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Papers relating to the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English at the Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd, a project with which Tony Curtis was involved and was a member of its management board. The material includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, proposals and statements, press release, award application, newsletters and press cuttings.

See also John Pikoulis (Alun Lewis) Papers (within the National Library of Wales's collections) under heading Letters to John Pikoulis from various correspondents.

Papers relating to the establishment of the Centre for the Study of Welsh Writing in English at the (then) Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd (now the University of South Wales), a project with which Tony Curtis was involved and was a member of its management board. The material includes letters and cards to Tony Curtis from Anglo-Welsh poet and writer Roland Mathias, the (then) Welsh Arts Council (now the Arts Council of Wales), lecturer, writer and editor John Harris, poet and playwright Gillian Clarke, literary editor, journalist, translator and poet Meic Stephens, author Ron Berry, Anglo-Welsh poet, publisher and critic Sally Roberts Jones and others; report by Tony Curtis on the launch of the Centre, 19 April 1991; printed leaflet relating to the Centre; copy of 'Polynews' newsletter, July 1991; and press cuttings. Correspondents are not indexed: for full details, it is recommended that this item is requested for viewing.

See also John Pikoulis (Alun Lewis) Papers (within the National Library of Wales's collections) under heading Letters to John Pikoulis from various correspondents.

Rough notes in Tony Curtis's hand, one set of notes written on a Polytechnic of Wales examination answer booklet.

Printed programme of the 31st Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival, held 8 July to 2 September 1984, which includes an evening of readings from Welsh love poetry through the ages, the event devised by Tony Curtis and novelist Sian James.

Photocopied written account 'for Mr Curtis' of his life as a coal miner by one Ellis Powell, possibly a student of Tony Curtis's.

Printed invitation to an exhibition by artist Lorraine Bewsey titled 'Portreadau Beirdd / Poet Portraits' held at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, November 2006-January 2007, which included Tony Curtis's portrait.

Draft obituary by Tony Curtis of novelist Siân James, with observations and amendments on the text by an unidentified individual.

Details of recipients of the Society of Authors' literary awards, May 1997, which include Tony Curtis's receipt of the Cholmondeley Award.

Printed Seren Books catalogue, [late 1990s], which includes reviews of The Art of Seamus Heaney, edited by Tony Curtis and originally published by Poetry Wales Press in 1982, Curtis's collection of poems Taken for Pearls, published by Seren Books in 1993, and How Poets Work, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 1996. For all these publications see, for example, August 2002 papers under heading Poetry and prose by Tony Curtis.

Printed programme of the Creative Writing course at the then Polytechnic of Wales (now the University of South Wales), which includes details of Tony Curtis as leader of the course.

Printed details of the Young Writers competition, 1999, of which Tony Curtis was one of the judges.