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One hundred and eleven letters and cards (numbered 1-90), 1936-1943, from Alun Lewis to Christopher Cheney [Professor C. R. Cheney (1906-1987)], his tutor at Manchester and a close friend. Included are explanatory notes by C. R. Cheney on some of the letters. Topics include progress with his research thesis; his writing; career prospects - hopes, fears and aspirations; books he has read; his pleasure in art; the strain of an unwelcome romantic attachment; teacher training experiences; teaching at Pengam; the army.

Sixty-one airgraphs, letters and cards from Alun Lewis to his parents, December 1942-12 February 1944, the first written 'in transit' and the rest sent from India. The letters were arranged in chronological order and numbered 1-69 when acquired by NLW. Excerpts from letters 27, 65, 67-68 [see ff. 39-40, 82, 84-87] were published in In the Green Tree, pp. 42-43 and 57-63 passim.

Ninety-eight letters from Alun Lewis to his parents, almost all undated but written between May 1940 and December 1942, from Longmoor, Hampshire, and other Army Training Centres in England (ff. 1-121 verso) and en route to India (ff. 122-127 verso). The letters were arranged in a rough chronological order and numbered 1-96 when acquired by NLW and this order has been preserved although some letters are out of sequence.

Nine letters and airgraphs from Alun Lewis to his sister Mair, June 1941-January 1944 (ff. 1-11; letter beginning on f. 4 incomplete), together with typescript extracts (ff. 12-17) from letters written Summer 1942-January 1944, three of which (ff. 12, 13, 17) are included among the originals (ff. 5 verso, 10 verso, 11).

Thirty-three letters and airgraphs from Alun Lewis to various correspondents, [c. 1938]-1943, including typescript transcripts and photocopies as below. [See also MS 64]. Letters to: Brenda Chamberlain (2), 1941-1943. Typescript extracts [for the originals see NLW MS 20798C, ff. 1-4, 47-48 verso] (ff. 1-3); D. Andrew Davies (6), 1940-1942. Typescript transcripts [cf. MS 26, ff. 3-4] (ff. 4-13); Howell and Becky Davies (3), 1943-1944. Airgraphs (ff. 14-16); Mansel Davies (4), [1940]-[1942]. Photocopies (ff. 17-28); Robert Herring (1), 1942. Autograph letter (f. 29); Bryan and Renée Hopkin (7), 1940-1942. Typescript transcripts (ff. 30-42); Gwyn Jones (1), [1943]. Airgraph (f. 43); Gweno Lewis (1), 1943. Telegram (f. 44); Richard Mills (1), 1943. Typescript extract (f. 45); Fortune Press and other publishers (7), 1941 and n.d. [?c. 1938]. Autograph and typescript (ff. 46-55).

Papers of Alun Lewis, 1919-1996, including family correspondence and letters from Robert Graves; autograph and typescript copies of published and unpublished poems; typescript copies of published and unpublished prose; personalia; an unpublished autobiographical novella of college life; memorial tributes to Alun Lewis in poetry form; and notebooks containing poetry and other writings by him.

Application, 10 Feb 1941, of Alun Lewis (1883697 Sapper Lewis, A) for a commission 'preferably in the Infantry or R. A.'. Marked 'Recommended'. Typescript. 2 ff.

Arcade, 10 July 1981 ['From Aberdare to Arakan', a review by Andy Sanderson of Selected Poems by Alun Lewis, pp. 20-1].

Articles, etc., on, or relating to, Alun Lewis. They are listed alphabetically by author's name.

Typescript unpublished autobiographical novella of college life ['Adam'], [early 1940].

'Bulletin of the History Society of UCW, Aberystwyth', Lent Term 1944 ['Lieutenant Alun Lewis (1935), MA', a memorial tribute by Professor R. F. Treharne, pp. 19-22].

Material relating to the Caseg Broadsheets [see Brenda Chamberlain, Alun Lewis & the Making of the Caseg Broadsheets (London, 1970): printed prospectus (f. 1); proof and other copies of broadsheets 1-6 (ff. 2-53); 'Flower of the Bone', a copy of the wood-engraving by John Petts for broadsheet no. 6, with a brief note from John Petts to Alun Lewis, May 1942 (f. 54:); manuscript and typescript transcripts of translations into English by C. C. Bell, H. Idris Bell, Philip P. Graves and A. G. Prys-Jones of Welsh poems probably intended for the broadsheets (ff. 55-69).