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The file comprises letters, some received by Rhys Davies during his stays in hospital, postcards and Christmas cards, [1932]-1979, from friends, together with some drafts of letters written by him, [1971]-1978.

The file comprises mainly fragments of unidentified literary works by Rhys Davies, [1918x1978].

The file includes background notes by Rhys Davies on 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa' ?for his chapter on Welsh characters in [My Wales published in 1937] or his unpublished play translated into Welsh by T. J. Williams-Hughes, Y Ferch o Gefn Ydfa (Liverpool, 1938); 'From my notebook' in typescript [published in Wales, October 1943]; and a typescript chapter 'Time and the Welsh mountains' published in Richard Harman, Countryside characters (London, 1946).

The file comprises incomplete manuscript versions of his novel published in 1971, together with dramatisations of it.

Autograph pencil notes, [?1943], by Rhys Davies, outlining the themes, characters, structure and scenes for his novel The Black Venus (London, 1944).
An account of the practice of 'bundling' (ff. 17-19) is an extract from Wirt Sikes, British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (London, 1880), pp. 300-302.

The file, [1929x1978], comprises 'Always a daughter', 'Love kept waiting' and 'The glass/crystal prison' with three letters, 1958, from Curtis Brown Ltd, literary agent, and remarks by Rhys Davies on the characters; together with a synopsis of 'Cock of the walk'.

The file includes a receipt proving that Rees Vivian Davies's birth had been duly registered on 30 December 1901; papers relating to the OBE awarded to him in 1968; a certificate awarded by Mystery Writers of America for his short story 'The chosen one', 1967; entries for biographical reference books such as Who's Who in the World (1972) and a typescript article by Roland Mathias for Contemporary Novelists (1972); catalogues advertising his signed books, together with a photocopy of his death certificate, 1978, and an office copy of the letters of administration, 1979, of his estate.

The file comprises plays, [1929]-[1978], including 'A bed of feathers', [based on his short story of the same title, 1929]; 'No escape', [1954], from his novel Under the rose (London, 1940) [later published in Ring up the curtain (London, 1955)], together with theatre programmes; a working copy of 'Girl waiting in the shade', based on the novel of the same title published in 1960, with 'General points' by the author; a script based on his novel [Nobody answered the bell (London, 1971)] and another version with the title 'Wolf, wolf'; together with 'Rings on her fingers' by Alma Jones, Bronyglyn, Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire, based on the novel of the same title by Rhys Davies published in 1930.

The file comprises press cuttings, 1928-1979, relating to books by Rhys Davies, including a review of his first novel The withered root (London, 1927), together with his obituary notice from The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 1978, and a review from The Spectator, March 1979 of The best of Rhys Davies.

The file comprises press cuttings, 1940-1978, relating to books and plays by Rhys Davies, in particular his novel The dark daughters published in 1947 and his play 'No escape' which was staged in 1954-1955, together with an obituary published in The Times, 1978.

The file comprises press cuttings, [1950x1978], reflecting the varied interests of Rhys Davies such as literature, Anglo-Welsh writers, Welsh politics, Rhondda history, psychiatry, travel and murders.

The file, [1963]-[1969], comprises the first draft of the first five parts of Rhys Davies's autobiography, together with revisions and the last section which was deleted; and the typescript chapter 'Esther' from his autobiography sent in 1963 to Donald E. Stanford, The Southern Review, Louisiana, which was subsequently returned to him.

The file comprises typescripts, [1936]-[1978], of 'The skull' [The skull (Chepstow, 1936)], 'Tears, idle tears', [The darling of her heart and other stories (London, 1958)], 'All through the night', [The New Yorker, January 1957] and 'A bad home influence', [Planet, October/November 1991], together with 'The benefit concert' broadcast in 1968 and 'A dangerous remedy' broadcast in 1974.

The file contains mainly British and American periodicals including the following short stories and articles by Rhys Davies: 'Phaedra', Wales, August 1939; 'D. H. Lawrence in Bandol', Horizon, October 1940; 'Over at Rainbow Bottom', The Tribune, December 1941; 'The trip to London', World Digest, June 1946; 'The benefit concert', July 1947; 'Writing about the Welsh', The Literary Digest, Summer 1947; 'Harvest moon', The Norseman, January-February, 1948; 'A human condition', The New Yorker, September 1949; 'A visit to Eggeswick Castle', The New Yorker, October 1952; 'The trip to London', Ellery Queen's mystery magazine, December 1953; 'All through the night', The New Yorker, January 1957; 'The old Adam', The New Yorker, October 1960'; 'The friendly stove', House & Garden, October 1963; 'I will keep her company', The New Yorker, January 1964; 'The little heiress', The New Yorker, August 1964; 'A bed of feathers', MD's Companion, Winter 1964-1965; 'The fugitive', The Saturday Evening Post, March 1966; 'The chosen one', The New Yorker, June 1966; together with a Swedish translation of 'The last struggle' published in November 1951 and a Danish story published in Politiken Magasinet, [1939]-[1966].

The file comprises manuscript versions, [c. 1978]- 1979, of his last untitled novel set in South Wales [later published as Ram with red horns (Bridgend, 1996)] with research notes, together with a letter, 1979, to his brother A. L. Davies, concerning typing costs.

Correspondence, 1930-1978, of Rhys Davies, comprising some twenty-five letters to various correspondents (ff. 1-31), including his brother Arthur Lewis Davies, 1933-1955 (ff. 1-12), his sisters Gertie E. Davies and Gladys Davies, 1960-1978 (ff. 13-18), and his friend and patron Louise Taylor, 1975-1977 (ff. 20-30); together with some twenty-seven letters to Davies from various correspondents (ff. 32-78), including G. F. Adam, 1947 (f. 32), John Fernald, 1954 (ff. 34-37), John Gawsworth, 1946 (f. 38), James Hanley, [1950s] (f. 40), Anna Kavan, [early 1960s] (f. 44), Keidrych Rhys, 1946 (f. 47), Flora Robson, 1954 (ff. 50-53, copies), Valerie Taylor, 1955 (ff. 56-70), and his sister Peggie Williams, 1945 (ff. 74-75).
Also included is a group of correspondence relating to the dramatisation of Rhys Davies's short story 'Gents Only', 1948 (ff. 79-82), and to the estates of Alice B. Toklas and Louise Taylor, 1978 (ff. 83-86).

Some eighty-nine letters and cards, 1940-1956, from Rhys Davies to his friend Louis F. Quinain, containing mainly personal news and comments on the progress of his work; also included are a copy of The Welsh Nationalist, July 1941, with a few jottings by the writer, and brief notes for a story in the hand of his brother, A. Lewis Davies.

Typescript of the novel Girl waiting in the shade with autograph pencil revision. Paper; ii + 270 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 2.

Autograph second pencil draft of Nobody answered the bell. Several series of foliation numbers by the author provide evidence of expansion and rewriting within this draft. 228 Leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 13.

Typescript with some pencil revision of Rhys Davies's novel, 'Nobody answered the bell', together with preliminary matter for the book. Paper; viii + 193 ff.; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 17.