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Papers relating to the poet and author W. H. Davies (1871-1940), including press cuttings, 1930-90 and undated, some concerning the unveiling, in 1990, of a statue in Newport to honour him; photocopies of the wedding certificate of his parents, 1864, his mother's second and third marriages, 1875 and 1891, and her death certificate, 1922; menu, 1930, of a luncheon held at the Westgate Hotel, Newport, in his honour, with his signature; invitations, 1938, to the unveiling of a commemorative plaque to him and to luncheon (the menu bears the signature of W. H. Davies and John Masefield); programmes, 1971, of events to celebrate the centenary of his birth; a poem 'Tribute' to W. H. Davies' by Alison J. Bielski, and poems by children from Newport commemorating the centenary and a first day cover; together with photocopies of photographs.