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The file mainly comprises papers, 1972-1977 and [1979]-1984, pertaining to the Welsh Arts Council, mostly reports by Gillian Clarke of books for the Welsh Arts Council Literature Committee, together with reviews of books for various journals. Included are letters from John Rowlands, Tony Bianchi (2), Nigel Jenkins, and Peter Miles (4). In addition, the file contains manuscript and typescript notes, 1979-1980, which appear to be radio talks; and a report on the fourteenth Yeats International Summer School, 1973.

Various drafts of a script of a play by Gillian Clarke, written during an Academi Playwrights course, together with related notes.

Papers, 1990-1993, pertaining to Yr Academi Gymreig including minutes of the Executive Committee of the English Language Section, correspondence, including copies of letters by Gillian Clarke, copies of the Academy newsletter and Bulletin of the Welsh Academy, and accounts.

Papers, [1982-1983] and 1990-1993, pertaining to Yr Academi Gymreig and the Academi Playwrights Group.

Papers, 1983-1998, mostly correspondence and financial records, relating to the Frances Horovitz Memorial Trust, including papers relating to the Frances Horovitz Benefit Reading, 1983, organised by Gillian Clarke, contributions to the fund, letters regarding its administration and the eventual transfer of the Fund from the Trustees to The Arvon Foundation, where it was used towards bursaries for poets attending courses at Arvon Centres and Tŷ Newydd. The Frances Horovitz Benefit Fund was established to support Frances Horovitz and her family following her illness and subsequent death. Gillian Clarke was among the Trustees of the Frances Horovitz Memorial Trust.

Papers, 1965, 1972, 1988-1991, mostly correspondence, relating to The Taliesin Trust, a charitable trust set up to provide a residential writers' centre for Wales to encourage and promote writing in English and Welsh, and the establishment of the Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre. Included are letters from Sally Baker Jones, Director of the Centre (21, a number of which are copies); Menna Elfyn (2), Meic Stephens (8); Christine Evans (2); Ruth Bidgood; Islwyn Ffowc Elis; Sir Geraint Evans; and Jon Dressel. Also included are agenda and minutes of the Board of Management of The Taliesin Trust, of which Gillian Clarke was Chairman, accounts, lists of donations to the Trust, and related deeds.

Papers, 1965, 1972 and 1983-1998, mostly correspondence and financial records, relating to The Taliesin Trust and the establishment of Tŷ Newydd, and the Frances Horovitz Memorial Trust.

Correspondence, 1979-1981, including letters from Gwen Watkins (5), Roland Mathias and Gillian Clarke, concerning a dispute regarding copyright of material quoted in an article on Vernon Watkins published in The Anglo-Welsh Review.

Letters, 1980-1984, from Greg Hill, Reviews Editor of The Anglo-Welsh Review.

Letters, 1977-[1980], mainly from John Davies, Reviews Editor of The Anglo-Welsh Review. Also included is an application by Gillian Clarke for a Welsh Arts Council bursary, 1973; an invitation for her to give a reading at The Poetry Society, 1978; letters and forms, 1978, regarding radio interviews; and a copy of 'An application from the Writers' Union of Wales to the Welsh Arts Council for aid in funding a magazine for Wales in the English language', 1984.

Letters from Roland Mathias, 1971-1981. Includes letters from Meic Stephens and Philip Owens (3).

Correspondence, 1963-1976, regarding applications for grants towards the publication costs of The Anglo-Welsh Review from the Welsh Church Acts Funds Committees of various County Councils in Wales, and the Catherine and Lady Grace James Foundation. Also included are correspondence and papers, 1962-1966, regarding an application to register The Anglo-Welsh Review as a charity. The file includes a number of draft letters by Roland Mathias, together with miscellaneous letters relating to the periodical, 1974-1976 and 1983.

Correspondence, mostly concerning articles, stories and poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Steve Griffiths (2); A. G. Prys-Jones; Greg Hill; Ronald Lowe; Mike Jenkins; John Pikoulis (5); Sylvia Kantaris (2); Ruth Bidgood (4); Pauline Stainer (2); William Cooke; John Tripp; William Sherman; Gwyn O. Jones (3); Jennifer Drake-Brockman (4); Alun Llewellyn (4); Jacqueline Banerjee (5); Gweno Lewis; Meic Stephens; Chris O'Neill (2); Edward Larrissy; Anthony Conran; Raymond Garlick (2); D. Graham Jenkins (2); Stephen Tunnicliffe; Edward Levy (6); Belinda Humfrey (3); Richard Poole (2); Roland Mathias; Roger Stephens Jones; Colin Wilcockson (3); Susanne M. Dumbleton; Raymond J. Cormier (3); Hugh McKinley; Edward Neill; Ruth Pryor (2); Angela G. Dorenkamp; Ned Thomas; H. Morgan Waidson (4); Linden Peach; Peter Slater; Patrick Thomas (2); Dominic J. Hart (2); Richard A. Davies (3); Frederick Grice (6); Frances Meredith (2); Robert Nisbet; Graham Jones (3); and Cecil Price. The file also includes photocopies of a letter by W. H. Davies, 1907, and an editorial from Welsh Outlook, 1917. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias with copies of replies by him.

Correspondence, mostly concerning poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Chris Bendon; Ivor C. Treby (4); Ruth Bidgood (7); Mike Jenkins (3); Roland Mathias (2); Tom Earley (3); John Davies; Tony Curtis; Joyce Herbert (3); Sheenagh Pugh (2); Alison Bielski (3); Nigel Jenkins; Bridget Joseph; John Tripp (3); Rosamund Stanhope; Michael Farley; D. S. Savage; Susanne M. Dumbleton; Tom Rawling; Margaret Toms (4); Jon Dressel (7); J. P. Ward; Pete Morgan (4); David T. Lloyd (3); John Barnie (2); Gerald Dawe (4); Jane McLaughlin; Gerard Casey (12); Leslie Norris (2); David Constantine (2); Philip Owens (3); Moelwyn Merchant; Wes Magee (2); Steve Griffiths (2); Sam Adams (2); Jack Clemo (6); Ted Hughes; Anthony Conran; Paul Wilkins (4); I. P. Taylor (3); Phyllis M. Jones; R. S. Thomas; Ian Hughes (3); Dudley G. Davies; Mary Casey; Charles Kohler; A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Leonard Clark; Andrew McNeillie; Lynn M. Trowbridge; Huw Jones; Brian Martin Davies (addressed to Huw Jones); Richard Poole; and Chris O'Neill. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias.

Correspondence, 1976-1984, pertaining to The Anglo-Welsh Review, including draft letters by Gillian Clarke and letters from the Directors Gareth and Freda Walters; Sandra Anstey; Meic Stephens (13); Peter Finch; A.J. Heward Rees (2); and Greg Hill. The file also includes statements of income and expenditure and balance sheets of the Dock Leaves Press and The Anglo-Welsh Review, 1963-1974, contents pages, lists of contributors, and fees for contributors.

Photocopy of a typescript index, 1977, to Dock Leaves, with introductory remarks; a letter, 1978, addressed to Roland Mathias from Annette Thomas, who compiled the index, and a copy of his reply. Also included is a copy of the first newsletter of the Welsh Society of the Southern Tier, 1978.

Typescript copies and galleys of editorials by Gillian Clarke for The Anglo-Welsh Review, 1976-[1984], including related press cuttings, 1974-1981.

Papers, 1907-1984, pertaining to The Anglo-Welsh Review, including typescript copies and galleys of editorials; and correspondence, mainly regarding financial support and material for the journal, together with letters from the previous editor, Roland Mathias, and the reviews editors, John Davies and Greg Hill. In addition, the series contains a photocopy of a typescript index to Dock Leaves.

Correspondence, 1990-1999, including letters from Gillian Clarke, mainly relating to poetry readings and workshops in which she participated.