A notebook containing poems written 1928-1930; and a few diary entries, 1928-1944. An account of a visit to Ernest Roberts, harpist of Bethesda, 1932, is also included.
Miscellaneous poems, some of which were published in The Barren Tree and Other Poems, 1947, including a copy of the poem 'Silver Jubilee', 1940, and a related letter from Herbert Read; two drafts of the poem 'All Saints', 1942, with a Welsh translation by Wil Ifan; and the manuscript of a poem entitled 'Autumn Song', 1936.
Manuscript and typescript copies of Wyn Griffith's English translation, 1940, of 'Distyll y Dail', a short story by W. J. Gruffydd. A related letter, January 1940, from W. J. Gruffydd is also included, together with drafts of a few poems and an address delivered at a school in Cardiff, St David's Day, 1940.
Papers relating to early Welsh music and, in particular, to the 17th century Robert ap Huw manuscript (British Museum Add. MS. 14095). They include an article by Wyn Griffith, published in The Listener, 8 August 1934; a printed address by Arnold Dolmetsch entitled 'Ancient Welsh Music' (1935); related press cuttings, 1934-1935; letters from Arnold and Mabel Dolmetsch, 1934-1935; and a printed leaflet relating to the proposed formation of the Early Welsh Music Society, [1936].
Letters from Wyn Griffith, 1913-1933, to his wife, Winifred. A group of letters relating to his visit to South America, 1953, are also included, together with related journal entries.
Correspondence, 1945-1951, between John Griffith's cousin, Rowland Williams, and Wyn Griffith, following the latter's request for information regarding the family history; together with three exercise books, one containing an autobiography of Rowland Williams, dated April 1946, and the others containing miscellaneous notes, 1945-1948. A few pedigree charts are also included.
Letters, 1941-1977, from Kate Roberts, relating mainly to Wyn Griffith's translations of her works, but also containing some personal references. An envelope containing correspondence, 1969-1977, between John Jones Cardiff Ltd, the Welsh Arts Council and Wyn Griffith, relating to the translation of Y Byw sy'n Cysgu, is also included.
One diary, 1917, and fragments of dairies, December 1915-October 1916, and March-November 1918, described by Wyn Griffith as 'All that survives of my War Diary!'. A reference to the death of his brother Watcyn, July 1916, is included. Wyn Griffith's autobiography based on his war experiences is Up to Mametz (London, 1931).
A notebook containing the manuscript of a short story entitled 'Y Dyn Diarth', dated 8 August 1947. The story was published in Y Fflam, vol. 1, no. 4 (1947).
An exercise book containing the original manuscript, 1932-1934, of the narrative poem, 'Branwen'; together with related drafts, 1931, including the 'Prologue to "The Death of Branwen"'; and the programme of a concert of verse, 27 July 1937, held at the Oxford Festival of Spoken Poetry, in which Wyn Griffith participated. The poem was published by J. M. Dent & Sons, [1934].
