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Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, agents, publishers, writers, academics, colleagues and businesses concerning personal, social, family, literary, academic, medical and domestic matters, notably the publication of her poetry and observations relating to her D.Phil. thesis and its possible publication, together with related photographs and press cuttings, as well as a letter and a card from Gwyneth Lewis to her husband, Leighton Denver Davies, and a letter from Roy Davies to BBC Wales staff concerning Gwyneth Lewis’s work in the Factual Programme Department.

Annotated typescript and manuscript drafts of poems written by Gwyneth Lewis for publication in journals and in her collections published as Sparrow Tree, A Hospital Odyssey, Zero Gravity and Parables and Faxes, and also for broadcast on BBC Radio, some of them under more than one working title, including ‘A Hospital Odyssey’, ‘Aeolian Harp’, ‘Alternative Island’, ‘Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau, Abertawe’, ‘Apology to Peter Porter’, ‘Appointment’, ‘Aran’, ‘Arthur’s Talk with the Eagle’, ‘As Long as you Want / Improvisations on Sappho’, ‘Basic Knitting’, ‘Birder’, ‘Blue Tit / Titmouse / Tit’, ‘Bow Tie / Bowtie’, ‘Bricks in Bars’, ‘Broken Plates’, ‘Broken Star’, ‘Cân yn y Cywair Lleddf’, ‘Crazy Quilt’, ‘Crosses and Losses’, ‘Crosses’, ‘Diagonal Triangles’, ‘Double Wedding Ring’, ‘Elegy for Shambo’, ‘Epistle to C P Snow’, ‘Experimental Knitting / Applied Mathematics’, ‘Field Guide to Dementia’, ‘Finches / What finches say ad nauseam’, ‘Fractals’, ‘Glas’, ‘Gull’, ‘Heroine’, ‘Hike’, ‘Homecoming’, ‘Horizon with People’, ‘Hosiery’, ‘How to knit a poem’, ‘Humming Bird Project / Project Joy’, ‘Hypnosis Knitting’, ‘Imaginary Walks in Istanbul’, ‘Inheritance’, ‘Late Starter’, ‘Lattice’, ‘Log Cabin’ / ‘Barn Raising Variation (Crib quilt)’, ‘Love Poem’, ‘Lundy’, ‘Map’, ‘Memorial’, ‘Murmuration’, ‘My Wales’, ‘Nightingale / Outside Broadcast (for Mark Cocker)’, ‘Nine Patch’, ‘No design’, ‘No Sparrow Ode’, ‘No Sparrow’, ‘Nuclear Family’, ‘Ocean Waves (for AJ)’, ‘Old Maid’s Puzzle’, ‘One and a Half Square Miles’, ‘Our Body’, ‘Pattern Pornography’, ‘Philosophy’, ‘Pine Trees (Crib Quilt)’, ‘Praise birds’, ‘Prayer for Horizon’, ‘Prologue from Zero Gravity’, ‘Quantum Island’, ‘Quilting for Childless Women’, ‘Railroad Crossing’, ‘Remission Flamenco’, ‘Remission Sevillanas’, ‘Reply to the Haka’, ‘Riddle: Definition of a Harp’, ‘Roman Strip[e] Variation (Crib quilt)’, ‘Roman Stripe’, ‘Sarcophagus / Mausoleum’, ‘Sea Virus’, ‘Secret Report from the Pharmaceutical Lab’, ‘Silk Knitting’, ‘Sliver’, ‘Small Brown Job’, ‘Sol and Nemesis / Nemesis (for Tsevi Mazeh)’, ‘Some common Invaders’, ‘Spectrum’, ‘Speculation / Sparrows / Fall of a Sparrow’, ‘Splinter / Splinters / Zeal’, ‘Stonechat (for Richard Scorer, psychiatrist)’, ‘Sunken Garden at Radcliffe / Sunken Garden’, ‘Taxonomy’, ‘Tension Square’, ‘The Family Knitting Book’, ‘The Feeder (In memory of Megan Tanner / Elegy for an Aunt)’, ‘The Sparrow Tree / What Sparrows Might Mean’, ‘The Symbolism of Ancient Sweaters’, ‘Thirty-Six Patch Variation (Crib quilt)’, ‘Trees of California’, ‘Triangles’, ‘Tumbling Blocks’, ‘Unnamed Pattern (Crib quilt)’, ‘Voice / Llais’, ‘Warning’, ‘What Do Birds Say?’, ‘What the red kite saw’, ‘Y pwynt’, ‘Zebra’ and others, with related notes. Also included are: manuscript copies of an untitled poetry / drama / musical script by Gwyneth Lewis about dolphins in Cardigan Bay; notes and literary quotations collected by her for ‘A Hospital Odyssey’, and also on quilt vocabulary; a photocopy of an article by her (‘Letter to the poet I might I might have been’); copies of emails to her concerning social and literary matters, notably the possible publication of parts of ‘A Hospital Odyssey’ in the Paris Review; typescript copies of poems by members of the Girton Poetry Group; and a family postcard.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from publishers, writers, academics, friends, journals (including The Poetry Society, Planet, Parnassus: Poetry in Review, The Kenyon Review, The New Republic, and Poetry Wales), agents and the Arts Council of Wales concerning the publication of her volume of poetry entitled Parables and Faxes, and in particular publicity and reviews, as well as the publication of other poems by Gwyneth Lewis, and also literary prizes other literary business, as well as personal and social matters; together with typescript, photocopied and published press reviews of Parables and Faxes, related publicity material including lists of contacts for reviews and the launch, copies of other published work by Gwyneth Lewis and interviews with her, material from Bloodaxe Books (including guidance on house style, invoices for books ordered, and catalogues), lists of poems published by Gwyneth Lewis, and related notes and press cuttings.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, agents, writers and publishers concerning personal, social, family, domestic and literary matters including her career and published work, together with related photographs and a card written by her to Meic Stephens concerning a review by him of her work.

Letters to Gwyneth Lewis from family, friends, literary associates, publishers and agents concerning personal, social, literary and academic matters, especially her published work including Zero Gravity, Parables and Faxes, Y Llofrudd Iaith and Sunbathing in the Rain, and the issues raised by them, notably depression and language, and also a proposed BBC documentary about Gwyneth Lewis, with typescript copies of poems from Zero Gravity (under its working title Coconut Postcards) including ‘A Goan honeymoon’ and ‘Red kites at Tregaron’, as well as ‘The Big Ask’ (dedicated and sent to the Wales rugby coach Graham Henry), together with the script of a BBC broadcast featuring poetry by Gwyneth Lewis (from Zero Gravity) and others, a draft typescript copy of a piece of prose sent by Zadie Smith, a typescript copy of an article on translation by Jenny Joseph, booklets on a residential contemporary writing centre in France and a collection of watercolours by Rose McKinley, and related press cuttings, photographs, flyers, certificates and event programmes.

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.

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 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.

Photocopied and published press reviews of Gwyneth Lewis's volume of poetry entitled Zero Gravity, with related publicity material including lists of contacts for reviews and the launch, copies of published poems by other poets, and copies and offprints of published articles about female poets and Welsh poets; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers, agents, friends and the BBC concerning Zero Gravity (originally entitled Coconut Postcards), and in particular publication, the poems, proofs, contractual matters, publicity, distribution, royalties, reviews, broadcasts and performances, as well as other literary and personal business; together with a typescript transcript of a radio interview with Les Murray about Gwyneth Lewis’s work, and a contract and a catalogue from Bloodaxe Books; and related notes, photographs and press cuttings.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, agents, writers and other literary associates concerning personal, social, family, literary and artistic matters, including a manuscript poem ('A birthday') by Gillian Clarke and an invitation to attend a reception for the arts at Windsor Castle, with related photographs, press cuttings and ephemera.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, agents, writers and colleagues concerning personal, social, family and literary matters, including a typescript copy of a poem ('Flood') by Gillian Clarke, and also cards from Gwyneth Lewis to Leighton Denver Davies and cards to him from relatives, with related press cuttings..

Typescript drafts and publisher’s proofs, with manuscript annotations by Gwyneth Lewis, of Two in a Boat, together with notes, press cuttings, leaflets, booklets and letters accumulated in the process of writing the book, mostly comprising research materials relating to sailing, navigation, sailors, seafaring in history and literature with particular reference to the Iberian peninsula, ‘Jameeleh’ and the Nicholson 35 class, the type of cancer suffered by Leighton Denver Davies, the Portuguese language, and ports in Portugal, Spain and Wales, as well as correspondence on these themes and the production of the book between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers, other writers, doctors, friends, and (with Leighton Denver Davies) yacht insurers and surveyors, and also lists of potential recipients of review copies, invitations to the book launch, and draft copies and press cuttings of reviews.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, agents and friends concerning Sunbathing in the Rain: a cheerful book about depression,
including the development of the book and reactions to its publication, as well as literary, personal and social matters, together with copies of press reviews of the book and interviews about it, guest lists for the launch, publicity material, a published copy of the book and a published extract from it, and related notes.

Papers relating to publications by Gwyneth Lewis and her reviews of the published work of other poets, including: a copy of a publication agreement between her and Harvard Review concerning her poem ‘Sunken Garden’; a letter to her from literary agents concerning the agreement between her and Poetry Wales Press relating to The Meat Tree; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, agents and the editor concerning the publication of an Italian anthology of her work; a copy of her poem ‘Pluck’, commissioned by the Prince of Wales; copies of a typescript draft foreword by Gwyneth Lewis, with manuscript annotations and related notes, for Doctor Marigold's prescriptions, an edition of the work of Charles Dickens; a photocopy of PN Review proofs of ‘Links: A knot of poems’ by Gwyneth Lewis; a copy of PN Review with poems from Sparrow Tree; offprints of review articles from Taliesin by Gwyneth Lewis and T. James Jones relating to the poetry of Menna Elfyn; and a review copy of Sound Archive by Nerys Williams with manuscript notes by Gwyneth Lewis.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's financial affairs.

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 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.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's personal experience and creative work in the field of mental health.

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.

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'.