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The file includes correspondence with Lewis Valentine (7 letters); Alun Llewelyn Williams (5 letters); D. J. Williams (1 letter); Morris Williams (2 letters); T. H. Parry-Williams (4 letters), and R. O. F. Wynne (11 letters).

Casgliad o dorion papur newydd, 1928-1958, yn cynnwys erthyglau gan T. H. Parry-Williams ac adolygiadau o'i weithiau llenyddol, y rhan fwyaf ohonynt o'r Cymro a'r Faner.

Four bound ink full scores of the opera in two acts comprising the overture, prologue and acts 1 and 11. The opera was published in 1957.

Drafts of the libretto, 1949-1950, and a photocopy of the vocal score of 'Menna', an unpublished opera in three acts, (libretto by Wyn Griffith, music by Arwel Hughes); together with a copy of the Welsh translation by T. H. Parry-Williams for the National Eisteddfod at Ystradgynlais, 1954; a scenario of the opera and radio scripts, 1952-1953; and programmes of performances, 1953-1955, telegrams from well-wishers, and press cuttings.

Correspondence, 1970-1977, accumulated by Meic Stephens in the course of editing Artists in Wales, volumes 1-3 (Llandysul, 1971-1977), from artists in the fields of literature, drama, music and the visual arts; letters, 1977-1978, from poets invited to contribute to Green Horse : an anthology by young poets of Wales edited by him (Swansea, 1978); letters, 1978-1979, relating to The Welsh Language Today (second edition, Llandysul, 1979); and correspondence, 1986-1987, between Meic Stephens and Lady Amy Parry-Williams relating to the former's translations into English of essays by T. H. Parry-Williams, published in The White Stone - six essays by T. H. Parry-Williams (Llandysul, 1987).

An additional consignment of the papers of Meic Stephens. This group remains uncatalogued.

Over seventy letters and cards, 1917-1986, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include E. Tegla Davies (1) 1956, W. J. Gruffydd (1) 1952, R. T. Jenkins (1), 1946, David James Jones (Gwenallt) (1) 1953, T. Gwynn Jones (9) 1923-1939, J. Saunders Lewis (5) 1931-1976, Caradog Prichard (4) 1962-1972, Kate Roberts (28) 1937-1983, D. J. Williams (6) 1917-1969, and T. H. Parry-Williams (1) 1953.

The file comprises letters to David Jones from various people including Melvyn Bragg, Will Carter, Sean Day-Lewis, Nicolas Jacobs (4), Sacheverell Sitwell, Alwyn D. Rees, Donald Allchin (3), E. D. Jones, Valentine Ackland, T. H. Parry-Williams (2), Peter Orr, Gerald Morgan, Ken Etheridge, T. D. Williams (2), Moelwyn Merchant, Bryn Griffiths (2), David Blamires (3), Douglas Cleverdon, Christina Foyle, Sir Gilbert S. Inglefield, Ben G. Jones, Alun Oldfield Davies and Rachel Bromwich.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters to persons identified by Harman Grisewood as 'Welsh correspondents & acquaintances', including Alun Jones, [Leonard] Twiston-Davies, [Rhydwen] Wiliams, T. H. Parry-Williams and Jonah Jones. Amongst the subjects discussed or referred to are The Anathemata ('I'm working on a book that I suppose may be finished some time but heaven knows when---', 1944); early British and Welsh history; Christopher Dawson [1970]; a commentary by Alun Jones on 'these pieces of mine' (the sleeve notes for the record in the 'Poets of Wales' series of David Jones reading selections of his work?); and the situation of the arts in modern civilization (1972); the inscription made by him and presented to Sir Thomas Parry-Williams by the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion in 1967; a short questionnaire concerning Wales and the First World War (see The London Welshman, December 1964, pp. 3-4); and the 'Letter from David Jones' published in Poetry Wales, David Jones Special Number, vol. 8, no. 3 (Winter 1972), pp. 5-9. There are a number of drafts of a letter to Gwynfor Evans congratulating him on his electoral victory at Carmarthen in 1966.

The file contains letters from Aneurin Bevan, 1957, Henry Brooke, 1957, Cynan, 1958, Gwilym Prys Davies (2), 1958, Nan Davies, 1958, David Eccles, 1958, Alun R. Edwards (2), 1957, Huw T. Edwards, 1957, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1957, D. R. Grenfell, 1957, R. E. Griffith, 1957, James Griffiths (2), 1957, Gwilym R. Jones, 1957, T. W. Jones (Lord Maelor), 1958, D. Tecwyn Lloyd (2), 1957-1958, David Rees Williams (Lord Ogmore), 1957, Bob Owen, Croesor (2), 1958, Cliff Prothero, 1957, Robert Richards MP (2), 1957-1958, Hywel D. Roberts, 1958, Peter Thomas MP, 1958, T. H. Parry-Williams, 1957, Harold Wilson, 1957, and Tom Nefyn Williams, 1958.

Correspondents include Ian Parrott (11), 1952-2007, together with Christmas cards (6), 1953-1985, and a letter to Rhiannon Hoddinott, June 2008; T. H. Parry-Williams (17), [1968?]-1972, together with two related letters, 1971, from Evan Isaac, (Urdd Gobaith Cymru), autograph and typescript drafts of stanzas, and a letter, July 1979, from Amy Parry-Williams; Peter Pears (25), [1971?]-1986; Siân Phillips (4), 1991.

Correspondents include F. R. Leavis (2), Alun Lewis, Saunders Lewis, Lilo Linke (3), Ben Nicholson (9), Marco Pallis (14), R. Williams Parry, T. H. Parry-Williams (2), and John Petts (enclosing Caseg Press broadsheets, nos 1-4).

Ink full score and ink vocal score, both dated 'Mai 1972'. A reduced photocopy of the vocal score is included (last page missing).

Letters, 1955, addressed mainly to T. I. Ellis, relating to securing a knighthood for Dr T. H. Parry-Williams 'for his services to Wales', including letters from Goronwy [Roberts] and James Griffiths. [He was knighted in 1958].

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau sy'n trafod gwaith yr Academi o ddydd i ddydd dan ysgrifenyddiaeth Bobi Jones, ynghyd â sylwadau ar gyhoeddi Taliesin. Mae'n cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; D. Myrddin Lloyd, T. H. Parry-Williams, John Gwilym Jones, R. Gerallt Jones a J. E. Caerwyn Williams.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod cyfarfodydd cynnar yr Academi ac ethol ei swyddogion cyntaf; Yr Athro Griffith John Williams (Llywydd), Iorwerth Peate (Cadeirydd), Bobi Jones (Ysgrifennydd) a Gwilym R. Jones (Trysorydd), ynghyd â llungopïau o'r drafodaeth a fu yn y wasg a sylwadau ar gychwyn cylchgrawn yr Academi, y cyfeirir ato fel 'Y Llenor Newydd' ac a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddarach dan yr enw Taliesin. Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys llythyrau gan, a chyfeiriadau at, nifer fawr o lenorion adnabyddus, yn eu plith; J. Gwyn Griffiths, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, John Gwilym Jones, Emyr Humphreys, R. Gerallt Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, R. T. Jenkins, E. Tegla Davies, Cynan, Saunders Lewis, J. M. Edwards, Thomas Parry, Gwenallt, Waldo Williams, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Euros Bowen, D. J. Williams, T. J. Morgan a D. Myrddin Lloyd.

Mae'r ffeil yn cynnwys gohebiaeth yn trafod sefydlu'r Academi Gymreig dan ysgrifenyddiaeth a chadeiryddiaeth dros dro Bobi Jones a Thomas Parry, ac yn cynnwys, trafodaeth ar natur ac aelodaeth wreiddiol yr Academi, gwahoddiadau i ymuno â hi ac ymatebion y rhai a wahoddwyd, ynghyd â llungopïau o'r ymateb a fu i'r newyddion yn y wasg. Mae'r llenorion dan sylw yn cynnwys Gwilym R. Jones, J. Gwyn Griffiths, Islwyn Ffowc Elis, Kate Roberts, Alun Llywelyn-Williams, Emyr Humphreys, R. Gerallt Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, R. T. Jenkins, E. Tegla Davies, Cynan, Iorwerth Peate, Saunders Lewis, G. J. Williams, D. J. Williams, J. M. Edwards a Crwys. Yn ogystal â hyn ceir trafodaeth ar gychwyn cylchgrawn yr Academi, y cyfeirir ato fel 'Y Llenor Newydd' a gyhoeddwyd yn ddiweddarach dan yr enw Taliesin.

A letter from D. Llewelyn Jones, [?July 1940] (ff. 87-88), and from T. H. Parry-Williams, 6 August 1940 (f. 89), both addressed to E. Prosser Rhys, and relating to the volume Hen Benillion, ed. by T. H. Parry-Williams ([Aberystwyth], 1940), published by Rhys. Also included is a reply from E. Prosser Rhys to D. Llewelyn Jones, 9 August 1940 (f. 90).

The file contains corresondence, 1968-1969, accumulated by Sally Roberts Jones as secretary of the English Language Section of the Academi. The correspondence relates to the first and other early meetings of the section and includes letters and references to many prominent Anglo-Welsh and Welsh language writers including Dannie Abse, Alison Bielski, W. H. Boore, Brenda Chamberlain, Alexander Cordell, Aneirin Talfan Davies, Pennar Davies, Rhys Davies, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Ll. Wyn Griffiths, Peter Gruffydd, Cledwyn Hughes, Richard Hughes, A.O.H. Jarman, Glyn Jones, Harri Pritchard Jones, John Idris Jones, R. Brinley Jones, R. Gerallt Jones, Sally Roberts Jones, T. Gwynn Jones, Roland Mathias, Bill Meilen, Gerald Morgan, Robert Morgan, T. J. Morgan, James Morris, Leslie Norris, D. Parry-Jones, T. H. Parry-Williams, Cecil J. L. Price, A. G. Prys-Jones, Alun Richards, Kate Roberts, Meic Stephens, Gwyn Thomas (Bangor), R. George Thomas, Aled Vaughan, Richard Vaughan, Gwyn Williams (Trefenter), Herbert Williams and Raymond Williams.