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Papers relatng to Goronwy Rees's connections with the Cambridge Spy Ring, comprising notes by Jenny Rees on her interview with Oleg Tsarev; letters from Guy Burgess to Rosamond and Harold Nicolson about Goronwy Rees, and a copy of a drawing by Guy Burgess; a statement by David Footman; letters to and from Micky Burn; Rosamond Nicolson's letters from Kings College; letters from David Nicholas (ITN) to Daniel Rees about television coverage of Rees's collapse in hospital; an extract from "Who's Who"; and papers regarding the memorial service for Goronwy Rees held at All Souls College, Oxford.

Copies of Rees's column in Encounter, a notebook and general notes for his column and a bundle of material sent by Mel Lasky [Melvin J. Lasky] to Goronwy Rees. There are also two reviews written by Goronwy Rees: one in Horizon "Letter from a soldier", July 1940; and one in The Spectator "In the Valley", November 1937.

Letters from Goronwy Rees to Maire Lynd (known as B.J.); letters from "Dadie's diaries"; Douglas Jay; Sheila Sokolov Grant; and a letter and telegram from Goronwy Rees to his family on winning a fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford.

Juvenilia, including poems and prose writings; notebooks containing notes on Mark Pattison's Memoirs; Goronwy Rees's autobiography A Chapter of Accidents; and two notebooks on André Malraux. There are also introductions by Goronwy Rees: one on John McVicar and the other on Mark Pattison; a collection of his writings on Universities, and the typescripts of "A Winter in Berlin" and "The Prisoner."

A report on Goronwy Rees's military service by the Ministry of Defence, December 1992, and a report by Goronwy Rees from Germany in 1945.

Thirteen photographs of Goronwy Rees; part of his family tree; his passport; his National Registration Identity Card; National Insurance Card; birth certificate; and a sheet of music "Settings of Arglwydd, arwain..." dedicated to his mother.

A large collection of newspaper cuttings relating to Goronwy Rees's resignation as Principal of the University College of Wales Aberystwyth and a report on the subject at the time by Mervyn Jones. There is also a typescript copy of the article "Who is the Principal?" for Y Faner.

Publishers' contracts, accounts and correspondence relating to Goronwy Rees's literary works.

This file contains a copy of the radio broadcast in September 1953 by Goronwy Rees on his return to Aberystwyth as Principal of the University College of Wales. There is also a copy of the text of his inaugural lecture there, October 1953.