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The series consists of drafts of talks given by Menna Gallie to various societies on a number of subjects, [1940]-[1990], such as childhood memories, memories of Ystradgynlais, Creunant and the surrounding area, experiences in Northern Ireland, America and Cambridge, experiences gained whilst in Italy and Yugoslavia, and talks on her own writing.

This series consists of drafts of various pieces of creative work by Menna Gallie, [1940x1990].

This series contains typescript copies of Menna Gallie's translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad by Caradog Prichard, 1961, and four chapters of his autobiography Afal Drwg Adda, [c.1973].

This series consists mainly of various cuttings comprising reviews on Strike for a Kingdom, You're Welcome to Ulster, and The Small Mine, [c.1959]-1992. The series also includes an invitation to an exhibition at the Leigh Gallery, Cambridge; a letter with the reviews and another from a friend in America, praising one of her books; two miscellaneous articles; and a radio script for the programme 'The Arts in Ulster' on which The Small Mine was reviewed.

This series consists of letters from various correspondents, relating mainly to matters connected with her work as a writer, [1959-1990], and letters from Cradaog Prichard relating to her translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad entitled Full Moon.

This series consists of a number of radio scripts of talks given by Menna Gallie, [c.1958]-[c.1969], on subjects such as her experiences of living in Northern Ireland, of writing her first novel, of being a guide in an old house in Ulster, of her experience of going down a coal mine, various memories of childhood, the writing of Mary Lavin, of her trip to Yugoslavia and experiences of her time spent in America.

This series consists of articles written by Menna Gallie, [1940x1990], including two copies of the periodical Barn, in which there is an article by her and a handwritten copy of the article; a copy of Cambridge Review, 1970, in which there is a review by her of The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer, (MacGibbon and Kee, 1970); and an article under the title 'I Never Saw You at my Funeral'.

This series consists of notebooks full of rough notes, [1940x1990], which appear to be revisions to her novel You're Welcome to Ulster; a draft copy of a speech on her experiences of Northern Ireland; notes about Sicily; summaries of chapters in a book possibly written by herself; plans for the novel Travels With a Duchess; notes on her experiences in New York; notes on wartime memories; a draft on her life experiences and on being a writer; notes written on her holiday in Palermo; notes on 'people to use in her next Welsh novel'; notes for 'a possible Welsh thriller'; and notes on various writers and artists.

This series consists of three publishing contracts, 1958-1996. Two are between Victor Gollancz Ltd. and Menna Gallie to publish The Small Mine (1962) and Say the Pink Bells (1958); the other is between Honno and Bryce Gallie to publish Travels With a Duchess (1996).