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Includes letters from Sam Adams (3, including a typescript copy of the poem 'The Maesglas Marciano', i.m. Dick Richardson 1934-1999'); Richard Livsey; Ruth Bidgood (3); Jeremy Hooker (2); Raymond Garlick (4); John Trice; and Gloria Evans Davies.

Includes letters from Sam Adams (6); Ruth Bidgood (3); Raymond Garlick (7); Cliff James; John Trice (2); Leslie Norris; and Gloria Evans Davies (including typescript copies of poems by her).

Includes letters from Arthur Giardelli (2); Cecil Price (4); A.G. Prys-Jones; Sally Roberts Jones; John Stuart Williams (4, including copies of the poem 'Theseus on Naxos' and a photocopy of 'Dic Penderyn', broadcast in 1968); Peter Finch (3); Bryn Griffiths; Meic Stephens (13); Laurie Burt; Roy Burnett (2); A. F. Leighton Thomas (5); Sam Adams (4); John Idris Jones (2); Alison Bielski; Alan Perry; Glyn Jones (3); Malcolm Parr (3); J. P. Ward; Raymond Garlick; Jeremy Hooker (2); John Tripp; Dora Polk; Annemarie Ewing (3); Robert Morgan (2); David E. Painting; Moira Dearnley; Jeremy B. Lowe; Kyffin Williams (2); Alun Llewellyn (5); Désirée Hirst; R. George Thomas; Ieuan Gwynedd Jones; John Pikoulis (3); H. P. Collins (2); John Ackerman; Leslie Norris (2); Tony Curtis (2); Neville Masterman (2); Alan Crang; and Judith Maro. The file also contains letters and financial papers, 1970-1979, relating to The Wells, St Twynells, Pembroke.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (5); Walford Gealy; Victor Golightly (18); John Goodby (4); Iris Gower; Jon Gower (4); Roger Granelli (5); Lesley Grant-Adamson (7); J. Gwyn Griffiths (4); Steve Griffiths (5); Viv Griffiths (4); and Peter Gruffydd (37).

Draft score in ink with pencil annotations, dated 1956-1961 and titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Tenor and Piano: Words by 20th-century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. The score is in six parts: Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 1 - 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated 16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; and Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, as a loose page draft pencil partial score, dated 24 January 1961. Part 6 is wanting.

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.

Ink score with pencil annotations, dated 1956-1961 and titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Tenor and Piano: Words by 20th-century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. The score is in seven parts: Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated 16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; Part 6, 'In the Grass Gold Rings' by Roland Mathias, dated 10 May 1957; Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, dated 24 January 1961.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1956-1961, titled Opus 10: 'Canticle for Voice and Piano', and incorporating 'Words by Twentieth-Century Anglo-Welsh Poets'. Consisting of Part 1, 'Lean on the Rail' by Randal Jenkins, dated 12 January 1957; Part 2, 'I Will Give you a Golden Flower' by David Harries, dated16 December 1956; Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 4, 'When I Was a Child' by R. S. Thomas, dated 24 November 1959; Part 5, 'Is There a Cause?' by Vernon Watkins, dated 21 April 1960; Part 6, 'In the Grass Gold Rings' by Roland Mathias, dated 10 May 1957; and Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, dated 24 January 1961.

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to Wales, the British empire, Hong Kong, and her fiction and memoirs.

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to Wales, Venice, the British empire, Europe, Abraham Lincoln, and her fictional writing.

Correspondence, mostly concerning articles, stories and poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Steve Griffiths (2); A. G. Prys-Jones; Greg Hill; Ronald Lowe; Mike Jenkins; John Pikoulis (5); Sylvia Kantaris (2); Ruth Bidgood (4); Pauline Stainer (2); William Cooke; John Tripp; William Sherman; Gwyn O. Jones (3); Jennifer Drake-Brockman (4); Alun Llewellyn (4); Jacqueline Banerjee (5); Gweno Lewis; Meic Stephens; Chris O'Neill (2); Edward Larrissy; Anthony Conran; Raymond Garlick (2); D. Graham Jenkins (2); Stephen Tunnicliffe; Edward Levy (6); Belinda Humfrey (3); Richard Poole (2); Roland Mathias; Roger Stephens Jones; Colin Wilcockson (3); Susanne M. Dumbleton; Raymond J. Cormier (3); Hugh McKinley; Edward Neill; Ruth Pryor (2); Angela G. Dorenkamp; Ned Thomas; H. Morgan Waidson (4); Linden Peach; Peter Slater; Patrick Thomas (2); Dominic J. Hart (2); Richard A. Davies (3); Frederick Grice (6); Frances Meredith (2); Robert Nisbet; Graham Jones (3); and Cecil Price. The file also includes photocopies of a letter by W. H. Davies, 1907, and an editorial from Welsh Outlook, 1917. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias with copies of replies by him.

Original ink score with pencil annotations, titled 'Canticle for Tenor and Strings' and arranged into parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and double bass. The score includes three parts based on Harries' work 'Words by 20th-century Anglo-Welsh Poets': Part 3, 'Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed' by Dylan Thomas, dated 24 July 1957; Part 6, 'In the Grass Gold Rings' by Roland Mathias, dated 10 May 1957; and Part 7, 'There is No Time' by Raymond Garlick, dated 24 January 1961. Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5 are wanting.

Papers relating to the journal Materion Dwyieithog/Bilingual Matters, [?1990]-1992; 2002, consisting of correspondence discussing items to be featured and typescript copies of material intended for inclusion. The correspondence (1990-1992; 2002) includes letters from Tony Conran (4); Greg Hill (unsigned) (1); Michael Schmidt (1); Steve Short (1); Harri Pritchard Jones (1); M. Wynn Thomas (1); Joseph Clancy (2); Raymond Garlick (1); Bobi Jones (1); Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan to Hywel Ifans (1); and Huw Jones (1). The correspondence is accompanied by typescript and manuscript copies, ([?1990]-[?1992]), of material intended for publication, including an interview with Tony Conran; part of a translation of Y Gododdin by Steve Short; an interview with Joseph Clancy; copies of Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan’s essay ‘Fascinating, Infuriating and Miraculous: Welsh-Language Publishing in 1991’; two copies of ‘Dwyieithrwydd a Llenyddiaeth’ by Heather Williams; ‘Darganfod Hanes Cymru’ by Geraint H. Jenkins, ([?1992]); copies of poems translated by Joseph Clancy from the original Welsh by Bobi Jones, including ‘Portrait of an Immigrant’, ‘A Wren in Aberystwyth Cemetery’; ‘The Other Grandmother’, ‘Going on Holidays’, and ‘Grandfather and Grandson’; and copies of ‘Y Llifeiriant’ and ‘Syrcas’ by Huw Jones, ‘Meeting at Llanfihangel’ by Damian Walford Davies, and ‘Darganfod Hanes Cymru’ by Geraint H. Jenkins;

Papers, 1993-1994, relating to the Welsh Academy’s ‘Poets on Poets: Taliesin and Aneirin’ event at Coleg Harlech, 1994, featuring Greg Hill, Gillian Clarke, Chris Meredith, and Tony Conran. The file includes letters (1993-1994), from Greg Hill (unsigned) (1), Kevin Thomas (1), Gillian Clarke (1), and Tony Conran (1); a poster advertising the event (1994); typescript copies of poems intended to be featured ([1994]), including a verse from Aneirin’s 'Gododdin', and the poems ‘Aneirin Speaks’ and ‘Heroes’, by Raymond Garlick, and ‘Over the Top’, ‘Elegy for the Welsh Dead in the Falkland Islands, 1982’, and ‘Becca at the Gate’ by Greg Hill; and a copy of the booklet ‘Ancestors: Translations from Early Welsh Verse & Variations on a Theme’ by Greg Hill ([?1994]).

Correspondence, 1981-2000, mainly relating to reviews and articles intended for publication in the Anglo-Welsh Review, and to the Welsh Arts Council’s withdrawal of funding in 1987 and subsequent closure of the publication in 1988. The file includes letters to Greg Hill and others from Arthur Giardelli (3); Bim Giardelli (1); Glyn Jones (1); Anne Stevenson (3); Tony Conran (2); Jeremy Hooker (9); Desmond Slay (1); Meic Stephens (4); Freda Walters (3); Tony Curtis (1); John Davies (1); Raymond Garlick (2); Peter Dale (1); David Annwn (1); Ann Hallam (1); Tony Bianchi (1); Gillian Clarke (1); and Steve Griffiths (1). Also enclosed are cuttings of obituaries for the writer and historian Gwyn Jones, written by Desmond Slay and Meic Stephens respectively (1999); and a copy of a cutting from the Western Mail, reporting on the closure of the Anglo-Welsh Review and the launch of the New Welsh Review (1987).

The file comprises correspondence, 1955-1984 (with gaps), including draft letters by Glyn Jones, relating to The valley, the city, the village (London, 1956 and 1980), mostly from the publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, and includes letters from Jack Jones (copy), Raymond Garlick, Gwyn Jones (2), Gwyn Thomas, Les Faber, Elwyn Davies, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Elwyn Evans, A. G. Prys-Jones (2), and Roland Mathias. Some letters contain references to The island of apples. -- Also included are royalty statements, 1956-1960 and 1980-1983, drafts of extracts from the novel which appear to have been adapted for radio [1963], miscellaneous notes, 1956-1958, printed reviews of the novel, 1956-1957, and a copy of the introduction to the 1980 reprint of the book.

Personal correspondence, 2006 July-December, consisting of letters and cards, discussing mainly political and literary matters including John Barnie's retirement as editor of Planet magazine, including correspondence from John Barnie (24); Bruce Clunies Ross (26); Shani Rhys James (1); Raymond Garlick (1); John Harris (1); Richard Poole (1); Anne Cluysenaar (1); Ian McDonald (1); Cary Archard (2); Nigel Jenkins (3); Keir Reeves (1); Robert Minhinnick (2); Patrick McGuinness (2); Pamela Petro (1); Stevie Davies (1); Knud Sørensen (3); Martin Leer (4); Barry Butson (3); Damian Walford Davies (1); Guy Vanderhaeghe (1); M.W. Thomas (1); Harriet Richards (1); Jen Wilson (1); Bengt Berg (1); Maria Grech Ganado (1); Gladys Mary Coles (1); and Talfan Barnie (1).

Includes letters from Menna Gallie (2), W. H. Gardner (2), Raymond Garlick (32), Duncan Glen (2), Ll. Wyn Griffith (3), Geoffrey Grigson (5), and Miron Grindea.

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.

Miscellaneous items of or relating to John Cowper Powys, comprising printed signed confirmations by Henry Barclay Swete, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, and Herbert Edward Ryle, Hulsean Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, that Powys attended a course of their lectures during 1892 and 1893, with a note by Powys's father the Reverend Charles Francis Powys; Powys's certificate of rejection from the Army Medical Board, 29 May 1918 (signed by Powys); an envelope inscribed by Powys 'Little Objects of unknown value belong to me' containing various receipts, 1919, a cheque dated 22 May 1919 made out to Powys's wife Margaret Powys, a printed calling card of Mrs T. Oatley Bennett, an envelope containing butterfly antennae (the contents noted on the envelope by Powys), and an undated newspaper cutting detailing accommodation to let; an immigration visa (as nonquota returning immigrant) dated 2 September 1924, which is signed by Powys and displays a photograph of him; a printed announcement of a testimonial dinner held in honour of Powys, 29 May 1929; a prescription note for Powys from Dr Max Einhorn of New York City to Dr C. Thomas, dated 15 March 1930, suggesting a diagnosis of excess stomach acid and possible gastric ulcer; a poem by William J. Williams ('The Catholic') entitled L'Ours' written out in Powys's hand; a watercoloured ink drawing by Powys depicting caricatures of Owain Glyndŵr, Hitler, a sea-serpent (possibly the poet Huw Owen Williams (Huw Menai), whom Powys often depicted in this guise) holding the sword Excalibur, and Powys himself (bottom left); a pocket diary for 1949 containing mainly names and addresses and memoranda, with a photograph on f. 22 inscribed on the back by Powys 'Sammy Clemens great nephew or great cousin of Mark Twain!!'; an address book, with occasional entries also by Phyllis Playter; a caricatured ink drawing of Powys and Phyllis Playter by Powys, dated 29 April 1951; a copy of Blaenau Observed A Broadcast Poem (Dock Leaves Press, 1957) by Raymond Garlick, inscribed 'Raymond Garlick 30:XII:57'; a list written on headed British Museum paper 'For John Cowper Powys, from some admirers of his genius' (comprising Museum staff and University lecturers); an invitation to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party held on 20 July 1961; an address book, with occasional entries also by Phyllis Playter; printed cards 'to his Friends' announcing that Powys would no longer be writing letters 'owing to the Physical and Mental Infirmities of Old Age'; a certificate and related material from the University of Wales, Cardiff conferring (in absentia) on Powys the honourary degree of D.Litt., July 1962; a list of household expenses in Powys's hand, showing that 'stationary & Postage' was the single greatest expense for the period in question; and a typescript copy of a radio broadcast, dated 24 May 1976, entitled A Glastonbury Romance, written and read by P. J. Kavanagh. Together with an undated poem entitled Forum Romanum by Frances Gregg, with whom Powys had a relationship prior to settling down with Phyllis Playter, and two typescript biographical pieces on the novelist, pamphleteer and physician Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (Louis-Ferdinand Céline), one of which is by Powys translator Marie Canavaggia (undated) and the other by 'J. C[?anavaggia], dated June 1962.