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The file comprises correspondence between René Hague and Professor William (Bill) Blissett, Toronto University, about The Roman Quarry and about his book, The Long Conversation: A Memoir of David Jones (Oxford University Press, 1981). There are original letters from William Blissett, and typed copies of René Hague's letters.

The file comprises a copy of Blake's River of Life: Its poetic undertones by Joseph Wicksteed privately printed in Bournmouth [1920s?], 43 colour and black and white engravings possibly taken from A Bibliography of William Blake by Geoffrey Keynes, 1921, and a postcard, 1922.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of a letter arising from an article on the Blake bi-centenary by Anthony Bertram in The Tablet.

The file comprises a typescript essay by Harman Grisewood entitled 'Why am I still a Catholic?' and dated 16 March 1954.

The file comprises numerous manuscript drafts of 'Welsh Poetry' (see Epoch and Artist, pp. 56-65), a review of, or rather an article arising from, The Burning Tree by Gwyn Williams (London, 1956).

The file comprises a manuscript draft of an article by David Jones about early Welsh poetry arising from The Burning Tree by Gwyn Williams (London, 1956). This article eventually took shape as 'Welsh Poetry' (see Epoch and Artist, pp. 56-65), but little of the material to be found in these drafts appears to correspond to any part of the published text.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of an article first published in The Tablet, 1957, as an article about The Burning Tree, an anthology of Welsh texts and translations edited by Professor Gwyn Wiliams.

The file includes ten pamphlets, including The Anglo-Welsh Review, Vol. 9, No. 24; Agenda, July 1960, September-October 1961 (2 copies), February-March 1962, May-June 1962 and September-October 1962 (2 copies); Dock Leaves, Spring 1956, and a signed copy of 'Requiem for a Poet ' by Raymond Garlick, a Dock Leaves Pamphlet (No. 1), 1953. David Jones designed the lettering for the title page of Agenda, which was edited by William Cookson.

The file comprises manuscript drafts of writings relating to Wales, its history, language and literature. These drafts reflect David Jones's great interest in Welsh history and should be compared with the appendix to his 'Introduction to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. Most of these drafts appear to be of letters to private correspondents, and some can be seen from David Jones's pagination to be of writings of some length.

The file comprises twenty-four scripts of 'Wales Through the Ages, II', a BBC Welsh Home Service talks series, 1959-1960 (not a complete set), with a covering letter, dated 19 November 1959 from Aneirin Talfan Davies which refers to Vera Bassett.

The file comprises fourteen pages of manuscript of the complete essay, which was written as a talk for a Welsh Home Service broadcast on July 23rd 1953. The file also includes two copies of the broadcast script showing David Jones's corrections made soon after the broadcast, and a covering letter from Sheed and Ward dated June 1954.

The file comprises two scripts of 'Wales and the Crown' (see Epoch and Artist, pp. 39-48), a talk by David Jones broadcast on 23 July 1953. One copy has extensive manuscript additions and alterations in David Jones's hand.

The file comprises an invitation to Stanley Honeyman's wedding, 1960, and visiting cards.

The file comprises material relating to the Virgil Society, almost entirely consisting of printed papers and presidential addresses and of typescript summaries of lectures, with nine pamphlets.

The file comprises four typescript Virgil Society lecture summaries.

The file comprises notes for René Hague's essay on David Jones and Virgil.

The file includes photocopies of manuscript sheets of The Anathemata, a typescript article on square-rigged ships, a typescript introduction to The Dying Gaul by Harman Grisewood, a copy of a letter from Nancy Sandars to David Jones, 1964, and typed notes by René Hague.

The file comprises sixty letters from Valerie Wynne-Williams to David Jones, 1958-1964, numbered 1-55 by David Jones (with nos. 11, 36, 43 and 44 missing, and numbering 54 and 55 used twice). There is also a photograph of a child, 1969, copies of Valerie Wynne-Williams' wedding invitation designed by David Jones, a 'cover' to the letters decorated by David Jones, 'Llythyrau oddi wrth Elri ferch Rachel Tachwedd 1958-Rhagfyr 1969, Ionawr 1960- ', and a postcard from Ray [?Howard-Jones] .

The file comprises René Hague's letters and notes about David Jones' theory of 'Use and Sign' in relation to art and to religion.

The file comprises unused manuscript material by David Jones taken from the The Roman Quarry sources, which the editors did not include in the published volume. It includes manuscripts which may belong to The Anathemata, The Wall, The Dream of Private Clitus, The Fatigue, The Tutelar of the Place, The Roman Quarry, The Tribune's Visitation, The Hunt, and The Sleeping Lord, with a few pages on an essay on the arts. The manuscripts have been divided into eleven files by Tom Goldpaugh, who has numbered the first ten files (ff. 1-320) in the top left hand corner, with a description for each file. The eleventh file (ff. 321-397) contains notes by Harman Grisewood and René Hague and miscellaneous manuscripts.