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Typescript fragments of fiction, 1970s, one bearing the title 'The Silence', but apparently being drafts of James Hanley's novel, A Kingdom (London, 1978).

A copy of the first edition of James Hanley's novel The Welsh Sonata: Variations on a Theme (London, 1954), containing autograph revisions by the author and marked up for re-issue in 1978.

Manuscripts and correspondence, [early 1930s]-1985, of James Hanley and his wife, Dorothy Enid ('Timothy') Hanley, comprising literary papers of James Hanley, 1954-1985, consisting of published and unpublished works of fiction, including novels stories and plays, mainly in draft form, some fragmentary; manuscripts of Timothy Hanley, 1932-1980, comprising journals, 1932-1980, and notebooks, 1932-1950, containing draft book reviews, short stories, poems, letters and sketches; and letters, mostly to their son Liam Hanley, from James Hanley, 1951-1981, and Timothy Hanley, 1951-[1970s].

Some two hundred and ninety-five letters, 1951-1981, from James Hanley to his son, Liam P. Hanley, relating mainly to personal matters and to the progress of the writer's literary work, together with a few letters from the same to other members of the family and a letter, 1941, to his American patron Dr George H. Patterson of Los Angeles.

Journal of Timothy Hanley, 9 September-7 November 1964 and 18 April 1965-10 March 1966, commenting on her life at Dynevor, Llandeilo, and in London; also included are book reviews, 1953-1954, draft poems, an incomplete draft of a play (ff. 71 verso-89 verso inverted text; see also NLW MS 23605iiE, ff. 30-32) and a letter, 1962, from her son, Liam Hanley.

Journal, 25 October 1919-10 October 1960, of Timothy Hanley, commenting on her life in Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, and London, together with a few memoranda and fragments of prose.

Journal, 19 February 1968-8 March 1970, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 19 March 1970-22 July 1971, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 1 May 1973-12 May 1974, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 16 April 1979-18 August 1980, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 5 September 1972-28 April 1973, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 14 May 1974-25 September 1975, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 27 October 1977-15 April 1979, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 27 September-31 December 1932, of Timothy Hanley, reflecting her life in Denbighshire and London during the months preceding the birth of Liam Hanley.

Journal, 30 November 1966-19 February 1968, of Timothy Hanley.

Journal, 26 July 1971-3 September 1972, of Timothy Hanley (NLW MS 23605iC). Papers found loose inside have been filed separately (NLW MS 23605iiE); these comprise fragments of autobiography (ff. 2-29); a fragmentary draft of a play (ff. 30-32; see also NLW MS 23600B, ff. 71 verso-89 verso); a lino-print of an unidentified house, perhaps in Montgomeryshire; two letters, [?1965]-[?1966], to Liam Hanley from James Hanley; and order of service for the funeral of Reginald Moore, 1990.

Journal, 27 September 1975-27 October 1977, of Timothy Hanley.

A volume containing fragmentary drafts, [1970s]-[1980x1985], by James Hanley of both published and unpublished plays and fiction, including 'The Child's Tale' (ff. 1 verso, 35 verso-38, 57-59 verso, 60 verso-61, see also NLW MSS 23127E, 23129E), 'The End House' (ff. 18-22 verso, see also NLW MS 23129E), A Dream Journey (London, 1976) (ff. 35, 38 verso-39, see also NLW MS 23125E), A Woman in the Sky (London, 1973) (f. 33 recto-verso), A Kingdom (London, 1978) (ff. 40-44, 45-46 verso, 61-62, see also NLW MS 23122E), 'In That Time' (f. 48 recto-verso, see also NLW MS 23128E) and 'The Shadow House' (ff. 48 verso-52, 54-55, see also NLW MS 23126E), together with recollections of John Cowper Powys (ff. 55 verso-56; cf. Hanley's John Cowper Powys. A Man in the Corner (Loughton, 1969)), and personal reflections.

Notebook, 1935-1952, of Timothy Hanley, containing draft poetry and prose, including a chapter of her novel Three Inches of Moonlight (London, 1960), together with book reviews, and draft letters to various correspondents, including one to Ezra Pound.

Notebook, 1939-1944, of Timothy Hanley, containing reminiscences of childhood (cf. NLW MS 23591B), book reviews and a fragment of a draft radio script, together with school exercises, probably by Liam Hanley.