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Writers of Wales: Llewelyn Wyn Griffith

Papers, 1930-1931 and 1980-1987 (with gaps), relating to Greg Hill’s publication Writers of Wales: Llewelyn Wyn Griffith (Cardiff: University of Wales Press on behalf of the Welsh Arts Council, 1984), consisting mainly of letters to Greg Hill, including letters from Hugh Wyn Griffith (5); Meic Stephens (7); June Gruffydd (1); Lowri Morgan (3); Richard Houdmont (1); and Susan Jenkins (3). The file also includes a cutting from The Anglo Welsh Review of a review of the book ([?1984]); a questionnaire filled in by Ben G. Jones of The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, about the life and work of Llewelyn Wyn Griffith ([?1980x1984]); copies of letters (1930-1931) to Gerald Hayes and to Llewelyn Wyn Griffith from Walter de la Mare (4); page proofs, (1983 and [1983]), with some corrections; a press cutting ([1983]); cuttings from British Book News (1984) and Llais Llyfrau (1987), including reviews of the publication by Roland Mathias and R. Gerallt Jones; and notes in the hand of Greg Hill ([1981]).

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Arglwydd/Lord Anglesey; Per Denez; Nicholas Edwards; Robat Gruffudd; R. Geraint Gruffydd (3); Syr/Sir Julian Hodge; Cledwyn Hughes AS/MP (2); Dafydd Islwyn; Dafydd Jenkins (2); Bedwyr Lewis Jones; Dic Jones; Harriet Lewis; D. Tecwyn Lloyd; Kenneth O. Morgan; Brian Morris (2); Jan Morris; James Nicholas (Jâms Nicolas) (3); Parch./Rev. Rhys Nicholas; Gerallt Lloyd Owen (4); Gordon Parry (7); Dewi Watkin Powell; Emyr Price (2); Gareth Price; Michael Roberts AS/MP; Meic Stephens; Gwilym Tilsley; Dafydd Wigley (3).

Anglesey, Marquess of, 1924-

Gohebiaeth gyffredinol/General correspondence

Yn cynnwys llythyrau oddi wrth/Includes letters from: Dewi Eirug Davies; Owen Edwards, S4C; Peter Hughes Griffiths (2); T. Elwyn Griffiths; Robat Gruffudd (2); Norah Isaac; Marie James (2); R. Brinley Jones; Ralph Maud; John Osmond; Emyr Price; Meic Stephens (2); Ned Thomas (2); Peter Walker AS/MP; Dafydd Wigley (2).

Davies, Dewi Eirug, 1922-1997

Correspondence,

Correspondence between John Legonna, figures in the Welsh, Breton and Celtic nationalist, socialist and literary communities, contributors and subscribers to 'Cilmeri', publishers, periodicals, banks, family and friends, concerning a wide range of political, literary and personal matters, especially the production and content of 'Cilmeri' and other publications, the New Nation Group, Plaid Cymru, Welsh republican groups, nationalist and socialist movements in Wales and other Celtic countries, the Celtic League and pan-Celtic politics, and Legonna's personal problems and arrangements at the end of his life, including his intended writing projects, together with articles, poems and reviews intended for publication in 'Cilmeri', including a curriculum vitae of Olier Mordrel, and also related press cuttings and lists of books available from Club Leabhar (the Highland Book Club).

Other letters,

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.

J. M. Lewis Papers,

  • NLW ex 1797.
  • File
  • 1977-1993.

A typescript collection of poems entitled 'Six Valley Images & Other Poems' compiled by J. M. Lewis in 1993, and a copy of 'Poems' sent by him to Meic Stephens in 1988, with related correspondence, 1977-1991, including letters from Gillian Clarke, R. Gerallt Jones and Meic Stephens; together with correspondence, 1986, between J. M. Lewis and Anthony Powell relating to the dialogue of Welsh soldiers in the latter's book The Valley of Bones (London, 1964).

Clarke, Gillian, 1937-

Correspondence: 1986-1990,

Includes letters from Douglas Houston; Sylvia Kantaris (2); Angela Morton (5, including poems); Lesley Grant-Adamson (3); Irene E. Thomas (4); Michael Horovitz (4); Sue Stewart; Berenice Moore (4, including a poem); Meic Stephens; Ian M. Emberson; Anne Stevenson (6); Gwyn Parry (9); Sue Moules (6); Ann Vaughan-Williams (3); Christine Evans (4); Liz Cashdan; Chris Bendon; Jeremy Hooker (2); Bill Headdon; Robert Minhinnick; Maggie Holmes (2); Nigel Forde (3); Liz Ashurst (including poems); Berlie Doherty (5, enclosing poem); Enid Luff; Gloria Evans Davies (3); John Sewell; Harold Fawkner (2); Julia Bell (enclosing poem); Glenda Beagan; Caryl Davies (2); Maura Dooley (2); Arnt Lykke Jakobsen; Jane Esson; Terry Gifford (enclosing a poem); David Dabydeen; Sally Roberts Jones; Hugo Williams (2); Joseph Clancy; Kyffin Williams; Jean Earle (2); Sian James (2); and Candyce Clayton.

Kantaris, Sylvia.

'Letters (writers)',

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.

Tŷ Newydd,

Papers, 1965, 1972, 1988-1991, mostly correspondence, relating to The Taliesin Trust, a charitable trust set up to provide a residential writers' centre for Wales to encourage and promote writing in English and Welsh, and the establishment of the Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre. Included are letters from Sally Baker Jones, Director of the Centre (21, a number of which are copies); Menna Elfyn (2), Meic Stephens (8); Christine Evans (2); Ruth Bidgood; Islwyn Ffowc Elis; Sir Geraint Evans; and Jon Dressel. Also included are agenda and minutes of the Board of Management of The Taliesin Trust, of which Gillian Clarke was Chairman, accounts, lists of donations to the Trust, and related deeds.

Llythyrau S

Llythyrau, 1923-1982, gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Stewart Sanderson (24); Anders Sandvig; H. N. Savory (2); R. U. Sayce; Elfyn Scourfield (yn cynnwys geirda gan Iorwerth Peate); Glyn Simon (2); Robin Simon (2); P. Smith (3); Alf Sommerfelt (11); Axel Steensberg (2); Meic Stephens (6); a Dag Strömbäck (3).

Sanderson, Stewart

Profiles

The file comprises papers, 1977-1981 and 1985, relating to Profiles : a visitors' guide to writing in twentieth century Wales, by Glyn Jones and John Rowlands (Llandysul, 1980), including a typescript draft of the work, various related manuscript and typescript notes, [1977]-[1980] and correspondence, 1977-1981 and 1985, including draft letters by Glyn Jones, letters from John Rowlands (58), Meic Stephens (2), Roland Mathias, Richard Vaughan, Peter Haining, Philip Pacey, Tony Bianchi, Malcolm Parr and Bernice Rubens, and an article by Glyn Jones, 'Writing Profiles', 1980, for Book News.

Rowlands, John, 1938-2015

Correspondence : S,

Includes letters from Derek Savage (97), Howard Sergeant (9), Jon Silkin (8), Alan Sillitoe (4), Mercer Simpson (17), Dai Smith (5), Elan Closs Stephens (5), Meic Stephens (71), and Julian Symons (13).

Personal correspondence

Personal correspondence, 2006 January-June, consisting of letters and cards, discussing literary, political, family, and academic matters, including correspondence from John Barnie (38); Joseph Clancy (1); Helle Michelsen (1); Kathryn Hayward (2); Bruce Clunies Ross (31); Cilla Huggins (1); M. Wynn Thomas (1); Nigel Jenkins (5); David Lloyd (2); Nicholas Murray (2); Malcolm Lewis (1); Peter Finch (1); Jan Morris (1); Mike Parker (1); Robert Minhinnick (1); Meic Stephens (1); Sam Adams (1); Jeremy Hooker (1); Patrick McGuiness (1); Vibeke Fengers (1); Jasmine Donahaye (1); Barry Butson (1); Tabish Khair (1); Robert Cook (1); Margaret Lloyd (1); and Niall Griffiths (1). The file also contains orders of service for the funerals of David Lewis Jones and Cynthia Walker.

Literary and editorial correspondence

Correspondence, 1990-1995, regarding the commission, publication, and use of literary works by John Barnie and the commission of some articles for Planet magazine, including letters from John Barnie (6); Mike Jenkins (2); Meic Stephens (3); Tony Bianchi (2); Tom Owen (1); Kate Pahl (1); Dyfed Elis Gruffydd (6); Susan Burns & Marc Collett (1); Ned Thomas (3); Paul Oliver (1); Cilla Huggins (2); William Ferris (1); Wyn Binding (1); Mick Felton (2); Johnny Coppin (1); Liz Powell (1); Susan Jenkins (3); Barry Dempster (3); Ole Henrik Giortz (1); Maura Dooley (1); David Lloyd (7); Pamela Brayley (1); Sally Baker (1); Colin Everett (1); Jeffrey Young (1); Richard Poole (2); Robert Minhinnick (4); Kevin Thomas (1); Mairwen Prys Jones (1); and David Esslemont (1). The file also contains a copy of readers' reports for John Barnie's works 'No Hiding Place' (1995) and 'The City' (1991); and a typescript copy of acknowledgments intended for inclusion in 'Y Felan A Finnau' (1992).

Correspondence : 1976

Includes letters from William Blissett (2); David [Dai] Smith; Gillian Clarke (5); Belinda Humfrey (4); Arthur Giardelli (8); Jeremy Hooker (6); Ned Thomas; Raymond Garlick (6); Ray Howard-Jones; Judith Maro (4); Harri Pritchard Jones (5); John Trice; Gwyn Jones; David Blamires (7); Sally Roberts Jones (4); Meic Stephens (14); Désirée Hirst (5); Glyn Jones (5); Sam Adams (4); Brian Howells (3); Patrick Thomas (notes); A. G. Prys-Jones; Dora Polk (2); Ruth Bidgood (3); Dannie Abse (3); Jon Dressel (2); Wyn Griffith (4); Sheenagh Pugh (2); John Stuart Williams; Cary Archard; Bobi Jones; Richard Poole; and Alan Rudrum.

Blissett, William

David Jones letters to Valerie Wynne-Williams

  • NLW MS 24167i-iiiE.
  • File
  • 1958-1974

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.

Jones, David, 1895-1974

John Tripp papers

  • NLW MS 24013i-iiD.
  • File
  • [1967]-[1975]

Literary papers of John Tripp, [1967]-[1975], comprising manuscript and typescript poetry (ff. 1-26, 28-116, 130-151, 166-171), short stories (ff. 117-118, 152-153) and scripts for radio plays (ff. 119-129, 154-165).
The poetry includes original manuscript and typescript working sheets (ff. 1-26), photocopies of published poems (ff. 166-171), fair typescript copies (typed by Fay Williams) and photocopies of original typescripts (typed by John Tripp) of poems, seventy-two mainly unpublished (ff. 28-100), and twenty-one published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge: Selected writings of John Tripp, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010) (ff. 130-151), and a series of twelve poems entitled 'Intervals of Heat', mainly unpublished (ff. 101-116). The short story 'Ferret and Weasel' (ff. 152-153) and the verse play for radio 'The Seed of Dismemberment' (ff. 154-165) were published in The Meaning of Apricot Sponge, while 'Confessions of an English Tutor' and 'Sketches from Provincial Love' (ff. 117-129) remain unpublished. Also included is a letter to Tripp from Meic Stephens, 9 September 1968 (f. 6 verso), and a draft letter from Tripp to John Stuart Williams, 2 April 1969 (f. 27). A list of the contents, compiled by the donor, [?2010], is also included (ff. i-v).

Tripp, John, 1927-1986

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