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Fragments of autobiographical writings and personal notes, [c. 1934]-[c. 1955], by Margiad Evans, including a draft of the 'Little Nature Diary' (ff. 43-70) published in Autobiography (London, 1943), p. 145-173, and 'Icelandic Notes' (ff. 71-75), which represent a reworking, [1951x1953], of a journal of a visit to Iceland in 1936; ff. 1-35 verso were written during the same period as NLW MS 23366D, and ff. 36-42 just before her departure to Dorset in September 1939 to work as a housekeeper, whilst ff. 76-77 contain notes on her epilepsy. Also included are three letters, 1943-1950, to Margiad Evans, including one from Robert Herring (f. 78), praising her essay 'Down Green Ladders', published by him in Life and Letters Today, 38 (1943), pp. 79-85, later incorporated in Autobiography, pp. 131-136.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, [1950]-1953, of two apparently unpublished essays by Margiad Evans, one on John Clare (ff. 1-39), the other, entitled 'How do the Children?', on child development and children in literature.

Manuscript volume containing two essays, [c. 1953], by Margiad Evans, on Emily Brontë (ff. 1-16, chapter 1 of a projected book-length study), and John Clare (ff. 45-54), together with an apparently unpublished short story entitled 'The Lordly Ones' and four draft poems, one of which, 'In memory of a little god', appeared in The Fortnightly, n. s. 1053 (Sept. 1954), pp. 198-200, whilst the others are apparently unpublished.

Journal of Margiad Evans, February 1933-July 1934, including comments on the progress of her writing and on her relationships with family and friends.

Journal, September 1935-October 1939, of Margiad Evans, including an account of the death of her father in 1935 and of her visit to Iceland in 1936, comments on her relationships with family and friends, draft poems and the first draft of her 'Little Journal of being Alone' (ff. 138-148), later included in Autobiography (London, 1943).

Literary and personal papers, 1854, [c. 1932]-1960, of the novelist, poet and artist Margiad Evans comprising mainly manuscript and typescript drafts of both published and unpublished works and including a draft of her second novel The Wooden Doctor (Oxford, 1933), also manuscript and typescript drafts in preparation for her first published volume of poetry, Poems from Obscurity (London, 1947), manuscript essays, and typescript radio scripts by or based on Margiad Evans's work; together with journals for 1933-1934 and 1935-1939, which include mainly literary and personal notes; and miscellaneous papers.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, [c. 1946]-1956, of poems by Margiad Evans, including penultimate and final drafts of her first published volume of poetry, Poems from Obscurity (London, 1947). Drafts of other published poems, [1953]-[1956], include eleven sonnets published in A Candle Ahead (London, 1956), pp. 32-38 (ff. 71-81), 'The Sufferer' (f. 85; marked 'published in Saskatchewan'), and 'In memory of a little god' (ff. 98-105). Unpublished poems include 'Yesterday and Today' and 'Poem' (ff. 87-89), and 'Cassandra desolated' (ff. 91-97).

Four typescript radio scripts, 1953-1960, by Margiad Evans or based on her work, comprising 'The Silver Lining', broadcast 1953; 'December Day', broadcast 1956; 'Dear Desdemona', [1950s], based on the letters of Lord Byron, apparently not broadcast; and a dramatisation of her novel, 'Country Dance', broadcast 1960.

Drafts of unpublished short stories by Margiad Evans, comprising a typescript transcript, [1950s], of 'A Fairy Story', written c. 1930-2; manuscript drafts of two untitled stories, [c. 1933-4]; an incomplete manuscript draft of 'The Master Died', illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by the author, 1947; a complete manuscript draft of 'Pereena'; and manuscript and typescript drafts of 'A Gentleman from Jerusalem', 1948-1949.

Drafts of unpublished short stories by Margiad Evans, comprising a manuscript draft, [c. 1950-1], of 'The Equerry's House'; typescript drafts of 'And Every Day of their Lives', [c. 1951-3]; 'The Haunted Window', 1953, 'Knight's Move', 1953, and 'The Basilisk', 1953; an unfinished manuscript draft, [c. 1954], of 'A Borrower'; a typescript draft, 1954, of 'The Dome'; and a typescript fragment, [c. 1951-3], of an untitled and unidentified story.
Also included are two related letters to the author and two apparently unpublished draft poems, 'Ode. After Illness' (ff. 1-3) and 'Glass' (f. 99 recto-verso).

Two notebooks, [?1953]-[?1954], containing an incomplete manuscript draft by Margiad Evans of an unpublished short novel, 'The Churstons'. NLW MS 23361A also includes an apparently unpublished poem, 'In the train' (f. 95 verso).

Complete typescript draft, [c. 1955], with autograph corrections, of an unpublished short novel, 'The Churstons', by Margiad Evans; ff. i-iv, 1-49 appear to be a transcript of NLW Margiad Evans Papers 21.

Typescript draft, 1957, with corrections in an unidentified hand, of the whole of Margiad Evans's unpublished autobiographical essay, 'The Immortal Hospital or Recollections of our Childhood'.

Two incomplete manuscript drafts, 1954, of 'The Nightingale Silenced', an unpublished autobiographical work by Margiad Evans, describing the worsening of her epilepsy.
Also included is an apparently unpublished draft poem, 'Dedication. The Egotist' (f. i verso), and a list of poems written whilst a patient in the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells (f. 112).

An apparently complete manuscript draft, 1955, of 'The Nightingale Silenced', an unpublished autobiographical work by 'Margiad Evans', together with a draft poem, 'The Crows Answer' (f. 100 verso).

A volume containing an incomplete manuscript draft, [c. 1938], by Margiad Evans of an unpublished and apparently unfinished novel, 'The Widower's Tale'.

Incomplete typescript draft, [?early 1950s], of Margiad Evans's unpublished and apparently unfinished novel, 'The Widower's Tale', with a few autograph corrections; ff. 53-71 represent a reworking of the short story 'The Black House' (see Welsh Review, I (1939), pp. 242-6).

A volume containing an incomplete manuscript draft, [?1940s]-[1950s], by Margiad Evans of an unpublished and apparently unfinished novel, 'The Widower's Tale'. The present text includes several rejected and reworked passages.

A volume containing an early manuscript draft, [c. 1932], by Margiad Evans of her second novel, The Wooden Doctor (Oxford, 1933), here entitled 'A Divine Image', and containing material not included in the published text. The volume was originally in the possession of the geologist and palaeontologist Robert Etheridge and contains notes by him, 1854, on lead mining in Cardiganshire (ff. 242 verso-244).