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The file comprises the text of 'The Tribune's Visitation' published by The Listener following a broadcast of the poem, May 22 1958, with some words in David Jones's hand in the second page.

The file comprises two manuscript drafts of a review published in the Dublin Review, October 1952, of 'The Heritage of Early Britian', with a typescript draft and proofs corrected by David Jones.

The file comprises a fragment of the script of 'The Fall of Troy', a version for radio by René Hague based on book 2 of the Aeneid.

The file comprises a manuscript copy (1 f.) of a poem entitled 'The Brenner', dated March 19th 1940, which David Jones sent to Harman Grisewood, with photocopies and typescript copies of the same poem and notes on it by René Hague.

The file comprises a manuscript draft of 'The Arthurian Legend' which appeared in The Tablet, 25th December 1948, as a review of Arthurian Torso by Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis.

The file comprises telegrams, and birthday greetings to David Jones from friends, including a card made by Ray [Howard-Jones], and a card made by Dom Theodore Bailey.

The file comprises letters to David Jones from Sir John Rothenstein and other Tate Gallery employees, relating to his pictures, especially to 'Illustration to the Arthurian Legend: Guinevere', 'Illustrations to the Arthurian Legend: The Four queens', 'Chapel in the Park', 'Dancing bear', 'The terrace', 'Aphrodite in Aulis' and 'Vexilla Regis'.

The file comprises carbons of re-typed pages and rejected top copies of pages which were re-typed a second time. Some of the pages 7-9 have been typed on a smaller faced machine. There is slight revision in pencil on some of the carbons.

The file comprises pages of the top copy of the original typing removed from T2 because of re-typing or replacement by a carbon. All pages of T6 have revisions by David Jones in pencil or ballpoint. Folios 7-8 are dated 9th of September 1951. Pages 18n-24, 25n-27n and 29n-41n served as copy for re-typing.

The file comprises the original third carbon typing of the text and notes, without the preface, comprising pages 9, 25, 27, 28, 43, and 44 to end except for p. 49N. This was used as David Jones' main working copy for pp. 9a-[omega] and 97 to end. Apart from p. 60n the remainder is unmarked.

The file comprises the original second carbon typing of the text and notes, without the preface and wanting a few pages. This was used as David Jones' main working copy for pp. 1-9, 10-25, 26-29, 29-43 and 71-99, and includes pencil markings by him. Except for pp. 57, 57n, 60n, 68n, 114-115, the remainder is virtually unmarked. It includes revisions not made in the final typescript (T2) but made in the galleys. f. 1 is dated 1949 and is the only typescript copy of the title page that survives.

The file comprises the original first carbon typing of the preface, text and notes, wanting a few pages. This was used as David Jones' main working copy for pp. i-xxxiv, 25A-H, 44-70, and includes pencil markings by him. None of the other pages are marked except for pp. 28 and 43. It includes revisions not made in the final typescript (T2) but made in the galleys. Pages 44-70 were found intact as a bundle, whereas the other pages were assembled in NLW (see P.W. Davies' notes).

The file comprises two volumes of the final typescript copy, from which the galleys were set up. There are revisions in pencil and ink by David Jones throughout. It includes some manuscript pages such as the titles to the eight sections (f. 1), and the list of possible illustrations (f. 245). The four main stages of typing correspond to the four bundles in which T2 was originally found: Preface, pp. 1-43, 44-70 and 71-119. Although folio 111 is dated 1944, this implies the date of writing rather than the date of typing which was possibly 1949, and folio 48 is dated July 1951 when the finishing touches were made to the typescript.

The file comprises twenty-four letters from T. S. Eliot to David Jones, 1943-1961, relating to the preparation of The Anathemata for publication including a draft blurb, with also references to In Parenthesis, 'Art in relation to war and our present situation', and to 'The Cultivation of Christmas trees' by T. S. Eliot.

The file comprises three booklets of stamps.

The file comprises miscellaneous papers and fragments, including 'The slugs weekly' by René Hague and W. Tegetmeier, 17th July 1960, a pamphlet on Dr Gregorio Maranon, typescript copies of poems, political candidates opinion on Catholic matters, 1950, and a BBC 'Sound News' typescript, 1957.

The file comprises galley proofs of The Sleeping Lord and other fragments, only partially corrected.

The file comprises a manuscript page and two typescript pages from The Sleeping Lord, and one folio manuscript preface to Epoch and Artist.

The file comprises two copies of a map or game labelled 'David Jones, Umpire', a sketch of a ship by David Jones, a drawing of Conway castle by T. Wood, a sketch of a design for a chimney kettle handle possibly by Eric Gill, a post card of sculpture of St Sebastian by Eric Gill, a manuscript salvage map dated 1917, and miscellaneous printed engravings and pictures. There are also postcards to David Jones from his father James Jones, 'Mike' (1946), Arthur [Giardelli, 1956], and 'Kathrin'.

The file comprises a typescript copy (possibly a broadcast script) of an English translation of Siwan by Saunders Lewis. Siwan was translated as A King's daughter in 1954, and a translation by Emyr Humphreys was published in Presenting Saunders Lewis, ed. Alun R. Jones and Gwyn Thomas (Cardiff, 1973).