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Sixty-one airgraphs, letters and cards from Alun Lewis to his parents, December 1942-12 February 1944, the first written 'in transit' and the rest sent from India. The letters were arranged in chronological order and numbered 1-69 when acquired by NLW. Excerpts from letters 27, 65, 67-68 [see ff. 39-40, 82, 84-87] were published in In the Green Tree, pp. 42-43 and 57-63 passim.

Ninety-eight letters from Alun Lewis to his parents, almost all undated but written between May 1940 and December 1942, from Longmoor, Hampshire, and other Army Training Centres in England (ff. 1-121 verso) and en route to India (ff. 122-127 verso). The letters were arranged in a rough chronological order and numbered 1-96 when acquired by NLW and this order has been preserved although some letters are out of sequence.

Letter, dated 27 September 1971, from Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis to the Reverend D. Jacob Davies inserted within a signed copy of her work, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); together with an undated photograph of the Alun Lewis memorial plaque at Aberdare Library, and a note, in Welsh, by the donors providing background information about the letter. = Llythyr, dyddiedig 27 Medi 1971, oddi wrth Mrs Gwladys E. Lewis at y Parchedig D. Jacob Davies, wedi ei osod o fewn copi a lofnodwyd ganddi o'i gwaith, Alun Lewis, my son (Aberystwyth, [?1971]); ynghyd â ffotograff heb ei ddyddio o gofeb Alun Lewis yn Llyfrgell Aberdâr, a nodyn gan y rhoddwyr yn esbonio cefndir y llythyr.

Seven letters, 1944-1947, to Tom and Gwladys Lewis [Alun Lewis's parents] as follows: Brenda Chamberlain, 1944 (ff. 1-2); Major V. Ferguson, 1944 (f. 3); Jean Gilbert, 1945 (f. 4); Gwyn Jones, 1946 (f. 5); John Petts, 1947 (ff. 6-7); W. D. Thomas, 1944 (F. 8); Philip Unwin, 1946 (f. 9).