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Signed copy of John Hadfield (ed.), A Suffolk Garland for The Queen (East Suffolk County Council, 1961), containing an article, 'Suffolk Folklore'.

Roll (facsimile) containing an account of Wymondham [Norfolk], dated 1385/6. Facsimile estimated date 1950x1980.

Accounts ledger, 1940-87, showing income and expenses in connection with publication of books and poetry, articles, radio broadcasts, with exact dates given, and in most cases, the number of words or time of the story to be read; separate section for annual accounts, 1964-76. Loose papers (now placed in an envelope) comprise: notes and press cuttings relating to philosophy, education and writing for the media; pencil sketches; a receipt; printed version of folk songs; typed notes on eighteenth century carriage-maker's accounts.

American Correspondence: 1970-80, including: a request for details of George Ewart Evans's work for inclusion in Contemporary Authors; personal letters; correspondence with Pantheon Books on the possibility of producing a book on folk-lore for the American market; his election as a Knight of Mark Twain, with two copies of a letter from Sir Winston Churchill, 1943 (440/9-10), expressing his appreciation of a gold medal awarded by the International Mark Twain Society, and a copy of the society's journal; research on folk tales (press cutting attached); and a printed leaflet.

Article for The Countryman: correspondence, 1986, and typescript of an article on the hill farms of South Wales, requested by Christopher Hall to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of The Countryman; a private letter used as source material for the article.

Offprint of an article in Medical History, 1983, by Dr David van Zwanenberg, consultant physician at Ipswich Hospital, entitled 'The Training and Careers of Those Apprenticed to Apothecaries in Suffolk, 1815-1858'.

Photocopied articles and photographs relating to: an experimentalist farmer in Suffolk; a horse-drawn cart; harvest; and the death of an expert on weed and insect control.

Ask the Fellows... : letters, 1957-87, from private individuals on dialect, reminiscences of childhood in Blaxhall, thanks for donation of books and local history; from the BBC concerning the making of a programme on Blaxhall (1962); the bulk from Faber and Faber, relating to the reprinting of Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, with author's notes for revisions of the text, proposals to produce a paperback edition and royalty notices. Press cuttings, 1957-61, relating to dialect, including a letter to The Times by George Ewart Evans, 18 March 1957, on the necessity of preserving the oral tradition and responses to his statements, methods of writing history, the need for an improved museums service and changes in rural villages. See also no. 460.

Autobiography, part 2, untitled first draft of a work intended to be a sequel to The Strength of the Hills. An attached note states 'not published'.

BBC: 1964-8, mainly relating to BBC radio programmes, 'The Old Rural Community' (broadcast January 1965), 'Change in the Town' (April 1966) and 'The Hare' (Christmas 1966), including letters from Dilwyn John, director of the National Museum of Wales, 1965-7 (465/8, 465/23-4, 465/39) and Iorwerth C. Peate, 1966 (465/21); press reviews of the book, The Leaping Hare and the radio programme on the hare.

BBC London: correspondence, 1956-84, mainly from the BBC, concerning radio reviews, arrangements for rehearsals and broadcasts, submission of tapes, scripts, suggestions for programmes and possible production of a record or disc of the East Anglian recordings, 1970, changes in the organisation of BBC radio programmes, invitation to lecture, requests to use the tape recordings, preparation of the programme 'Writers and Places'. The group includes some letters by David Thomson, 1958 (419/3) and 1969 (419/8-15), indicating the development of his interest in the hare. Private letters relating to genealogy and appreciation of radio talks and books. Photocopied press article on the sacking of Charles Parker, 1972.

BBC: 1967-9, mainly expressing appreciation of BBC radio programmes, 'The Country Child' (broadcast March 1968) and 'Going to Burton' (March 1969), including letters forwarded by David Thomson, the producer; a letter and post-card relating to dialect; a page from Radio Times, March 1968, advertising 'The Country Child'. See also nos 428 & 433.

BBC Wales and Midland: correspondence, 1959-79, from BBC London, Midlands and Wales, concerning proposals to use the Blaxhall recordings and other tapes for radio programmes, acceptance of short stories for broadcast, the author's deafness, suggestions for programmes, arrangements and fees for interviews, invitations to take part in Welsh radio programmes, adaptation of The Voices of the Children for radio, mention of Iorwerth Peate and his wife, submission of material for BBC television series; printed pamphlet on writing for Welsh radio, 1956-7; and a press cutting relating to Welsh nationalism and language, 1979.

File originally entitled 'Blaxhall Recordings', being a group of manuscript and typed notes, and transcripts of BBC radio programmes.