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A notebook, 1973-1974, in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript and typescript drafts of sixteen poems, dated July 1973-May 1974 (ff. 3-33 (rectos only), 40 verso, 41 verso), and of articles and letters (ff. 2, 33 verso-62 (text mostly on rectos)).
Typescript drafts of six of the poems have been pasted in on ff. 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 32, 33. Some of the poems were published in Poetry Wales and elsewhere; twelve were collected in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976); the remaining four are apparently unpublished. Also included in the volume are drafts of his articles 'The Shapes of Thoughts', published in Poetry Wales, 9.2 (Autumn 1973), 40-48 (ff. 46 verso, 47 verso-51), and 'The Two Literatures of Wales', published in Paedwizer nei Wales (= It Beaken: Tydskrift fan de Fryske Akademy, 36.1/2 (1974)), pp. 26-29 (ff. 42 verso, 43 verso-45); a lecture entitled 'Children's Books with a Welsh Setting', given at Aberystwyth, September 1973 (ff. 51 verso-58 passim); an introduction for a brochure on Trinity College, Carmarthen, 1974 (ff. 38 verso-39 verso); drafts of five letters concerning the Welsh language campaign and the courts (ff. 2, 33 verso-35 verso (versos only), 59 verso, 60 verso-62) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 36 verso, 37 verso), June 1973-May 1974; and a list of his poems written 'Since A Sense of Time', giving, where appropriate, details of publication (f. 62 verso, inside back cover).

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts of five poems, dated September-November 1974, all of which were included in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976).

Holograph first drafts of fourteen poems by Raymond Garlick, 1975-[1990], comprising 'Adam in Eden', [?1975] (ff. 1-2; f. 2 is a corrected typescript), 'Ebb Tide', 19-21 October 1975 (f. 3), 'The Art Lesson', 17-18 December 1975 (f. 4), 'Where?', 5-7 January 1976 (f. 5), 'Portrait of a Young Dog as an Artist', [1975x1978] (ff. 6-8), 'Epigrams', [1975x1978] (f. 9), 'The Hottentot Fig', [24 March 1989] (ff. 10-11), 'The Comforters', [17 April 1989] (ff. 12-13), 'The Heiress', [21-22 April 1989] (ff. 14-15), 'Fellow Travellers', 28 July 1989 (ff. 16-17), 'Book Review' (first stanza only), [1 August 1989] (f. 18), 'The Odyssey Continues' (first two stanzas only), [?28 August 1989] (f. 19), 'The Exile', [?June 1990] (f. 20), and 'In the Jungle', [?June 1990] (f. 21).
'Adam in Eden' was published in Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976); 'Portrait of a Young Dog as an Artist' was published in Planet, 41 (June 1978), 29; 'Ebb Tide', 'The Art Lesson' and 'Where?' were published in Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987); 'Epigrams' is apparently unpublished. The eight later poems (ff. 11-21) all appeared in Travel Notes: New Poems (Llandysul, 1992). Also included is a typescript by the author, listing the contents; the order given has now been superseded (f. 22).

Corrected proofs, [?1976], of Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976), containing corrections to punctuation, typographical errors and pagination, together with minor revisions to the poems 'Fanfare for Europe' (ff. 11-12) and 'Incense' (f. 64), all supplied in red ink by the author.

A notebook in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts, together with forty-four pages of pasted in typescript drafts, of thirty-three poems, dated January 1977-May 1978 (ff. 3-93 verso).
Some twenty poems were published in the Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales and Planet, while sixteen appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987). Eleven poems appear to be unpublished. Also included loose in the volume is a list of the contents of the volume, recording publication details (ff. 96-97).

A notebook, 1978-1989, in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts and sixty pages of pasted in typescript drafts of twenty-five poems, consisting of two groups: fourteen poems, dated June 1978-August 1979 (ff. 3-50), and a further eleven poems, dated March-April 1989 (ff. 50 verso-73 verso).
Of the earlier poems, five were published in Planet and seven appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987), most notably 'Notes for an autobiography' (ff. 31 verso-50); the remaining six are apparently unpublished. Of the eleven later poems six were published in Planet and the New Welsh Review; they were all subsequently collected in Raymond Garlick, Travel Notes: New Poems (Llandysul, 1992).

Over a hundred letters and cards, 1985-1993, to Raymond Garlick from Dr Jacques Wirz of Basel, Switzerland, containing mainly personal news and comments.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1987, with one day to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 3-186).
The volume includes references to Andrew Sachs (ff. 4 recto-verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 71 verso, 152 verso, 162 verso, 167-168), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 4 verso, 103), R. S. Thomas (ff. 7 verso, 46, 181), Tony Bianchi (f. 46 verso), Tom Paulin (ff. 45 verso, 46 verso), John Petts (f. 55 verso), Glyn Jones (f. 106), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 106, 116, 117 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 22-157 passim), Elwyn Davies (f. 124), Belinda Humfrey (ff. 144, 179 verso-180), Tony Conran (f. 165 verso), Jacques Wirz (ff. 13, 146 verso-149) and Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 22, 34, 91, 104, 144). He also describes visits to the Netherlands (ff. 123-125) and Switzerland (ff. 146 verso-149). Also included are a few notes and cash accounts (ff. 188-189 verso, 195) while a few cuttings have been pasted into the volume.

W.H. Smith diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1988, with one day to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 7-189 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 9-164 passim), A. G. Prys-Jones (ff. 13, 183), Don Dale-Jones (ff. 13, 16 verso, 27, 41 verso), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 16, 34), Elwyn Davies (ff. 17 verso, 171 verso, 189 verso), R. S. Thomas (ff. 20 verso, 40, 46, 71 verso-72, 83 recto-verso, 87 verso, 113, 189), Robert Minhinnick (ff. 24 verso, 35, 37 verso, 153 verso), Gillian Clarke (ff. 30, 32), Roland Mathias (ff. 34, 93 verso, 160 verso), Euros Bowen (f. 54), Jacques Wirz (ff. 72 verso, 90, 107-109 verso, 152 verso), Tony Conran (ff. 77 verso, 105 verso), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 99, 103 verso, 120), James Nicholas (f. 110), Gareth Wardell (ff. 77 verso, 126), Patrick Crotty (ff. 148, 160) and Daniel Huws (f. 170 verso), and to the birth of his grand-daughter, Alys, on 13 May (f. 73 verso). There is also a description of his cruise, in April, of the Eastern Mediterranean, including visits to Classical sites including six of the Seven Wonders of the World (ff. 55-62).

Diary of Raymond Garlick containing entries for 31 May-10 June 1989, kept during a fifteen-day cruise, calling at a number of places including Venice, Italy, Split, Yugoslavia, Delphi, Greece, and Istanbul, Turkey (ff. 1-8).

Collins Royal diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1989, with two days to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 6-110).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 10-104 verso passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 11 verso, 59, 61 verso-62, 101), Lynette Roberts (f. 15), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 21, 23), Don Dale-Jones (f. 21), George Noakes (ff. 23 verso-24), Sally Roberts Jones (f. 27), John Tripp (f. 61), Tom Ellis (f. 70), Norah Isaac (f. 79), Jonah Jones (f. 95, 102 verso) and Wyn Binding (f. 101). From 8 March (f. 25) onwards there are frequent notes on the composition of poems. The volume includes drafts of Garlick's poem 'Annus Mirabilis' (ff. 83 recto-verso) as well as a transcript of a poem by R. S. Thomas on Troy (f. 62) (see R. S. Thomas: Letters to Raymond Garlick 1951-1999, ed. by Jason Walford Davies (Llandysul, 2009), p. 136). There is also a description of a cruise, 31 May-14 June, of the Eastern Mediterranean, including visits to Venice, Istanbul, Troy, Athens and various Greek islands (ff. 49-53).

A notebook containing drafts of poems by Raymond Garlick, 1989-1999, the majority of which are published.
The volume is a combination of manuscript drafts, along with pasted in typescript drafts. They include some thirty of the forty-one poems published in Travel Notes (Llandysul, 1992) (ff. 1-35, 36 verso-43).

Diary of Raymond Garlick containing occasional entries for the period 1 January-28 February 1990 (ff. 1-8 verso).

Diary of Raymond Garlick containing entries for the period 8-22 July 1990, kept during a two week cruise, mostly of the Baltic (ff. 1-51, text on rectos).
The ship called at Amsterdam, Netherlands (ff. 7-8), Leningrad (ff. 19-27) and Riga, USSR (ff. 33-36), Visby, Sweden (ff. 37-39), Copenhagen, Denmark (ff. 40-42), and Oslo, Norway (ff. 43-45). Also included are an incomplete draft of the poem 'Leningrad', dated 18 July 1990 (ff. 77 verso-8) and an apparently unpublished poem entitled 'At the Winter Palace', dated 14 July 1990 (ff. 78 verso- 9).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1991, with one week to a view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 8 verso-60 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 11 verso-54 passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 15 verso, 16 verso, 18, 19 verso, 20 verso, 33 verso, 59), Tony Conran (f. 18 verso), Daniel Huws (ff. 23 verso, 25), Gareth Wardell (f. 29 verso), Roland Mathias (ff. 31 verso, 32 verso, 47 verso, 53) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 32 verso). It also describes a visit to Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12-16 April (ff. 23 recto-verso) and a cruise, 3-18 September, of the Eastern Mediterranean, calling at various locations in Greece, Turkey and Italy (ff. 43 verso-45 verso).

W.H. Smith diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1992, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 4 verso-42 verso, 44-57).
There are no entries for 23 July-23 August (ff. 33 verso-38). The volume includes references to Jacques Wirz (ff. 4 verso-5 verso, 15, 27, 32), Jon Dressel (ff. 7 verso-30 passim, 42-51 passim), Tony Conran (f. 12 verso), Roland Mathias (f. 13 verso, 20-21, 31 verso, 38 verso, 42 verso), Gwyn Jones (f. 23) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 55 verso-56). He also describes visits to Switzerland, 2-7 January (ff. 4 verso-5 verso), and the Netherlands, 6-12 April (ff. 18 verso-19).

Help Desk Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1993, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news, 28 December 1992-31 December 1993 (ff. 2 verso-55).
There are no entries for 15-21 March (ff. 13 verso-14). The volume includes references to R. S. Thomas (ff. 4 verso, 12 verso, 46, 53 verso, 55), Seamus Heaney (f. 5 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 7-12 verso passim, 24 verso-28 verso passim, 40 verso-44), Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 10 verso-11), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27 verso-37 verso passim, 52) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 7 verso). He also describes visits to Malta, 29 December 1992-5 January 1993 (ff. 2 verso-3 verso, with additional notes on ff. 1 verso-2), Tenerife, 16-26 April 1993 (ff. 18-19 verso), and the Netherlands, 15-18 October 1993 (ff. 44 recto-verso). Ephemera found loose inside the volume have been tipped in at the end (ff. 62 verso-64 verso).

Thirty letters and a postcard, 1993-1997, from Raymond Garlick to Dr Jacques Wirz of Therwil, near Basel, Switzerland (ff. 1-42), together with forty-two corresponding letters and a Christmas card, 1993-1997, from Dr Wirz (ff. 43-114).

Collins Royal diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1994, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 4 verso-9 passim, 20-53 passim), Roland Mathias (f. 8 verso), T. Harri Jones (f. 23), John Cowper Powys (ff. 50 recto-verso) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 9 verso, 51 recto-verso) and to the death of Elwyn Davies (ff. 8, 32) and the illness and death of D. Tudor Bevan (ff. 25-46 passim, 62 verso). He also describes visits to Yorkshire, 9-14 April (ff. 15-16), and Tenerife, 5-21 September (ff. 36 verso-38 verso). A quote from Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin: A writer's life (London, 1993), p. 214, is on f. 61. A number of newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume, including ff. i verso, 62 recto-verso.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1995, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (f. 3 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 5 verso-53 passim), Meic Stephens (ff. 13-41 passim, 47), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 42, 51), Andrew Sachs (ff. 22, 23 verso-24, 34), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27-28, 48) and Gwynfor Evans (ff. 28 verso, 35 verso), as well as to the illness and death of Glyn Jones (ff. 9 verso-16 verso passim) and the disposition of his papers (ff. 17-47 passim). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 1, 7, 47).