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Typed inventory of miscellaneous implements, instruments, pictures and archaeological finds, with the names of their owners [? possibly for the Blaxhall exhibition].

General correspondence, 1983-4, relating to the Race family of Suffolk and their involvement with horses, research on harvest barrels, and a tape recording.

General correspondence, 1966, relating to a [film] order and tape recording of a programme.

Extracts from reference works in connection with village communities, philosophy and horses; letter and article on shepherds from Country Life, Christmas 1974; press cutting, 1984, and a draft letter by George Ewart Evans relating to financial cuts in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds University.

Educational magazine on Suffolk produced in 1964 by a pensioners' class tutored by George Ewart Evans; typescripts of his own lectures given to educational groups, 1967-8; and a programme for a course on folklore, 1970.

Correspondence, 1965-82, relating to a wide variety of topics: thanks for tape recordings; BBC radio and television features; appreciation of the Suffolk books; dialect, folk life, relevant articles and reference works; invitation to become president of the anthropology section of the British Association, 1969, (467/6); interest in the preparation of material for The Leaping Hare; publication of Peate's own works on folk life, The Welsh House, George Ewart Evans's reader's report on this book, and Welsh Clock and Watch Makers; Peate's career, including his work at the Welsh Folk Museum, St Fagans, his honorary DLitt from the University of Wales, Swansea, 1970, his retirement and presentation of a painting by Kyffin Williams, 1971, his work as a lecturer after retirement; recording oral history; recommendations to the University of Wales to bestow an honorary degree on George Ewart Evans, 1971 (467/11 and 467/15); possibility of Evans returning to live in Wales, 1971-2; effects of the miners' strike, 1972; Welsh grammar; possibility of publishing letters by John Cowper Powys, 1972-4; linguistics; reviews; conferences, visits and meetings; Welsh Arts Council Awards, 1973, 1975-6, and the Cymmrodorion medal, 1978; Peate's view on the establishment of a Welsh Language Council, 1973; mutual acquaintances and friends; Peate's autobiographical details, especially his attitude to the oral tradition, dialect and folk life, 1973 (467/57); deaths of his brother and son, 1974, 1980, and of George Ewart Evans's mother, 1975 (467/95); praise and correction of George Ewart Evans's letters written in Welsh, 1975-6; personal life, including eyesight problems, 1977-9, and an interest in gardening; George Ewart Evans's honorary doctorate from the University of Essex, 1982 (467/158).

Correspondence, 1971-87, relating to research and teaching in the field of oral history, conferences, invitations to lecture, the possibility of establishing an archive of oral material, publication of the journal Oral History, reviews, recording, participation in producing a BBC radio programme (1971-2), mention of Melvyn Bragg, 1976 (441/64), copyright on tapes, appreciation of Where Beards Wag All. Correspondents include Ronald Blythe, concerning George Ewart Evans's criticism of Akenfield, 1975 (441/5), Charles Parker of the BBC, 1971 (441/7), with a substantial number of letters from Paul and Thea Thompson of Essex University.

Correspondence, 1955-72, mainly with Faber and Faber, relating to the publication of the Days That We Have Seen and the first and second editions of Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay; some letters concerning copyright of title and use of photographs for illustrations.

Correspondence, 1967-87, mainly with Faber and Faber, in connection with George Ewart Evans's work as a reader, royalty statements, permission to use extracts and quotations; the author's contacts; a request for assistance with Welsh; preparation of the second part of his autobiography; translation of the books into other languages; praise and comments on The Voices of the Children; meeting with Lord Rhodes.

Correspondence, 1974-8, mainly from Faber and Faber, relating to the publication of Let Dogs Delight, including the jacket illustration by David Gentleman, and to the preparation of The Days That We Have Seen; copy letter from the BBC giving notice of a broadcast of three stories.

Correspondence, 1972-82, mainly from Faber and Faber, concerning the publication of Acky; some items from the BBC and private individuals, including Sir Bernard Miles, 1973 (442/26).

Correspondence, 1964-5, mainly from David Thomson, concerning an application for a grant to cover the writing of George Ewart Evans's next book (including some autobiographical details), preparation of a radio programme on 'The Old Rural Community' and a suggestion for making the hare programme.

Correspondence, 1964-5, mainly from David Thomson at the BBC, concerning preparation of material for a radio programme entitled 'The Old Rural Community', including a suggested questionnaire for interviewing; audience research report on the programme, broadcast January 1965; two private letters relating to work with horses and life in the army during the First World War.

Correspondence, 1956-81, from the BBC, Radio Times and the British Institute of Recorded Sound, relating to recording and articles on oral history; letters and a press cutting, 1972, on the sacking of Charles Parker, producer of 'Radio Ballads'; a proposal to honour George Ewart Evans with a volume of essays, and a copy of his refusal.

Correspondence from the BBC, June 1951 - August 1955, relating to radio broadcasts of 'The Ajax Gold' and The Voices of the Children; a cutting from Radio Times, August 1955; correspondence and contracts from the Children's Film Foundation, March 1955 - August 1957, relating to 'A Ship in the Forest' and 'The Crow's Nest'.

Correspondence concerning folklore associated with St Brigid's crosses (1971), and the author's help in producing a promotional leaflet for a local history journal (1980).

Correspondence between George Ewart Evans and the Ministry of Health, the local education authority, Socialist Medical Association, local MPs, and the New Statesman, concerning the inadequate and polluted water supply in Blaxhall, and the urgency of establishing a piped system; includes a draft letter by the author to Aneurin Bevan, March 1950, regarding the shortage and poor quality of water at the village school and school house.