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Ink score, [1961], consisting of the first part of the work titled Opus 14: 'Noctuary: Five Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins for Chorus and String Orchestra'. Originally commissioned for the BBC in Wales, the work includes parts for violins 1 and 2, viola, cello, and bass.

Facsimile copy of ink score, titled Opus 35: 'Make Haste So To Live: Anthem for Chorus and Organ', with words from 'The Principle and Foundation' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Commissioned for the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music for the Fishguard Music Festival, 1972. Dedicated to John Davies.

Ink score, titled Opus 35: 'Make Haste So To Live: Anthem for Chorus and Organ', with words from 'The Principle and Foundation' by Gerard Manley Hopkins. Commissioned for the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music for the Fishguard Music Festival, 1972. Dedicated to John Davies.

Facsimile copy of ink score, dated 1989, and titled Opus 61: ‘Winter World: The Last Three Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins for Baritone & Piano'. The score was originally commissioned for the North Wales Music Festival, 1989, in association with the Welsh Arts Council.

The file contains correspondence and publicity material, 1989, regarding the organising of the annual Gwyn Jones lecture delivered by Professor Walford Davies. The lecture was on the subject of Gerald Manley Hopkins.

The file consists of a manuscript draft and radio script of the feature programme 'Gerard Manley Hopkins and Wales', broadcast during September 1951. In addition, the file contains related correspondence, 1951, including letters from Aneirin Talfan Davies (3), and copies of the radio scripts by Aneirin Talfan Davies, 'Y Bardd o Swydd Dorset' and 'William Barnes, the Dorset poet', 1950, which contain references to Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Undated holograph letter, [January 1939], (2 ff.), by Dylan Thomas to his former school friend Bob [Rees], written in black ink and sent from Blashford, in which he refers to a visit to Swansea, discusses his work, the proposed publication of a volume of poetry and prose, 'In the direction of the beginning', and the influence of Gerard Manley Hopkins on his writing. Also included are two typescript letters, the first being a photocopy, dated 1993 and 1995, from Bob Rees to Jeff Towns, containing reminiscences about DT and his father, D. J. Thomas.

Includes letters from Llywarch Reynolds (2), Augusta Hall (3), Edward Laws, Edward A. Freeman, Max Müller (2), Gerard Manley Hopkins, John Evans, Henry Nettleship, E. C. Evans, and W. G. Smith (2).