Letters, [1954x1958] and 1980-2004, from Aeronwy Thomas; among the recipients are Daniel and Irene Jones, Jeff Towns, Gilbert Bennett, and Llewelyn Thomas (copy). Also included are press cuttings, 1970-2007, relating to Aeronwy Thomas.
'Alfred Janes: Retrospective' exhibition
Part of Alfred Janes Papers
Letters to Alfred and Mary Janes, and other papers, mainly relating to the Attic Gallery, Swansea, including letters, 1992-1996, from Jeff Towns; Robin Paisey (Art in Wales Education Project); Sandy [Alexandra Roe] (Attic Gallery); David [Roe] (Attic Gallery); Brenda Bloxam (Attic Gallery); Graham P. Matthews; and Ian & Bernice Brewer; with replies from Alfred and Mary Janes; and a large number of other papers, including a notebook containing notes of monies spent and pictures sold at the Attic Gallery, 1977-1979 & 1992-1993; press cuttings, [1992]-1995; exhibition catalogues and promotional material, including for the exhibitions ‘Paintings and Sculpture from the Dylan Thomas Country’ (Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London), 1971, ‘Alfred Janes: A Retrospective’ (St David’s Hall, Cardiff), 1988, ‘John Brunsdon and Tessa Waite: India Revisited, Gower Revisited’ (Attic Gallery), 1995, ‘Valerie Ganz: Music, Miners & Maidens’ (Attic Gallery), [?1994], and ‘30 Years Past….’ (Attic Gallery), 1992; invitations to private exhibition views at the Attic Gallery, including for ‘Alfred Janes: Retrospective’, [1995], ‘New by Gareth Thomas’, 1994, ‘30 Years Past and Present’, 1992, Christmas Exhibition, 1993, and Alfred Janes: A Retrospective’ (St Davids Hall, Cardiff), 1988; lists of works in the Attic Gallery for ‘Retrospective’ exhibition, 1995; sales invoices, 1992-1993; a cover proof & leaflet for Dylan Thomas, ‘Letter to Loren’, introduced by Jeff Towns (Swansea: The Salubrious Press, 1993); a leaflet for Book Art Competition (Arts Council Wales/Glynn Vivian), 1996; and a Dulwich Village Preservation Society Annual Report, 1991.
Script, 2004, (20 pp.), of a play by Andrew Dolan, entitled 'Dylan Thomas: here I am mouthing away', together with a covering letter from the author to Jeff Towns.
Undated holograph letter, [January 1939], (2 ff.), by Dylan Thomas to his former school friend Bob [Rees], written in black ink and sent from Blashford, in which he refers to a visit to Swansea, discusses his work, the proposed publication of a volume of poetry and prose, 'In the direction of the beginning', and the influence of Gerard Manley Hopkins on his writing. Also included are two typescript letters, the first being a photocopy, dated 1993 and 1995, from Bob Rees to Jeff Towns, containing reminiscences about DT and his father, D. J. Thomas.
Postcard, [?2000], from Colm Thomas addressed to Jeff Towns.
Papers, 1987-1994 (predominantly 1993), relating to the publication of the limited edition Letter to Loren by Dylan Thomas, with an introduction and notes by Jeff Towns, (Swansea, 1993), comprising manuscript drafts, mostly of the introduction and 'Glossary and notes'; typescript drafts; proofs; related correspondence, 1987-1993, including an undated letter by Jeff Towns to Loren MacIver; research notes and papers, illustrations, reviews and printed material, 1993-1994.
An autograph letter, [1978], from Llewelyn Thomas to Daniel and Irene Jones, together with two postcards, 1998, from him addressed to Jeff Towns. Also included are press cuttings relating to Llewelyn Thomas, [1962]-2001; a copy of the Harvard University magazine, Gadfly, containing an article by him, 'Religion in Harvard', with related papers, 1959; and a xerox copy of his article published in the Australian newspaper, The Nation (October, 1971), 'On the impossibility of remembering father'.
Correspondence, 1975-2000, of Paul Ferris, including letters sent by him to Daniel Jones, Gwen Watkins and Jeff Towns, relating to his biographies of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, and The collected letters of Dylan Thomas (London, 1985). Also enclosed are copies of three letters from Dylan Thomas to Caitlin, [1936], John L[?], 1942, and John [?Arlott], [c. 1945], and a letter-poem about New Quay, dated 1945.
Script, 1954, (73 pp.), of the BBC production of 'Under Milk Wood', containing a note in biro on the front page from Richard Bebb, who played the second voice, to Richard Jones; together with three letters, 1995-1996, from the latter to Jeff Towns, and three press cuttings and a programme, 1958-1988, relating to the play.
Typescript, [1980x2000], of a play by Robert Goodman, entitled, 'As I was young and easy - a celebration of Dylan Thomas'; together with an undated covering letter from him to Jeff Towns.
Typescript copies of two papers by Victor Golightly: 'Dylan Thomas and sign language', (12 pp.), presented at Gregynog, 1999, and accompanied by a covering letter from the author to Jeff Towns; and '"Writing in dreams and blood": Dylan Thomas and Marxism', (24 pp.), published in Welsh writing in English, vol. 8, (2003), pp. 67-91.