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Notebook containing drafts, 1934, of poems by Vernon Watkins, all apparently unpublished.

Notebook containing drafts, 1934, of apparently unpublished poems by Vernon Watkins, with a note in his hand, 'Ramblings towards Poems' (f. 1).

Looseleaf notebook, 1936, containing prose and verse impressions by Vernon Watkins composed during a visit to Spain (ff. 1-42), together with draft poems inspired by a visit to Austria, all apparently unpublished.

Notebook containing draft poems, 1942, by Vernon Watkins, apparently mainly unpublished.

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1938-1965, of two long poems by Vernon Watkins, apparently unpublished, at one time part of a group entitled 'Three Poems of the Sea'.

Miscellaneous autograph and typescript drafts, 1924-1930, of shorter, apparently unpublished poems by Vernon Watkins.

Miscellaneous autograph and typescript drafts, 1931-1967, of shorter poems by Vernon Watkins, all apparently unpublished.

Typescript drafts, 1947-1951, of verse translations by Vernon Watkins of Heinrich Heine's cycle 'Die Nordsee', published as Heinrich Heine, The North Sea (London: Faber and Faber, 1955).

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1933-1966, by Vernon Watkins of verse translations from Greek, Italian and French poetry, all published in Selected Verse Translations (1977).

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1941-1966, by Vernon Watkins of verse translations from German and Italian poetry, published in Selected Verse Translations (1977), together with a few other draft translations published elsewhere.

Exercise book containing autograph drafts, 1936-1937, by Vernon Watkins of verse translations from French, some of which were included in Selected Verse Translations (1977), and some being apparently unpublished.

Autograph and typescript drafts, [1920s]-1967, by Vernon Watkins of verse translations from French, many apparently unpublished. Cuttings are included of some poems published in periodicals and anthologies.

Autograph and typescript drafts, [1920s]-1967, of verse translations from German by Vernon Watkins, many apparently unpublished. Proofs and cuttings are included of some poems published in periodicals and anthologies, together with a few notes by Ruth Pryor and original German texts used by Watkins.

Autograph and typescript drafts, [1930s]-1966, of verse translations by Vernon Watkins from Italian and Spanish, apparently mainly unpublished. Extracts from Watkins's translation of Dante's Inferno (ff. 1-55) were broadcast by the BBC in 1966.

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1958-1966, of verse translations from Hungarian by Vernon Watkins, together with related correspondence and literal translations by Tamás Kabdebó; some of Watkins's versions of poems by Attila József and Gyula Illyes were published in Kabdebó's editions of their works (1963, 1968, 1971).

Cyclostyled radio scripts, including poetry readings, and talks, 1949-1967, by Vernon Watkins or relating to him and his work.

Over a hundred letters, 1938-1968, to Vernon Watkins, with a few addressed to Mrs Gwen Watkins, from various correspondents (surnames A-G), including Douglas Cleverdon (14) 1958-1968, Cyril Connolly (1) 1947, T. S. Eliot (1 transcript) 1947, and Roy Fuller (1) 1967.

Some eighty-two letters, 1937-1977, to Vernon Watkins, with a few addressed to Mrs Gwen Watkins, from various correspondents (surnames P-R), including Keidrych Rhys (22, with one copy letter from Vernon Watkins) 1937-1956, and Ceri Richards (26, together with six of Watkins's replies) [c. 1948]-1967.

Some ninety-three letters, 1939-1968, mostly to Vernon Watkins, with one to Dorothy Watkins, 1968, from various correspondents (surnames S-W), including Roberto Sanesi (3) 1957-1968, M. J. Tambimuttu (4) 1940-1964, and Grace Williams (12) 1965-1967, together with eight letters, 1950-1964, to various correspondents from Vernon Watkins, some being drafts or copies.

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1948-1967, of published poetry and published and unpublished prose by Vernon Watkins, mostly composed following the death of Dylan Thomas in 1953, including drafts of Vernon Watkins's poem 'Elegy for the Latest Dead', 1954, and two unfinished poems by Dylan Thomas, 'Elegy' and 'In Country Heaven', completed by Vernon Watkins; and radio scripts, lecture notes, draft reviews and articles by him relating to Dylan Thomas and his work.