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Miscellaneous material relating to Nigel Jenkins' period of incarceration at HM Prison Swansea in 1988 for non-payment of fines following his part in a peace protest at the American air base in Brawdy, Pembrokeshire.

Miscellaneous notes of Nigel Jenkins, including several reporter's notebooks containing notes largely in shorthand; annotated biographical data relating to Nigel Jenkins; and various notes and plans.

Miscellaneous material of Nigel Jenkins, including address book.

Miscellaneous material of Nigel Jenkins, comprising printed address book of Nigel Jenkins; printed entrance tickets to Greek tourist sites; drawn map of Wales, highlighting south-west locations; printed British Iron & Steel Research Association newsletter; and note of address in France. Front cover of BISRA newsletter annotated.

Poetry and prose material of Nigel Jenkins and of other writers, including poetry and prose anthologies, plays and miscellaneous poetry and prose.

Material relating to poetry and prose works of Nigel Jenkins, both published and unpublished, including draft texts of published volumes.

Poetry papers of Nigel Jenkins comprising material relating to published poetry, collaborative arts projects and poetry intended for public performance, together with other draft and fair-copy poetry by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the compilation and production of published collections of poetry and of single poems by Nigel Jenkins, including the publication in the Guardian in 1997 of his controversial poem Viscount No.

Material relating to the compilation and production of Nigel Jenkins' Acts of Union: Selected Poems 1974-1989, published by Gomer Press in 1990, comprising correspondence, 1987-1990, between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; overview of possible themes, content, layout, etc; printed publication agreement between Nigel Jenkins and Gomer Press; reviews of Acts of Union; letters, 1996, 1999 and n.d., to Nigel Jenkins in response to Acts of Union; and printed royalty accounts.

Material relating to the compilation of Nigel Jenkins' poetic response to the paintings of Evan Walters to be included in Evan Walters: Moments of Vision, edited by Barry Plummer and published by Seren Books in 2011, comprising letter, 2004, to Nigel Jenkins from Barry Plummer, together with biographical details of Barry Plummer; notes made by Nigel Jenkins on Evan Walters and his work, with rough draft poetry; and colour photocopies of paintings by Evan Walters.

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.

Photocopied text of the stained glass artists' periodical Leadline, 1991, which references Nigel Jenkins. 'Incomplete' inscribed on first folio in Nigel Jenkins' hand.

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 Giving Voice, a performance poetry event held in Cardiff during April 1990 and including poetry readings by Nigel Jenkins and others. The material comprises printed and typescript programmes of events; letter from the Centre for Performance Research, organisers of the event; annotated and highlighted poems to be read; and annotated and highlighted notes by Nigel Jenkins.

Prose papers of Nigel Jenkins, which include draft, fair-copy and published material; related correspondence; and notes.

Material relating to the writing of Nigel Jenkins' Literary Wales, published in 1997 by the Wales Tourist Board. Items include printed map of Wales surrounded by photographs of literary figures (photograph of Nigel Jenkins excised); letters to Nigel Jenkins, principally from the Welsh Academy, which include editorial briefing notes; list of photographs, locations, authors and literary quotations for possible inclusion; draft piece by Nigel Jenkins entitled 'Swansea and the West: Dylan Thomas Country'; notes on literary forms in Wales; and rough notes by Nigel Jenkins.

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.

Printed copy of Real Swansea Two by Nigel Jenkins, published by Seren Books in 2012, annotated by Nigel Jenkins and inscribed 'NJ's own copy' at front of volume in Nigel Jenkins' hand; together with photocopied sections of the work.

Material relating to Real Gower by Nigel Jenkins, published posthumously by Seren Books in 2014. Items comprise notes and material taken from printed sources; printed map of Gower; printed emails to Nigel Jenkins; and printed information relating to the Celtic Chapel at Nicholaston House at Penmaen, Gower.

Draft reviews of The View from Row G: Three Plays by Dannie Abse, Poems for Ghosts by Peter Finch, Sacred Cows by Fay Weldon and others.