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Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from university and school friends and teaching staff, from her family, from literary and media contacts, and from public officials and private companies, and also a few draft letters written by Gwyneth Lewis herself, concerning personal, social, literary, intellectual, academic, political and family matters, including her published work and her editorial work with Poetry Wales, during her time at Cambridge and in the United States; included in a letter to her parents are typescript copies of three of her poems ('Santes y Ffrog Goch', 'A Dirge for Mrs Davies' and 'Awen Morgannwg') with manuscript annotations.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, universities, and media and insurance companies concerning personal, social, literary, academic, professional and domestic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York and her travels around the United States, together with a notebook, postcards, press cuttings, photographs, leaflets, theatre programmes, student newsletters and a map of Florence; also included are a typescript transcript and offprint of an interview with Italo Calvino by Ian Thomson, some papers relating to Elin ap Hywel (including a typescript of poems by her, a typescript of poems inspired by her work, and a typescript of a short story dedicated to her), typescripts of poems by others, and some postcards relating to Gwyneth Lewis but sent between her friends.

Includes letters from Beryl Baigent, Denys Val Baker (2), Kit Barker (5), Ilse Barker (2), H. E. Bates (6), Ron Berry (11), Tony Bianchi (9), Alison Bielski (3), Ronald Blythe (7), Euros Bowen (2), Hamish M. Brown (3), Tony Brown (15), and Alan Brownjohn (4).

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod sefydlu'r Academi Gymreig dan ysgrifenyddiaeth a chadeiryddiaeth dros dro Bobi Jones a Thomas Parry, ac yn cynnwys trafodaeth ar natur ac aelodaeth wreiddiol yr Academi, gwahoddiadau i ymuno â hi ac ymatebion y rhai a wahoddwyd, ynghyd â llungopïau o'r ymateb a fu i'r newyddion yn y wasg. Mae'r llenorion dan sylw yn cynnwys Gwenallt, Gwilym R. Jones, J. Gwyn Griffiths, Waldo Williams, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, Euros Bowen, Aneurin Talfan Davies, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, Elis Gwyn Jones, Emyr Humphreys, R. S. Thomas, John Gwilym Jones a Pennar Davies. Ar gefn drafft o lythyr gan Bobi Jones mae copi o eirda a roddwyd iddo gan Griffith John Williams ym 1952.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod cyfarfodydd cynnar yr Academi ac ethol ei swyddogion cyntaf; Yr Athro Griffith John Williams (Llywydd), Iorwerth Peate (Cadeirydd), Bobi Jones (Ysgrifennydd) a Gwilym R. Jones (Trysorydd), ynghyd â llungopïau o'r drafodaeth a fu yn y wasg a sylwadau ar gychwyn cylchgrawn yr Academi, y cyfeirir ato fel 'Y Llenor Newydd' ac a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddarach dan yr enw Taliesin. Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; J. Gwyn Griffiths, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, John Gwilym Jones, Emyr Humphreys, R. Gerallt Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, R. T. Jenkins, E. Tegla Davies, Cynan, Saunders Lewis, J. M. Edwards, Thomas Parry, Gwenallt, Waldo Williams, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Euros Bowen, D. J. Williams, T. J. Morgan a D. Myrddin Lloyd.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Islwyn Ffowc Ellis ac Euros Bowen, a threfnaiadau Cynhadledd Caredigion Taliesin yn benodol, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenallt, Bobi Jones, Glyn Jones, Huw Lloyd Edwards, Tecwyn Lloyd, Alun Talfan Davies, D. J. Williams, Derec Llwyd Morgan a G. J. Williams.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Euros Bowen, a threfniadau Cynhadledd Caredigion Taliesin yn benodol, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; Gwenallt, Bobi Jones, Alun Talfan Davies, John Gwilym Jones, Kate Roberts, Bedwyr Lewis Jones, Gwyn Thomas, Rhiannon Davies Jones, Alun Jones, Y Cilie, Gareth Miles a G. J. Williams.

Manuscript drafts and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis, mostly while she was in the United States, to family, friends, literary associates and universities concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York, and questions of fabrication in literature and in Welsh culture.

Over one hundred and fifty letters, 1938-1997, in English and Welsh, to John Elwyn from various correspondents (surnames B-C), both personal and work related.
The correspondents include Menna Baines, 30 July 1992 (f. 1, Welsh), Kit Barker, 1970-1974 (ff. 9-11), David Bell, 1950-1958 (ff. 14-35), H. I[dris] Bell, 4 May 1959 (f. 36), Euros Bowen, 26 March 1976 (f. 43, Welsh), S. Morse Brown, 18 July 1938 (f. 48), David Buckman, 1987-1994 (ff. 55-74), [Miss] E. M. Bush, 1944-1946 (ff. 77-94), Arthur Chater, 1981 (ff. 119-122), and John and Lel Cleal of Workshop Wales Gallery, [1982]-[?1996] (ff. 123-153, 156-189). The letters contain references to Lord Harlech (f. 14) and Denis Reed (f. 70), and to John Elwyn’s portrait of Dr Raymond Edwards (ff. 199-202).

Over a hundred and thirty letters, 1962-1989, in English and Welsh, to Meic Stephens from various correspondents (surnames A-Jones). The letters, some of which include fair copies of published poems, are chiefly concerned with contemporary writing in Wales in both English and Welsh and with the recipient's work as editor of a number of volumes in this field. The correspondents include Ruth Bidgood (2, and one poem) 1985-6, Euros Bowen (4) 1978-87, Anthony Conran (8) 1962-79, Bryan Martin Davies (3, with English translations of three poems) 1974-86, Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1) 1971, Dr Gwynfor Evans (4) 1987-9, Raymond Garlick (36, and two poems) 1967-89, Emyr Humphreys (5) 1969-86, A. G. Prys-Jones (12) 1968-83, and Bobi Jones (7, and two poems) 1976-87.

A letter, 20 November 1942, in Welsh, from J. Oliver Stephens of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, to the poet Euros Bowen, concerning the latter's college fees and commenting on a recent essay of his, namely 'Ar Ddifancoll', Y Llenor, 20 (1941), 189-196.

Fourteen letters to the Reverend David Jones, Aberystwyth, from Euros Bowen, 1952 and 1962, W. J. Gruffydd, 1952, and Waldo Williams, 1962, his co-adjudicators in the competition for the crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1952, and the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llanelli, 1962.

Ink score. [Published in 1974].

Llythyrau, 1953-[1999], gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Bleddyn J. Roberts, Katrin [Kate Bosse-Griffiths], Iorwerth Jones, Prys Morgan, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Mathonwy Hughes, R. Brinley Jones, Gwilym R. Jones, Gwilym Rees Hughes, Gareth [Alban Davies] (2), D. Ellis Evans (2), Melfyn R. Williams, Bobi Jones (2), John Tudno Williams (2), Brinley Rees, Dafydd Orwig (3), [D.] Myrddin [Lloyd], Cyril Williams (4), Gwilym H. Jones (3), W. D. Davies (4), Marian Henry Jones (5), Euros [Bowen], Nigel Jenkins, Gwilym Ll[oyd] Edwards (2), Alan Llwyd, Telfryn [Pritchard] (5), W. Eifion Powell, Cedric Maby, Mari Ellis, Gerald Morgan, Dafydd Islwyn, Ned Thomas (2), Alun R. Jones (2), Simon Brooks, Rob[at] [Gruffudd], D. Densil Morgan, Pennar [Davies] (2) ac Aneirin [Talfan Davies]. Ceir drafftiau o rai o lythyrau J. Gwyn Griffiths ar ddiwedd y rhediad.

'Buchedd Euraus Yffeirat' [yn gwneud hwyl am ben Euros Bowen, gweler Bro a Bywyd D. Tecwyn Lloyd am adysgrif], ynghyd â theipysgrif erthygl ddychanol 'Dryll o hen lawysgrif' gan Llywelyn Pinkerton Emerson [D. Tecwyn Lloyd] i Studia Celtica Japonica.

Llyfr nodiadau, 1957-1976, yn eiddo i T. Llew Jones, a ddefnyddiwyd yn achlysurol fel dyddiadur rhwng Tachwedd 1957 a Mawrth 1963 (ff. 1-61), gyda chofnodion unigol ar gyfer 16 Mehefin 1971 a 16 Hydref 1976 (ff. 61 verso-66). Ceir adroddiad, Chwefror-Mawrth 1963, o restiad ac erlyniad Emyr Llewelyn, a gyhuddwyd o danio ffrwydryn yng Nghwm Tryweryn, Bala (ff. 50 verso-61, 63). = Notebook, 1957-1976, of T. Llew Jones, used sporadically as a diary between November 1957 and March 1963 (ff. 1-61), with single entries for 16 June 1971 and 16 October 1976 (ff. 61 verso-66). Included is an account, February-March 1963, of the arrest and prosecution of Emyr Llewelyn, accused of causing an explosion at Cwm Tryweryn, Bala (ff. 50 verso-61, 63).
Cynhwysa'r gyfrol gyfeiriadau at Waldo Williams (ff. 2-45 verso passim), a'i gystudd olaf a'i farwolaeth (ff. 61 verso-64), Gwenallt (ff. 6, 52 verso), Proinsias Mac Cana (f. 6 recto-verso), Saunders Lewis (ff. 7 recto-verso), Alun Cilie (ff. 15, 20 verso, 38 verso, 64 verso-65), Cassie Davies (f. 17), Dic Jones (ff. 20 verso, 22), John Alun Jones (ff. 22, 52 verso, 54), W. Rhys Nicholas (ff. 22, 60 verso), Euros Bowen (ff. 29 verso-30 verso), Bobi Jones (ff. 31, 52 verso), Dilwen M. Evans (f. 32 recto-verso), Dewi Emrys (f. 41 verso), W. R. P. George (ff. 51, 58), Gwilym Tudur (f. 56 verso-57), ac Elwyn Jones (ff. 59 verso-60 verso); ceir cyfeiriadau hefyd at gystadlaethau'r Gadair yn Eisteddfodau Cenedlaethol Glyn Ebwy, 1958 (ff. 3 verso-4, 9, 31 verso, 33 verso-36), a Chaernarfon, 1959 (ff. 39 verso-40 verso), sinema symudol yn Nhregroes (ff. 4 verso-5), Cymdeithas Lyfrau Ceredigion (f. 13 recto-verso), cyfarfod Plaid Cymru yn Aberaeron (f. 16 recto-verso), cyfarfod yr Urdd yn Llandysul (f. 17 verso), a barddoniaeth Gymraeg (ff. 29 verso-31).

Cais J. Gwyn Griffiths i anrhydeddu Euros Bowen gyda gradd er anrhydedd yn 1984 [fe'i derbyniodd yn 1986], gan gynnwys llythyrau oddi wrtho, Glanmor Williams, B. F. Roberts, Caerwyn Williams, Bedwyr [Lewis Jones] a Bobi Jones, ynghyd ag adolygiad J. Gwyn Griffiths, [1991], o gyfieithiad Euros Bowen o Philoctetes gan Sophocles.

Llythyrau, 1923-1980, gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Bo Almqvist (3); Ifor ap Gwilym (2); Arthur ap Gwynn (29); Euros Bowen (3); Anne Buck (4); James Callaghan; Harold Carter; Gerard Casey; Leah Chalmers; Charles Charman, Gwasg Gee (11, rhai yn ymwneud â chyhoeddi Diwylliant gwerin Cymru a Rhwng dau fyd); Basil Cottle; a D. H. Culpitt. Mae rhai llythyrau yn ymholiadau ynglŷn â diwylliant gwerin.

Llythyrau, 1913-1968. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Ambrose Bebb (11), Hugh Bevan (4), D. J. Bowen (65), [David Bowen], 'Myfyr Hefin' (1), Euros Bowen (4).