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Three letters and a card, 1941-1958, from Augustus John to his son-in-law, Villiers Bergne, together with five letters and cards, 1968-1969, to Bergne from Michael Holroyd concerning the latter's biography of Augustus John.

A typescript draft of 'Have a Cigarette', an English translation by Saunders Lewis of his play 'Gymerwch Chi Sigaret? (Llandybie, 1956); the translation is apparently unperformed and unpublished.
The English translation amends the original Welsh version in some places, particularly in the second act, the most substantial emendation being an entirely new beginning to that act (ff. 18-21). There are also manuscript emendations and annotations by the author and another unidentified hand. The manuscript title-page (f. i) is in the hand of Saunders Lewis.

Proof copy of T. S. Eliot's poem 'Usk', 1969, with the original pencil sketch and notes in the hand of Frederic Prokosch [American writer].

A collection of miscellaneous letters and papers, 1698-1969, purchased or received by donation from various sources by the National Library of Wales during the period September 2004-April 2013 and boxed as one volume.

File comprising copies of songs which were sung by the Investiture Choir at Caernarfon Castle on 1 July 1969 at the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. The songs include ‘Praise the Lord’, words by Aneirin Talfan Davies and music by Arwel Hughes; ‘Eryri (Snowdonia)’, words by T. H. Parry-Williams and music by Alun Hoddinott, and ‘Rhapsody for a Prince’ by Mansel Thomas. Also included is a copy of the official programme signed by members of the choir, and press material relating to the event. = Ffeil yn cynnwys copïau o ganeuon a berfformiwyd gan Gôr yr Arwisgiad yng Nghastell Caernarfon, 1 Gorffennaf 1969, adeg Arwisgiad Tywysog Cymru. Yn eu plith mae ‘Molwn di, o Dduw’, y geiriau gan Aneirin Talfan Davies a’r gerddoriaeth gan Arwel Hughes; ‘Eryri’, geiriau gan T. H. Parry-Williams, cerddoriaeth gan Alun Hoddinott, a ‘Rhapsody for a Prince’ gan Mansel Thomas. Ceir copi hefyd o’r rhaglen swyddogol wedi’i harwyddo gan aelodau o’r Côr, a deunydd o’r wasg yn cofnodi’r digwyddiad.

Letters, 1942-1969, mainly to the donor Trevor Williams relating to his research on Caradoc Evans, novelist and short story writer, the subject of his PhD from Cardiff University and his book on the author published in the series Writers in Wales in 1970. The writers of the letters include Pauline Block, a maid in Evans's Rhydlewis home, and Evans's wife, Marguerite, who was herself an author writing under the pseudonyms Countess Barcynska or Oliver Sandys.

Mynegai: Y Drysorfa Ysbrydol, 1799-1801; Y Drysorfa, 1831-1968, Gorffennaf, gan William Phillips, MA, Bangor.

One hundred and thirty-two letters and cards, 1959-1967, from Helen Thomas to Terence Cooper, London, containing mainly personal news and comments on Edward Thomas; also included are two letters, 1962-1965, from Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Helen and Edward Thomas (ff. 45, 144).

Copies of Robert Graves, Goodbye to All That (London, 1966) and The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayaam, trans. by Robert Graves and Omar Ali-Shah (London, 1967), both with manuscript inscriptions by Graves, dedicating them to Owen Roberts who saved Graves's life at High Wood, 20 July 1916, during the Somme offensive, when both were officers with the Royal Welch Fusiliers.

Forty-five letters and cards, 1948-1967 (mostly 1964-1967), from Vernon Watkins to his mother, Sarah Watkins, 1962-1967 (ff. 1-71), and to his sisters, Marjorie Watkins, 1964 (ff. 72-73), and Dorothy Watkins, 1948-1967 (ff. 74-94 verso), containing mainly personal and family news.

Four envelopes, postmarked August 1967, three of which contain unofficial stamps marking the translation into Welsh of the New Testament in 1567, together with a letter, dated 8 September 1967, to the donor from the Head Postmaster at Porthmadog. The stamps, 'Y Testament Newydd 1567 1967', were designed by Tegwyn Jones, published by Y Lolfa and sold during the National Eisteddfod at Bala in 1967.

Manuscript pencil sketch, [1965], of Alun Hoddinott's 'Dives and Lazarus', a cantata for soprano and baritone soloists, choir and orchestra, with words written and adapted by Gwynno James.
The work was commissioned for the 1965 Farnham Festival and first performed on 20 May 1965. Also included is a manuscript copy of the words [?in the hand of Gwynno James] (ff. ii-iii) and a letter from Hoddinott to Felix Aprahamian, [28] March 1966 (f. i).

Eleven letters, 1938-1940, from John Cowper Powys to the writer Harlan Cozad McIntosh (1908-1940), containing detailed comments on a draft of the recipient's novel, This Finer Shadow (New York, 1941) (ff. 8-34 verso); and twelve letters, 1938-1942, from the same to McIntosh's wife, Jane Hardy, a New York literary agent (ff. 3, 35-58 verso). Also included are a manuscript copy of Powys's foreword to the novel, and carbon copies of three letters from Jane Hardy: two, 1938, to Powys (ff. 1, 5), and one, 1966, to Powys's literary agent, Gerald Pollinger (f. 59).
The letters contain references to Edwin Muir (f. 8 verso), James Hanley (ff. 10 recto-verso, 12 verso, 13-14 verso, 15 recto-verso, 47, 48 verso, 57) and John Redwood Anderson (f. 58 verso), and to the death of Llewelyn Powys (ff. 33 verso-34).

A file labelled, 'Diwylliant Cymru Heddiw. Celfyddyd. Wrexham. 23.11.66. Round Table/C'von. The Artist in Wales. Welsh Studies Group', containing manuscript notes of two lectures entitled 'The Artist in Wales' and 'The Fine Arts in Wales'. A list, originally inserted within the folder and later transferred to the accessions correspondence files, contains the following description of the papers: '4. Two manuscript lectures:- (a) 'Art and Meaning', (b) 'Diwylliant Cymru Heddiw'. These items were originally donated to NLW in September 1973, together with a collection of pen and ink drawings used to illustrate several books, a design for a dust jacket for the book Absalom fy Mab, pencil drawings of a bardic chair and designs for the Red Dragon of Wales (PB7959-62).

Eighty letters, 1939-1966, to John Davenport, literary critic and friend of Dylan Thomas, much of the correspondence relating to literary matters (ff. 1-91). There are references to Thomas throughout, including detailed (and contrasting) accounts, by John Malcolm Brinnin (ff. 12-13) and George Reavey (ff. 71-72 verso), of events surrounding his death.
The correspondents include Kingsley Amis, 1955-1965 (ff. 1-6), John Malcolm Brinnin, 1952-1953 (ff. 11-13), Walford Davies, 1963-1965 (ff. 16-23), Constantine FitzGibbon, 1950-1966 (ff. 27-52), Glyn Jones, March-April 1965 (ff. 57-59), T. H. Jones, 9 November 1961 (f. 60), George Reavey, [November 1953] (ff. 71-72), Roger Roughton, 1939-1940 (ff. 73-80), Caitlin Thomas, 1947-[?1952] (ff. 81-85, including a postcard also signed by Dylan Thomas), and Vernon Watkins, 1956-1965 (ff. 86-90). Also included are further papers relating to Dylan Thomas, comprising manuscript notes by Davenport, [1956x1966] (ff. 92-100); a postcard, [?1950], to Thomas from Jack Lindsay in Prague (f. 101); a typescript, 10 November 1953, of a radio obituary to Thomas by Davenport (ff. 102-104); a typescript article, [mid-1950s], on Thomas by Davenport (ff. 105-114); and press cuttings, 1954-1965 (ff. 115-121). A typescript table of contents is ff. i-iii. Three of the Kingsley Amis letters (ff. 1, 2, 4) are published in The Letters of Kingsley Amis, ed. by Zachary Leader (London, 2000) (pp. 448-50, 464-5, 527-8).

Two scrapbooks relating to the novelist Oliver Onions (1873-1961), husband of the novelist Berta Ruck (1878-1978), the first mainly containing press cuttings of reviews of his works of fiction, 1900-12, including The Compleat Bachelor (London, 1900), The Odd-Job Man (London, 1903) and Little Devil Doubt (London, 1909); and the second compiled by Berta Ruck containing press cuttings, 1946-65, mostly relating to his novels Poor Man's Tapestry (London, 1946), Arras of Youth (London, 1949), A penny for the harp (London, 1951) (see NLW MS 20805C for a corrected typescript), and A shilling to spend (London, 1965); together with obituary notices; and letters from family members, writers and publishers including Dorothy Charques, undated, Rupert Croft-Cooke, 1949, Olwen Caradoc Evans, 1956, John Gawsworth, 1947, Pat Lawlor, 1955, Moray Maclaren, 1957, Martin Secker, 1965, and Raleigh Trevelyan, 1965.

Thirty-three letters and cards, 1926-1929, 1954-1965, from David Jones, artist and writer, to Douglas Cleverdon. The earlier series (ff. 1-37) concerns David Jones's engravings on copper for the edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner published by Douglas Cleverdon in 1929.

A group of correspondence including letters from Margiad Evans (Peggy Eileen Whistler) to her sister Nancy [Nightingale]; a notebook containing a revised manuscript draft of the second (concluding) part of Margiad Evans's unpublished autobiographical essay 'The Immortal Hospital or Some Recollections of Our Childhood' (folios numbered 46-83; see also NLW MS 23369C and NLW, Margiad Evans Papers, September 1982 Donation 22-23); a script ‘December day’ broadcast by the BBC in 1954; and a guest book for Springherne, near Ross on Wye, 1937-9, run by the Whistler sisters with writings by Nancy Nightingale who wrote under the name Sian Evans.

Typescript final draft, [c. 1962], of A Burnt Offering by Jack Jones (1884-1970), an unpublished biographical novel based on the life of Dr William Price (1800-1893), Llantrisant, pioneer of cremation.

Some fifty-six letters, [1950]-[1962], from Helen Thomas to the writer Rex Taylor (ff. 4-71), together with three letters, 1948-1964, to the poet Basil Dowling (ff. 1-3 verso); they contain mainly personal news, comments on Edward Thomas and on the work of Rex Taylor.