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Papers relating to mental health, including a typescript copy of a radio version of Gwyneth Lewis's Sunbathing in the Rain produced for the BBC, a draft of an article by her entitled 'Dark Gifts' and published copies of other articles by her about her experience of depression and correspondence between her and the publisher concerning 'Dark Gifts', correspondence between her and the Mental Health Foundation concerning her contribution to Mental Health Action Week, a letter to her from the Depression Alliance about Sunbathing in the Rain, a printed summary of a day school at Cardiff University on the arts in mental health therapy, press reviews of Sunbathing in the Rain, and related notes, booklets, leaflets, photocopies, printouts and press cuttings.

Correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and family, friends and colleagues concerning domestic, social and literary matters, including a poem written by her for Leighton Denver Davies during an illness, together with invitations to the openings of the National Assembly for Wales and the Wales Millennium Centre, a draft copy of a book by Alistair Peebles based on a project in which Gwyneth Lewis participated, programmes for literary and musical events and the opening of the National Assembly for Wales, publicity material from publishers and the Wales Millennium Centre, photographs, a copy of a published cartoon strip, and material sent to Leighton Denver Davies wishing him good health.

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.

Papers relating to festivals, readings and workshops attended by Gwyneth Lewis, in most cases as a contributor, including correspondence between her and event organisers and participants, notes and annotated manuscript and typescript drafts relating to talks and workshops given by her, a transcript of an interview between 'CB' and [Javier Marias], and other material relating to aspects of literary events such as copies and printouts of work and interviews by other writers, promotional leaflets, press releases, and information about speakers, schedules, accommodation, travel, legal and financial matters, and the organising bodies; the festivals, readings and workshops featured include the Trialogue Conference, the International Symposium on Poetry and Medicine and Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, a Welsh Literature Abroad translation workshop in Brussels, a Poetry Live workshop, the Radcliffe Institute MA in Creative Writing, a poetry masterclass at Monmouth Women’s Festival, the Durham Book Festival, a visit to Durham University Centre for Medical Humanities, the Royal Society of Literature, the University of Warwick Medical School, Llenyddiaeth Cymru, the Hay Festival of Literature and Arts, ‘Poets Encounter Medicine’ (Glamorgan Research Centre for Literature, Arts and Science, University of Glamorgan), ‘Poems for the waiting room’ (sponsored by the Arts Council of England, the Department of Health and other organisations), the John Rylands University Library Poetry Reading, Kingston University, the Centre for Medical Humanities, Ledbury Poetry Festival, the Centre for Women’s Writing and Literary Culture (Aberystwyth University), the National Library of Wales, ‘Worlds 2011: Influence’ (Writers’ Centre Norwich), and others.

Notes by Gwyneth Lewis relating to her work on health, illness, medicine and space science, together with a printout of email correspondence between her and Gillie Bolton concerning the metaphysics of healing, and related leaflets, internet printouts, newsletters, press cuttings and postcards.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, writers and colleagues concerning personal, social, family, literary and artistic matters, including her creative work and travels on 'Jameeleh' and also a typescript poem ('La jongleuse') dedicated to her by Tony Conran, as well as cards from Gwyneth Lewis to Leighton Denver Davies and a letter written by her to her parents while at sea, and related photographs and notes.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis's work as National Poet for Wales, comprising: typescript drafts of poems composed by her in that capacity including 'Amgueddfa Genedlaethol y Glannau, Abertawe', 'National Waterfront Museum, Swansea', 'Glas', 'Addewid Dydd Cofio'r Holocost / Addewid ar Ddiwrnod Cofio'r Holocost' and 'Holocaust Memorial Day Pledge', with manuscript annotations; manuscript and typescript notes by Gwyneth Lewis on the nature of a national poet and her personal vision for the post, including autobiographical material; a typescript draft of her mid-office report; correspondence between her and Mike Ruddock, coach of the Welsh rugby team, concerning her poem 'Reply to the Haka'; typescripts of poems by Edwin Morgan about the Scottish Parliament and by Dennis Lewis and Meirion Jordan about Gwyneth Lewis herself; a letter and poem sent by a child to Gwyneth Lewis as national poet; press cuttings relating to Gwyneth Lewis's work as national poet and to the National Assembly for Wales; and an offprint of a review by her in Taliesin of the poetry of Menna Elfyn.

Event programmes and cuttings of press reviews (some of them sent to Gwyneth Lewis) relating to The Most Beautiful Man from the Sea, an opera for which Gwyneth Lewis composed the libretto having been inspired by a short story by Gabriel García Márquez, and which was performed by Welsh National Opera and community groups at venues throughout Wales including the Millennium Centre, Cardiff.

A certificate from Cardiff University recording the election of Gwyneth Lewis to an Honorary Fellowship.

Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s ‘A Hospital Odyssey’ (originally entitled ‘Hospital Fatale’), including: manuscript and typescript drafts and publisher’s proofs, with manuscript notes and corrections; typescript and manuscript notes; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers and medical experts; and related documents including drafts of synopses and press releases. Also included are a few other poems by Gwyneth Lewis including ‘Monumental Body’ and ‘Ffyn’. Many of the drafts and notes are written on the reverse of other documents, including: a completed and annotated peer review form relating to an application for a Wellcome Trust arts award for the ‘Hospital Odyssey’ project; photocopies of articles relating to health matters; correspondence relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s work, including research, creative matters, invitations to events, copyright issues and royalties; copies of work by her and other writers; and a report and correspondence with insurers concerning repairs to her yacht 'Jameeleh'.

Correspondence comprising letters, emails and cards sent between Gwyneth Lewis, friends, publishers, agents, literary associates, members of the public, academics, colleges, archival institutions, family, neighbours, commercial companies, local councils and road safety enforcement bodies concerning literary, professional, social, personal and domestic matters including the publication and performance of her work in a variety of formats, reaction to her work (notably Two in a Boat, Sunbathing in the Rain and A Hospital Odyssey), a job reference for a fellowship at Stanford written for her by the editor of Poetry Review, her relations with agents, her research, the problems of translation, a letter composed by her to John Milton (1608-1674), the registration of four of her published works under public lending right, the transfer of her papers to an archive, the sale of an antique by her to Girton College, Cambridge, literary prizes, and the work of other poets, as well as a letter to Gwyneth Lewis’s parents concerning a family friend, together with related offprints, photocopies and forms. The paper on which some of the emails are printed comprises documents relating to insurance for Gwyneth Lewis’s yacht ‘Jameeleh’.

Papers relating to BBC radio and television talks, performances and interviews featuring Gwyneth Lewis, including ‘Voyage to Lundy’, ‘Sailing without a boat’, 'Cerddi Cilycwm', ‘The stone that moved’, ‘Poetry Please’ and ‘Great lives - Emily Dickinson’, comprising typescript and manuscript scripts with annotations by Gwyneth Lewis and BBC staff; together with correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis and BBC staff concerning 'Cerddi Cilycwm', ‘The Verb’ and a proposed semi-dramatisation of ‘A Hospital Odyssey’; as well as an award certificate for Gwyneth Lewis’s ‘In search of the Gododdin’ (BBC Wales) from Fèis nam Meadhanan Ceilteach (Celtic Media Festival) in the Hebrides; and notes and press cuttings relating to scripts, recording, broadcasts, accommodation and expenses.

Letters and cards to Gwyneth Lewis from friends, family, writers and universities concerning personal, social, family, literary, artistic, medical and academic matters, including her published work and her fellowships at Harvard and Girton College, Cambridge, as well as projects in which she took part, together with a proof copy; also included are cards from Gwyneth Lewis to Leighton Denver Davies and a letter to her parents from friends concerning her ordination into Gorsedd y Beirdd, with related photographs.

Papers accumulated by Gwyneth Lewis at an opera writing workshop that she attended at the Aldeburgh Festival, including a photocopy of the text of the Japanese play 'Sumidagawa', manuscript notes on it by Gwyneth Lewis, correspondence and an information pack.

Manuscript drafts, and typescript drafts with manuscript annotations, of two plays by Gwyneth Lewis forming 'a new version of the Clytemnestra story', comprising ‘The Slaughterhouse : Play 1 of 2' (originally entitled ‘The Kill Floor’) and 'Deathbed : Play 2', inspired by the character of Clytemnestra in Aeschylus's Oresteia, together with manuscript notes.

Manuscript notes and typescript drafts with manuscript annotations compiled by Gwyneth Lewis during the composition of 'The Meat Tree', a futuristic re-telling of the fourth branch of the Mabinogi, together with related material including correspondence (with writers, academics and publishers), copies of articles, press cuttings and photographs.

Correspondence including emails, letters and cards between Gwyneth Lewis, friends, agents, publishers, academics, other writers, universities, festival organisers, broadcasters, readers of her work and members of her family concerning personal, social and literary matters including the writing, quality, impact, publication and performance of her work, her research (notably on birdsong, genetics and physics), her collaborations with others, depression, college fellowships, her life at Stanford, health insurance in the USA, and her status as a former National Poet of Wales, with related press cuttings and publicity material for literary events, as well as publishers’ proofs of ‘A Hospital Odyssey’ with manuscript emendations by Gwyneth Lewis, a typescript copy of an introductory address given by her at a poetry reading by Paul Muldoon, manuscript notes and personal memoranda by her, photographs (mostly printed from emails) relating to her family and work, menus of meals held in honour of Gwyneth Lewis and others, and a typescript draft of the poem ‘Roe vs Wade’ by C.K. Williams. The paper on which some of the emails are printed comprises: documents relating to health insurance in the USA; and a completed form relating to a submission for the Arts and Business Cymru Awards on behalf of a youth arts project.

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.