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Correspondence, mostly concerning poems submitted for The Anglo-Welsh Review, including letters from Chris Bendon; Ivor C. Treby (4); Ruth Bidgood (7); Mike Jenkins (3); Roland Mathias (2); Tom Earley (3); John Davies; Tony Curtis; Joyce Herbert (3); Sheenagh Pugh (2); Alison Bielski (3); Nigel Jenkins; Bridget Joseph; John Tripp (3); Rosamund Stanhope; Michael Farley; D. S. Savage; Susanne M. Dumbleton; Tom Rawling; Margaret Toms (4); Jon Dressel (7); J. P. Ward; Pete Morgan (4); David T. Lloyd (3); John Barnie (2); Gerald Dawe (4); Jane McLaughlin; Gerard Casey (12); Leslie Norris (2); David Constantine (2); Philip Owens (3); Moelwyn Merchant; Wes Magee (2); Steve Griffiths (2); Sam Adams (2); Jack Clemo (6); Ted Hughes; Anthony Conran; Paul Wilkins (4); I. P. Taylor (3); Phyllis M. Jones; R. S. Thomas; Ian Hughes (3); Dudley G. Davies; Mary Casey; Charles Kohler; A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Leonard Clark; Andrew McNeillie; Lynn M. Trowbridge; Huw Jones; Brian Martin Davies (addressed to Huw Jones); Richard Poole; and Chris O'Neill. Some letters are addressed to Roland Mathias.

Correspondence, 1981-2000, mainly relating to reviews and articles intended for publication in the Anglo-Welsh Review, and to the Welsh Arts Council’s withdrawal of funding in 1987 and subsequent closure of the publication in 1988. The file includes letters to Greg Hill and others from Arthur Giardelli (3); Bim Giardelli (1); Glyn Jones (1); Anne Stevenson (3); Tony Conran (2); Jeremy Hooker (9); Desmond Slay (1); Meic Stephens (4); Freda Walters (3); Tony Curtis (1); John Davies (1); Raymond Garlick (2); Peter Dale (1); David Annwn (1); Ann Hallam (1); Tony Bianchi (1); Gillian Clarke (1); and Steve Griffiths (1). Also enclosed are cuttings of obituaries for the writer and historian Gwyn Jones, written by Desmond Slay and Meic Stephens respectively (1999); and a copy of a cutting from the Western Mail, reporting on the closure of the Anglo-Welsh Review and the launch of the New Welsh Review (1987).

The file includes correspondence with and references to many prominent writers, 1984-1985, including Sian James, Tony Curtis and Robert Minhinnick.

Includes letters from Will Cowburn (enclosing poem); Joseph Clancy (4, including poems); Liz Cashdan; Birgit Carolin; Anthony Conran; Tony Curtis (3); Anne Cluysenaar (2); Pam Cockerill; Thomas Owen Clancy (including poem); and Michael J. Collins (2).

Includes letters from Colin Ford (3), Rebecca John (2), Dewi Z. Phillips, Luned Roberts de González, Tegai Roberts, Colin See-Paynton (2), Bernard Dunstan (2), Tony Curtis (3, including a typescript copy of a poem for KW 'Farm above the sea'), David Backhouse, Ivor Davies, John Ward (2), Derec Llwyd Morgan (3), Philip Dowson (3), David Peace (2), and Peter Prendergast.

The file comprises 322 letters to Sam Adams, from Graham Allen (11), Ruth Bidgood (9), Alison Bielski (5), Duncan Bush (4), Joseph Clancy (6), Gillian Clarke (7), Tony Curtis (8), John Davies (13), Jon Dressel (7), Raymond Garlick (11), Jeremy Hooker (36), B. S. Johnson (4), Glyn Jones (15), Roland Mathias (60), Robert Morgan (21), Leslie Norris (44), John Ormond (5), Philip Pacey (15), Alun Rees (11), John Tripp (13), and Harri Webb (16). -- The correspondence mainly relates to poetry, especially Poetry Wales, The Triskel poets series, Ten Anglo-Welsh poets (1974), and to the anthology of short stories, The Shining Pyramid (1970). There are also copies of poems by B. S. Johnson, Leslie Norris, and John Tripp; English translations by Joseph Clancy of poems by Bobi Jones; and biographical information provided by Graham Allen, Alison Bielski, Gillian Clarke, John Davies, Robert Morgan and Alun Rees.

Includes letters from Peter Finch (2); Nigel Jenkins; Sally Roberts Jones; John Idris Jones; Tony Curtis; John Ackerman; and Chris Bendon (4).

Includes letters from Tony Curtis; Joseph Clancy; Dewi Roberts; and Judith Maro.

Includes letters from John Harris (2); Meic Stephens (2); and Hazel Walford Davies. The file also contains letters, 1995, of support for the nomination of R. S. Thomas for the Nobel Prize for Literature 1996; among the correspondents are Peter Gruffydd; Tony Curtis, Chris Bendon; and John Powell Ward.

Letters to Sam Adams from A.O.H. Jarman (1), Meic Stephens (5), R. George Thomas (1), Dora Polk (1), Stewart Conn (4), Duncan Glen (1), Edwin Morgan (3), Gus Martin (1), Ulla-Lena Lundberg (1), William Cookson (3), John Ackerman (2), John Barnie (1), Norman Schwenk (1), Ruth Bidgood (1), Lewis Davies (1), Malcolm Parr (1), Christopher Meredith (1), Peter Gruffydd (1), John Harris (2), John Stuart Williams (1), John Davies (1), Glyn Tegai Hughes (2), Pennar Davies (2), Raymond Garlick (1), Roland Mathias (5), Sally Roberts Jones (3), Nest Cleverdon (1), Howell Daniels (1), Tony Curtis (1), Ioan Bowen Rees (1), Nigel Jenkins (1), Chris Torrance (1), Walford Davies (1), Robert Morgan (2), Alexander Cordell (1), Desireé Hirst (1) and Glyn Jones (5) concerning literary, social and personal matters, especially relating to poetry, Poetry Wales and Welsh literature, including comments on Adams's own poems and reviews, together with copies of two poems by Bobi Jones (one of them in Welsh), one poem by Tony Curtis and three by Meic Stephens.

The file comprises papers, [1975]-1976, relating to Poems '76, ed. Glyn Jones (Llandysul, 1976). The poems included in the anthology appeared between 1974 and 1976, though it seems they were composed, and some published, before this period. Some of the notes are written on typescript drafts of works which appear to have been composed by Glyn Jones. -- In addition the file contains correspondence, 1975-1976, including draft letters by Glyn Jones and copies of a letter by him requesting the authors' permission to use their poems in the anthology, and letters from the following, mostly contributors: John Ackerman (2), Sam Adams (3), Graham Allen (2), Ruth Bidgood, Alison Bielski (2), Joseph Clancy, Bobi Jones, Anthony Conran (2), Tony Curtis (2), Elwyn Davies (3), Jon Dressel, Dannie Abse, Tom Earley, Raymond Garlick, Jeremy Hooker (3), Emyr Humphreys (2), Nigel Jenkins, Sally Roberts Jones (3), Edward Lloyd (4), Roland Mathias (3), Robert Minhinnick (2), John Ormond (2), Richard Poole, A. G. Prys-Jones, Harri Gwynn, Sheenagh Pugh (3), Meic Stephens, R. S. Thomas (1), J. P. Ward (2), Harri Webb, Gwyn Williams and John Stuart Williams (2). Copies of poems are enclosed with some letters.

Poems, mostly photocopies of typescript and printed pieces, by various authors, 1977-1980, including letters from Maurice Rutherford and Tony Curtis.

Correspondence, including letters from publishers, mostly concerning poetry by Gillian Clarke including The sundial, with a copy of the agreement with the publishers (1978), and Poetry introduction 3. Also included are drafts of the poems 'Rhiannon' a 'Pwyll'. Among the correspondents are Tony Curtis (3); Douglas A. Bassett (3); Nigel Jenkins (2); Meic Stephens (9); Michael Quinn (2); Hamish M. Brown (2); Derek Mahon; John Rowlands; Gwyn Jones; Peter Finch; Roger Garfitt; Michael J. Collins (2); Sally Roberts Jones; Glenn Storhaug; Cary Archard; Dannie Abse (2); Graham Allen (2); Lesley Grant-Adamson; Frank Ormsby (3); Charles Causley (2); Gwyn Erfyl; Jon Dressel; Glyn Jones; John Ormond (2); Peter Elfed Lewis (3); Sam Adams (2); and Stewart Conn (2).

Manuscript and typescript poems, 1972-[?2002], by various authors including Tony Curtis, R. Cyril Hughes, Jack Raymond Jones, Moelwyn Merchant, Emrys Roberts, and Ruskin Spear; some are dedicated to Kyffin Williams.