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Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, universities, and media and insurance companies concerning personal, social, literary, academic, professional and domestic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York and her travels around the United States, together with a notebook, postcards, press cuttings, photographs, leaflets, theatre programmes, student newsletters and a map of Florence; also included are a typescript transcript and offprint of an interview with Italo Calvino by Ian Thomson, some papers relating to Elin ap Hywel (including a typescript of poems by her, a typescript of poems inspired by her work, and a typescript of a short story dedicated to her), typescripts of poems by others, and some postcards relating to Gwyneth Lewis but sent between her friends.

Literary and artistic papers accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis including: a copy of a published volume entitled ‘NHS @ 60’ to which she contributed; publicity material for some of her work; a typescript of an eisteddfod piece in which she took part entitled 'Maes Mihangel'; a typescript of a hymn by her entitled 'Emyn y Canmlwyddiant'; a programme for a school pantomime entitled ‘Culhwch ac Olwen’ in which she took part at Ysgol Bryntaf; notes by her on Welsh language expressions relating to food; photocopies with manuscript annotations by her of articles about women’s poetry; annotated typescript copies of articles by Ian Thomson about Geneva and the San Giovanni hospital in Rome; a typescript copy with manuscript annotations of Rowan Williams’s play ‘Shakeshafte’, with an accompanying letter from the author to Gwyneth Lewis; typescript copies of poems by other poets with associated letters to Gwyneth Lewis; a typescript copy of a poem about rugby by Peter Fenton sent to Gwyneth Lewis by the Wales coach Mike Ruddock; a copy of literary extracts for a reading at Girton College; copies of published and unpublished work by other writers, artists and composers with associated publicity material and letters to Gwyneth Lewis from authors and publishers; publicity material, invitations, programmes and tickets for literary, musical and artistic events in Britain and America; a copy of South Cambridgeshire District Council’s definition of public art; postcards, drawings and watercolours; and related notes by Gwyneth Lewis.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, writers, publishers, broadcasters, festival organisers and businesses concerning personal, social, domestic, family and literary matters, including her published and unpublished poems, her literary career and activities, and sailing classes.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, writers, agents, academics, publishers and other literary contacts, with related photographs and ephemera, concerning social, personal, literary, family, domestic and academic matters, including the publication of her poetry and her receipt of an Eric Gregory Award; also included are draft copies of letters from Gwyneth Lewis to agents and publishers, as well as typescript copies of poems by Marcus Cumberlege, Jane Oliensis and Andrew Motion.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from university and school friends and teaching staff, from her family, from literary and media contacts, and from public officials and private companies, and also a few draft letters written by Gwyneth Lewis herself, concerning personal, social, literary, intellectual, academic, political and family matters, including her published work and her editorial work with Poetry Wales, during her time at Cambridge and in the United States; included in a letter to her parents are typescript copies of three of her poems ('Santes y Ffrog Goch', 'A Dirge for Mrs Davies' and 'Awen Morgannwg') with manuscript annotations.

Manuscript drafts and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis, mostly while she was in the United States, to family, friends, literary associates and universities concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York, and questions of fabrication in literature and in Welsh culture.

Draft manuscript letters and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis to family, friends and literary and academic associates concerning personal, social, literary, musical and academic matters relating to her time as a student at Balliol College, Oxford; also included are newsletters of the Oxford Poetry Society and a photocopy of a manuscript review of ‘Mynd lawr i’r nefoedd’ by Menna Elfyn that was written by Gwyneth Lewis for publication.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis, mostly from the journalist and poet James Fenton concerning personal, social, literary and journalistic matters, especially relating to the Philippines, together with related photographs and manuscript and typescript copies of his poetry; also included are letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from other friends concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, with related photographs.