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The file comprises xerox copies of letters from David Jones to Jim Ede and Helen Ede, which are at Kettle's Yard Cambridge, and which were used in Dai Greatcoat.

The file comprises a xerox copy of a letter from David Jones to Jim Ede, 1935, which is at Kettle's Yard Cambridge, in which he lists his biographical information 'D. J. life for Jim Ede'; typescript copies of letters from David Jones to Jim Ede and Helen Ede, 1927-1929, 1933-1936; notes to René Hague from Harman Grisewood for the contents of The Dying Gaul and The Roman Quarry, 1976; and a sketch possibly of the last supper by David Jones.

The file comprises Faber and Faber's setting copy of Dai Greatcoat, with annotations and corrections and instructions for typesetting, numbered 1-290.

The file comprises a typescript draft of the text of Dai Greatcoat with index and sections 2-4.

The file comprises an annotated typescript draft of the introduction to Dai Greatcoat by René Hague.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones to René Hague, and occasionally to his wife, Jean Hague, 1934-1936, 1946, 1955, 1960, 1963-1967, 1970-1974.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones to René Hague, and occasionally to his wife, Jean Hague, 1933-1974, selected for Dai Greatcoat.

The file comprises typescript and carbon copies of letters from David Jones mainly to Harman Grisewood and Jim Ede, with also letters to Helen Ede and René Hague, with one letter each to Prudence Pelham, Philip Hagreen, and T. S. Eliot.

The file comprises biographical and background information including draft manuscript letters from David Jones to Captain St Luke, 1929, and to Rex Nan Kivell; a catalogue of the David Jones exhibition at the Redfern gallery, 1948; photocopies of family documents, David Jones' demobilisation certificate form the Royal Welsh Fuseliers, 1919, and his certificate of baptism, 1921; photocopies of six letters from David Jones to Colin Hughes, 1969-1972; letters to René Hague from Mike Richey, Tony Hyne, Nicolete Gray, Jim Ede, Tom Burns and others relating to David Jones; and copies of articles by Kathleen Raine and Arthur R. Howell.

The file comprises typescript copies of five letters from David Jones to Jim Ede, 1944-1952, and two to René Hague, 1960-1964, and two letters from René Hague to Peter [Orr] and Nicolete Gray, 1978.

The group comprises draft letters from David Jones to friends and acquaintances, and draft letters to editors of The Tablet, The Times and other newspapers relating to art, literature, history and religion.

The series comprises draft and incomplete letters from David Jones to friends and acquaintances, relating to his work as author and artist, as well as other disparate topics. The series also includes some draft letters to the press which are mixed within the same files.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of writings relating to Wales, its history, language and literature. These drafts reflect David Jones's great interest in Welsh history and should be compared with the appendix to his 'Introduction to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. Most of these drafts appear to be of letters to private correspondents, and some can be seen from David Jones's pagination to be of writings of some length.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones, most of which concern his work as a writer and artist. The addressees are listed on the wrapper. There are drafts containing information about In Parenthesis, the inscription 'Care Wallia derelicta' ('My favourite inscription I think.'), 'A, a, a, Domine Deus' (the meaning of 'causation projects from pillar to pylon') and the other 'fragments' published in The Sleeping Lord and other fragments, The Anathemata, the drawing 'Merlin Land' and the watercolour drawing 'Caregl Blodeuol'. There is also a draft letter concerning Christopher Dawson.

The file comprises a single manuscript draft of part of a letter to an unnamed correspondent. In this draft David Jones discusses the problems of translation with reference to Dante's Divine Comedy and the Canon of the Mass.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters to persons identified by Harman Grisewood as 'Welsh correspondents & acquaintances', including Alun Jones, [Leonard] Twiston-Davies, [Rhydwen] Wiliams, T. H. Parry-Williams and Jonah Jones. Amongst the subjects discussed or referred to are The Anathemata ('I'm working on a book that I suppose may be finished some time but heaven knows when---', 1944); early British and Welsh history; Christopher Dawson [1970]; a commentary by Alun Jones on 'these pieces of mine' (the sleeve notes for the record in the 'Poets of Wales' series of David Jones reading selections of his work?); and the situation of the arts in modern civilization (1972); the inscription made by him and presented to Sir Thomas Parry-Williams by the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion in 1967; a short questionnaire concerning Wales and the First World War (see The London Welshman, December 1964, pp. 3-4); and the 'Letter from David Jones' published in Poetry Wales, David Jones Special Number, vol. 8, no. 3 (Winter 1972), pp. 5-9. There are a number of drafts of a letter to Gwynfor Evans congratulating him on his electoral victory at Carmarthen in 1966.

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of prose writings (probably all letters). Amongst these drafts is one of part of a letter, probably to The Times, concerning a scheme to establish a military training area somewhere in Wales (1947) and another of part of a letter concerning The Great North Road (1961, see CF2/25). Amongst the subjects discussed or referred to by David Jones in other drafts are 'demythologists' in theology and other fields of study, St Paul, Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art, his mother's drawings, Welsh history and 'The Narrows' (1973).

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to friends and associates, including William Blissett, Jim and Helen Ede, Dame Edith [Sitwell], Ethel [Watts], Rachel Bromwich, Vernon [Watkins], Aneirin [Talfan Davies], [Rhydwen] Williams, [Thomas] Charles Edwards, Prof. Thomas Jones and others. Many of the drafts are incomplete, many only of the first paragraph of the letter. There is also a short note from D. Gwenallt Jones, 1957.

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to friends and associates, including Mr Alcock, Jackson Knight, Tony Stoneburner, Walter Shewring, Glyn Jones, Harman Grisewood, Alun Oldfield-Davies, T. Charles Edwards, Gwynfor Evans, Peter Orr, Valerie Wynne-Williams, Rachel Bromwich, and others. Many of the drafts are incomplete, many only of the first paragraph of the letter. There are also many letters to editors of newspapers.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to some of his dearest friends: René Hague, Valerie Wynne Williams (and to her mother Mrs Price), Harman Grisewood, Helen Sutherland, Tom Burns, Jim Ede, Morag [McLennan], and Saunders Lewis.