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Letters to Elwyn Davies (1912-1994), journalist, teacher, translator and poet, from his friends Glyn Jones (29) 1981-93, Raymond Garlick (36) 1981-93, and Leslie Norris (1) 1988, containing personal news as well as comments on their own work and that of other Anglo-Welsh writers.

Poetry notebooks containing drafts and notes for poems, as follows: Small notebook with drafts of poems 1964-1965 (ff. 1-18); Ditto, 1965-1966 (ff. 19-36); Ditto, 1966-1967 (ff. 37-60); Drafts of two poems, originally loose leaves (ff. 61-63); Sketchbook containing worked drafts of poems, 1967-1968 (ff. 64-81); Drawing block containing worked drafts of poems, 1968-1969 (ff. 82-88); Typescript drafts with autograph changes of six poems; autograph fair copies, dated 1964, on the back of picture postcards which illustrate the poems, of 'Camargue' and 'Camargue Cross' (ff. 89-102). Most of the poems included in this volume were collected in A Sense of Europe: Collected Poems 1954-1968 (Llandysul, 1968).

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (6); R. George Thomas (7); John Idris Jones (5); Cecil Price (16); D. J. Williams; David Williams (3); Gerald Morgan (2); Dafydd Glyn Jones (4); Alison Bielski; Glyn Jones; Maxwell Fraser (2); Phyllis Playter; Gwyn A. Williams (2); A. Norman Jeffares; John Rowlands; Dedwydd Jones (3); and Richard Evans (including an article for The Anglo-Welsh Review).

Two personal copies of the journal Dock leaves which belonged to the artist Arthur Giardelli (1911–2009). Dock leaves, vol. I, no. 2 (Easter 1950), includes his article : ‘The Glyn Vivian art gallery’, and a letter, dated June 1950, from Raymond Garlick. Dock leaves, vol. II, no. 5 (May 1951), contains two letters, dated October 1951, from Friedrich R. Könekamp, author of the article ‘Artists and specialists’, published in this edition.

Papers, 1970-1988, relating to the legal status of the Welsh language, accumulated by Tom Ellis while he was Labour MP for Wrexham, mainly comprising correspondence between himself and Raymond Garlick, 1971-1979, 1988 (ff. 1-171 verso). They relate mainly to court cases concerned with the language campaign in the 1970s and contain references to the operation of the Welsh Language Act 1967 and to the activities of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg and other groups. Press cuttings and other related papers forming part of this group are NLW ex 1045.

Letters to Elwyn Davies, translator and poet, from literary friends. They contain personal news and observations on the correspondents' own writing, on Anglo-Welsh literature and on current affairs in Wales. The main correspondents are Raymond Garlick (44) 1963-1980, Glyn Jones (23) 1934, 1944-1981, and Roland Mathias (7) 1965-1972.

Typescript draft with autograph additions and corrections of An Introduction to Anglo-Welsh Literature (Cardiff, 1970).

Typescript copy and galley proofs, [1954], both containing holograph corrections, of an article by Raymond Garlick entitled, 'The endless breviary : aspects of the work of Dylan Thomas', published in The Month (March, 1954).

Papers, [1976]-2004, including a photocopy of a poem 'Woman clothed in the sun. A carving by Jonah Jones' by Raymond Garlick (from The Aylesford Review), and copies of two orders of service for the Airborne Forces memorial service held in 1998 and 2000.

Corrected galley proofs of his collection of poems, A Sense of Europe: Collected Poems 1954-1968 (Llandysul, 1968). Apart from the preliminary matter, the author's corrections are restricted to typographical errors and layout. Formerly Welsh Arts Council MS 38.

Letters, 1981-1999, written to Peter Hellings and afterwards to his wife Manon, including letters from Raymond Garlick (1), Johnny Morris (1), Meic Stephens (4), Ned Thomas (1) and Barry Took (1).

Includes letters, 1939-1956, from Raymond Garlick (2), Robert Herring, editor of Life and Letters to-day (15), Albert Levine (36), Jackson Mathews (2), Keidrych Rhys (5), Stephen Spender (1), Henry Treece (2), and Vernon Watkins (11), together with a letter written by Peter Hellings while in the Middle East, 1943, relating to his travels.

The file contains various papers, [1950]-[1990] (with gaps), relating to The Anglo-Welsh Review, including accounts, 1969-1974; notes regarding the contents of some numbers of the journal, [1966-1973]; typescript copies of the article, 'The young historian : some letters from Alun Lewis', [1970x1990]; a tribute by Roland Mathias to Gillian Clarke, 1985, on her retirement as editor of the magazine; and the article 'Roland Mathias looks back over the twenty six years of The Anglo Welsh Review', published in Llais Llyfrau, (1976); copies of the article by Raymond Garlick 'On the growing of Dock Leaves', Planet 9 (1971/1972), and interview with Raymond Garlick, also published in Planet 62 (1987); and reprint of the article by Kyffin Williams, 'An artist in Welsh Patagonia', from The Anglo-Welsh Review, no. 42 (1970).

Correspondence, 1950-1951, relating to Dock Leaves, mostly regarding attempts to secure financial support for the magazine, and including letters from Raymond Garlick and Cynan.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (4); Sam Adams (2); Dannie Abse; Roy Thomas; John Trice; Ruth Bidgood; Jeremy Hooker; Kyffin Williams; and John Davies (2).

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (4); Tony Curtis; Jeremy Hooker; Ruth Bidgood (4); John Davies; and Gloria Evans Davies (including typescript copies of poems by her).

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (4); Cary Archard; Emyr Humphreys; Cecil Price; Kay Harris (7); Gwyn O. Jones; Ruth Bidgood (3); Glyn Jones (4); Sam Adams (2); Dora Polk (2); Brian Keeble (2); John Davies (4); Jeremy Hooker; Greg Hill (2); and Belinda Humfrey.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (7); D. W. Trevor Jenkins (3); R. George Thomas (8); Cecil Price (3); Glyn Jones (5); D. Tecwyn Lloyd; A. G. Prys-Jones (3); David Harries (2); Aneirin Talfan Davies (3); Richard Evans (9); L. Alun Page; Gerald Morgan; Meic Stephens (2); Susan Glyn (2); and Sir Sydney Caine. Also included is a contract for 'Whitsun riot'.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (9); Gwyn Jones (3); R. George Thomas (4); Arthur Giardelli; Aled Vaughan, BBC (enclosing a typescript copy of the poem 'For Warren Davies, two years dead' by Roland Mathias); Urien Wiliam (2); and Myra Owen.