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A letter, dated 10-11 July 1967, from the artist and writer David Jones, Harrow, to the novelist [Anthony] Powell, mainly discussing Welsh genealogy and history. Jones also refers to the anniversary of his involvement in the battle of Mametz Wood, 10-11 July 1916, the subject of part 7 of his poem In Parenthesis (London, 1937) (f. 16 verso).
The letter contains references to the recent 'David Jones Special Issue' of Agenda, 5.1-3 (Spring-Summer 1967), Powell's television producer and director son Tristram, with whom Jones was acquainted, Kenneth Jackson, Saunders Lewis, and Jones's knowledge of Welsh (all f. 16), and the Eliseg Pillar inscription (f. 16 recto-verso).

Transcript of a schools' radio programme for A-level English, on the subject of Chaucer, containing an interview with George Ewart Evans (August 1967), accompanied by his own notes on echoes of Chaucerian imagery in local country speech.

Notes and related correspondence, 1961 and 1967, relating to metal working and other industry in East Anglia; miscellaneous extracts and notes on crime and punishment, social change in rural areas, windmills, archaeological evidence in gardens and houses, and the character of the rural village in East Anglia.

Typescript copy of the Rector's address at the funeral of Raymond Wilfrid Cordy Keer, who died on 15 April 1966.

General correspondence, 1966, relating to a [film] order and tape recording of a programme.

Llythyr, 18 Gorffennaf 1966, at William H. Owen oddi wrth y bardd Gerallt Lloyd Owen, yn trafod y syniad o ddechrau comic yn y Gymraeg i blant hŷn yn dwyn y teitl Yr Hebog. Bu'r ddau yn gyfeillion yn y Coleg Normal, Bangor, 1963-1966 (f. 71). = A letter, 18 July 1966, to William H. Owen from the poet Gerallt Lloyd Owen, discussing the idea of starting a comic in Welsh for older children entitled Yr Hebog. The two men were friends as students at the Normal College, Bangor, 1963-1966 (f. 71).
Ceir hefyd ffotograff o'r criw ffrindiau coleg a dynnwyd rhywbryd ar ôl i Gerallt ennill y gadair yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yr Urdd 1965 (yn sefyll, o'r chwith i'r dde: William Henry Owen, Dyffryn Ardudwy, William Lloyd Davies, Melin-y-Wig, Trefor Bertram Owen, Llanberis, a Walter Glyn Davies, Amlwch; yn y canol, yn cael ei gario: Gerallt Lloyd Owen; yn eistedd: Edward Morris Jones, Llanuwchllyn) (f. 72). = Also included is a photograph of their circle of college friends, taken following Gerallt's victory in the chair competition at the 1965 Urdd National Eisteddfod (standing, left to right: William Henry Owen, Dyffryn Ardudwy, William Lloyd Davies, Melin-y-Wig, Trefor Bertram Owen, Llanberis, and Walter Glyn Davies, Amlwch; centre, carried aloft: Gerallt Lloyd Owen; sitting: Edward Morris Jones, Llanuwchllyn) (f. 72).

Two letters by A. P. Robinson of Berwyn, The Park, Great Barton, Bury St Edmunds, dated 11 February, 1955, relating to the manufacture of early steam ploughs and anecdotes involving Prince Halim Pasha of Egypt and Prince Duleep Singhi of India; a note of thanks for a donation to Ipswich Museum, 1956; correspondence from the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), dated 1956-7, notes and sketches relating to merchants' marks in ancient buildings; and a postcard, 1966.

Copy of The Times, 1805, reprinted 1955; an article by George Ewart Evans, entitled 'Building on History', Home Magazine, July 1961; other press cuttings, 1964-6, relating to local history, the horticulturalist, Robert Uvedale, in connection with cedar trees, and customs surrounding pig-killing.

'The Old Rural Community', transcripts of a series of interviews with the older [named] residents of the village, dated June 1964 - January 1965.

The Golden Altar, Church of San Jose, Panama City. Published by Mike Roberts Colour Production,California.

Correspondence, 1964-5, mainly from David Thomson, concerning an application for a grant to cover the writing of George Ewart Evans's next book (including some autobiographical details), preparation of a radio programme on 'The Old Rural Community' and a suggestion for making the hare programme.

Correspondence, 1964-5, mainly from David Thomson at the BBC, concerning preparation of material for a radio programme entitled 'The Old Rural Community', including a suggested questionnaire for interviewing; audience research report on the programme, broadcast January 1965; two private letters relating to work with horses and life in the army during the First World War.

Envelope containing notes and press cutting, 1964, on the role of the constable and village lock-up; transcript of an epigram on a parish priest; short story about a poacher, in the Suffolk dialect; three photographs of miscellaneous seventeenth century documents; and a printed copy of Gentleman's Grocer and Draper Shooting Account.

Seven letters, 1937-1964, from artist and writer David Jones, Harrow, to the Catholic author and editor Donald Attwater, in which he discusses In Parenthesis and The Anathemata (ff. 23, 24, 28 recto-verso, 29 verso, 32), Welsh history (ff. 24 verso, 27 recto-verso), Welsh place names (ff. 26 verso-27, 29 recto-verso, 30 recto-verso), Cornwall (ff. 29 verso, 30 verso), the Biblical place name Calvary or Golgotha (ff. 30 recto-verso), the attitude of the French authorities to the Breton language (ff. 31 recto-verso), and his inability to learn languages, in particular Welsh (ff. 25, 31 verso).

A letter, 12 December 1964, from Vernon Watkins, Pennard, to the poet and editor Neville Braybrooke, in which he discusses 'The Beach of Falesá', the recently published adaptation by Dylan Thomas of R. L. Stevenson's novella (see Dylan Thomas, The Beach of Falesá (New York, 1963)), as well as his recent work and his visit to Seattle the previous Spring.

Two exercise books with notes and lists of tapes used for the radio programmes on horses, 1963-4; manuscript notes on the gathering of horse-lore information; list of contributors to 'The Old Rural Community' programme; press cutting on a modern occurrence of witchcraft and superstition.

A [?draft] letter to the press, [1963], from the author and playwright Jack Jones, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, responding to a letter criticizing his review of a book on the theatre.
The letter is written on the reverse of The Sunday Times calendar for Ju[ne] 1963.

Llythyr, 24 Chwefror 1963, oddi wrth Emyr Llew[elyn] Jones, Llandysul, at ddisgyblion chweched dosbarth Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech, yn eu mysg William H. Owen, i ddiolch am eu llythyr yn cefnogi ei safiad, ar ôl iddo danio ffrwydryn ar safle adeiladu argae Tryweryn ar y 10 Chwefror. Cafodd ei arestio yn fuan wedi'r digwyddiad, a'i ryddhau ar fechnïaeth ar y 21 Chwefror. = A letter, 24 February 1963, from Emyr Llew[elyn] Jones, Llandysul, to sixth-form students at Ysgol Ardudwy, Harlech, including William H. Owen, thanking them for their letter supporting his action in detonating an explosive device at the construction site of the Tryweryn dam on 10 February. He had been arrested soon after the incident but was released on bail on the 21 February.
Mae'r llythyr hefyd yn trafod safbwynt Plaid Cymru a Gwynfor Evans tuag ato, ac yn cymeradwyo'n llwyr eu penderfyniad i ymatal rhag ei gefnogi yn gyhoeddus. = The letter also discusses the stance of Plaid Cymru and Gwynfor Evans towards him and fully endorses their decision to refrain from supporting his actions publicly.