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A novel about a dog called Birdle, narrated in the first person. It is set in Australia in the early thirties.

No. 288 was written by Tom Macdonald and Dan Rademeyer. It includes eight corresponding photographs of the bushmen by C. P. de L. Beyers. On the back of the pictures there are descriptions, apparently by Tom Macdonald. The typescript in nos 288 and 299 are enclosed in a publisher's file. No. 291 was told to Tom Macdonald by Harry Manners, the big game hunter. No. 294 contains a compliment slip from the editor of The Times.

These articles refer specifically to people and places in Dyfed and seem to have been written as a series.

There are extracts from 'Skolly' on the dorse of nos 259 and 276, and extracts from 'The Bow St Story' on the dorse of no. 274. There are three letters on the dorse of article no. 267; two from the publishers regarding the publication of The White Lanes of Summer (1974) and 'The Tinkers' (1973), and one from the Western Mail (1974). There are two letters on the dorse of article no. 269; one regarding the publication of 'Skolly Boy' (1975) and the other regarding the publication of 'No Bread on Table Mountain' (1975). On the dorse of no. 270 there are photocopied articles from the Western Mail, 15 Feb. 1975, about Tom Macdonald. No. 273 was written for the Kenneth Allsop Essay Competition.

Typescript drafts of an unpublished novel set in a farming community near Aberystwyth in modern times about a virgin who miraculously conceives a child. Entitled at various times 'God's Secret', 'God so loved the world', 'The Life of All', 'God so loved the Swallow', 'What Rough Beast?' and 'Song'.

'Gone White' and 'Skolly Boy/No Bread on Table Mountain' are two very similar novels. 'Gone White' is possibly the earlier of the two. Some of the characters are the same in both novels and the storylines overlap. They centre around the coloured family of Clara September, especially her son, Bokkie and her daughter, Janna. 'Gone White' centres around Janna, whereas Bokkie is the main character in 'Skolly Boy'/'No Bread on Table Mountain'.

A novel about John C. Dillon, a nine-year-old boy from Johannesburg, who is the sole survivor of a plane crash. He is found and cared for by Sam Mabeza, an African hunter who teaches him to survive in the jungle.

Letters to Tom Macdonald, 1961-80 and n.d., mostly concerning the publication and transmission of his writings.

Drafts of 'Lord of the Valley', an unpublished novel written while the author was in receipt of a bursary from the Welsh Arts Council. It is set in the Bow Street area (near Aberystwyth, Ceredigion). The principal character is a wealthy farmer. There are two versions of this novel. One, the 'A' text (see nos 6-8) is set in the present (mid 1970s). This version was completed by the author. The other version, the 'B' text (see nos 9-10), which begins with the principal character's youth in the early twentieth century, does not appear to have been completed.

A story about a leopardess called Mokelo, meaning 'the old one' and Terry O'Shea, a hunter who becomes obsessed with the elusive creature.

Eleven note books in manuscript and shorthand.

The story of a buffalo named Nyari, from its birth to its final encounter with the hunter, Carel de Kock.