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An apparently complete manuscript draft, 1955, of 'The Nightingale Silenced', an unpublished autobiographical work by 'Margiad Evans', together with a draft poem, 'The Crows Answer' (f. 100 verso).

Two incomplete manuscript drafts, 1954, of 'The Nightingale Silenced', an unpublished autobiographical work by Margiad Evans, describing the worsening of her epilepsy.
Also included is an apparently unpublished draft poem, 'Dedication. The Egotist' (f. i verso), and a list of poems written whilst a patient in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells (f. 112).

Drafts of unpublished short stories by Margiad Evans, comprising a manuscript draft, [c. 1950-1], of 'The Equerry's House'; typescript drafts of 'And Every Day of their Lives', [c. 1951-3]; 'The Haunted Window', 1953, 'Knight's Move', 1953, and 'The Basilisk', 1953; an unfinished manuscript draft, [c. 1954], of 'A Borrower'; a typescript draft, 1954, of 'The Dome'; and a typescript fragment, [c. 1951-3], of an untitled and unidentified story.
Also included are two related letters to the author and two apparently unpublished draft poems, 'Ode. After Illness' (ff. 1-3) and 'Glass' (f. 99 recto-verso).

Manuscripts and correspondence, [early 1930s]-1985, of James Hanley and his wife, Dorothy Enid ('Timothy') Hanley, comprising literary papers of James Hanley, 1954-1985, consisting of published and unpublished works of fiction, including novels stories and plays, mainly in draft form, some fragmentary; manuscripts of Timothy Hanley, 1932-1980, comprising journals, 1932-1980, and notebooks, 1932-1950, containing draft book reviews, short stories, poems, letters and sketches; and letters, mostly to their son Liam Hanley, from James Hanley, 1951-1981, and Timothy Hanley, 1951-[1970s].

Forty-six letters, ?1908-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames Symons-V), including Arthur Symons (11, and forty-three poems) ?1908-[1935], Dylan Thomas (1) 1950, and G. M. Trevelyan (1) 1956.

Over a hundred letters, ?1908-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames G-I), including Oliver St John Gogarty (10, and two poems) 1918-1952, Nina Hammett (3) [1930]-1956, Philip Heseltine, Peter Warlock (1) 1930, and J. D. Innes (3) ?1910-1913.

Eighty-four letters, [c. 1909]-1961, to Augustus John from various correspondents (surnames D-F), including John Davenport (2) 1956-1961, Tommy Earp (9, with six poems) 1930s-1956, Clough Williams-Ellis (1) 1957, Jacob Epstein (1) 1929, and Roger Fry (1) 1931.

A notebook containing love poetry with a few poems on loose sheets.

Two autograph poems, [1951], by Idris Davies, entitled 'In Glasnevin Cemetery' (ff. 113-116) and 'Mists upon the sea' (f. 117), first published in Dock Leaves, 3.8 (Summer 1952), 28, and ibid. 2.6 (Michaelmas 1951), 36, respectively.
Both appear in The Collected Poems of Idris Davies, ed. by Islwyn Jenkins (Llandysul, 1972), pp. 60-61, 167, and in The Complete Poems of Idris Davies, ed. by Dafydd Johnston (Cardiff, 1994), pp. 161-163.

Fifty-six letters, 1927-1935, to Owain Llewelyn Owain from Griffith William Francis, Nantlle, Caernarvonshire, author of Telyn Eryri (Wrecsam, 1932); together with manuscript poems, 1905-1935, mostly submitted for publication in Y Genedl Gymreig, and cuttings of printed poems. Included are poems collected for a projected second volume of the poetry of G. W. Francis, entitled '''Bwrdd Gwledd y Bardd Gwlad" neu "Rhwng yr Ordd a'r Eingion'''.

Casgliad o farddoniaeth amrywiol, 1733-[1970], yn tarddu o nifer o ffynhonnellau, wedi eu derbyn rhwng 1910 a 1970 a'u hel gyda'u gilydd yn y Llyfrgell Genedlethol. = A collection of miscellaneous poetry, 1733-[1970], derived from various sources, accessioned between 1910 and 1970 and collected together at the National Library of Wales.

Miscellaneous papers, 1863-1950s, of the Lloyd George family, including rent and other receipts, 1863-92, of Richard Owen, father of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 1-48); autographs, 1917, of political figures including Herbert Henry Asquith, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Edward Grey (f. 50 recto-verso); and typescript verse in Welsh and English composed, 1919, by Eliseus Williams ('Eifion Wyn') in praise of Margaret Lloyd George (ff. 51-2).