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Letters, 1926-1968, to John Cowper Powys and Phyllis Playter from various correspondents, including Gerald Brenan (16, including one poem), 1957-1968; Maurice Browne (20), 1930-1954; James Hanley (15), [c. 1955]-1967; Claude Houghton (5), 1955-1956; Edgar Lee Masters (9), 1928-1945; Henry Miller (7), 1957-1962; and Ralph Shirley (18), 1940-1946; together with a few miscellaneous letters, including an undated draft letter from John Cowper Powys concerning literary censorship in America.

Letters from John Cowper Powys to James Hanley (3), 1929-1930; John Wilstach (1), 1932; and Charlotte Miller (3), 1934-1935; together with a poem by Charlotte Miller addressed to John Cowper Powys.

Correspondence, 1930-1978, of Rhys Davies, comprising some twenty-five letters to various correspondents (ff. 1-31), including his brother Arthur Lewis Davies, 1933-1955 (ff. 1-12), his sisters Gertie E. Davies and Gladys Davies, 1960-1978 (ff. 13-18), and his friend and patron Louise Taylor, 1975-1977 (ff. 20-30); together with some twenty-seven letters to Davies from various correspondents (ff. 32-78), including G. F. Adam, 1947 (f. 32), John Fernald, 1954 (ff. 34-37), John Gawsworth, 1946 (f. 38), James Hanley, [1950s] (f. 40), Anna Kavan, [early 1960s] (f. 44), Keidrych Rhys, 1946 (f. 47), Flora Robson, 1954 (ff. 50-53, copies), Valerie Taylor, 1955 (ff. 56-70), and his sister Peggie Williams, 1945 (ff. 74-75).
Also included is a group of correspondence relating to the dramatisation of Rhys Davies's short story 'Gents Only', 1948 (ff. 79-82), and to the estates of Alice B. Toklas and Louise Taylor, 1978 (ff. 83-86).

Llythyrau oddi wrth R. S. Thomas, 1965-1989, ac oddi wrth James Hanley, 1977-1981.

Papers of the novelist and playwright James Hanley, [1954]-2011, including an annotated script of 'The Queen of Ireland' (only copy), recorded for BBC Third Programme, 1960, signed by him and including a letter from him, 1981, and 'Levine', adapted for television by Catherine Dolan; transcripts of three interviews with James Hanley (one conducted by his son Liam Hanley); a list of his publications; photocopies of book reviews and locations of his manuscripts in other libraries; letters received by Liam Hanley relating to his father's works in particular the controversial novel Boy (London, 1990) and a note by him on his 'Portrait of his father' painted in 1983. -- Additional papers include a programme of his first play Say nothing, 1962, and reviews; letters sent to his friend Philip Barclay and obituaries of James Hanley

Typescript notes relating to the set and sound requirements for the production of the play which was staged at Dynevor Castle, 13-18 August 1968.