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Manuscript and typescript material produced and accumulated by Niall Griffiths while studying poetry at university, comprising typescript and printed drafts, [c.1985] and 1993-1995, of chapters and articles by him including ‘“Adnabod” and the “continent … of experience”: some contemporary Welsh poetry in the English language’, ‘Communicating through concrete: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edwin Morgan, Bob Cobbing’, ‘History is what hurts: the Celtic diaspora and contemporary Britain’, ‘The pre - post colonial poet: some contemporary Irish writing’, ‘Imagi/Nation/Multi/Nation: modern Scottish poetry’, ‘”De tongue (De first instrument)”: some Black British poetry’, ‘Wandering among the voices: Blake Morrison and some British poetry of the 1950s’ and ‘Art after Auschwitz’, with manuscript notes and typescript comments by his academic supervisor, and letters from universities regarding possible publication; also included are typescript academic papers, 2006, by others concerning his work, comprising: ‘Longing for roots: constructing Wales in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Aleksander Bednarski of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; ‘Wasted bodies: images of waste in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Katarzyna Więckowska of [Nicolaus Copernicus University] Toruń; ‘The themes of Anglo-Welsh experience in So long Hector Bebb by Ron Berry and Grits by Niall Griffiths’ by Siobhan Taylor-Ward of [Liverpool John Moores University]; and a transcript of an interview with Niall Griffiths by Ian Peddie of Sydney University (‘Warmth and light and sky: Niall Griffiths in conversation’).

An annotated manuscript draft of ‘Ten Pound Pom’ by Niall Griffiths, together with an incomplete initial manuscript draft and a typescript draft annotated by him and the publisher, as well as manuscript notes by him relating to the drafts and to his visit to Australia in 2007, correspondence between him and the publisher concerning the drafts, a first draft of the book cover, a publicity flyer for the book, a typescript copy of a press review of the book, a letter to Niall Griffiths from an academic in Australia asking for an interview, photographs taken by him and by his family in Australia in 2007 and in the 1970s, and other material accumulated by him in the course of researching the book, including local history booklets, press cuttings, maps and tourist information literature relating to travelling, people, places, events, activities, issues and phenomena in Australia; also included are: manuscript drafts of ‘Ronnie’s Dream’ and ‘Dream Of The Emperor Max’ by Niall Griffiths, with manuscript notes by him and a published copy of a press review of The Dreams Of Max And Ronnie; and a manuscript draft of ‘Puckeridge’s Tale’ by Niall Griffiths, with a letter and an email to him from the publisher concerning the brief for a contribution by Griffiths to a collection of fiction by Welsh writers based on some of the darker themes of folktale and fairytale under the working title ‘Persephone And Other Stories From The Underworld’.