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The file comprises an incomplete corrected typescript of the novel published in 1960, together with notes on the story 'The walled city' [later extended into the novel Girl waiting in the shade].

The file comprises incomplete manuscript versions of his novel published in 1971, together with dramatisations of it.

The file comprises manuscript versions, [c. 1978]- 1979, of his last untitled novel set in South Wales [later published as Ram with red horns (Bridgend, 1996)] with research notes, together with a letter, 1979, to his brother A. L. Davies, concerning typing costs.

The file comprises a manuscript draft of part of the novel published in 1975, together with a typescript and manuscript 'preliminary sketch for a script' based on the novel, and a notebook relating to its theme and characters.

The series comprises manuscript and typescript drafts, [1927x1978], of short stories by Rhys Davies, some bearing the sticker of his literary agent Curtis Brown Ltd.

The file comprises manuscripts and typescripts of stories originally published in 1967, together with letters, 1965 and 1969 from the editorial offices of The New Yorker relating to the publishing of his story 'The chosen one' in June 1966.

The file comprises typescripts, [1936]-[1978], of 'The skull' [The skull (Chepstow, 1936)], 'Tears, idle tears', [The darling of her heart and other stories (London, 1958)], 'All through the night', [The New Yorker, January 1957] and 'A bad home influence', [Planet, October/November 1991], together with 'The benefit concert' broadcast in 1968 and 'A dangerous remedy' broadcast in 1974.

The file comprises 'Nell and Sam', 'Maggie and Colin' [rejected by The New Yorker in 1967], 'A pioneer', 'The mayor's consort', 'The blackmailer', 'Day of splendour', 'Young couple', 'Jupiter Jones' and 'The white dove', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Prodigal' [which was rejected by The New Yorker in 1961] and 'A private anguish', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa', 'The pleasure principle' ('final' 1974) with its abbreviated version 'A basket of fruit' and 'Bugle call', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Reduced', 'The web' and 'Stranger at the gate', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Charlotte', 'The first stile (hurdle). Old boys network', 'Divorce. List of cases' and 'Unwritten biography/Black dog', [1927x1978].

The file comprises a notebook, [1927x1978], containing drafts of 'Tears, idle tears' [published in The darling of her heart and other stories (London, 1958)], 'Twins' and two untitled stories.

The series comprises drafts of plays by Rhys Davies, [1929]-[1978], in manuscript and typescript form, together with adaptations from novels and plays by him broadcast by the BBC.

The file comprises plays, [1929]-[1978], including 'A bed of feathers', [based on his short story of the same title, 1929]; 'No escape', [1954], from his novel Under the rose (London, 1940) [later published in Ring up the curtain (London, 1955)], together with theatre programmes; a working copy of 'Girl waiting in the shade', based on the novel of the same title published in 1960, with 'General points' by the author; a script based on his novel [Nobody answered the bell (London, 1971)] and another version with the title 'Wolf, wolf'; together with 'Rings on her fingers' by Alma Jones, Bronyglyn, Gwynfe, Carmarthenshire, based on the novel of the same title by Rhys Davies published in 1930.

The file, [1929x1978], comprises 'Always a daughter', 'Love kept waiting' and 'The glass/crystal prison' with three letters, 1958, from Curtis Brown Ltd, literary agent, and remarks by Rhys Davies on the characters; together with a synopsis of 'Cock of the walk'.

The series comprises press cuttings, 1928-1979, mainly book reviews of the literary works of Rhys Davies, extracted from British and foreign newspapers.

The file comprises press cuttings, 1928-1979, relating to books by Rhys Davies, including a review of his first novel The withered root (London, 1927), together with his obituary notice from The Daily Telegraph, 24 August 1978, and a review from The Spectator, March 1979 of The best of Rhys Davies.

The file comprises press cuttings, 1940-1978, relating to books and plays by Rhys Davies, in particular his novel The dark daughters published in 1947 and his play 'No escape' which was staged in 1954-1955, together with an obituary published in The Times, 1978.

The file includes background notes by Rhys Davies on 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa' ?for his chapter on Welsh characters in [My Wales published in 1937] or his unpublished play translated into Welsh by T. J. Williams-Hughes, Y Ferch o Gefn Ydfa (Liverpool, 1938); 'From my notebook' in typescript [published in Wales, October 1943]; and a typescript chapter 'Time and the Welsh mountains' published in Richard Harman, Countryside characters (London, 1946).