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An address book ([?1945x?1947]) belonging to Alfred Janes, including notes on painting and composition; and addresses of contacts listed in alphabetical order. Contacts include Charles Fisher, Esther Grainger, Arthur Giardelli, Lord Harlech, Wynne Cemlyn Jones, Augustus John, Daniel Jones, Mervyn Levy, Cedric Morris, John Prichard, Keidrych Rhys, Ceri Richards, Edith Sitwell, Goronwy Rees, Bert Trick, Dylan Thomas, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, Eliot Crawshay-Williams, Huw Wheldon, and Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn, among others.

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.

Five pocket diaries (1960-1964) belonging to Alfred Janes, including notes, events, names and addresses, shopping lists, and a large number of sketches. Addressees include Mervyn Levy and John Prichard.

A photo print labelled 'Dylan Thomas funeral', showing a group of people gathered around a kitchen table, [1953]. Those in the photo include Jim Jones (brother of Daniel Jones); John Ormond; John Prichard; Alfred Janes; Irene Jones; Margaret Taylor; Charles Fisher; Mabley Owen; Daniel Jones; 'Mrs Thomas' (Dylan's mother); and Mary Janes.

Includes letters, 1935-1997, from John Malcolm Brinnin (4), John Davenport (2), Nicolette Devas, George Firmage (2), Alfred Janes (2), Mary Keene, Mervyn Levy, Mably Ceredig Owen (2), John Prichard (to Dylan Thomas, enclosing typescript play, 'The centric part'), Bill Read (2), Lynette Roberts, Stephen Spender (3), Margaret Taylor (2), and Tom Warner (2). Amongst the recipients are Vernon Watkins, Daniel Jones, and Charles Fisher. Also included are press cuttings, [1949]-1999, relating to Alfred Janes, mostly tributes.

A file of miscellaneous papers collected by Alfred and Mary Janes, comprising a typescript copy, with corrections, of a broadcast for ‘Swansea and the Arts’ radio programme featuring Dylan Thomas, Vernon Watkins, Alfred Janes, Daniel Jones, and John Prichard, for the Welsh Home Service, 1949; a copy of an exam certificate and list of prizes, Swansea School of Art, 1932-1933; a copy of a fax message to Hilly Janes, Royal Academy of Arts, 1999; a copy of the publication ‘Taliesin a Gower: Su una poesia di Vernon Watkins’ by Roberto Sanesi (Sandro Maria Rosso, 1978); a copy of ‘Spectator’ magazine, 1964, featuring an article on Dylan Thomas; and an exam certificate for Alfred Janes, School Examination for Pianoforte, 1922.

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.