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An address, illuminated by William Grant Murray, ARCA, presented, 1924, to John Evan Pughe-Jones, Swansea, district auditor for South Wales, upon his retirement and signed by officials of the local authorities in the South Wales Audit District.

The file includes photocopies of letters, 1937-1938, from Augustus John to [Sir John] Lavery; letters, 1920, relating to Augustus John's portrait of Lord Leverhulme, 1920, with a letter, 1970, from the Honorary Director of Beaverbrook Library; J. B. Manson, [1912]-[1940]; [General Bernard] Montgomery, 1938; Grant Murray, 1948; Arnold Palmer, 1930-[1959]; Hugo [Pitman], 1952-1953, and transcripts of letters, 1954 and [?1956], to Reine Pitman; Will[iam] [Rothenstein], [1911]-[1935], with transcripts of letters, [?1900]-[1913], and of two letters from Dorelia [John] to Alice [Rothenstein], [1914x1927]; [John Sampson, 1914-1915]; Frances Stevenson, 1919-1920, and extracts from letters, [1919], in NLW MS 21570E, concerning Augustus John's commission to paint the Paris Peace Conference in 1919; [Frida Strindberg], [?1911]; Winifred Coombe Tennant, 1950, with a photocopy of a letter from her; [Henry] Tonks, 1918; Sir Emery Walker, [1916]; and Maynard Walker, 1945. Also included are a few letters to some unidentified recipients.

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.

Papers mainly relating to Swansea Art Society, consisting of exhibition catalogues, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1961, and 1962, and for the Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea, including ‘Paintings from Wales’, 1962, ‘Small Paintings for the Home’, 1962, ‘New Paintings and Sculpture’ (Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts), 1962; together with catalogues for other exhibitions ‘Welsh Vision’, 1948, and ‘Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture’ (Neuadd Gilbertson), 1962; journals of the Swansea Art Society, comprising vol. 1 no. 1, 1950, including an article by Alfred Janes ‘What is Modern Painting?’, and vol. 1 no.2, 1952, which included a drawing of W. Grant Murray by Alfred Janes; a Swansea Art Society Programme, 1953-1954; and a copy of ‘Welsh Churchman’, 1966, featuring a portrait of ‘Mother & Child’ by Alfred Janes; and a copy of ‘St Mary’s News’, 1966, featuring the same portrait.