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Papers relating to the Williams family genealogy, including correspondence, 1973-1985, principally from Emlyn Williams's nephew, David Emlyn Williams; photocopies and transcripts of documents, 1658-1921, including a transcript of the will of Thomas Pennant, 1658, with related papers; a photocopy and transcript of the will of Edward Williams, 1693; photocopies of wills of other members of the Williams family, 1733-1907; photocopies of the tithe schedule, 1831, and transcript of the census records, 1851, for Cilcain; together with manuscript family trees.

Newspaper cuttings relating to the presentation by Emlyn Williams of the manuscript of The Corn is Green to the National Library of Wales [NLW MS 18970C].

The scrap-books include correspondence, playbills, press cuttings and photographs, relating to Emlyn Williams, his family and friends. Newspaper extracts relating to current affairs are also included. A large quantity of material has been tipped in between the pages of the scrap-books. However to facilitate reference, only the scrap-book pages have been foliated. Thus a folio number can refer to the tipped in material, as well as to the scrap-book folio. This is a selective index, fan mail has not usually been indexed unless written by correspondents of note, and letters from Miss Cooke and family correspondence have not been indexed. The names of the correspondents are listed as they appear in the scrap-books. Most of the material refers to stage appearances by Emlyn Williams. The names of the authors of works not written by Emlyn Williams have been noted.

Scrap-book, 1869-1932. Including: material on family history (ff. 1-11); school days (ff. 13-18); Oxford (ff. 18v-28); Vigil (f. 26); Full Moon (ff. 27-8, 38v-9v); And So To Bed (ff. 28v-9v); Glamour (ff. 31-8); On The Spot (ff. 46v-52v); A Murder has been Arranged (ff. 53-4v, 57-63); The Case of the Frightened Lady by Edgar Wallace (ff. 67v-70v); Port Said, 1931 (ff. 71-3v); and including family correspondence.

Scrap-book, 1932-1937. Including: material on the film The Frightened Lady' (ff. 2v-3); Criminal at Large by Edgar Wallace (ff. 5-13v); Spring, 1600 (ff. 22v-6v); Night Must Fall (ff. 34v-63, 68v-76, 89-93); the filmBroken Blossoms' (ff. 63v-66); He Was Born Gay (ff. 81v-8); and including letters from Margaret Epstein (f. 18); Jacob Epstein (f. 21v); Margaret Lloyd George (f. 39v); [Noël] Coward (f. 44v); Hugh Walpole (f. 45); Charles B. Cochran (f. 47v); Megan [Lloyd George] (f. 61); and Monty Shearman (f. 62).

Scrap-book, 1937-1943. Including: material on Shakespeare's Richard III (ff. 3-6v); Night Must Fall (ff. 7-10v); The Corn is Green (ff. 17-50v, 78-89v and passim); the film of They Drive by Night from the novel by James Curtis (ff. 41-2, passim); The Light of Heart (ff. 53v-62, passim); The Morning Star (ff. 123-142); and including letters from John Gielgud (f. 13); Sybil [Thorndike] (f. 17); J. P. [Mitchelhill] (f. 17); Vera Caspary, addressed to Thomas Jones, CH (f. 35); C[harlotte] F[rances] Shaw (f. 37); Mary T[empest] (f. 47); Harley Granville Barker (f. 52v); Charles B. Cochran (f. 52v); Augustus John (f. 73v); Rudolf Besier (f. 74); Flora [Robson] (copy letter to Eric Barker, f. 77); and Gladys Cooper (f. 131v).

Scrap-book, 1943-1939. Including: material on The Wind of Heaven (ff. 19v-42v, 50-1); Spring, 1600 (ff. 43-6); The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan (ff. 51v-62v); Trespass (ff. 63-95v); the film `The Last Days of Dolwyn' (ff. 101v-12, 119v-24v); and including letters from Sydney [Northcote] (f. 2); Tony [Tyrone] Guthrie (f. 2); Alfred [Lunt] (f. 3, 142v); Josh[ua] Logan (f. 7); F[rancoise Rosay] (f. 19); Herman Shumlin (f. 24); Rev. Eric S. Loveday (f. 29v); J. D. Caswell, KC (f. 59v); Paul Soskin (f. 60v); Terry [Terence Rattigan] (f. 69); Donald Medford (f. 94); D. Emrys Evans (f. 113); and Eric Evans (f. 116).

Scrap-book, 1949-1952. Including: material on Montserrat by Emmanuel Robles (ff. 7v-31), Hollywood life (ff. 36-57); Accolade (ff. 64v-80); Dickens tour (ff. 84-132, passim); and including letters from Mary Martin (ff. 12v, 91); Lynn [Fontanne] (f. 23); Vera Caspary (f. 28); Diana [Wynyard] (f. 40); Oliver [Messel] (to Alan Williams, f. 52); Glen [Byam Shaw] (ff. 70, 72); Douglas Fairbanks (ff. 72, 81v); Allan Aynesworth (f. 76); Benjamin Britten (f. 79v); Orson [Welles] (ff. 82, 107v); Noël [Coward] (ff. 84, 88, 91v, 113); Alison Uttley (f. 87v); James Marchant (f. 93v); Monica Dickens (f. 99); Gracie Fields (f. 100); Bette [Davis] (ff. 101, 107); Eric Portman (f. 109); Larry [Laurence Olivier] (ff. 111, 133); and Tallulah [?Bankhead] (f. 127).

Scrap-book, 1952-1957. Including; material on the Dickens and Dylan Thomas tours (passim); Someone Waiting (ff. 30-9); Ibsen's The Wild Duck (ff. 68-75); and letters from Janet Beveridge (f. 3); G[erald] C. Dickens (f. 6); Richard C[harles] D[ickens] Shuckburgh, (f. 8); Nedda and Josh Logan (ff. 14v, 34v); Richard [Burton] (ff. 49, 56); Larry [Laurence Olivier] and Viv[ien Leigh] (ff. 50, 56); Sinéad de Valera (f. 50); Florence Thomas (mother of Dylan, ff. 51v, 89); Yehudi Menuhin (f. 56); Yvonne [Arnaud] (f. 63); Flora [Robson] (f. 72); W. Angus MacLeod (f. 84); Tony [Guthrie] (f. 86v); Kate [Katherine] Hep[burn] (f. 88); Victor Borge (f. 116v); and John [Gielgud] (ff. 56, 132v).

Scrap-book, 1957-1961. Including: material on the Dylan Thomas and Charles Dickens tours, (ff. 1-12, 28-50v, 53-61, 71-90, 93-113); Beth (ff. 18v-37); Shadow of Heroes by Robert Ardrey (ff. 61v-8); and including letters from Harold [Rome] (f. 3); Moss [Hart] (f. 3); Basil Rathbone (f. 4); Ellen Huxley (f. 5); David J. Grimes (f. 8); Alec [?Guinness] (f. 15v); Walter Prude (f. 23v); Sybil [Thorndike] (ff. 25v, 55, 61v, 72); Stephen [Mitchell] (f. 37); Edna [Ferber] (f. 51v); Aneurin Bevan (f. 53); Ralph [Richardson] (f. 54v); Richard Burton (ff. 57, 116v); Bransby W[illiams] (f. 57); Dodie [Smith] (f. 58); Peter Sellers (f. 61v); Peter [Hall] (f. 61v); David [Davies] (f. 65v); E. D. Jones (f. 66); John Cecil-Williams (f. 66); Lord Devonport [Gerald Chester] (f. 66v); Gwilym [Lloyd George] (ff. 66v, 113); Larry [Laurence Olivier] (ff. 61v, 79, 96); Greer Garson (f. 81v); Nedda and Josh Logan (f. 82v); Mrs Vincent Astor (f. 85); Vivien Leigh (f. 91v); Binkie [Hugh Beaumont] (f. 92); Megan [Lloyd George] (f. 92); Jack [Jones, Rhiwbina] (f. 103v); Tony [Anthony Armstrong-Jones] (ff. 111v, 115); and Claud Dickens (great-grandson of Charles Dickens, f. 113).

Scrap-book, 1961. Including; material on George and letters from Eliot Hodgkin (f. 2); Alfred [Lunt] (f. 2v); Richard [Burton] (f. 4); Sybil [Thorndike] (f. 6); Blanche Yurka (f. 7); B. S. Fidler (f. 9); Noël [Coward] (f. 9); and Lillian [Gish] (f. 11), together with letters and cards from Miss Cooke, Noël [Coward], Bette [Davis], Edith [Evans], Winifred [Clemence Dane], John [Gielgud] and Hilda Morris, which were loose in the volume and which have been placed in an envelope attached to folio 12. There are many loose photographs and newspaper cuttings in this volume.

The date of the original production of the play is given in brackets.

Published copy in The Oxford Outlook, 1926; typescript, 1939; and an undated typescript marked 'a radio play'.

Typescript with manuscript revision, 1943, marked `original'; typescript with manuscript revision, 1954, for the Tyrone Guthrie production, Swansea; two manuscript musical scores by Sydney Northcote, 1954, a stage play licence for the Royal Institution Theatre, Swansea, 1954; and an undated later typescript.

Published copies, (Exmouth: Raleigh Press, 1945) and (London: Heinemann, 1945) the first marked `To Omar with love from Emlyn, 1947'; and two typescripts, one dated 1962.

Undated adaptation for television by Donald Wilson.

Typescript, 1950, with manuscript revision.

French published version, adapted by André Roussin, 1955; six typescripts, 1984, together with related correspondence and papers, including letters to and from Tom Courtenay (D14/9-10); a letter from Peter Barkworth (D14/12); and a copy letter from Emlyn Williams to Anthony Hopkins (D14/13).

Musical play based on The Corn is Green with music by Albert Hague and lyrics by Emlyn Williams: typescript of the lyrics, May 1973, together with a file of draft lyrics, c. 1972-3; manuscript music score, 1974; correspondence, 1972-83, the majority being from Joshua Logan; and a typescript marked `final version Oct. 1974'.

Rewriting of Beth: four typescripts 1986, one marked `key copy'; together with related correspondence, 1985-6, including letters from Joan Plowright (D16/5); Michael Redington (D16/6-8, D16/14, D16/16, D16/18-23); Dorothy Tutin (D16/11) and Patricia Routledge (D16/13).