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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.

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.

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 cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, agents, writers and colleagues concerning personal, social, family, domestic and literary matters, including Gwyneth Lewis's career and her work on 'Zero gravity', with copies of typescript and email replies from her to Elizabeth Grossman, and a letter from Liverpool Crown Court concerning her appearance as a witness in a trial, as well as related photographs and press cuttings, and notes by Gwyneth Lewis relating to a trip to Mexico.

Letters, cards and email correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, friends, publishers, agents, colleagues, academics, family, universities, government agencies, funding bodies, event organisers, artists and readers of her work concerning literary, social, personal and broadcasting matters, including the creation, publication, performance, translation, sales and impact of her literary work, her research, her literary collaborations and appearances, depression and illness, her inscription for the Wales Millennium Centre, her tributes to other writers, family news, fellowships at Girton College, Cambridge, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, and the potential purchase of her archival papers, together with draft letters from Gwyneth Lewis, a typescript draft of the introduction to her verbal presentation on ‘The Health of Poetry’ and manuscript notes and memoranda relating to her work, and manuscript notes by her on typescript poems by George Szirtes, as well as related press cuttings, forms, booklets and event schedules, and also email printouts of family photographs, a short typescript essay by an unidentified author on Welsh attitudes to Ireland, a funeral address relating to her uncle in the United States, and a draft letter from Leighton Denver Davies to the Mountain Ash Golf Club. The paper on which some of the emails are printed comprises: letters and documents concerning listing agreements, insurance and radio licensing, 2001-2007, relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s yacht ‘Jameeleh’; a copy of parts of her CV; printouts of parts of 'A Hospital Odyssey'; copies of work sent to her by Tom Bullough and C. K. Williams; a proof copy of part of Byron Rogers, The man who went into the West: the life of R.S. Thomas (Aurum : London, 2007); a completed form relating to a submission for the Arts and Business Cymru Awards on behalf of a youth arts project; and other literary miscellanea, as well as part of a typescript report on the use of the Welsh language, reports and statistics concerning the media in Wales, and an equipment list relating to a trip to Lundy.

Correspondence comprising letters and cards sent between Gwyneth Lewis and friends, family, colleges, editors and other writers concerning personal, social and literary matters, including the performance and publication of her work, her posts at Girton and Stanford, together with associated press cuttings and poems by Dannie Abse and others, as well as a letter to Gwyneth Lewis’s parents from her aunt and uncle containing press cuttings, letters, cards, notes and ephemera relating to her life and career, including a typescript copy of her poem 'Bri'.

Diaries, notes and memoranda compiled by Gwyneth Lewis for practical personal, domestic and professional use.

Diaries kept by Gwyneth Lewis, incomplete in parts, noting appointments and reminders relating to her personal and professional life, with some notes on personal and literary matters.

Papers accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis relating to personal aspects of her domestic, professional, social and academic life other than those directly covered elsewhere in the archive.

Letters, invoices and permits from maritime agencies and engineers in south Wales and southeastern Ireland relating to the registration, maintenance, mooring and sale of Gwyneth Lewis's yacht 'Jameeleh'.

Cuttings collected by Gwyneth Lewis from the British, American and Welsh press relating to a wide range of artistic, intellectual, scientific, political and cultural matters, including her own career and the activities of family members.

Accounts, invoices, receipts, forms, correspondence, agreements, reports, applications and associated ephemera relating to Gwyneth Lewis's professional and personal financial affairs, notably her earnings, expenses, tax, contracts, rights, publications, engagements and projects (including 'A Hospital Odyssey' and 'Poetry and the Body'), and also bursaries and awards, as well as her yacht 'Jameeleh' and domestic bills.

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.

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 relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s literary and other activities at school and university, and at eisteddfodau during the same period, including: manuscript and typescript copies of scripts for plays, addresses and recitations, with notes; manuscript poems and notes for poems by Gwyneth Lewis, and her annotated copies of poems by other children, as well as a copy of 'Coffee incognito' by Gabriel Gbadamosi; copies of school event programmes; copies of school newspapers; material relating to the national Urdd eisteddfod, including a letter of adjudication concerning a poem by Gwyneth Lewis, a certificate awarded to her for recitation, press cuttings, songs and a poem by other pupils, and a programme; a typescript copy of a play script by Emyr Edwards; press cuttings concerning literary matters, especially competitions in which Gwyneth Lewis was involved; theatre and ballet programmes; school and Brownie ephemera; primary and secondary school work by Gwyneth Lewis; copies of her examination certificates; letters to her from family, friends, colleagues and others concerning personal, student and work matters, and other subjects of interest to her; material relating to her studies at Cambridge university, including entrance examination papers, letters to her from Girton College concerning her application and acceptance to read English, letters of reference for her from Girton; student magazines, a student’s guide to Girton College, college newsletters, a copy of an academic literary article annotated by Gwyneth Lewis, and other student ephemera; and material relating to her Harkness Fellowship at Columbia University, including letters, an application form and tax forms.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, universities, and media and insurance companies concerning personal, social, literary, academic, professional and domestic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York and her travels around the United States, together with a notebook, postcards, press cuttings, photographs, leaflets, theatre programmes, student newsletters and a map of Florence; also included are a typescript transcript and offprint of an interview with Italo Calvino by Ian Thomson, some papers relating to Elin ap Hywel (including a typescript of poems by her, a typescript of poems inspired by her work, and a typescript of a short story dedicated to her), typescripts of poems by others, and some postcards relating to Gwyneth Lewis but sent between her friends.

Manuscript drafts and photocopies of letters written by Gwyneth Lewis, mostly while she was in the United States, to family, friends, literary associates and universities concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, especially her life and work at Harvard and in New York, and questions of fabrication in literature and in Welsh culture.