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The file comprises two typescript copies of a radio programme entitled 'Theme for poetry: poems by Welsh poets' chosen by Keidrych Rhys, and presented by Robert Speaight. It was broadcast by the BBC Home Service on 8 February 1943, and includes an extract from Part VII of In Parenthesis.

Papers, 1936-1986, of literary journalist, editor and poet William Ronald Rees Jones (Keidrych Rhys), comprising a significant amount of correspondence, 1936-1986, from numerous individuals, largely in the recipient's capacity as editor of Wales magazine and including literary articles, poetry, etc. submitted for publication; miscellaneous papers, 1936-1938, 1943-1969, relating to the Wales magazine and consisting mainly of publicity and editorial material; articles, both published and unpublished, and notes, [1950s]-[1960s], by Keidrych Rhys, mainly relating to literature and the arts; and drafts of apparently unpublished poetry, [1950s]-[1960s], by Keidrych Rhys.

Llythyrau, 1940-1979, gan gynnwys rhai oddi wrth Keidrych Rhys (5), Alun [Llewelyn Williams] (5) , Aneirin [Talfan Davies] (2), llythyrau oddi wrtho at ei rieni, [1940], ynghyd â llythyr, 1942, yn ei wahodd i dderbyn galwad i Eglwys Minster Road a llyfr yn llaw'r Parch. J. Penry Thomas yn rhoi'r 'Charge to Minster Rd's New Minister - July 21 1943' iddo yn ei wasanaeth ordeinio. Ceir papurau, 1945, yn ymwneud ag Ap, 1945.

Llythyrau, 1939, yn ymwneud â sefydlu'r gymdeithas lenyddol New Wales Society. Ymhlith y gohebwyr mae Gwynfor Evans, Keidrych [Rhys] (9), ynghyd â cherdd 'Poem for Ken Etheridge' yn llaw [Keidrych Rhys].

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).

A letter from Keidrych Rhys concerning art matters, together with correspondence with John Eilian relating to a variety of art and social matters, notably Rhys's work.

Over seventy letters, 1940-1955, to John Cowper Powys from various correspondents, including W[illiam] J[ohn] Gruffydd (1) 1942; Timothy Lewis (13) 1943-1954; Iorwerth C[yfeiliog] Peate (19) 1942-1951; Keidrych Rhys (9) 1943-1946; and Sir Ifor Williams (1) 1941. The letters relate mainly to John Cowper Powys's work, the Welsh language and culture, and personal matters.

A letter, 5 August [1939], from Dylan Thomas, at 'The Literary Village' [i.e. Laugharne], to Keidrych Rhys, editor of the literary periodical Wales. The writer is critical of the latest issue (Wales, 1.8/9 (August 1939)), and in particular of a story by S. G. Leonard, 'A labour of love' (pp. 235-238).
There are also references to Nigel Heseltine, Lynette Roberts and Glyn Jones. The letter is apparently unpublished.