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Letters, cards and postcards, 1983, 1989-1999, 2002-[2002], 2004-2010, 2013 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from multi-lingual sound/concrete poet and verbal/visual artist Peter Noel Meilleur ('Childe Roland'). Many of the letters enclose or include sound/concrete poems incorporating small-scale two- and three-dimensional constructions and images by Peter Meilleur, some letters and envelopes are decorated/illustrated with cuttings, motifs, artwork, etc. and one letter is contained within a cigar box.

Material relating to the Welsh Union of Writers. Items include copy of WUW trust deed; WUW newsletters; details of WUW executive members' meetings, AGMs and conferences; list of WUW members; correspondence; tribute material relating to poet Harri Webb (d. 1994); press releases; details relating to PEN conference; details relating to Arts Council-awarded bursaries and list of recipients; rough notes by Nigel Jenkins and others; and press cuttings. Some folios annotated by Nigel Jenkins and others.

Material relating to municipal and collaborative arts projects of Nigel Jenkins, comprising material relating to the 1992 Garden Festival Wales held at Ebbw Vale, the municipal poetry event held in Swansea in 1997 and collaborative projects undertaken by Nigel Jenkins in association with the stained glass artist David Pearl.

Material relating to poetic tours and readings undertaken by Nigel Jenkins and others. Some of the poems which appear were utilised in more than one of the reading events.

Material relating to the writing of Nigel Jenkins' Footsore on the Frontier: Selected Essays and Articles, published by Gomer Press in 2001. Items include printed agreement between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; reviews; material relating to sections on artist Mary Lloyd Jones (draft, fair-copy and printed articles; interview and other notes; correspondence; printed invitations to private views; exhibition brochure and price list; material from printed sources) and poet Cyril Gwynn (poetry; correspondence; notes; draft articles; death notices) and on Garn Goch hill fort and Paviland Cave (correspondence; draft article; notes); piece entitled Footsore on the Frontier taken from printed source, with notes on dorse; draft short story entitled Hymns and Bloody Arias, with section of printed version and notes; piece entitled And the Dregs are Mine ... (draft pieces; notes); and Prison Diary of WX 0674, a draft account of Nigel Jenkins' imprisonment at HM Prison Swansea in 1988.

Two printed copies of Practical Dreams, an anthology of poems by Nigel Jenkins published by Galloping Dog Press in 1983. One copy is annotated and foliated by Nigel Jenkins and includes a typescript sheet of annotated poetry pasted in between ff. 26 and 27.

Material relating to a Swansea municipal poetry project in which Nigel Jenkins, along with other poets and artists, was commissioned to take part. The material includes printed material relating to public art; correspondence, principally between Nigel Jenkins and Swansea City Council and between Nigel Jenkins and Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales; proposed poetry texts; architectural plans; overview of project; biographical details relating to Nigel Jenkins and fellow poet Menna Elfyn; articles and reports by Nigel Jenkins; press cuttings; and notes and draft poetry by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to 'Fields of Praise', a half-hour documentary on the Urdd as part of BBC Radio 4's 'Kaleidoscope' series, broadcast May 1987; Gwalia yng Nghasia, a three-part documentary series for S4C broadcast March/April 1994, and Gwalia in Khasia, a one-hour documentary broadcast by BBC Wales in 1995; Nigel Jenkins' period of tenancy at CBC Radio, Cardiff, January - April 1984; and miscellaneous material relating to media broadcasts by Nigel Jenkins.

Prose, other than anthologies, of writers other than Nigel Jenkins and Peter Meilleur, including a piece of work in twenty-one chapters by an unnamed writer. One item inscribed to Nigel Jenkins; one item includes covering letter. Authors include Tony Conran and Ioan Richard.

Letters, 1984, 1986-1990, 1993 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from poet Steve Griffiths. One letter encloses poetry.

Letters and printed emails, 1984, 1987, 1997-1998, 2013 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from miscellaneous correspondents (other than friends and acquaintances).

Letters and cards, 1984-1985, 1988, 1991, 1995-1997 + n.d., to Nigel Jenkins from poet and writer Janet Dubé. One letter encloses poems by Janet Dubé and also included is a hand-made booklet entitled 'Untitled Comment'.

Papers relating to the compilation and production of Nigel Jenkins' play Waldo's Witness (1986), including production expenses; printed posters and programmes; press releases; miscellaneous material relating to Waldo Williams, including information from interviewees who knew Waldo Williams, press cuttings, etc (notes partly in shorthand); translations into English of some of Waldo Williams' poetry; correspondence, principally with Coracle Theatre Company; printed agreement between Nigel Jenkins and Coracle Theatre Company; biographical details relating to Nigel Jenkins; and reviews.

Letters to Nigel Jenkins from miscellaneous correspondents (other than friends and acquaintances).

Correspondence other than that sent or received by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the compilation and production of the poetry and prose anthology Samizdat Wales, contributors including Nigel Jenkins, Peter Finch, Chris Torrance and Peter Meilleur (for whom see Peter Meilleur Papers). Items include printed copy of Samizdat Wales; copies of submitted work; draft cover of anthology (in large envelope); letters to Nigel Jenkins, correspondents including poet Chris Torrance and author and peace campaigner Ann Pettitt; and press cutting relating to anthology.

Correspondence, 1984, 1987, 1998 + n.d., other than that sent or received by Nigel Jenkins, including letter from Chris Torrance to fellow-poet Robert Minhinnick and letter to Nigel Jenkins's wife Delyth.

Prose of Nigel Jenkins published as a component of publications other than his own, together with related material. The papers comprise material relating to a piece on the artist Catrin Williams; a printed article included in the travel anthology Südengland/Wales (VSA-Verlag (Hamburg), 1991), with related correspondence; short stories and reviews of Nigel Jenkins; and material relating to the Opt for Art schools project (1995-6).

Annotated draft short stories by Nigel Jenkins, comprising Pig, Return Ticket, If He Only Knew and Somebody Got Murdered ..., with rough notes.

Material relating to folk duo Aberjaber, comprising Nigel Jenkins and fellow-poet Steve Griffiths. Items comprise annotated press release; letter relating to festival booking; edited account of the Preseli Folk Festival; and printed programme of the Cardiff Literature Festival, which includes notice of Aberjaber performance.