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Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1997 with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life and interests and comments on the news (ff. 1 verso-53 verso).
The volume includes references to Jan Morris (f. 2), Pennar Davies (f. 4), Jon Dressel (ff. 4-48 passim), Ioan Bowen Rees (f. 6), Labi Siffre (ff. 7 verso, 8 verso), Janet Dubé (ff. 9 recto-verso), Norah Isaac (ff. 10, 45), Glyn Jones (f. 12 verso), Bernard Mitchell (ff. 13, 17), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 17-18, 42, 49, 53), Walford Davies (ff. 42, 48 verso, 49), Roland Mathias (ff. 46 recto-verso) and Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 50, 51 verso). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted in on ff. 5 verso, 13, 16, 57.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 2001 with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life and interests and comments on the news (ff. 8 verso-60 verso).
The volume includes references to R. S. Thomas (ff. 11, 15, 17, 47 verso), Dafydd Rowlands (f. 25), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27, 30, 34-35) and John Cowper Powys (ff. 33 verso, 38 verso). Various cuttings, photographs and other items have been either pasted into the volume (inside front cover and ff. 1, 12, 23 verso, 30 verso, 36, 45 verso) or tipped in at the end (ff. 67-69).

Diary of Raymond Garlick, Blaenau Ffestiniog, for 1956, with one day to a page, containing entries for 1 January-3 May (ff. 2-62 verso), with occasional scattered entries thereafter, mostly concerning personal and family matters, his writing and broadcasting, teaching at Ffestiniog County School and his activities in the Catholic Church.
There are references throughout to Garlick's literary and other friends, most notably John Cowper Powys and his wife Phyllis Playter (ff. 3-27 verso passim, 39 verso, 42 verso, 53, 55, 59 verso, 151 recto-verso, 158 verso). Among the school pupils mentioned are the lexicographer Bruce Griffiths (ff. 7, 33 verso) and the actor Grey Evans (f. 16 verso). The volume contains drafts and fair copies of several poems, including thirteen stanzas of 'Blaenau Observed', the poem for radio, transmitted 14 June (ff. 36, 52 verso, 53 verso); the unfinished 'Octave of a sonnet on the Scourging of Our Lord' (f. 44 verso); the sonnets 'The Crowning with Thorns' (f. 45 verso), 'The October Risings' (f. 153) and 'The November Suppressions' (ff. 155 verso, 158); eleven stanzas of a poem concerning a pilgrimage to Lourdes (ff. 12 verso, 13 verso-14 verso); and a single verse (f. 56 verso). 'Blaenau Observed' was published as a pamphlet in 1956, reprinted by the Dock Leaves Press in 1957 and was included in A Sense of Europe: Collected Poems 1954-1968 (Llandysul, 1968); 'The November Suppressions' was published in The Welsh Nation, 10 November 1956, p. 1 (see cutting on f. 158).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1987, with one day to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 3-186).
The volume includes references to Andrew Sachs (ff. 4 recto-verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 71 verso, 152 verso, 162 verso, 167-168), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 4 verso, 103), R. S. Thomas (ff. 7 verso, 46, 181), Tony Bianchi (f. 46 verso), Tom Paulin (ff. 45 verso, 46 verso), John Petts (f. 55 verso), Glyn Jones (f. 106), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 106, 116, 117 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 22-157 passim), Elwyn Davies (f. 124), Belinda Humfrey (ff. 144, 179 verso-180), Tony Conran (f. 165 verso), Jacques Wirz (ff. 13, 146 verso-149) and Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 22, 34, 91, 104, 144). He also describes visits to the Netherlands (ff. 123-125) and Switzerland (ff. 146 verso-149). Also included are a few notes and cash accounts (ff. 188-189 verso, 195) while a few cuttings have been pasted into the volume.

Collins Royal diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1989, with two days to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 6-110).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 10-104 verso passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 11 verso, 59, 61 verso-62, 101), Lynette Roberts (f. 15), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 21, 23), Don Dale-Jones (f. 21), George Noakes (ff. 23 verso-24), Sally Roberts Jones (f. 27), John Tripp (f. 61), Tom Ellis (f. 70), Norah Isaac (f. 79), Jonah Jones (f. 95, 102 verso) and Wyn Binding (f. 101). From 8 March (f. 25) onwards there are frequent notes on the composition of poems. The volume includes drafts of Garlick's poem 'Annus Mirabilis' (ff. 83 recto-verso) as well as a transcript of a poem by R. S. Thomas on Troy (f. 62) (see R. S. Thomas: Letters to Raymond Garlick 1951-1999, ed. by Jason Walford Davies (Llandysul, 2009), p. 136). There is also a description of a cruise, 31 May-14 June, of the Eastern Mediterranean, including visits to Venice, Istanbul, Troy, Athens and various Greek islands (ff. 49-53).

Help Desk Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1993, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news, 28 December 1992-31 December 1993 (ff. 2 verso-55).
There are no entries for 15-21 March (ff. 13 verso-14). The volume includes references to R. S. Thomas (ff. 4 verso, 12 verso, 46, 53 verso, 55), Seamus Heaney (f. 5 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 7-12 verso passim, 24 verso-28 verso passim, 40 verso-44), Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 10 verso-11), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27 verso-37 verso passim, 52) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 7 verso). He also describes visits to Malta, 29 December 1992-5 January 1993 (ff. 2 verso-3 verso, with additional notes on ff. 1 verso-2), Tenerife, 16-26 April 1993 (ff. 18-19 verso), and the Netherlands, 15-18 October 1993 (ff. 44 recto-verso). Ephemera found loose inside the volume have been tipped in at the end (ff. 62 verso-64 verso).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1998 with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life and interests and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (ff. 1 verso, 26 verso, 33-34, 36 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 2-17 passim, 22 verso, 38 verso), Ted Hughes (ff. 3 verso, 45), Roland Mathias (f. 10), R. S. Thomas (ff. 11 verso, 23-24, 49), Siân Phillips (ff. 27 recto-verso, 28 verso) and Phyllis Playter (ff. 33, 34, 36 verso) and to the death of Wyn Binding (ff. 1 verso, 7, 8). Also included are details of his trip to St Louis, Missouri, and Pella, Iowa, in April to receive an honorary doctorate (ff. 15 verso-17). Two press cuttings (ff. 42a, 50a) have been tipped into the volume.

Over sixty letters, 1969-1993, to Raymond Garlick from Elwyn Davies, journalist, teacher, translator and poet, containing personal news and comments on their own work and that of other Anglo-Welsh writers.

Corrected proofs, [?1976], of Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976), containing corrections to punctuation, typographical errors and pagination, together with minor revisions to the poems 'Fanfare for Europe' (ff. 11-12) and 'Incense' (f. 64), all supplied in red ink by the author.

Forty-nine manuscript and typescript letters and cards, 1955-2003, from Jonah Jones to Raymond Garlick, containing personal news and matters relating to work (ff. 1-39, 44-45, 48-55, 57-69); along with seven letters from Jones' wife Judith Maro, 1972-1973, 1991 (ff. 40-43, 46-47, 56).
The earlier letters (ff. 1-31) mainly concern articles for Dock Leaves and Anglo-Welsh Review and include captions for plates illustrating sculptures by Jones (ff. 5-6; see Dock Leaves, 7 (Winter 1956), between pp. 32-33) and the manuscript for Jones' article 'Kyffin Williams' (ff. 10-13; see Dock Leaves, 8 (Summer 1957), 42-43). Also included are Jones' curriculum vitae, [2003] (f. 65), a poem, [2003] (f. 66), and obituaries, 2004-2005 (ff. 70-72).

Thirteen letters and postcards, 1950-1961, to Raymond Garlick, mainly concerning articles for Dock Leaves and The Anglo-Welsh Review.
The correspondents are A. W. Wade-Evans, 1955-1959 (ff. 1-4), John Cowper Powys, 5 March 1961 (ff. 5-6), D. J. Williams, Fishguard, 1950-1957 (ff. 7-13; in English and Welsh), and Huw Menai [Williams], 3 October 1951 (f. 14).

Over a hundred letters and cards, 1947-1957, 1985-1993, from Raymond Garlick to Dr Jacques Wirz of Basel, Switzerland, containing personal news and comments on his teaching and literary work.
Also included are typescript drafts of eight poems published in the writer's Poems from the Mountain-House (London, [1950]) (ff. 9-16) and six published in Travel Notes (Llandysul, 1992) (ff. 137-140, 142-143); a typescript draft of his article 'A poet looks back', Llais Llyfrau/Book News from Wales (Summer 1989) (ff. 134-136); together with reviews and other printed material relating to him and his work, 1988-1993.

Over a hundred letters and cards, 1985-1993, to Raymond Garlick from Dr Jacques Wirz of Basel, Switzerland, containing mainly personal news and comments.

Papers of Raymond Garlick, 1944-2005, comprising poetry, 1951-1999; letters, 1944-2003, from Elwyn Davies, Jonah Jones, Brenda Chamberlain, Cledwyn Hughes, A. G. Prys-Jones and others; and diaries and travel journals, 1950, 1956-1957, 1987-1998, 2000-2001. The diaries contain frequent references to his family, including his children Iestyn and Angharad, and to friends such as John Cowper Powys, Jon Dressel, R. S. Thomas and Roland Mathias.

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing drafts of twenty-one poems, dated March-December 1970.
Thirteen of the poems are noted as having been published in various periodicals, mainly Poetry Wales. Seventeen of the poems were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972); the remaining four poems are possibly unpublished.

A notebook in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts, together with forty-four pages of pasted in typescript drafts, of thirty-three poems, dated January 1977-May 1978 (ff. 3-93 verso).
Some twenty poems were published in the Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales and Planet, while sixteen appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987). Eleven poems appear to be unpublished. Also included loose in the volume is a list of the contents of the volume, recording publication details (ff. 96-97).

A notebook, 1978-1989, in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts and sixty pages of pasted in typescript drafts of twenty-five poems, consisting of two groups: fourteen poems, dated June 1978-August 1979 (ff. 3-50), and a further eleven poems, dated March-April 1989 (ff. 50 verso-73 verso).
Of the earlier poems, five were published in Planet and seven appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987), most notably 'Notes for an autobiography' (ff. 31 verso-50); the remaining six are apparently unpublished. Of the eleven later poems six were published in Planet and the New Welsh Review; they were all subsequently collected in Raymond Garlick, Travel Notes: New Poems (Llandysul, 1992).

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts, together with a few pasted-in typescripts, of nineteen poems, dated 2 January 1971-26 April 1972.
Six of the poems were published in Poetry Wales, Planet and Poems '73, while 'Acclamation' (ff. 1-2, 3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-14 (rectos only), 24 recto-verso) was broadcast on BBC Radio on 24 February 1972. Thirteen of the poems, including 'Documentary' (ff. 16-22, rectos only) and a revised version of 'Acclamation', were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972). Five poems are apparently unpublished. Also included are two letters from Meic Stephens, Welsh Arts Council, 31 December 1970 and 18 February 1971, concerning 'Acclamation' (pasted in inside the front cover and on f. 15 respectively). A copy of Dom Julian Stonor, Six Welsh Martyrs (London: Salesian Press, 1961) has been pasted in inside the back cover.

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts of five poems, dated September-November 1974, all of which were included in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976).

A notebook in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing drafts of thirteen poems, dated April 1972-July 1973.
Eleven of the poems were published in the Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales and Planet; the remaining two were contributed to the Welsh Arts Council's Dial-a-Poem scheme. The poems were all collected in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976). A single verse of an unfinished poem is on f. 13; it is crossed out and is apparently unpublished.