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Includes letters from L. Alun Page (6); Michael Gardner (5); Glyn Jones (8); D. Emrys Evans; Arthur Giardelli; David Williams; and Vernon Watkins (4). Some letters relate to lectures by Roland Mathias and the broadcasting of poems by him.

Manuscript and typescript draft, 1974, of Vernon Watkins (Cardiff, 1974), part of the Writers of Wales series. Also included are typescript copies, with some manuscript amendments, [1969]-[1979], of various articles and a talk by Roland Mathias about Vernon Watkins; and additional notes, letters, photocopies and cuttings, [1960]-1984, pertaining to Vernon Watkins.

The archive described here comprises papers formerly known as the Roland Mathias MSS (originally placed on deposit at NLW and converted to a donation in 1994), together with donations, 1993-2003. It includes mostly correspondence, and papers relating to The Anglo-Welsh Review, his literary works, and professional career as a teacher and headmaster. Also included is a group of personal and family papers, together with works by Dora Polk.

An additional collection of the papers of Roland Mathias, including correspondence, articles, notes and other materials. This group remains uncatalogued.

The file comprises typescript copies of the D.Phil. (University of California) dissertation by Dora Polk, 'Vernon Watkins: an ambience for reading the "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd" and other poems', 1970; and article, 'Gateways to the vision of Vernon Watkins', published in The Anglo-Welsh Review, vol. 20, no. 45 (Autumn 1971).

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (2); Cecil Price (12); R. George Thomas (6); Robert Morgan (3); Leonard Clark (5); Raymond Garlick (5); Glyn Jones (2); John Idris Jones (4); David Harries; Bryn Griffiths (2); D. J. Williams; Gerald Morgan (2); Gwyn A. Williams (2); Pennar Davies; Alison Bielski (3); Vernon Watkins; Aneirin Talfan Davies; Alun Llewellyn; Dannie Abse (2); Leslie Norris (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (2); Ellen Tifft (2); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Robert Gittings; Islwyn Ffowc Elis; and John Stuart Williams (3). The file also includes a statement of income and expenditure and balance sheet for the Dock Leaves Press, year ending 29 Feb. 1964.

Includes letters from Raymond Garlick (6); R. George Thomas (7); John Idris Jones (5); Cecil Price (16); D. J. Williams; David Williams (3); Gerald Morgan (2); Dafydd Glyn Jones (4); Alison Bielski; Glyn Jones; Maxwell Fraser (2); Phyllis Playter; Gwyn A. Williams (2); A. Norman Jeffares; John Rowlands; Dedwydd Jones (3); and Richard Evans (including an article for The Anglo-Welsh Review).

Includes letters from Neville Masterman (12); Glyn Jones (13); Jeremy Hooker (8); Sam Adams (13); Elwyn Davies (3); Kyffin Williams (5, including a card with an original print of Patagonian rider, signed by him); Cecil Price (10); John Idris Jones (8); Alun Llewellyn (12); Gwynfor Evans (2); Tom Earley; Andrew McNeillie (2); Moira Dearnley (4); Saunders Lewis; Randal Jenkins (5); L. Alun Page (6); Roy Thomas (3); Jane McCormick (3); R. George Thomas (2); Dannie Abse (2); Dora Polk (6); H. P. Collins (4); John Stuart Williams (5); Annemarie Ewing (2); Raymond Garlick (7); Alun Talfan Davies; Ray Howard-Jones (4); Stephen L. I. Pettit (4); Alan Perry; Leslie Norris (7); A. G. Prys-Jones; John Petts (4); R. S. Thomas; John Ackerman (2); Nigel Jenkins (2); Alison Bileski (2); Robert Morgan (3); and Peter Finch (2).

Includes official and personal letters and papers relating to Roland Mathias's case as a conscientious objector; and letters regarding the publication of a collection of his poems, including an agreement with the publishers.

Includes personal and official letters and papers relating to Roland Mathias's case as a conscientious objector (medical examination and imprisonment).

Includes personal and official letters and papers relating to Roland Mathias's case as a conscientious objector.

Includes letters from Alison Bielski (3); Leslie Norris (6); Susan Glyn (3); Dora Polk (7); Raymond Garlick (7); Gillian Clarke (29); Glyn Jones (4, including a copy of letter to Meic Stephens); J. P. Ward (6, including a typescript of the poem 'Yesterday in Cehyddion Valley', with corrections in the author's hand); Sally Roberts Jones (7); Elan Closs Stephens (5); Tony Curtis (8); David E. Painting (4); Hywel D. Lewis; A. G. Prys-Jones (8); Sam Adams (7); John Tripp (7); Belinda Humfrey (12); Rosamund Stanhope (4); Randal Jenkins (2); Robert Morgan (5); L. Alun Page (5); Jeremy Hooker (4); Ray Howard-Jones (17, including a catalogue of her first retrospective exhibition at The Sackville Gallery); Philip Pacey (3); John Ackerman (3); Leonard Clark (2); Harri Webb (5); Neville Masterman (4); Lawrence W. Hockey (4); John Stuart Williams (2); Ruth Bidgood (3); Judith Maro (3); Friedrich Konekamp (3); Cledwyn Hughes (2); and Eigra Lewis Roberts (2).

Includes letters from Tom Earley (6); H. P. Collins; Dora Polk (4); Cecil Price (21, with a letter to Ralph Maud); Glyn Jones (4); Stephen Griffith (2); Robert Morgan (3); Meic Stephens (6); F. R. Konekamp (2); Neville Masterman (8); Alison Bielski (3); Menna Gallie; Ellen Tifft (2); John Stuart Williams (16); Bryn Griffiths (8); Emily Katharine Harris (2); L. Alun Page; Alun Llewellyn (15); Susan Glyn (6); Julian Ennis (6); Ian Parrott (8); Raymond Garlick (7); Leslie Norris (3); Cledwyn Hughes (7); R. George Thomas (2); John Idris Jones (4); Arthur Giardelli; Dannie Abse; D. J. Williams; Horst Jarka; and Maurice Carpenter. The file also includes draft copies of The Anglo-Welsh Review constitution.

Includes letters from Gerald Morgan; Cecil Price (13); R. George Thomas (3); Robert Gittings (3); Leslie Norris (2); John Stuart Williams (7); Dora Polk (4); Ellen Tifft (3); Alun Llewellyn (18); Rev. L. Alun Page (6); Islwyn Ffowc Elis (3); William Mathias (3); Neville Masterman (2); Raymond Garlick (5); Arthur Giardelli (3); Alison Bielski (4); Robert Morgan (3); Ian Parrott (4); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Jeffrey Steele; Julian Ennis (3); Vernon Watkins (3); Dannie Abse; F. R. Konekamp; Maurice Carpenter (2); Bryn Griffiths; David Harries (2); and David Jones (3), including a typescript copy of the poem 'The hunt'.

Includes letters from John Petts; L. Alun Page (2); Friedrich Könekamp (4); R. George Thomas (2); Glyn Jones (2); Kyffin Williams (3); and Dyfnallt Morgan (2).

Includes letters from L. Alun Page (10); Graham Sutherland; Friedrich R. Könekamp (3); Kyffin Williams (4); Aneirin Talfan (6); Glyn Jones (2); and D. J. Williams. The file also contains a report by Roland Mathias on a lecture given by Professor Emrys Bowen; and questions about Anglo-Welsh poetry and poets for the programme 'Literary notebook', with answers in Roland Mathias's hand.

Two typescript drafts, [1979], of the essay 'Anglo-Welsh writing 1950-75', for The arts in Wales, 1950-75, ed. M. Stephens (Cardiff, 1979).

Typescript, with some manuscript amendments, 1978, together with galley proofs and related notes [1977]x1979, pertaining to the book The hollowed-out elder stalk : John Cowper Powys as poet (London, 1979).

Miscellaneous papers, 1943-1986 (with gaps), mostly printed material, which mainly reflect Roland Mathias's interests, including press cuttings, 1954-1981 (with gaps), among which are articles by his son Glyn Mathias. The file also contains a notebook of poetry and 'notable pieces of descriptive prose' by numerous writers, transcribed by Roland Mathias, [1935x1960], and illustrated with cuttings from postcards; loose pages containing diary entries for 1961 during his sabbatical term at Balliol College, Oxford (a review of Border country by Raymond Williams is attached), and 1987; papers and notes pertaining to his visit to Brittany, 1970; and a copy of the script 'Drops from the Crochan', 1982, produced by the Usk Valley Project, in which Roland Mathias played the part of Joseph.

Manuscript notes of Welsh exercises, 1942, by Roland Mathias corrected by his father. Also included is a notebook containing sermons by the Rev. Evan Mathias, [1930x1960]; and manuscript and typescript notes by him, 1960, together with research papers, concerning the history of New Inn Congregational Chapel, Monmouthshire.

Papers relating to the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa awarded to Roland Mathias by the University of Georgetown, 1985. Also included is a leaflet regarding Georgetown University Alumni College, 1987.