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Material relating to the Welsh Union of Writers. Items include copy of WUW trust deed; WUW newsletters; details of WUW executive members' meetings, AGMs and conferences; list of WUW members; correspondence; tribute material relating to poet Harri Webb (d. 1994); press releases; details relating to PEN conference; details relating to Arts Council-awarded bursaries and list of recipients; rough notes by Nigel Jenkins and others; and press cuttings. Some folios annotated by Nigel Jenkins and others.

Material relating to the compilation and production of Nigel Jenkins' Acts of Union: Selected Poems 1974-1989, published by Gomer Press in 1990, comprising correspondence, 1987-1990, between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; overview of possible themes, content, layout, etc; printed publication agreement between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; reviews of Acts of Union; letters, 1996, 1999 and n.d., to Nigel Jenkins in response to Acts of Union; and printed royalty accounts.

Printed illustrated poster of a poem entitled Shoes, translated by Nigel Jenkins from the original Welsh of Menna Elfyn.

Printed illustrated posters of poems by Tim Mitchell entitled Greek Science in Manchester, This is Not a Love Story, John Ford is Really Dead Also and Quadrant; and photocopied illustrated text of poem relating to dinosaurs and evolution by unnamed author.

Substantial letter, 1999, to Nigel Jenkins from Khasi poet and writer Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, enclosing poetry and a prose piece entitled The Lost Manuscript.

Material relating to a piece by Nigel Jenkins on the artist Catrin Williams. Items comprise copies of artworks by Catrin Williams; card from Catrin Williams to Nigel Jenkins; printed invitations to private viewings; notes and biographical details relating to Catrin Williams; artist statement by Catrin Williams; exhibition programme for 1998; and photocopied material from printed sources relating to Catrin Williams.

Material relating to the Celtic World academic course tutored by Nigel Jenkins. Items include outline of course modules; book lists; essay topics; module notes; examination questions; printed maps; printed booklets relating to Castell Henllys; and press cuttings. Many items annotated by Nigel Jenkins.

Miscellaneous material relating to media broadcasts of Nigel Jenkins. Items include notes for interview with poet Harri Webb; list of Swansea writers; draft ideas/proposed scripts by Nigel Jenkins; guidelines for writers; correspondence; rough notes by Nigel Jenkins;

Letters and card, 1989, 1991-1992, 1998, to Nigel Jenkins from poet and writer Robert Minhinnick.

Material relating to workshops tutored by Nigel Jenkins. Items include printed creative writing textbooks; workshop syllabuses; poetic anthologies produced by workshop students; reports on workshops by Nigel Jenkins and by students; correspondence; notes by Nigel Jenkins; and photocopied photographs.

Material relating to the literary promotion agency Canto, including applications by Canto to the Arts Council of Wales; material relating to the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Academy and Antur Teifi; correspondence; projected expenses; press releases; mission statements; newsletters; and biographical details relating to Nigel Jenkins. One or two folios annotated by Nigel Jenkins.

Letters, 1994-1996, 1998, to Nigel Jenkins from Indian poet and translator Robin Ngangom, one letter enclosing poetry and press cutting.

Material relating to a Swansea municipal poetry project in which Nigel Jenkins, along with other poets and artists, was commissioned to take part. The material includes printed material relating to public art; correspondence, principally between Nigel Jenkins and Swansea City Council and between Nigel Jenkins and Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales; proposed poetry texts; architectural plans; overview of project; biographical details relating to Nigel Jenkins and fellow poet Menna Elfyn; articles and reports by Nigel Jenkins; press cuttings; and notes and draft poetry by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the poetic tour of the United States, England and Ireland undertaken in 1997-1998 by poets Nigel Jenkins, Iwan Llwyd and Menna Elfyn under the title Three for Wales. Items include overviews of tour; tour itineraries, annotated by Nigel Jenkins, and maps; projected tour expenses; poetry, largely Welsh poetry with English translations, many annotated by Nigel Jenkins; letters to Nigel Jenkins from Menna Elfyn and Iwan Llwyd and from tour venue correspondents; article by Nigel Jenkins; notebook of Nigel Jenkins, audience response to readings; printed material relating to arts events; notes, partly in shorthand, by Nigel Jenkins; and press cuttings.

Material relating to Nigel Jenkins' collaborative projects with stained glass artist David Pearl. The material includes a printed copy of the stained glass artists' periodical Leadline, 1991, which references Nigel Jenkins, and a printed catalogue of an exhibition by David Pearl and others entitled Six Voices/Six Voix, inscribed inside front cover to Nigel Jenkins from David Pearl; draft poetry and draft and fair-copy articles by Nigel Jenkins; correspondence, principally between Nigel Jenkins and Planet periodical; press cuttings; architectural plans; photocopied poetry text; material taken from printed sources; and notes by Nigel Jenkins.

Letter and card, 1992-1993, 1995, 1998 + illegible postmark (card), to Nigel Jenkins from poet, writer, lecturer and Congregational minister Dafydd Rowlands; together with biographical details relating to Dafydd Rowlands.

Correspondence, 1984, 1987, 1998 + n.d., other than that sent or received by Nigel Jenkins, including letter from Chris Torrance to fellow-poet Robert Minhinnick and letter to Nigel Jenkins's wife Delyth.

Photocopied poetic text by Nigel Jenkins for utilisation in a collaborative creation with stained glass artist David Pearl as part of the 1997 Swansea municipal poetry project.

Material relating to the writing of Nigel Jenkins' Wales: The Lie of the Land, published in 1996 by Gomer Press and featuring photographs by Jeremy Moore. Items comprise printed agreement between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; review; royalty statement; and postcard to Nigel Jenkins in response to the book.

Material relating to musical collaborations of Peter Meilleur, including Six of Clubs (previously titled In Octavo Pace), Dee and Deeper/Dyfrdwy'n Dwysau and Shearwater Oratorio/Deryn Drycin. Most of the material is undated.