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Manuscript and typescript drafts of the poems 'Presences' and 'Events Leading to the Conception of Solomon', both of which were included in Dannie Abse's poetry anthology Arcadia, One Mile, published by Hutchinson, 1998. Together with letters to Dannie Abse from, amongst others, Joyce Herbert, Judith Maro, Anne Stevenson, Vernon Scannell and Stephen Stuart-Smith in response to reading the anthology.

Material relating to the compilation and production of How Poets Work, edited by Tony Curtis and published by Seren Books in 1996 (see, for example: How Poets Work, see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/book/how-poets-work/)
The material comprises:
Overview of the publication and list of contributing poets
Draft poetry by and printed interviews (conducted by Tony Curtis) with some of the contributing poets
Correspondence from Mick (Mike) Felton of Seren Books and from contributing poets Dannie Abse, Simon Armitage, Maura Dooley, Carol Ann Duffy, Helen Dunmore, Douglas Dunn, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Longley, Don Paterson and Anne Stevenson

Letters and cards to Dannie Abse from various individuals and organisations mainly from the British and American literary and arts world, correspondents including the Arts Council of Wales, Gillian Clarke, Milein Cosman, Professor Tony Curtis, Menna Elfyn, Christopher Fry, Raymond Garlick, William Meredith/Richard Harteis, John Heath-Stubbs, Daniel Hoffman, Jonah Jones, Judith Maro, Norman Kreitman, Christopher Levenson, Gwyneth Lewis, Maureen Lipman, Jon Manchip White, Jan Morris, Andrew Motion, William Oxley, Patricia Oxley, the Poetry Society, Suzanne Poirier, Harri Pritchard-Jones, Simon Rae, Anne Ridler, Sally Roberts Jones, Macha Louis Rosenthal, the Royal Society of Literature, Lawrence Sail, Alan Sillitoe, the Society of Authors (mainly referencing Abse's rôle on the Gregory Awards selection panel), Meic Stephens, Anne Stevenson, Barry Wallenstein, Theodore Weiss, the Welsh Academy, Tony Whittome and Paul Zimmer.
Correspondence from the University of Wales College of Medicine and from the University of Glamorgan discusses Dannie Abse's acceptance of, respectively, an Honorary Fellowship and an Honorary Doctorate.
Family correspondents include Dannie Abse's brothers, Dr Wilfred Abse and Leo Abse, his daughters Keren and Susanna, his son David, his niece Bathsheba Abse, his grandsons Max and Marley and his granddaughter Larne.
Some letters are addressed to both Dannie and Joan Abse (see also under heading Correspondence of Joan Abse).
Included is a photocopied article titled Dannie Abse: poet and physician by Professor Michael J. Collins of Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (see under letter 'C' in alphabetical sequence).
Some of the material is annotated in Dannie Abse's hand.
One letter (filed under 'J') incomplete.
Also included are Christmas and birthday cards, 1992, 1995, 1997-1999, and one undated Easter card to Dannie and, in the case of Christmas cards, to both Dannie and Joan Abse, together with a list of 1997 cards written out in Abse's hand. Two cards blank.

A postcard from Alan Brownjohn (for whom see under 'B') is enclosed with a note from Tony Whittome (for whom see under 'W').

Correspondence relating to more specific topics eg publications, including articles and reviews and poetry/prose readings, talks and workshops by Dannie Abse, are filed under their particular headings eg Articles and reviews, Readings, talks and workshops. Likewise, many of the correspondents are referenced within other sections of this archive. For literary references (eg works by/edited by Dannie Abse) see under relevant headings within this archive.

For correspondence from Barnet London Borough/Church Farmhouse Museum (under 'B') see also January 2005 papers under heading Press cuttings: articles, reviews, poetry.

Material, the vast majority of which is photocopied, relating to the compilation of Tony Curtis (ed.):The Art of Seamus Heaney, published by Poetry Wales Press in 1982, comprising: photocopied draft typescript texts by contributors, which include poet and writer Anne Stevenson, poet, translator and academic Dick Davis, poet, critic and lecturer Philip Hobsbaum and poet, writer and critic Roland Mathias; introduction, fly-leaf notes, index, etc, by Tony Curtis; critical paper by Tony Curtis relating to Seamus Heaney's collection of poems Field Work (Faber & Faber, 1979) submitted, 1980, during the course of Curtis's academic studies at Goddard College, Vermont (see August 2002 and April 2016 papers under heading Goddard College), together with material photocopied from printed source; details of a reading of Seamus Heaney's works by Tony Curtis, held at the Bute Theatre, Cardiff, November 1981; letters to Tony Curtis from contributors to the volume and from other correspondents, including Anne Stevenson and poet, critic, teacher, playwright and magic lanternist David Annwn (Jones), and letters to Tony Curtis from publishing houses, including Rosemary Goad of Faber & Faber; photocopied draft manuscript and typescript versions and photocopy from printed source of the poem 'North' (initially titled 'North Atlantic') by Seamus Heaney; printed Poetry Wales Press catalogue, 1981/2; material by or relating to Seamus Heaney photocopied from printed sources; and rough manuscript notes.

For the publication see, for example: https://www.serenbooks.com/product/the-art-of-seamus-heaney-paperback/.

See also August 2002 and April 2016 papers under heading Goddard College.