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Press cuttings mainly relating to Alfred Janes exhibitions and Dylan Thomas, including from the South Wales Evening Post, The Observer, and The Western Mail, 1941, 1949, 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1971; together with a letter from Margaret Aeron-Thomas, Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea, undated; a list of paintings and valuations, undated; and two letters to Alfred Janes from Roberto [Sanesi], 1975-1976, with a reply from Alfred Janes.

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.

Some ninety-three letters, 1939-1968, mostly to Vernon Watkins, with one to Dorothy Watkins, 1968, from various correspondents (surnames S-W), including Roberto Sanesi (3) 1957-1968, M. J. Tambimuttu (4) 1940-1964, and Grace Williams (12) 1965-1967, together with eight letters, 1950-1964, to various correspondents from Vernon Watkins, some being drafts or copies.

Some hundred letters, 1929-80 (correspondents N-W), to Ceri and Frances Richards, many of them concerned with their work as artists. The correspondents include John Ormond (11) [?1940s]-1976 (with typescript and autograph drafts and fair copies of poems, and typescript text of a radio broadcast by him, 1954, entitled 'Rest and Unrest: the Art of Ceri Richards'), Victor Pasmore (1) 1969, Peter Pears (8) [1960s-70s], Sir John Rothenstein (2) 1958-68, Roberto Sanesi (12) 1961-76, Stephen Spender (2) 1962, Graham Sutherland (3) [?1941]-56, Vernon Watkins (10) 1960-7 (see note 544, below), with one autograph and one typescript poem.

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.

Professional correspondence, 1953-1967, consisting of letters to Alfred Janes (with replies by Alfred Janes) relating mainly to exhibitions, portrait commissions, and the sale of artworks, including the sale of Janes’s 1953 Dylan Thomas portrait to the University of Texas. Correspondents include Esther Grainger; W. Gerald Thomas (Bishop Gore Grammar School); Ifan ab Owen Edwards; David Bell (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery); John Petts (Arts Council of Great Britain); Patrick L. Phillips (The Leicester Galleries London); Elis Jenkins; R. E. Griffith (Urdd Gobaith Cymru); Tal L. Jones; the Archbishop of Wales; Heather M. Salisbury; Myra Owen (Arts Council of Great Britain); Philip Jones (Arts Council of Great Britain); David Peters (Arts Council of Great Britain); Raymond Garlick (Anglo-Welsh Review); G. J. Powell (Western Mail); P. J. Barlow (The South Wales Group); Howard Hill (South Wales Spectator); T. Mervyn Jones (Contemporary Art Society for Wales); Wilfred Sirrell (London Welsh Association); J. H. Parry; Ernest, Brown & Phillips; T. Cross (Arts Council of Great Britain); Rosina Gastrell; Robin [H. Jones]; Dennis James; H. C. Lloyd Davies (Swansea Art Society); Blaise Gillie; Tegwyn Harris; Margaret S. Taylor; D. Brynmor Anthony (Contemporary Art Society for Wales); Marjorie Scammell; L. J. Drew; Ann Landers; Warren Roberts (University of Texas), together with a typescript of a scene titled ‘A Painter’s Studio’ featuring Alfred Janes, Dylan Thomas, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, and Vernon Watkins; Kathleen Armistead (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery); Monty Bryan Smith (Temple Gallery Llandrindod Wells); James Bourlet & Sons; The Dillwyn Gallery Swansea; Howard Roberts; Ceri Richards; Colonel W. R. Crawshay; Kim Taylor (University of Texas); David & Margaret Thomas; Richard Jones; J. R Webster (Arts Council of Great Britain); Roy Slade; Tom [Warner]; Ivor Williams; Glyn Davies; Bert [?Trick]; Rollo Charles (National Museum of Wales); Michael Siggins; Leslie Moore (Glamorgan Education Authority); Barbara Fenwick (South Wales Group); Ray Howard-Jones; Jack Howells; Mervyn Levy; Margaret Aeron-Thomas; Roberto [Sanesi]; Margrit Jaunch (New Gallery London); Edgar Lewis (Swansea & District Tape Recording Society); Iorwerth J. Watkins; Roger Webster (Arts Council of Great Britain); W. E. Davies (Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru); Bill Read (Boston University); A. L. Lavender (Swansea Art Society); Charles Gimpel (Gimpel Fils Gallery London); W. F. Houghton; Gabriel Pustel; Isobel Beissel; H. M. Green (Contemporary Art Society for Wales); Clifford Lloyd Richards; Gwyneth Thomas; Ethel [Ross]; A. E. Barnett (Croydon College of Art); Derek Trimby (BBC); J. Marchbank Salmon (Croydon College of Art); R. D. McLean (BBC); Dorothy [?Leonard Thomas] (The Dillwyn Gallery); Lionel Irwin (Archer Gallery London); J. W. M. Thompson (The Spectator); G. Blackmore (Arts Council of Great Britain); and Cedric Morris. Additionally, the file includes a number of related papers such as invoices for returns and sales of artworks, 1960-1965; receipts for subscription to Swansea Art Society, 1953-55; a copy of Art Gallery Monthly Guide, 1962; and a list of paintings and exhibitions shown in Wales, 1962-1963.

Professional correspondence, 1963-1982, consisting of letters to Alfred Janes (with replies by Alfred Janes) relating mainly to exhibitions, portrait commissions, and the sale of artworks. Correspondents include Herbert Brabin (The Constitutional Club); Roberto Sanesi; Olive Davison; Herbert Wiesner; L. V. Newman (Port Talbot Steelworks art exhibition); Jonathan Ingersoll (St Mary’s College Maryland); Principal, Croydon College of Design & Technology; R. Wilkinson; Roland Mathias (Anglo-Welsh Review); Kirstine Dunthorne (Welsh Arts Council); Robert Baines; D. W. Boorman; Take Ocada; Audrey Davies; Geraint Rees (HTV); Maurice Cooke; Duchess of St Albans (Upper Grosvenor Galleries London); R. Brangwyn; Valmai Ward (Welsh Arts Council); Lawrence Wass; Francine Sherlock (Welsh Arts Council); Peter Jones (Welsh Arts Council); Gwynfor [Evans]; Sheila Lochhead (Friends of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery); J. S. Bunt (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery); R. L. Wakelin (Swansea Art Society); Clive Barda; T. Arfon Owen (Coleg Prifysgol Cymru); Thomas Parry (University of Wales Aberystwyth); Pamela Watson (J. M. Dent & Sons re ‘The Selected Letters of Dylan Thomas’), together with a copy of a letter to Alfred Janes from Dylan Thomas, January 1953, copied from Swansea Public Libraries, 1969; Ethel [Ross]; Frances Edwards (Welsh Arts Council); Leslie M. Rees (Swansea Libraries); Robin [H. Jones]; Colin D. Edwards; G. W. Churcher; Gerald M. Porter; Joan Saunders (Writer’s & Speaker’s Research); Rollo Charles (National Museum of Wales); Ivor Keys; John Hewitt (Herbert Art Gallery and Museum); Norman Pegden (Herbert Art Gallery); Karl Kasten (University of Berkeley California); Diana Gruffydd Williams; Warren Roberts (University of Texas); Denis Mitchell; Elwyn W. Timothy (BBC); and Vernon [Watkins]. Additionally, the file also contains some related papers, including press cuttings, 1973-1975; invoices for return of artworks and commissions, 1966-1971; and an invitation and seating plan for the Thomas & Enid Parry Honorary Dinner, Penbryn, Aberystwyth, 1969.