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Drafts of prose, drama and operatic librettos by Gwyneth Lewis, together with materials relating to research, publication and performances.

Press cuttings, photocopies of articles, booklets, leaflets and notes accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis during her research for Two in a Boat, all relating to nautical and maritime matters except for some material from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, and arranged by her into folders labelled 'Ports', 'Piracy', 'Cardiff', 'Boats + ships', 'Shipwrecks + difficulties' and 'Cruising'.

Manuscript drafts, and typescript drafts with manuscript annotations, of two plays by Gwyneth Lewis forming 'a new version of the Clytemnestra story', comprising ‘The Slaughterhouse : Play 1 of 2' (originally entitled ‘The Kill Floor’) and 'Deathbed : Play 2', inspired by the character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus's Oresteia, together with manuscript notes.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s composition of the librettos ‘Redflight Barcud’ and ‘Dolffin’ as part of an operatic trilogy entitled ‘Land, Sea, Sky’ that was performed by Welsh National Opera and primary school children with the intention of engaging children with environmental issues, comprising: a publisher’s proof of Gwyneth Lewis’s score for ‘Barcud’ (later re-named ‘Redflight Barcud’), with related material including a project prospectus, design notes, event programmes and promotional literature; and material relating to ‘Dolffin’, including event programmes, a leaflet and press cuttings.

Event programmes and cuttings of press reviews (some of them sent to Gwyneth Lewis) relating to The Most Beautiful Man from the Sea, an opera for which Gwyneth Lewis composed the libretto having been inspired by a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, and which was performed by Welsh National Opera and community groups at venues throughout Wales including the Millennium Centre, Cardiff.

Compositions, notes, copies of articles, booklets and press cuttings accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis in the course of preparing for workshops, projects, publications and other literary work, including manuscript and typescript drafts of poems (‘Palaestra di poeti’, ‘Lippizaners’, ‘City Safari’, ‘The Love of Furniture’, ‘Field Guide to Dementia’, ‘The Feeder’, ‘Murmuration’, ‘No Sparrow Ode’, ‘Imaginary Walks in Istanbul’, ‘Maen Hir’, and ‘Marwnad’) with manuscript annotations, draft essays (‘Return to Girton’ and ‘Dancing in the Dark’), material relating to subjects including depression and the writing of poetry and prose, a copy of a draft review of her poetry, a photocopy of a letter and poem by her published in Poetry Review, and a printout of an article on the human brain from the website of University of Liverpool Centre for Poetry and Science.

Papers accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis at an opera writing workshop that she attended at the Aldeburgh Festival, including a photocopy of the text of the Japanese play 'Sumidagawa', manuscript notes on it by Gwyneth Lewis, correspondence and an information pack.

Papers relating to literary projects undertaken by Gwyneth Lewis other than her major published work, including festivals and workshops, research, translation, media work, posts and honours.

Papers relating to BBC radio and television talks, performances and interviews featuring Gwyneth Lewis, including ‘Voyage to Lundy’, ‘Sailing without a boat’, 'Cerddi Cilycwm', ‘The stone that moved’, ‘Poetry Please’ and ‘Great lives - Emily Dickinson’, comprising typescript and manuscript scripts with annotations by Gwyneth Lewis and BBC staff; together with correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and BBC staff concerning 'Cerddi Cilycwm', ‘The Verb’ and a proposed semi-dramatisation of ‘A Hospital Odyssey’; as well as an award certificate for Gwyneth Lewis’s ‘In search of the Gododdin’ (BBC Wales) from Fèis nam Meadhanan Ceilteach (Celtic Media Festival) in the Hebrides; and notes and press cuttings relating to scripts, recording, broadcasts, accommodation and expenses.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s work as a translator, including: manuscript notes by her for a talk on translation between Welsh and English at a conference at Jesus College, Oxford, with an associated event programme; a letter to her from Martin Orwin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, concerning the translation of poetry from Somali into English, with copies of examples; printed examples of poetry translated from English into German; and related notes, offprints and photocopies of articles.

Notes by Gwyneth Lewis relating to her work on health, illness, medicine and space science, together with a printout of email correspondence between her and Gillie Bolton concerning the metaphysics of healing, and related leaflets, internet printouts, newsletters, press cuttings and postcards.

A certificate from Cardiff University recording the election of Gwyneth Lewis to an Honorary Fellowship.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and her friends, literary associates and family (notably her aunt Megan, her cousins, and the extended Tanner family in the USA), covering personal, artistic, academic and other aspects of her life, together with related material.

An education pack created by the Cardiff Millennium Centre for use in schools, containing leaflets and other teaching resources (including samples of stone, wood, steel and glass) relating to visual art, literacy and language, numeracy and mathematics, history, geography, design and technology, and science.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's work as National Poet for Wales, comprising: typescript drafts of poems composed by her in that capacity including 'Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau, Abertawe', 'National Waterfront Museum, Swansea', 'Glas', 'Addewid Dydd Cofio'r Holocost / Addewid ar Ddiwrnod Cofio'r Holocost' and 'Holocaust Memorial Day Pledge', with manuscript annotations; manuscript and typescript notes by Gwyneth Lewis on the nature of a national poet and her personal vision for the post, including autobiographical material; a typescript draft of her mid-office report; correspondence between her and Mike Ruddock, coach of the Welsh rugby team, concerning her poem 'Reply to the Haka'; typescripts of poems by Edwin Morgan about the Scottish Parliament and by Dennis Lewis and Meirion Jordan about Gwyneth Lewis herself; a letter and poem sent by a child to Gwyneth Lewis as national poet; press cuttings relating to Gwyneth Lewis's work as national poet and to the National Assembly for Wales; and an offprint of a review by her in Taliesin of the poetry of Menna Elfyn.

Papers relating to applications by Gwyneth Lewis for academic fellowships, including: her application form for a National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) fellowship, together with a copy of her funding contract, typescripts with manuscript annotations of her annual reports as a fellow, and correspondence and other documentation concerning the fellowship; a typescript draft of her application for the Judith E. Wilson Poetry Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, with manuscript annotations, together with correspondence and other information about the application; a letter to her from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, concerning the start of her fellowship there; notes by her relating to her curriculum vitae and job applications, including printouts with manuscript annotations of full drafts of ‘Sparrow Tree’; material relating to applications for a Royal Literary Fund Fellowship, and to the advertisement of the post of Senior Lecturership in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia School of Literature and Creative Writing; and an agenda and minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Society of Literature.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from R.S. Thomas and his wife, Betty, concerning developments in their respective literary and personal lives, as well as wider literary matters; also included are letters relating to an interview with R.S. Thomas conducted by Gwyneth Lewis and Peter Robinson at Jesus College, Oxford, together with two typescript copies, one with manuscript amendments, of the interview in which he discusses his work and his views on poetry and its relationship with prose, religion and language.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis, mostly from the journalist and poet James Fenton concerning personal, social, literary and journalistic matters, especially relating to the Philippines, together with related photographs and manuscript and typescript copies of his poetry; also included are letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from other friends concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, with related photographs.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, her sister, Marian, her parents and their relatives, the Tanner family, concerning family news during Gwyneth Lewis's stay with the Tanners in Illinois in 1976; also included are letters from friends concerning social matters, and a letter from Gwyneth Lewis to an aunt in Cardiff.

Letters and postcards to Gwyneth Lewis from Les Murray concerning their writing, notably Y Llofrudd Iaith, Sunbathing in the Rain and Two in a Boat, and also their careers and the publication of Gwyneth Lewis's poetry in Quadrant magazine; other topics include wider issues of literature, culture and philosophy, as well as depression, health, travel, and a wide range of personal, professional, family and social matters, with associated photographs and annotated typescript copies of Les Murray's own poetry.