at Llansannor, August-September 1944 (ff. 92-100), sermon notes (ff. 102-109), and parish magazines and pages from annual reports relating to Laleston, 1935-1944 (ff. 110-120).

Rees, B. G. (Benjamin George), 1910-1948

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