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Correspondence, 1928-1999, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred Janes and family with replies and drafts of replies, regarding both personal and family matters; and professional matters relating to Alfred Janes's career as an artist, together with other related papers.

Personal correspondence, 1949-1998, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred and Mary Janes, with some replies and drafts of replies, together with other related papers such as photographs, programmes for various events, and cuttings.

Personal correspondence, 1960-1978, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred & Mary Janes and family, relating to family matters and the death of Vernon Watkins. Correspondents include Ross [Janes]; Elizabeth [Parry]; Frances & Ceri Richards; Vernon Watkins; Marjorie Watkins; Sarah Watkins; Daniel Jones & family; Gwen [Watkins]; Gareth [?Watkins]; Constantine Fitzgibbon; Iorwerth Hughes Jones; Ethel [Ross]; John & Joyce [Parry]; Kenneth Hancock; and John & Christine Nash; together with a number of related papers including programme for memorial service for Ceri Richards, 1971; draft poetry (undated, 1968); four photos labelled ‘Michael’, ‘Christopher’, ‘Tom & Michael’ all 1990; cuttings, 1963, re Dylan Thomas memorial stone; a press cutting, re the death of Iorwerth Hughes Jones, 1972; order of service for memorial of Iorwerth Hughes Jones, 1972; and a copy of the Dulwich College Dramatic Society production programme ‘A Penny for a Song’ 1972. Additionally, the file also contains a catalogue of sale for ‘Porcelain, Art & Furniture’, Bond Street, London, 1949.

Personal correspondence, 1967-1990, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred and Mary Janes, with replies and drafts of replies, together with other related papers such as invoices, notes, and catalogues.

Personal correspondence, [1972]-1979, consisting of letters and cards to Alfred and Mary Janes, with replies and drafts of replies, relating to portrait commissions and sales, shipping of works, personal & family matters, Croydon College of Art, and Dylan Thomas. Correspondents include Stuart and Nicola Denyer; Professor John Parry, Harvard; Joyce Parry; Kate Parry; Colin Edwards; Ross Janes; Isabel Alonso; Charles Fisher; W. H. Hofmann & Co.; Michael & Carol [Fleming]; Barbara Evans; Take Okada; Marjorie [Watkins]; Alfred Brandt; Peter Siegel; John Evans; Gianni [Gianmarco Bernadini]; Margaret West; A. M. Atkinson (Croydon Art Society); Ellen Edwards; D. G. Banwell (Dulwich College); Arthur W. Martin; P. Phillips (Croydon College of Art); Eno Falutti & others; Jonathan Attwood; Mervyn Levy; Lilian Whitehead; Denis O’Sullivan; Polly Crabtree (Artists in Schools Directory); Paul Ferris (The Observer); Bob Warner; Roland Mathias (The Anglo-Welsh Review); Bruno Garbato; Richard E. Kent; Peter [Schurr]; Margaret Ellis (Swansea Art Society); Paul Clough (Kettle’s Yard Gallery, Cambridge); Elizabeth Parry; Robin & Enid [H. Jones]; J. A. Sandover (Papua New Guinea University of Technology); Glenys & John [Evans]; Tom Jones; Olive Davison; Dan [Daniel Jones]; Hilly Janes; Kirstine [Dunthorne] (Welsh Arts Council); R. S. Thomas (University College Swansea); J. Bullingham (University College Swansea); E. Grey-Turner; and W. Warren, (Royal College of Psychiatrists). Amongst the correspondence are a number of related papers, including invoices for shipping ‘Boys with Crab’, 1978, and for Christie’s auction house, 1979; a Christie’s sale catalogue, ‘English & Continental Pictures & Icons’, 1979; a copy of ‘The Dulwich Villager’ newsletter, 1976; Welsh Arts Council ‘Awards to Artists 1976-77 Notes for Applicants’; invitations, to apply to Welsh Arts Council Editions Alecto Print Scheme 1976-1977 and Welsh Arts Council ‘Aid To Artists’ grants 1976-1977, and Cambridge Art & Design ‘Paintings & Sculpture’ exhibition, 1974; a press cutting, 1975; and a poster for Polytechnic of Central London exhibitions, undated.

Letters and cards of condolence sent to Mary Janes following Alfred Janes’s death in 1999, including letters from Carol & Michael Fleming; Glenys & John Evans; Eryl & Wally Jenkins; Wallace & Brenda Bloxam; Paul Joyner; David & Joyce Robinson; Das Pozniak; Jean & John Hosea; F. E. Nicholas; Ceri Thomas; Frances Armitage Smith; Debra Allan; Gilbert Bennett; Geoff Evans; Enid & Robin H. Jones; Tony Curtis; Ann & Joel Rabinowitz; Elm Lodge Surgery; Anne & Gerald Diss; Marieleyne Durand; Alice Cockrell; Dawn Seagar; Richard & Marianne Wallis; Fred & Nancy Charlwood; Dominic Murcott; Kate & Nigel Dickens; David & Emlyn Vaughan; Muriel Wilson; Ewan & Gwyneth [Isaac]; Jeff Towns; Violet Solomon; Elizabeth Vaughan; Joan Blockley; Harvey & Iris Berger; Freddie & Benedicta Lammer; Deborah & Malcolm Williams; Alastair & Charlotte Ward-Perkins; Bill & Karin Aris; Stuart, Juliet, Jessica & Lawrence Denyer; Ann & John Dyble; David & Rosie Nicholas; Maggie & Chris Tristram; David Kaye; Jeanne & Norman Langley; Rhiannon & Mel Gooding; Dilys Rees; Jeremy & Barbara Cook; Bridget Furst; Sheila Yale; Creina Foy; Barbara Edge; Kath & Bob Tallack; Aeron & Trefor Ellis; Stephen & Shirley Lock; David & Joyce Robinson; Christine & Jórgen Sedgewick; Nina Morgan; Pat Evans; Mary Welch; Paddy & Sam Jacobs; Jo Michell; Malcolm & Philippa Fairley; John & June Berry; Sheila, Jim & William Godwin; Sybil & Gilbert Hartley; Molly Edwards; June De Baerdemaecker; Fiby Hare; Joyce Parry; Nan McDermid; John & June Berry; Patricia Dawson; Peter Davalle; Rachel Pearson; Ronnie Sonneborn; Peter Whapham; David & Emlyn Vaughan; George Fairley; Fiona Ross; Gwen [Watkins]; Maria Nicholas; Kate Harris; June & Kenneth Pearson; John Fleminger; Vera & Bill Millinship; Aeron Thomas; Andrew Tristam; Anne Murcott (with a photo of a painting of Alfred Janes); Helen Hewson; Wates, Dulwich Village; David, Sadie & Jade Stone; and Eric & Claire Hamilton, among others.

Professional correspondence, 1928-1955, consisting mainly of letters to Alfred Janes (with some replies) relating to various matters such as featuring works in galleries and exhibitions, the purchase and shipping of artworks, and the death of Dylan Thomas. Correspondents include Alfred Janes; Charles [Fisher]; Tom Warner; Rex Nan Kivell (The Redfern Gallery); Heinz Koppel; Arthur Giardelli; Cyril Fox (National Museum of Wales); David [Wiseman] (British Institute of Adult Education); R. S. Farrington; F. H. Mayor (The Mayor Gallery); Jan Gordon; Peter Watson; Mervyn [Levy]; Elwyn Evans (BBC); E. M. O’Rooke Dickey (Ministry of Information re Artist’s Advisory Committee); D. H. I. Powell (South Wales Evening Post); Gillian Browse; Margaret Thomas; Michele Guidano; D. Brynmor Anthony (Contemporary Art Society for Wales); Heal & Son Gallery; Joseph E. Donington; Keidrych Rhys (at the Druid Press); Vernon & Gwen Watkins; Arthur R. Howell (St George’s Gallery London); South Wales Art Society; Isabelita Alonso; David Bell (Arts Council of Great Britain); Ceri [Richards]; Margaret S. Taylor (Cyfarthfa Castle Art Gallery & Museum); Cedric Morris; Winifred Coombe Tennant; Irene Bache; Margaret Gunnell (The British Council); John Steepman (National Museum of Wales); Esther Grainger; Bill Price; C. G. Tagholm; Mervyn Rees; Dilys Rowe; C. Joynson (River Towy Fishery Board); W. Harding Edwards; Mr Baker (Dunvant College); A. E. Rees; Dilwyn John (National Museum of Wales); Iorwerth Hughes Jones; A. E. Wade (South Wales Art Society); A. L. Lavender (Swansea Art Society); Gwyneth V. Lewis; R. Gregory Absalom (Newport Museum & Art Gallery); John Petts (Arts Council of Great Britain); Philip James (Arts Council of Great Britain); N. Thomas (Arts Council of Great Britain); Selwyn Jones; War Office; W. Grant Murray (Swansea School of Arts & Crafts); T.S. Bertram Coats; P. J. Barlow (The South Wales Group); Stuart Thomas; David Higham; Jenkyn Jones; Charles Carter (The Art Gallery Aberdeen); B. P. Rees; Rex Nan Kivell (The Redfern Gallery); John Griffiths (BBC); Henry Tonks; and Dan [Daniel Jones]. Additionally the file contains various related papers, 1940-1955, including a receipt for the purchase of the painting ‘Hyacinths’, 1949; BBC invite, talk on ‘What is Modern Painting?’ for Arts Magazine, 1949; receipt for ‘Two Lobsters’, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1949; an invitation for submission of work to Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1950; receipts for packing & shipping paintings, Alfred Stiles & Sons, 1940; a rent book, Alfred Janes, Swansea, 1951-1952; a draft constitution for the South Wales Academy, 1954; and a Swansea street plan, 1954-1955.

Professional correspondence, 1993-1999, consisting of letters to Alfred and Mary Janes (with some replies by Alfred Janes) relating mainly to the Dylan Thomas Society (of which Janes was a vice-president), and various art publications and documentaries. Correspondents include Huw Ceiriog Jones (National Library of Wales); Angela M. Brunt (re the Vernon Watkins Trail); Selwyn Roderick & Derwyn Williams, re the documentary ‘Goodbye What Were You’; Charles Fisher; Alan Torjussen; Stephen Done; Peter Lord; Robin Paisey; Colin Shewring; Richard Davies; Bernard Houser; Esme Loxton; Penelope Minney; Gilbert Bennett; Eurwen Price; Susan & Peter [Schurr]; Enid & Robin H. Jones; John & Jean [Hosea]; Eileen & Arthur [MacKenzie]; Robert Scott; Andrew Vicari; and Paul Joyner (National Library of Wales Framed Works Digitisation Project). Amongst the correspondence there are a number of related papers, including a cuttings of obituaries for Mervyn Levy, 1996, Caitlin Thomas, 1994, Daniel Jones, 1993, and Giandomenico Bernadini, 1994; Dylan Thomas Society programmes, 1994-1995; a programme for ‘An evening of tribute to Dylan Thomas and Daniel Jones’, 1993; Dylan Thomas Society newsletter, 1994; and a typescript of two chapters for an untitled work re the Kardomah gang, Swansea, 1993.

Exhibition catalogues and magazines featuring works by Alfred Janes and others, including catalogues for ‘Exhibition of Paintings by Welsh Artists’ (Heal & Son Ltd., Tottenham Court Road, London), 1948; ‘Exhibition of Recent Paintings from the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales’ (London Welsh Trust, Archer Gallery, London), 1964; ‘Exhibition of Paintings by Contemporary Artists’ (University of Wales Art Committee), undated; ‘Welsh Dylan’ (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff), 1973; ‘Paintings by Welsh Artists’ (London Welsh Association), 1962; ‘Paintings and Sculpture from the Dylan Thomas Country’ (Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London), 1971; ‘Towards a Concrete Art’ (The Architectural Association, London), [1967]; ‘An Exhibition of New Work by Twelve Artists’ (Greenwich Theatre Art Gallery), undated; ‘Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Paintings’ (Aberystwyth Festival of Arts), undated; together with a copy of ‘Brief’ magazine, 1971; poster, ‘Poetry at the Crown & Greyhound’, Dulwich, undated; a copy of ‘The Listener’,1962; and a copy of ‘Wales: The National Magazine’ edited by Keidrych Rhys, vol. VII no.28, 1948.

Papers, 1937; 1967-1990, relating to the ‘Alfred Janes; A Retrospective’ exhibition held at St David’s Hall, Cardiff (1988), including correspondence and lists of works.

Papers, 1955; 1962; 1997; and 1999, relating to exhibitions held at the Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, including the 'Alfred Janes: A Retrospective' exhibition held in 1999.

Letters and papers relating mainly to the ‘Tradition and Innovation’ exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, 1976, including a letter nit he hand of Alfred Janes, 1976; notes titled ‘Exhibition Programme’; three letters to Alfred & Mary Janes from Isabelita [Alonso], 1976, re exhibition; a Dulwich Picture Gallery list of exhibitors; a photo print of Alfred Janes’s works hanging in the gallery at Dulwich; exhibition catalogue, 1976; a copy of ‘Arts Review’ magazine, 1965; a photo print labelled ‘For Fred & Mary, “Crown among the commuters”’ (undated); a note dated 1978; and a letter to Alfred Janes from Stephen J. Govier, 1992, re commissioning a portrait of James Henry Govier with examples of etchings.

Five pocket diaries (1956-1959) belonging to Alfred Janes, including lists, sketches, names & addresses, and appointments. Addressees include Ceri [Richards].

Volumes collected by Alfred Janes, comprising books from ‘The Penguin Modern Painters’ series, ‘Victor Passmore’ (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1945); ‘Henry Moore’ (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1944); ‘Matthew Smith’ (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1944); ‘Edward Burra’ ((Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1945); and ‘John Piper’ ((Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1944); together with signed copies of ‘Later then Laugharne’, Aeronwy Thomas-Ellis (Aberystwyth: Celtion, 1978), and ‘Dylan Thomas: Poesie Giovanili’, Roberto Sanesi (Milano: Edizioni del Triangolo, 1958).

Passport of Alfred Janes, with an expiry date of 1992; together with a National Registration Identity Card, 1946, a receipt for Sidney Heath Clothing Military Account, 1941, and an undated hotel receipt.

Papers and ephemera, 1928-2000, relating to the memorial service ‘A Celebration of the Life and Work of Alfred Janes’, Royal Society of Arts, London, 1999, including personal items such as ceritificates, photographs, letters and cards, and typescripts of addresses given at the event.

Papers relating to notes, lectures, and publications, 1922-2000, both written by and relating to Alfred Janes and his works, including papers relating to his college lectureships and teaching career, notes and essays, publications, articles, sketches, and typescripts.

Course notes and project instructions both in typescript and in the hand of Alfred Janes, including notes titled ‘Basic Colour Propositions’ (1981, 1979, and 1974), and ‘Chromatic Colours’ (undated); notes for week by week exercises on the theme of ‘Colour’ (undated); various manuscript notes and sketches; a booklet, titled ‘Colour: How we see it and how it is measured’ by F. J. Heath (undated); and a copy of the article ‘The Perception of Surface Colour’ by Jacob Beck (undated).

Papers mainly relating to an untitled article by Alfred Janes paying tribute to Dylan Thomas, dated 1981, including typescript and manuscript drafts; a programme for ‘Under Milk Wood’, Swansea Little Theatre, 1986; a copy of ‘Swansea and the Arts’ featuring Dylan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, Alfred Janes, Daniel Jones and John Prichard, 1949; and a typescript of a tribute to Dylan Thomas written in 1953.

Copies and cuttings of articles written by or featuring works of Alfred Janes and others, comprising ‘Sir Alfred Munnings’ Presidential Speech’ (Royal Academy), 1949; ‘William Scott: a life study’ (published in The Independent), [?1989]; ‘Portrait of an artist as a young man’ (article in Western mail using Janes’s 1934 portrait of Dylan Thomas), 1997; three typescripts of a radio broadcast ‘Swansea and the Arts’, by Dylan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, Alfred Janes, Daniel Jones & John Prichard, 1949; and a copy of Croydon College School of Art & Design Programme in Complementary Studies for Fine Art Students, [?1960s-1970s]; together with a note titled ‘Details of Fred at RA Schools’, undated.