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Annotated third draft of Nigel Jenkins' play Waldo's Witness (1986).

Plays by Nigel Jenkins, two of which bear the pseudonym 'Ceridwen', and plays by other authors; material relating to the Welsh Academy Playwrights Group; correspondence, principally from the Welsh Academy Playwrights Group; printed Theatr Clwyd programme; and notes.

Photocopied text of The Works, the annual magazine of the Welsh Union of Writers, published as an anthology of poetry and prose by the Welsh Union of Writers in 1992 under the editorship of Nigel Jenkins; photocopied circular letter regarding publication; and postcard to Nigel Jenkins relating to the launch of the work. Anthology contributors include Tony Conran, Peter Finch, Janet Dubé, Steve Griffiths, Terry Hetherington and Alison Bielski.

Photocopied preliminary text, including frontispiece, of the 1991 edition of The Works, the annual magazine of the Welsh Union of Writers, edited by Nigel Jenkins; and manuscript notes by Nigel Jenkins, apparently towards a poem on the theme of Llyn y Fan Fach. Photocopied text annotated.

Printed illustrated poster of a poem entitled Shoes, translated by Nigel Jenkins from the original Welsh of Menna Elfyn.

Volumes containing poetry, prose, plays, photographs, drawings, illustrations, etc by various writers, contributors including Nigel Jenkins, John Tripp, Robert Minhinnick, Peter Finch, Janet Dubé and Jon Dressel. Some items inscribed by and/or to Nigel Jenkins. Some items annotated. Some items include letters to Nigel Jenkins.

Small-scale two- and three-dimensional constructions and images made by Peter Meilleur, with related material. All but one of the items are undated.

Correspondence of Peter Meilleur, including letters from Peter Meilleur to Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to a series of talks given by Nigel Jenkins on the Penguin Book of Welsh Short Stories, edited by novelist Alun Richards and published by Penguin Books in 1976. Items include notes and articles relating to Anglo-Welsh literature; South-East Wales Arts Association press release; poetry; correspondence; graffitied printed posters; printed invitation to preview of film entitled So That You Can Live; and press cuttings.

Papers relating to Nigel Jenkins' period of study at the University of Essex, where he read comparative literature and film studies, and also to later academic studies of Nigel Jenkins. Items include essays; examination papers; lecture notes; bibliographies; and other notes/plans (partly in shorthand). Many folios annotated by Nigel Jenkins. Papers include letter, 1980, to Nigel Jenkins from poet, publisher and critic Sally Roberts Jones.

Letters and card, 1991, 1993-1996 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from poet William Greenway, professor of English at Youngstown State University, Ohio. Two letters include poetry and one encloses a photograph of William Greenway and Nigel Jenkins.

Letters and cards, 1990, 1992, 1995 + n.d. to Nigel Jenkins from poet, playwright and writer Menna Elfyn; together with photocopied review of Eucalyptus: Detholiad o Gerddi 1978-1994 by Menna Elfyn and biographical data relating to Menna Elfyn.

Letters, 1994-1996, 1998, to Nigel Jenkins from Indian poet and translator Robin Ngangom, one letter enclosing poetry and press cutting.

Letters, 1997 and n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from poet and folklorist Desmond Kharmawphlang, Professor of Cultural and Creative Studies at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.

Letters and card, 1990 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from artists Paul Davies and Ivor Davies, together with miscellaneous material, 1988-1989, [1991], 1993 + n.d., relating to their work.

Letters, cards and printed emails, 2013-2014, written to Nigel Jenkins during his last illness, the correspondents including fellow-poets Menna Elfyn, Steve Griffiths and Peter Meilleur. Steve Griffiths's letter encloses photographs and poetry.

Material relating to Swansea Latin American Society. Items comprise printed information relating to forthcoming events, at one of which Nigel Jenkins presented; notes made by Nigel Jenkins on Victor Jara and on Latin-American poetry; correspondence; newsletters; and press cutting.

Material relating to Nigel Jenkins' affiliations and associations with the peace movement in Wales and beyond. Items primarily comprise correspondence, newsletters and other material and communications to/from Swansea County Court in relation to Nigel Jenkins' involvement with the Peace Tax Campaign. Some folios annotated by Nigel Jenkins and others.

Printed books, other than poetic anthologies, in the possession of Nigel Jenkins.

Miscellaneous material relating to Nigel Jenkins' period of incarceration at HM Prison Swansea in 1988 for non-payment of fines following his part in a peace protest at the American air base in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire. The material comprises printed booklet containing information for male prisoners; information tag showing Nigel Jenkins' prisoner number, prisoner classification and duration of sentence; and annotated prose piece by Nigel Jenkins entitled 'At Her Majesty's Pleasure'.