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Manuscript drafts and typescripts of the introduction to the book; list for distribution of complimentary copies; photographs of a county map of Suffolk; press cuttings, 1956, relating to reviews of the book and a radio broadcast of Suffolk dialect; printed programme for lectures on the folk-lore of plants. See also no. 421.

Suggestions and treatment for Welsh film, 1956, Blaxhall film, 1957, and rural crafts film.

A talk or article entitled 'Books on the Countryside, Chosen by George Ewart Evans', as examples of literature which influenced his thought or assisted his research into dialect and rural life.

Annotated typescript list of contents of the Blaxhall tapes, 1956; a list of contributors to 'The Country Child' programme and a brief review; two press cuttings, 1967-8, on the education of working class children. See also no. 471.

Letters, 1956-7, regarding a portrait photograph, publication by the Country Book Club, a transcription into Braille for the National Library for the Blind (with a copy of its annual report, March 1956), publicity in the Esso Farmer and the Western Mail.

Correspondence, 1956-81, from the BBC, Radio Times and the British Institute of Recorded Sound, relating to recording and articles on oral history; letters and a press cutting, 1972, on the sacking of Charles Parker, producer of 'Radio Ballads'; a proposal to honour George Ewart Evans with a volume of essays, and a copy of his refusal.

Autograph copy, [1956], of Margiad Evans's poem 'The Thunderstorm', dated 1954 but said to have been written while a patient at the [Kent and Sussex] Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, two years earlier. The poem is apparently unpublished.

View of Windsor End, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, published by Francis Frith. Posted from Amersham, 22 Aug 1970. Addressed to Miss G V Vaughan Jones, Barry.

Sketches and notes on domestic and church architecture, including an envelope which contains a house plan, rubbings taken from beams, and relevant correspondence.

Correspondence, 1955-72, mainly with Faber and Faber, relating to the publication of the Days That We Have Seen and the first and second editions of Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay; some letters concerning copyright of title and use of photographs for illustrations.

Llythyr, 5 Ebrill 1955, oddi wrth D. J. Williams, Abergwaun, at Huw Davies, [Llandaf], yn mynegi ei farn ynghlŷn â Mudiad Gweriniaethol Cymru, a sefydlwyd gan Davies ymysg eraill. = Letter, 5 April 1955, from D. J. Williams, Fishguard, to Huw Davies, [Llandaf], giving his views on the Welsh Republican Movement, of which Davies was a founder member.

Papurau, 1955-1962, fu'n eiddo i Eileen Beasley, Llangennech, ac sy'n ymwneud â'r ymgyrch ganddi hi a'i gŵr Trefor am yr hawl i gael ffurflenni treth oddi wrth Gyngor Dosbarth Gwledig Llanelli yn y Gymraeg. = Papers, 1955-1962, of Eileen Beasley, Llangennech, relating to her and her husband Trefor's campaign for the right to have rate demand notices from Llanelly Rural District Council sent in Welsh.
Mae'r papurau yn cynnwys llythyr at y Beasleys oddi wrth GDG Llanelli, 24 Medi 1955 (f. 27), a llythyr oddi wrth Mrs Beasley at y Cyngor, 9 Tachwedd 1955 (f. 28); copi carbon o lythyr, [?1955], oddi wrth Janette Queillé, Cuingamps [?Guingamp, Llydaw], at GDG Llanelli (f. 29); dwy ffurflen 'Notice of Distress' a gyflwynwyd i'r Beasleys mewn perthynas ag eiddo a atafaelwyd gan y Cyngor, Mawrth 1956, Ionawr 1958 (ff. 30-31); a dau lythyr at Eileen Beasley, Rhagfyr 1961, Ionawr 1962, oddi wrth Saunders Lewis, ynglŷn â'i ymchwil ar gyfer ei ddarlith radio 'Tynged yr Iaith', lle bu'n trafod eu hymgyrch (gw. Saunders Lewis, Tynged yr Iaith (Llundain, [1962]), tt. 27-28) (ff. 32-33). = The papers include letters to the Beasleys from Llanelly RDC, 24 September 1955 (f. 27), and from Mrs Beasley to the Council, 9 November 1955 (f. 28); a carbon copy letter, [?1955], from Janette Queillé, Cuingamps [?Guingamp, Brittany], to Llanelly RDC, (f. 29); two Notices of Distress issued to the Beasleys, relating to property seized by the Council, March 1956, January 1958 (ff. 30-31); and two letters to Eileen Beasley, December 1961, January 1962, from Saunders Lewis, concerning his research for his radio lecture 'Tynged yr Iaith', in which he discussed their campaign (see Saunders Lewis, Tynged yr Iaith (London, [1962]), pp. 27-28) (ff. 32-33).

Two letters by A. P. Robinson of Berwyn, The Park, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, dated 11 February, 1955, relating to the manufacture of early steam ploughs and anecdotes involving Prince Halim Pasha of Egypt and Prince Duleep Singhi of India; a note of thanks for a donation to Ipswich Museum, 1956; correspondence from the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), dated 1956-7, notes and sketches relating to merchants' marks in ancient buildings; and a postcard, 1966.

Copy of The Times, 1805, reprinted 1955; an article by George Ewart Evans, entitled 'Building on History', Home Magazine, July 1961; other press cuttings, 1964-6, relating to local history, the horticulturalist, Robert Uvedale, in connection with cedar trees, and customs surrounding pig-killing.

A copy of Clifford Dyment, Experiences and Places: New Poems (London, 1955) containing pencil annotations by the author.
These include notes headed 'Capricorn / middleclass / heart in middle' (front endpaper); notes relating to the poems 'Derbyshire born, Monmouth is my home' (p. 7) and 'The Corner Shop' (p. 19); and an early version of 'Bahnhofstrasse' (p. 36).

Three letters, September-October 1954, from John Cowper Powys, Corwen, to Mr [Henry] Evans Jones, [of Edward Jones & Son, solicitors], relating to his and Phyllis Playter's purchase of 1 Waterloo, Bethania, Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Notebook, 1954, containing notes on literature, notably the work of Capell Lofft and the Bloomfield brothers, and descriptions of dreams experienced by George Ewart Evans.

A letter, November 1954 (dated 'Calan Gaeaf MCMLIV' [1 November 1954] but completed at a later date), and decorated with a coloured inscription, from the artist and writer David Jones to the dramatist, poet and critic Saunders Lewis.
The letter contains personal news and refers to the Lewis's contribution to a radio broadcast about David Jones transmitted on the Welsh Home Service, 29 October 1954 (see NLW, Alun Oldfield-Davies Papers 27 for a copy of the script).

Llythyr awyrbost, 28 Gorffennaf [19]53, oddi wrth y dringwr mynyddoedd Charles [Evans], yn Kathmandu, Nepal, at y Parch. Robert Evans, Derwen, yn rhoi adroddiad yn y fan a'r lle o fywyd bugeiliol y Sherpa brodorol ym mhentref Khumjung, Nepal. Evans oedd dirprwy arweinydd y cyrch ar Everest ym 1953, a arweiniwyd gan John Hunt; ysgrifennwyd y llythyr deufis ar ôl ymgais aflwyddiannus Evans a Tom Bourdillon i gyrraedd y copa ar 26 Mai 1953, tri diwrnod cyn esgyniad Tenzing a Hillary. = An air mail letter, 28 July [19]53, from the mountaineer Charles [Evans], in Kathmandu, Nepal, to the Rev. Robert Evans, Derwen, giving an eyewitness account of the pastoral life of native Sherpas in the village of Khumjung, Nepal. Evans was deputy leader of the 1953 British Everest expedition, led by John Hunt; the letter was written two months after Evans's unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Everest with Tom Bourdillon on 26 May 1953, three days before Tenzing and Hillary's ascent.