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Autograph draft of parts II-IV of Rhys Davies's novel Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (London, 1941), completed in June 1941 (see NLW MS 20897E, f. 54ii).

Final typescript draft of Rhys Davies's novel, Tomorrow to Fresh Woods (London, 1941), with a few autograph corrections and a pencilled note by the author at the end of part I (f. 142) of the projected development of the narrative and estimated date of completion (NLW MS 23108C); together with an incomplete carbon copy of the same typescript with author's amendments (NLW MS 23109C).

The file includes a schedule of assets and liabilities of his father's estate, 1955, with a letter, 1956, relating to the family home.

The file comprises a proof copy (uncorrected) of the novel published in 1954.

The file comprises manuscripts and typescripts of stories originally published in 1967, together with letters, 1965 and 1969 from the editorial offices of The New Yorker relating to the publishing of his story 'The chosen one' in June 1966.

The file comprises 'Prodigal' [which was rejected by The New Yorker in 1961] and 'A private anguish', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'The Maid of Cefn Ydfa', 'The pleasure principle' ('final' 1974) with its abbreviated version 'A basket of fruit' and 'Bugle call', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Reduced', 'The web' and 'Stranger at the gate', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Charlotte', 'The first stile (hurdle). Old boys network', 'Divorce. List of cases' and 'Unwritten biography/Black dog', [1927x1978].

The file comprises 'Nell and Sam', 'Maggie and Colin' [rejected by The New Yorker in 1967], 'A pioneer', 'The mayor's consort', 'The blackmailer', 'Day of splendour', 'Young couple', 'Jupiter Jones' and 'The white dove', [1927x1978].

The file comprises a notebook, [1927x1978], containing drafts of 'Tears, idle tears' [published in The darling of her heart and other stories (London, 1958)], 'Twins' and two untitled stories.

The file comprises letters, 1938, relating to Rhys Davies's research on Jorgen Jorgensen who arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1826, including typescript notes extracted from newspapers and documents held at the Premier's Office, Hobart, together with an incomplete account 'Iceland on a plate' by him about the adventurer [?published in The Tribune, January 1942] and a press cutting from The Tribune, January 1942, ?with the next chapter to this account entitled 'King Jorgen in decline'.

Typescript of a short story The Walled City. On f. 1 is a pencilled note by the author: 'Discarded version of short story later extended into a novel (Girl waiting in the shade)'. Girl waiting in the shade was published in 1960. Paper; 46 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 1.

Page proofs of The Chosen One with the author's corrections in pencil. Paper; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 4.

Autograph and typescript drafts of stories collected in the volume The Chosen One (1967): typescript of 'The Chosen One' with slight pencil revision (ff 1-45); printed version of 'The Chosen One' taken from The New Yorker with slight revision not in the author's hand, mainly to remove Americanisms (ff. 46-61); letter to Rhys Davies from The New Yorker, 1967, concerning the following item (f. 62); typescript of 'The Little Heiress' with slight pencil revision (ff. 63-88); galley proofs of 'The Little Heiress' with slight pencil revision (ff. 89-110); letter to Rhys Davies from The New Yorker, 1967, concerning the following item (f. 111); typescript with slight pencil revision of 'I will keep her company' (originally published under the title 'The company he kept') (ff. 112-142); typescript of 'Betty Leyshon's Marathon' with many sections rewritten in pencil (ff. 143-186); pencil draft of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with the title 'A Turning point in Gwenny's life' (ff. 187-293); typescript of the preceding (ff. 294-335); pencil draft of a later version of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with the title 'Evensong' (ff. 336-399); typescript of a later version than the preceding, with the title 'Evensong' (ff. 400-437); final typescript of 'The Shriving of Gwenny Treharne' with slight pencil revision (ff. 438-479); typescript with slight pencil revision of 'Love kept waiting' (ff. 480-505); typescript of the preliminary matter of the volume (ff. 506-511); publisher's queries arising from the typescript of the collection, with the author's replies (ff. 512-516). Unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 3.

Later (third) pencil draft of Rhys Davies's autobiography, Print of a Hare's Foot. Paper; 343 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 7.

Another carbon copy of NLW MS 2l535C with the author's revision, together with the preliminary matter of the volume, omitting the chapter 'Country'. Paper; vi + 272 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 10.

Carbon copy of NLW MS 2l535C, typescript of Rhys Davies's autobiography, 'Print of hare's foot'. On f. 1 is a note by the author explaining that this was the first corrected typescript, i.e., the revision in NLW MSS 2l535C and 21537C was copied from this MS. Paper; iii + 286 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 9.

Later pencil draft of Print of a Hare's Foot. Foliated by the author 1-292 but reduced by the removal of leaves to a later draft (NLW MS 21534C) where some of them survive; others after removal were apparently rewritten for MS 7 and no longer survive. Paper; 258 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 6.

Typescript of Rhys Davies's autobiography, 'Print of hare's foot', with slight revision partly in the author's hand and partly in another, all deriving from the revision first made in NLW MS 21536C. Includes a final chapter 'Country' that was omitted in the book. Paper; ii + 286 leaves; unbound. Formerly Rhys Davies MS 8.