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Xerox copies, [?1977], of a summary compiled by the donor, July-September 1976, of the history of the Jehu family of Melin-y-ddol, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire (ff. i, 1-29), and an accompanying family tree, October 1976 (f. 30).

A revised typescript draft, 1977-1978, of a poem entitled 'Crewe Blues' by John Tripp.
The draft has numerous manuscript revisions and annotations and has the typescript title 'British Rail Blues (The Junction of Despair)' crossed through and replaced with 'Crewe Blues' in ink. A heavily revised version of the poem (see NLW MS 24013D, f. 136) was published as 'Northern Railway Blues' in John Tripp, The Meaning of Apricot Sponge, ed. by Tony Curtis (Cardigan, 2010), pp. 162-163. The poem was apparently written after a Christmas visit by Tripp to his friend the philosopher Allen Phillips Griffiths in Coventry.

Letter, 13 January 1977, from R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron, to a Mr Morgan [of ?Leicester], apparently replying to questions about the influences on his poetry and the social and linguistic make-up of his previous and current parishes.

Miscellaneous notes on dialect, curiosity of villagers and village anecdotes; schedule of visits in 1984; list of influential figures and their works in the field of dialect studies; dates of marriages of the author's children; and a printed newsletter, 1977.

Llythyr, 22 Awst [1976x1979], oddi wrth Rachel Bromwich, Bethesda, at Mr [David] Jenkins, [Penrhyn-coch, sir Aberteifi], yn trafod rhai lleoliadau yng ngogledd sir Aberteifi ac iddynt gysylltiad â Dafydd ap Gwilym, yn arbennig 'Melin y Prior' a 'Bwlch y Maen'. Aeth Jenkins a Bromwich ar daith tywys o amgylch yr ardal wythnos ynghynt; ganed Dafydd ap Gwilym, mae'n debyg, ym Mrogynin, Penrhyn-coch. = A letter, 22 August [1976x1979], from Rachel Bromwich, Bethesda, to Mr [David] Jenkins, [Penrhyn-coch, Cardiganshire], discussing certain places in northern Cardiganshire associated with the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, in particular 'Melin y Prior' and 'Bwlch y Maen'. Jenkins had given Bromwich a tour of the area the previous week; Brogynin in Penrhyn-coch was Dafydd ap Gwilym's probable birthplace.

Part of the proof of Let Dogs Delight [?c. 1975]; an article by George Ewart Evans on his impressions of the old and new offices of Faber and Faber; typescript reader's report on The Land Remembers by Gwyn Williams; notes on textual changes to The Dying Gaul; typed and printed articles on dialect, a book fair and a libel case involving Faber and Faber; printed leaflet for the funeral service of Morley Kennerley, March 1985.

Manuscript notes for the introduction to Let Dogs Delight; list of complimentary and review copies; two book order forms, showing the jacket design; press reviews; cuttings relating to dialect, old rural life and paintings of farm waggons.

Llythyr, 29 Tachwedd 1975, oddi wrth y bardd R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron, at Helen Thomas, disgybl ysgol yng Ngresffordd (f. 84). Mae’n trafod anghenion beirdd ifanc wrth ddatblygu arddull ac yn rhoi ei farn ar newyddiadurwyr, mewn ymateb i erthygl amdano yn y wasg, o bosib 'The Enigma of Aberdaron' gan Byron Rogers (Daily Telegraph Magazine, 7 Tachwedd 1975, tt. 25-26, 28-29). = A letter, 29 November 1975, from the poet R. S. Thomas, Aberdaron, to Helen Thomas, a school pupil from Gresford (f. 84). He comments on the needs of young poets learning their craft and gives his opinion on journalists, in response to an article on him in the press, possibly Byron Rogers's 'The Enigma of Aberdaron' (Daily Telegraph Magazine, 7 November 1975, pp. 25-26, 28-29).
Ceir hefyd gyfieithiad Saesneg o'r llythyr, mewn llaw anhysbys (f. 85), ac amlen hunan-gyfeiriedig a yrrwyd gan Helen Thomas gyda'i llythyr gwreiddiol (f. 84a). = Also included is an English translation of the letter, in an unknown hand (f. 85), and a self-addressed envelope presumably sent by Helen Thomas with her original letter (f. 84a).

Correspondence, 1974-8, mainly from Faber and Faber, relating to the publication of Let Dogs Delight, including the jacket illustration by David Gentleman, and to the preparation of The Days That We Have Seen; copy letter from the BBC giving notice of a broadcast of three stories.

Extracts from reference works in connection with village communities, philosophy and horses; letter and article on shepherds from Country Life, Christmas 1974; press cutting, 1984, and a draft letter by George Ewart Evans relating to financial cuts in the Institute of Dialect and Folk Life Studies at Leeds University.

Typescript Welsh poems by Peate, 1974, 1980, on the deaths of his brother and son, the subject of hospital, and year's end.

Pedigree chart, dated 15 October 1973, of Arthur Jones-Humphreys, compiled by, and in the hand of, the donor.
Also included are typescript notes on the donor's family and on the 'Fifteen Noble Tribes of Gwynedd' (ff. 2-3).

Material relating to a film entitled 'Requiem for a Village', directed by David Gladwell, including correspondence between David Gladwell and George Ewart Evans, 1973-6, with the latter in an advisory capacity regarding the planning, and letters relating to the eventual showing of the film; a typescript plan for the treatment of the film; programmes for the first showing at the nineteenth London film Festival, November 1975; an invitation to attend the première of the film in Ipswich, March 1976; together with reviews.

Manuscript and typescript notes for lectures presented between 1973 and 1978, on old village life and speech of the villagers; the oral tradition and methods of recording oral evidence; the importance of oral tradition and dialect; cottage childhood; agriculture; and links between land and sea.

Typed summary of a television series entitled 'The Land', annotated by George Ewart Evans.

Autograph draft, [1972], of Dannie Abse's poem 'Down the M4', containing autograph revisions, deletions and variant readings (f. 74).
Also included is a typescript fair copy of his poem 'Talking to Blake', with a manuscript note to Roy [Davids], dated 28 May 1993 (f. 75). 'Down the M4' was collected (as the first in a sequence of four poems entitled 'Car journeys') in Dannie Abse, Funland and Other Poems (London, 1973), p. 27; 'Talking to Blake' was first collected in Dannie Abse, On the Evening Road (London, 1994), p. 3.

A typescript carbon copy, dated 18 May 1972, of an abbreviated version of the fourth draft of a history of the Jehu family, originally of Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire (ff. i, 1-13), along with a photocopy of a manuscript family tree, dated 23 May 1972 (f. 14), both compiled by the donor.

Correspondence, 1972-82, mainly from Faber and Faber, concerning the publication of Acky; some items from the BBC and private individuals, including Sir Bernard Miles, 1973 (442/26).