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Six letters, cards and faxes, 1990-1998, from Jan Morris, Llanystumdwy, to Ned Thomas, together with eight photographs, one of Thomas (f. 5) and seven of Morris's home, relating to her proposed book A Writer's House in Wales, 1998 (ff. 8-14), and copies of Thomas's articles 'A Free Spirit', 2006 (ff. 15-17), and 'Jan Morris – Pedair Olygfa [sic]', [November 2020] (ff. 18-20).

Notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, letters, talks, reviews, booklets, leaflets, periodicals, press cuttings and other material relating to Jan Morris's writing career and the places she visited in the course of her research, together with personal letters and records.

The file consists of letters and papers, 1957-1971, relating mainly to the care of Lloyd George's grave at Llanystumdwy on the banks of the river Dwyfor, but some concern local celebrations of the centenary of Lloyd George's birth in January 1963, a visit to the grave by the Queen and Prince Philip in the following August, and the protest made by the Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales in 1969 against the proposed 'desecration' of the River Dwyfor, a protest with which Frances associated herself. The file includes letters from James Morris (Jan Morris), 1968, and Harold Wilson, 1968.

Notebook containing the first manuscript draft of his novel Zorn published in 1986, book reviews and letters of appreciation, including a letter from Jan [Morris].