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The file comprises letters to David Jones from publishers and editors (other than Fabers), relating to anthologies, magazines, reviews and recordings, printing David Jones's works etc., including letters from Douglas Cleverdon, Peter Orr, J. H. Johnston, Henry Rago, Louis G. Cowan, Roland Mathias, Sebastian Carter, Will Carter, William Cookson, Gwen Watkins, David Blamires, Tony Stoneburner, Moelwyn Merchant, Dedwydd Jones, Caradog Prichard, William Hayward and 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.

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.

Thirty-four unpublished autograph letters and cards, together with a telegram, 1947-1984, from Caitlin Thomas; among the recipients are Paul Ferris, Daniel Jones (with a draft reply by him), Mervyn Levy, Andrew Sinclair, Stuart Thomas, Ruthven Todd, and Gwen and Vernon Watkins. Also included is a handwritten and typescript copy of a letter, dated 16 December 1953, to George Reavey and Irene Rice Pereira, with a photograph of Caitlin and baby Colm; a typescript copy of a letter, 1954, to David [Higham]; and photocopies of two letters, 1951 and 1962, sent to Helen [McAlpine], held at the University of Texas. Personal matters are mainly discussed in these letters, and Caitlin's life and relationship with Dylan Thomas; several letters are written during the months following her husband's death, and some relate to the trial concerning ownership of the manuscript of 'Under Milk Wood'.

The file includes a letter from Rhys Davies regarding the reprinting of his first novel, The Withered Root; letters form Raymond Mathias and Gwen Watkins regarding the reprint of Vernon Watkins' Unity of the Stream and from Dai Smith regarding Lewis Jones's Cwmardy and We Live.

Some eighty-two letters, 1937-1977, to Vernon Watkins, with a few addressed to Mrs Gwen Watkins, from various correspondents (surnames P-R), including Keidrych Rhys (22, with one copy letter from Vernon Watkins) 1937-1956, and Ceri Richards (26, together with six of Watkins's replies) [c. 1948]-1967.

Some ninety-eight letters, 1939-1976, to Vernon Watkins, with a few addressed to Mrs Gwen Watkins, from various correspondents (surnames H-O), including Michael Hamburger (12, including two poems) 1949-1967, Alfred Janes (4) 1949-1967, Dr Daniel Jones (5) 1947-1970, Glyn Jones (1) 1945, Professor Gwyn Jones (3) 1939-1976, Ray Howard-Jones (1) 1966, and Roland Mathias (1) 1965.

Over a hundred letters, 1938-1968, to Vernon Watkins, with a few addressed to Mrs Gwen Watkins, from various correspondents (surnames A-G), including Douglas Cleverdon (14) 1958-1968, Cyril Connolly (1) 1947, T. S. Eliot (1 transcript) 1947, and Roy Fuller (1) 1967.

Personal correspondence and related papers mainly concerning family matters and exhibitions, including: letters and cards to Alfred and Mary Janes from Ross [Janes], together with a copy of a book review, 1980; Miguel Gonzalez-Smith (University of Texas), 1988; David Trimby (BBC) re a script of ‘Me and my Bike’ by Dylan Thomas (1975); Ethel [Ross], 1983 & 1985; Hilly [Janes] & Andrew, 1992; Roberto [Sanesi] 1980; Gwen [Watkins], undated; and a note & sketch from Mervyn [Levy], Marie & Ceri, undated; typescripts, including a copy of an announcement by Cedric Morris re an Alfred Janes exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea, 1949; and a typescript of a poem titled ‘Moonrise: An interpretation of a painting by Alfred Janes’, 1999; catalogues, including a copy of the Corran Books Ltd Catalogue, including literary works by Dylan Thomas and Vernon Watkins, 1983; and an exhibition catalogue for ‘The Probity of Art’ exhibition (Welsh Arts Council) featuring work by Alfred Janes, 1980; and a copy of a publication mentioning Alfred Janes and the Kardomah gang, undated). Additionally, the file also contains other papers including a sketch of a car, signed ‘A. J. 1964’; press cuttings, [?1983] & 1989; a poster for an ‘Alfred Janes’ exhibition (Welsh Arts Council), 1973; and a memo, also from the Welsh Arts Council, 1982.

Includes letters from John Wain (3); John Powell Ward (21); Gwen Watkins (3); Jon Manchip White (6); Herbert Williams (14); and Penny A. Windsor (15).

Photographic prints of Alfred Janes’s artworks, including ‘Scala’, [1968]; ‘Separate Compartments’ (photo by Peter Johns), undated; ‘Zagazig’, [1968]; ‘Constellation’, 1965; ‘Rose & Red’, 1972; ‘Rose & Blue’, 1973; ‘Roses’, 1951; ‘Rose’, 1973; ‘Vele al Vento’, [1966]; ‘Bride & Proud’, 1958; ‘Geraniums’, undated; ‘Water Memory’, undated; ‘Sea Memory’, 1965; ‘Pulse Blue & White’ (photo by Peter Johns), [1962]; ‘Break of Grey’, 1961; ‘Fruit & Flowers’, undated; ‘Still Life with Fruit’, undated; ‘Mumbles from Prom’, 1956; ‘Girl with Flowers’, [1958]; ‘Barrier’, undated; Night Grove & Satellite, undated; ‘Eastern Star’, undated; ‘Chimera’, undated; ‘Sign & Co. Sign’, undated; ‘Still Life with Glass Jug’, undated; ‘Two Lobsters’ (taken by Hubert Thomas, Swansea), 1937; ‘Iris’, undated; ‘Little Cactus’, [1946]; and a photograph of Alfred Janes’s signature taken 2023; among others; together with photo negatives labelled ‘F. Janes’, undated; a card from Vernon & Gwen [Watkins], undated; and a copy of an article ‘Masterpiece of the Month’ featuring Alfred Janes’s painting ‘Salome’, 1997.