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Two articles, with notes and relevant press cuttings attached, on Christmas customs, particularly in Wales, and on home brewing.

Ask the Fellows... : letters, 1957-87, from private individuals on dialect, reminiscences of childhood in Blaxhall, thanks for donation of books and local history; from the BBC concerning the making of a programme on Blaxhall (1962); the bulk from Faber and Faber, relating to the reprinting of Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay, with author's notes for revisions of the text, proposals to produce a paperback edition and royalty notices. Press cuttings, 1957-61, relating to dialect, including a letter to The Times by George Ewart Evans, 18 March 1957, on the necessity of preserving the oral tradition and responses to his statements, methods of writing history, the need for an improved museums service and changes in rural villages. See also no. 460.

Autobiography, part 2, untitled first draft of a work intended to be a sequel to The Strength of the Hills. An attached note states 'not published'.

BBC: 1964-8, mainly relating to BBC radio programmes, 'The Old Rural Community' (broadcast January 1965), 'Change in the Town' (April 1966) and 'The Hare' (Christmas 1966), including letters from Dilwyn John, director of the National Museum of Wales, 1965-7 (465/8, 465/23-4, 465/39) and Iorwerth C. Peate, 1966 (465/21); press reviews of the book, The Leaping Hare and the radio programme on the hare.

BBC London: correspondence, 1956-84, mainly from the BBC, concerning radio reviews, arrangements for rehearsals and broadcasts, submission of tapes, scripts, suggestions for programmes and possible production of a record or disc of the East Anglian recordings, 1970, changes in the organisation of BBC radio programmes, invitation to lecture, requests to use the tape recordings, preparation of the programme 'Writers and Places'. The group includes some letters by David Thomson, 1958 (419/3) and 1969 (419/8-15), indicating the development of his interest in the hare. Private letters relating to genealogy and appreciation of radio talks and books. Photocopied press article on the sacking of Charles Parker, 1972.

BBC: 1967-9, mainly expressing appreciation of BBC radio programmes, 'The Country Child' (broadcast March 1968) and 'Going to Burton' (March 1969), including letters forwarded by David Thomson, the producer; a letter and post-card relating to dialect; a page from Radio Times, March 1968, advertising 'The Country Child'. See also nos 428 & 433.

BBC Wales and Midland: correspondence, 1959-79, from BBC London, Midlands and Wales, concerning proposals to use the Blaxhall recordings and other tapes for radio programmes, acceptance of short stories for broadcast, the author's deafness, suggestions for programmes, arrangements and fees for interviews, invitations to take part in Welsh radio programmes, adaptation of The Voices of the Children for radio, mention of Iorwerth Peate and his wife, submission of material for BBC television series; printed pamphlet on writing for Welsh radio, 1956-7; and a press cutting relating to Welsh nationalism and language, 1979.

File originally entitled 'Blaxhall Recordings', being a group of manuscript and typed notes, and transcripts of BBC radio programmes.

British Association: correspondence, 1969-83, relating to George Ewart Evans's membership of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, especially his presidency in 1970-1 and his presidential address in September 1971, accompanied by a press review of the same; an invitation to lecture at Stirling for the 1974 meeting; copy of a letter from Dr Magnus Pyke, 1974 (436/18), concerning the views of the British Association on broadcasting; George Ewart Evans's honorary doctorate from Keele University, 1983 (436/23). Handbook of British Association statutes, lists of committee members and section presidents, details of meetings, etc., 1970-83. Printed circular from the Folk Narrative Research Group, 1979.

Cardboard file containing a further, corrected typescript of the author's autobiography, part 2, entitled 'The Wisdom of the Tribe'. An attached note, dated ?1984, states 'not published'.

Cardboard file containing corrected typescript of 'Possessions' [1963], described as 'Twenty-two stories'. but only fourteen are actually contained in the file, comprising; 'Two Visits', 'Be Master', 'The Singer', 'The Art Critic', 'Beyond the Trees', 'Like a Lion', 'The Son', 'The Gannet', 'The Young Wheat', 'The Enemy', 'The Journey', 'There and Back Again', 'The Medal', 'The Writing on the Wall'. A spare loose copy of 'Two Visits', a corrected typescript of a story for radio entitled 'Tom Pony', two copies of a version of the same short story, 'The Miller and his Pony', and a rejection letter from Anglia Television dated 7 August 1986. (6 items).

Cardboard file containing corrected typescript of 'The Chestnut Horse', with a cutting from Radio Times, 11 April 1963, advertising the broadcast of the story as a five part serial, and a rejection letter from The Boydell Press, 16 May 1978. (3 items).