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Diary of Raymond Garlick containing entries for 31 May-10 June 1989, kept during a fifteen-day cruise, calling at a number of places including Venice, Italy, Split, Yugoslavia, Delphi, Greece, and Istanbul, Turkey (ff. 1-8).

A notebook, 1978-1989, in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts and sixty pages of pasted in typescript drafts of twenty-five poems, consisting of two groups: fourteen poems, dated June 1978-August 1979 (ff. 3-50), and a further eleven poems, dated March-April 1989 (ff. 50 verso-73 verso).
Of the earlier poems, five were published in Planet and seven appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987), most notably 'Notes for an autobiography' (ff. 31 verso-50); the remaining six are apparently unpublished. Of the eleven later poems six were published in Planet and the New Welsh Review; they were all subsequently collected in Raymond Garlick, Travel Notes: New Poems (Llandysul, 1992).

Collins Royal diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1989, with two days to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 6-110).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 10-104 verso passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 11 verso, 59, 61 verso-62, 101), Lynette Roberts (f. 15), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 21, 23), Don Dale-Jones (f. 21), George Noakes (ff. 23 verso-24), Sally Roberts Jones (f. 27), John Tripp (f. 61), Tom Ellis (f. 70), Norah Isaac (f. 79), Jonah Jones (f. 95, 102 verso) and Wyn Binding (f. 101). From 8 March (f. 25) onwards there are frequent notes on the composition of poems. The volume includes drafts of Garlick's poem 'Annus Mirabilis' (ff. 83 recto-verso) as well as a transcript of a poem by R. S. Thomas on Troy (f. 62) (see R. S. Thomas: Letters to Raymond Garlick 1951-1999, ed. by Jason Walford Davies (Llandysul, 2009), p. 136). There is also a description of a cruise, 31 May-14 June, of the Eastern Mediterranean, including visits to Venice, Istanbul, Troy, Athens and various Greek islands (ff. 49-53).

Diary of Raymond Garlick containing occasional entries for the period 1 January-28 February 1990 (ff. 1-8 verso).

Diary of Raymond Garlick containing entries for the period 8-22 July 1990, kept during a two week cruise, mostly of the Baltic (ff. 1-51, text on rectos).
The ship called at Amsterdam, Netherlands (ff. 7-8), Leningrad (ff. 19-27) and Riga, USSR (ff. 33-36), Visby, Sweden (ff. 37-39), Copenhagen, Denmark (ff. 40-42), and Oslo, Norway (ff. 43-45). Also included are an incomplete draft of the poem 'Leningrad', dated 18 July 1990 (ff. 77 verso-8) and an apparently unpublished poem entitled 'At the Winter Palace', dated 14 July 1990 (ff. 78 verso- 9).

Holograph first drafts of fourteen poems by Raymond Garlick, 1975-[1990], comprising 'Adam in Eden', [?1975] (ff. 1-2; f. 2 is a corrected typescript), 'Ebb Tide', 19-21 October 1975 (f. 3), 'The Art Lesson', 17-18 December 1975 (f. 4), 'Where?', 5-7 January 1976 (f. 5), 'Portrait of a Young Dog as an Artist', [1975x1978] (ff. 6-8), 'Epigrams', [1975x1978] (f. 9), 'The Hottentot Fig', [24 March 1989] (ff. 10-11), 'The Comforters', [17 April 1989] (ff. 12-13), 'The Heiress', [21-22 April 1989] (ff. 14-15), 'Fellow Travellers', 28 July 1989 (ff. 16-17), 'Book Review' (first stanza only), [1 August 1989] (f. 18), 'The Odyssey Continues' (first two stanzas only), [?28 August 1989] (f. 19), 'The Exile', [?June 1990] (f. 20), and 'In the Jungle', [?June 1990] (f. 21).
'Adam in Eden' was published in Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976); 'Portrait of a Young Dog as an Artist' was published in Planet, 41 (June 1978), 29; 'Ebb Tide', 'The Art Lesson' and 'Where?' were published in Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987); 'Epigrams' is apparently unpublished. The eight later poems (ff. 11-21) all appeared in Travel Notes: New Poems (Llandysul, 1992). Also included is a typescript by the author, listing the contents; the order given has now been superseded (f. 22).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1991, with one week to a view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 8 verso-60 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 11 verso-54 passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 15 verso, 16 verso, 18, 19 verso, 20 verso, 33 verso, 59), Tony Conran (f. 18 verso), Daniel Huws (ff. 23 verso, 25), Gareth Wardell (f. 29 verso), Roland Mathias (ff. 31 verso, 32 verso, 47 verso, 53) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 32 verso). It also describes a visit to Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12-16 April (ff. 23 recto-verso) and a cruise, 3-18 September, of the Eastern Mediterranean, calling at various locations in Greece, Turkey and Italy (ff. 43 verso-45 verso).

W.H. Smith diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1992, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 4 verso-42 verso, 44-57).
There are no entries for 23 July-23 August (ff. 33 verso-38). The volume includes references to Jacques Wirz (ff. 4 verso-5 verso, 15, 27, 32), Jon Dressel (ff. 7 verso-30 passim, 42-51 passim), Tony Conran (f. 12 verso), Roland Mathias (f. 13 verso, 20-21, 31 verso, 38 verso, 42 verso), Gwyn Jones (f. 23) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 55 verso-56). He also describes visits to Switzerland, 2-7 January (ff. 4 verso-5 verso), and the Netherlands, 6-12 April (ff. 18 verso-19).

Over a hundred letters and cards, 1947-1957, 1985-1993, from Raymond Garlick to Dr Jacques Wirz of Basel, Switzerland, containing personal news and comments on his teaching and literary work.
Also included are typescript drafts of eight poems published in the writer's Poems from the Mountain-House (London, [1950]) (ff. 9-16) and six published in Travel Notes (Llandysul, 1992) (ff. 137-140, 142-143); a typescript draft of his article 'A poet looks back', Llais Llyfrau/Book News from Wales (Summer 1989) (ff. 134-136); together with reviews and other printed material relating to him and his work, 1988-1993.

Over a hundred letters and cards, 1985-1993, to Raymond Garlick from Dr Jacques Wirz of Basel, Switzerland, containing mainly personal news and comments.

Over sixty letters, 1969-1993, to Raymond Garlick from Elwyn Davies, journalist, teacher, translator and poet, containing personal news and comments on their own work and that of other Anglo-Welsh writers.

Help Desk Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1993, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news, 28 December 1992-31 December 1993 (ff. 2 verso-55).
There are no entries for 15-21 March (ff. 13 verso-14). The volume includes references to R. S. Thomas (ff. 4 verso, 12 verso, 46, 53 verso, 55), Seamus Heaney (f. 5 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 7-12 verso passim, 24 verso-28 verso passim, 40 verso-44), Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 10 verso-11), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27 verso-37 verso passim, 52) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 7 verso). He also describes visits to Malta, 29 December 1992-5 January 1993 (ff. 2 verso-3 verso, with additional notes on ff. 1 verso-2), Tenerife, 16-26 April 1993 (ff. 18-19 verso), and the Netherlands, 15-18 October 1993 (ff. 44 recto-verso). Ephemera found loose inside the volume have been tipped in at the end (ff. 62 verso-64 verso).

Collins Royal diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1994, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 4 verso-9 passim, 20-53 passim), Roland Mathias (f. 8 verso), T. Harri Jones (f. 23), John Cowper Powys (ff. 50 recto-verso) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 9 verso, 51 recto-verso) and to the death of Elwyn Davies (ff. 8, 32) and the illness and death of D. Tudor Bevan (ff. 25-46 passim, 62 verso). He also describes visits to Yorkshire, 9-14 April (ff. 15-16), and Tenerife, 5-21 September (ff. 36 verso-38 verso). A quote from Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin: A writer's life (London, 1993), p. 214, is on f. 61. A number of newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume, including ff. i verso, 62 recto-verso.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1995, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (f. 3 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 5 verso-53 passim), Meic Stephens (ff. 13-41 passim, 47), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 42, 51), Andrew Sachs (ff. 22, 23 verso-24, 34), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27-28, 48) and Gwynfor Evans (ff. 28 verso, 35 verso), as well as to the illness and death of Glyn Jones (ff. 9 verso-16 verso passim) and the disposition of his papers (ff. 17-47 passim). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 1, 7, 47).

Oxfam Desk Diary 1996, with one week to view, belonging to Raymond Garlick, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news (ff. 1 verso-16 verso, 19-55 verso).
The volume includes references to Gordon Stuart (f. 2), Don Dale-Jones (ff. 6, 27 verso, 28 verso), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 8 recto-verso), Leslie Norris (f. 9), Jon Dressel (ff. 20, 23, 25, 32 verso-36 verso passim, 47 verso-49), Sam Adams (ff. 23, 24), R. S. Thomas (ff. 26, 31 verso, 36 verso, 47-50 passim, 54), Wyn Binding (ff. 29 verso, 38 verso-46 passim), Jacques Wirz (ff. 31-36 verso passim, 53), Gwynfor Evans (f. 34), Kusha Petts (f. 43) and Roland Mathias (ff. 48 verso-49 verso). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted into the volume (ff. 8, 17, 25, 31).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1997 with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life and interests and comments on the news (ff. 1 verso-53 verso).
The volume includes references to Jan Morris (f. 2), Pennar Davies (f. 4), Jon Dressel (ff. 4-48 passim), Ioan Bowen Rees (f. 6), Labi Siffre (ff. 7 verso, 8 verso), Janet Dubé (ff. 9 recto-verso), Norah Isaac (ff. 10, 45), Glyn Jones (f. 12 verso), Bernard Mitchell (ff. 13, 17), R. S. Thomas (ff. 14 verso, 17-18, 42, 49, 53), Walford Davies (ff. 42, 48 verso, 49), Roland Mathias (ff. 46 recto-verso) and Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 50, 51 verso). A few newspaper cuttings have been pasted in on ff. 5 verso, 13, 16, 57.

Thirty letters and a postcard, 1993-1997, from Raymond Garlick to Dr Jacques Wirz of Therwil, near Basel, Switzerland (ff. 1-42), together with forty-two corresponding letters and a Christmas card, 1993-1997, from Dr Wirz (ff. 43-114).

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1998 with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life and interests and comments on the news (ff. 1-53).
The volume includes references to John Cowper Powys (ff. 1 verso, 26 verso, 33-34, 36 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 2-17 passim, 22 verso, 38 verso), Ted Hughes (ff. 3 verso, 45), Roland Mathias (f. 10), R. S. Thomas (ff. 11 verso, 23-24, 49), Siân Phillips (ff. 27 recto-verso, 28 verso) and Phyllis Playter (ff. 33, 34, 36 verso) and to the death of Wyn Binding (ff. 1 verso, 7, 8). Also included are details of his trip to St Louis, Missouri, and Pella, Iowa, in April to receive an honorary doctorate (ff. 15 verso-17). Two press cuttings (ff. 42a, 50a) have been tipped into the volume.

Fifteen letters, July 1997-June 1999, from Raymond Garlick to Jacques Wirz (ff. 1-18), together with nineteen corresponding letters, August 1997-July 1999, from Dr Wirz (ff. 19-52).
The letters contain references to the referendum on devolution in Wales (ff. 3, 4 verso), the death of Diana, Princess of Wales (ff. 3, 5 verso), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 5, 25 verso-26), Jon Dressel (ff. 6-12 passim), R. S. Thomas (ff. 8 recto-verso, 11 verso, 12), John Cowper Powys (ff. 11, 36) and Andrew Sachs (f. 14). Garlick's letter dated 21 September 1997 (f. 3) is incomplete; the missing part is now NLW MS 23845D, f. 4.

A notebook containing drafts of poems by Raymond Garlick, 1989-1999, the majority of which are published.
The volume is a combination of manuscript drafts, along with pasted in typescript drafts. They include some thirty of the forty-one poems published in Travel Notes (Llandysul, 1992) (ff. 1-35, 36 verso-43).