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Literary work, correspondence and other papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's life and work, especially the first few decades of her life and her emergence as a writer.

Typescript drafts of poems, with manuscript emendations, marked by Gwyneth Lewis as 'discarded' and not included in the volumes of her published collections, including one or more variants of 'In the Dead of Winter', 'The Bachelors of Balephuil', 'Elegy', 'Maenclochog', 'In the Snow Queen's Palace', 'Spring at the Leper House Allotments', 'First Haunting', 'Dalton's Geranium', 'The Cut of Women's Clothes', 'Leaving America', 'Consider the Crinoid', 'First Aid', 'A Welcome to East Oxford', 'Manhattan Night', 'Death and the Maiden', 'Take Care', 'In the Greenhouse', 'Cwm-hir Abbey', 'Homesick in Summer', 'The Glad-Grower's Daughter', 'The Muse of Morganwg', 'On the Air', 'Open Door', 'A Love Alphabet' and 'In Central Park'.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's prose writing and academic studies.

Unpublished and published poetry by Gwyneth Lewis, with correspondence and other papers relating to her poetry.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's poetry, prose writing and academic work.

Manuscript and typescript drafts with emendations by Gwyneth Lewis of published and unpublished poems by her, including 'Melangell Variations', 'Cân y Gofotwr', 'Er Cof am Hugh Williams', 'The Reference Library', 'Coconut Postcards', 'Midwinter Marriage', 'Annunciation', 'A Calm', 'A Golf Course Resurrection', 'Opening the Tomb', 'Dark Ages', 'Bayeux Tapestry', 'Herod's Palace', 'Siege', 'Walking with the God', 'Tara's Visit', 'The Bonfire', 'The Telegraph Baby', 'The No Madonnas', 'Resurgence Pool', 'Sunday Park', 'Old Statues' Park in Budapest', 'Chernobyl Icon', 'Epilogue', 'Rhyfel a Heddwch', 'The Correctional Centre', 'Hive to the Vine', 'Death and the Maiden', 'Abbey Cwmhir', 'Emyn y Canmlwyddiant', 'In Central Park', 'Leaving Nantucket', 'Cân y Gwneuthurwr Mapiau', 'First Haunting', 'On the Air', 'Dalton's Geranium', 'In the Dead of Winter', 'Parable of the Awkward Woman', 'Leaving America', 'At the Airport', 'Purloined and Pursued', 'Full Fathom Five', 'Part the Third' (including a draft annotated by Derek Walcott), 'The Death of Mrs Davies', 'To a Hermit Crab', 'Thanks for a Conger Dinner', 'In the Snow Queen's Palace', 'Meat', 'The West', 'After the Snow Queen', 'The Death of Mrs Dylan', 'The Voledom of Skomer', 'Going Primitive', 'Welsh Espionage', 'The Bad Shepherd', 'A Welcome to East Oxford', 'On Mayon Volcano', 'A Love Alphabet', 'On the Estate', 'Spring at the Leper House Allotments', 'The Cut of Women's Clothes' and 'Looking for the Celts', as well as many poems not bearing names, together with notes on poetry by Gwyneth Lewis, a poster for a poetry event organised by the Oxford University Poetry Society, a printout from Poetry Review featuring Gwyneth Lewis, a printout of an article about Irina Ratushinskaya, and draft copies of pages from Parables and Faxes including the contents, acknowledgements and biographical note.

Typescript drafts of poems, with manuscript emendations, prepared by Gwyneth Lewis, some for publication in Parables and Faxes and others that had previously appeared in a number of journals and other publications or had been composed at festivals (such as Hay-on-Wye) or submitted as entries for competitions (such as the TLS/Cheltenham Poetry Competition and the Eric Gregory Awards), comprising 'Dalton's Geranium', 'Looking for the Celts', 'Spring at the Leper House Allotments', 'Leaving America', 'First Haunting', 'Parable of the Awkward Woman', 'In the Dead of Winter', 'The Bad Shepherd', 'The West', 'In the Snow Queen's Palace', 'A Love Alphabet', 'Meat', 'A Welcome to East Oxford', 'On the Estate', 'On Mayon Volcano', 'The Cut of Women's Clothes', 'Welsh Espionage', 'The Hermit's Progress', 'The Kingdom of Lightness', 'The Hedge', 'Jig-Saw Sovereign', 'The Good Place', 'Maenclochog', 'The Voledom of Skomer', 'A Soviet Waiter', 'Going Primitive', 'The Building Site', 'A Fanciful Marriage', 'The Bachelors of Balephuil', 'The Illinois Idylls', 'Pentecost', 'Squaring the Circle', 'Paradiso Voluptatis', 'Elegy' and 'The Death of Mrs Dylan', together with a printed pamphlet and sheets produced by the Oxford Poetry Society containing some of the same poems but predominantly the work of other student poets.

Papers relating to two volumes of Gwyneth Lewis's poetry, namely Cyfrif Un ac Un yn Dri and Y Llofrudd Iaith, and other poetry by her in Welsh including: a manuscript copy of poems including ‘Y Drych’, ‘Bedydd yn Llanbadarn’, ‘Dymchwel y Wal’, 'Gweled yn Gyfan’, ‘Ffosilau’, ‘Yr Eicon’, and ‘Awen Morganwg; a typescript copy of ‘Cân y Gwneuthurwr Mapiau’; typescript notes by Gwyneth Lewis on a creative writing workshop in Welsh run by Gillian Clarke, and a poem entitled ‘Arnold Schwarzenegger’ that was written as an exercise during the course; printed and photocopied copies of press reviews and interviews with Gwyneth Lewis relating to Cyfrif Un ac Un yn Dri and Y Llofrudd Iaith, and associated letters to her from friends and reviewers; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, Cyhoeddiadau Barddas and the Welsh Books Council relating to the nomination of Cyfrif Un ac Un yn Dri for the Book of the Year Award 1997, together with related press cuttings, photographs and ephemera; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and Cyhoeddiadau Barddas concerning the development and publication of Y Llofrudd Iaith, and other possible projects, together with copies of the agreement between them relating to publication of Y Llofrudd Iaith; and an invoice from the publisher for copies of Cyfrif Un ac Un yn Dri.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, agents and friends concerning Sunbathing in the Rain: a cheerful book about depression,
including the development of the book and reactions to its publication, as well as literary, personal and social matters, together with copies of press reviews of the book and interviews about it, guest lists for the launch, publicity material, a published copy of the book and a published extract from it, and related notes.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and her family, friends and colleagues, covering personal, artistic, academic and other aspects of her life, together with related material.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from her parents, Gwilym and Eryl Lewis, concerning personal, social, family and other matters, notably her activities with the Urdd, at school, at university at Cambridge and Harvard, and living and working in the United States, together with related press cuttings and a letter from Glamorgan County Council congratulating her on her ‘A’ Level examination results.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s literary work in the United States, including: academic typescript essays and manuscript notes written by her for seminars at the New York Institute for the Humanities, as well as photocopies of articles, papers relating to a research grant proposal, and letters sent to her by colleagues; typescript drafts of material written by her for publication, including essays, reviews, an interview with R. S. Thomas, and poems, with manuscript notes, and agreements with publishers; manuscript drafts of essays by her in both English and Welsh about life in New York; a typescript copy of her curriculum vitae, with manuscript notes, together with letters of reference and examination results, copies of her examination certificates, and her application for a Harkness Fellowship; photocopies and press cuttings of published items written by her for journals in the United States, Wales and England; notes, letters, information leaflets, booklets, press cuttings, maps, photographs, postcards and ephemera relating to Danville, Illinois, and in particular to her research for an unmade BBC television programme about Mississippi and Louisiana.

Papers comprising Gwyneth Lewis's work at school and with the Urdd, most of it of a literary nature, together with papers relating to the financial aspects of her literary work as a professional writer.

School, Urdd and college work by Gwyneth Lewis on literary themes, including folders, exercise books and notebooks containing manuscript and typescript poems, essays, exercises, projects and notes relating to her own compositions, which were mostly produced as school work or for competitions, as well as Welsh and English literature more generally, together with eisteddfod entry forms and adjudications, press cuttings, a few notes on other school subjects, and some poetry composed by Marian Lewis.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's poetry, prose, dramas, operas, academic research, public appearances and other literary work.

School projects by Gwyneth Lewis, including a folder of her poetry in typescript, as well as a folder, photographs, press cuttings and an audio tape relating to a project on Rhydwen Williams, together with folders and scrapbooks concerning other topics relating to a variety of school subjects.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from her sister, Marian, together with a few from Gwyneth Lewis to Marian Lewis, concerning personal, social, family and other matters during her childhood and student days.

Poetry, prose, research and other work produced by Gwyneth Lewis while at school and in the Urdd, and also during her early days at university.

Papers relating to financial aspects of Gwyneth Lewis's career as a writer, including publications, appearances and research.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's poetry, including compositions, notes and associated material.