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A notebook containing a diary by Raymond Garlick, 24 July-17 August 1950, recording his pilgrimage with his wife Elin from Wales to Rome, via France and Italy, during the Holy Year of 1950 (ff. 3-31, rectos only). The couple travelled mainly by hitch-hiking.
Garlick also collected stamps and signatures from various religious houses and churches on the route for an 'Ecclesiastical Passport' (ff. 86-90 verso, inverted text). Pasted into the volume are letters of introduction from the Bishop of Menevia and the Garlicks' parish priest in Pembroke Dock (inside front and back covers). Also included is a draft of Garlick's editorial for Dock Leaves, No. 3 (Michaelmas 1950), 1-5, drawing on his travels to give his impressions of France and Italy (ff. 43-51). Miscellaneous items of ephemera found loose in the volume have been tipped in on empty leaves (ff. 32-38); these relate to the pilgrimage, except for two receipts from a visit to Spain in August 1951 (ff. 37-38).

Diary of Raymond Garlick, Blaenau Ffestiniog, for 1956, with one day to a page, containing entries for 1 January-3 May (ff. 2-62 verso), with occasional scattered entries thereafter, mostly concerning personal and family matters, his writing and broadcasting, teaching at Ffestiniog County School and his activities in the Catholic Church.
There are references throughout to Garlick's literary and other friends, most notably John Cowper Powys and his wife Phyllis Playter (ff. 3-27 verso passim, 39 verso, 42 verso, 53, 55, 59 verso, 151 recto-verso, 158 verso). Among the school pupils mentioned are the lexicographer Bruce Griffiths (ff. 7, 33 verso) and the actor Grey Evans (f. 16 verso). The volume contains drafts and fair copies of several poems, including thirteen stanzas of 'Blaenau Observed', the poem for radio, transmitted 14 June (ff. 36, 52 verso, 53 verso); the unfinished 'Octave of a sonnet on the Scourging of Our Lord' (f. 44 verso); the sonnets 'The Crowning with Thorns' (f. 45 verso), 'The October Risings' (f. 153) and 'The November Suppressions' (ff. 155 verso, 158); eleven stanzas of a poem concerning a pilgrimage to Lourdes (ff. 12 verso, 13 verso-14 verso); and a single verse (f. 56 verso). 'Blaenau Observed' was published as a pamphlet in 1956, reprinted by the Dock Leaves Press in 1957 and was included in A Sense of Europe: Collected Poems 1954-1968 (Llandysul, 1968); 'The November Suppressions' was published in The Welsh Nation, 10 November 1956, p. 1 (see cutting on f. 158).

Diary of Raymond Garlick, Blaenau Ffestiniog, for 1957, with two days to a page, containing entries for 27 December 1956-31 December 1957 (pp. 4-215), mostly concerning personal and family matters, his writing and broadcasting, teaching at Ffestiniog County School and his activities in the Catholic Church.
There are references throughout to Garlick's literary and other friends, most notably John Cowper Powys and his wife Phyllis Playter, including preparations for a radio broadcast on Powys in which Garlick participated (pp. 4-150 passim, 183, 186-187). Among the school pupils mentioned are Grey Evans (the actor), who, with his father, accompanied Garlick on an Easter trip to Rome (pp. 8, 44, 46, 67-72, 152), and former pupil Bruce [Griffiths] (p. 11). Incidents recounted include a row with the artist Frederick Konekamp (p. 45), and Dyfnallt Morgan winning the crown at the National Eisteddfod, with Aneirin Talfan [Davies]'s comments on the Gorsedd (p. 131). The family briefly took in as a lodger Susan Russell, Viscountess Amberley, the daughter of the poet Vachel Lindsay and estranged wife of Bertrand Russell's son (pp. 183-199 passim). The volume contains fair copies of parts of three poems, comprising the first verse of 'Monsignor Tudor' (p. 95), four verses of 'Therapy' (p. 101) and a prayer, 'Heart of Jesus, in you I place…' (p. 144); 'Monsignor Tudor' was collected in A Sense of Europe: Collected Poems 1954-1968 (Llandysul, 1968), p. 85. The volume also contains various cuttings, memoranda and accounts (pp. 1, 3, 125, 220-237 and inside back cover).

Working sheets, 1951-[1955], of the poems 'Requiem for a Poet' and 'The City' by Raymond Garlick.
They comprise typescript and manuscript drafts, 1951-[1953], of Requiem for a Poet (Pembroke Dock, [1953]) (ff. 1-29), including a fair typescript copy, lacking the Offertorium, [1953] (ff. 18-29); and manuscript verses and a heavily emended typescript draft of 'The City', [1955] (ff. 30-35). This was published in Y Ddinas, June 1955, p. 14, and was later incorporated into the poem Blaenau Observed ([n.p.], [1956]). Also included is a covering letter, 12 January 1957, from Raymond Garlick, Blaenau Ffestiniog, to the National Library of Wales (f. i).

Thirteen letters and postcards, 1950-1961, to Raymond Garlick, mainly concerning articles for Dock Leaves and The Anglo-Welsh Review.
The correspondents are A. W. Wade-Evans, 1955-1959 (ff. 1-4), John Cowper Powys, 5 March 1961 (ff. 5-6), D. J. Williams, Fishguard, 1950-1957 (ff. 7-13; in English and Welsh), and Huw Menai [Williams], 3 October 1951 (f. 14).

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing drafts of twenty-one poems, dated March-December 1970.
Thirteen of the poems are noted as having been published in various periodicals, mainly Poetry Wales. Seventeen of the poems were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972); the remaining four poems are possibly unpublished.

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing drafts of some sixteen poems, dated April 1969-January 1970.
Eight of the poems are noted as having been published in Poetry Wales, two in Akros and one in Clw. Ten of the poems were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972). Four poems are possibly unpublished.

Proofs of the first edition of Raymond Garlick, An Introduction to Anglo-Welsh Literature (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1970), used by the author as copy for the second edition, published 1972.
Each folio consists of two pages printed side-by-side, comprising proofs of the title page and pp. 1-97 (ff. 4-52). These are preceded by a new typescript prologue, dated May 1972 (ff. 1-3) and followed by an author’s note (pasted in on f. 53). Minor corrections and emendations have been supplied by the author in red and black ink; more substantial alterations and additions to the text have been supplied in typescript as paste overs or as paper flaps attached to page margins (ff. 8, 10-11, 13, 28-30, 32, 34, 39, 42, 50).

Corrected galley proofs, [1972], of Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems, 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972).
The volume contains minor emendations in the hand of the author. Five verses for the poem 'Acclamation' have been crossed through (f. 21) and are omitted from the published volume.

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts, together with a few pasted-in typescripts, of nineteen poems, dated 2 January 1971-26 April 1972.
Six of the poems were published in Poetry Wales, Planet and Poems '73, while 'Acclamation' (ff. 1-2, 3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-14 (rectos only), 24 recto-verso) was broadcast on BBC Radio on 24 February 1972. Thirteen of the poems, including 'Documentary' (ff. 16-22, rectos only) and a revised version of 'Acclamation', were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972). Five poems are apparently unpublished. Also included are two letters from Meic Stephens, Welsh Arts Council, 31 December 1970 and 18 February 1971, concerning 'Acclamation' (pasted in inside the front cover and on f. 15 respectively). A copy of Dom Julian Stonor, Six Welsh Martyrs (London: Salesian Press, 1961) has been pasted in inside the back cover.

A notebook, 1970-[?1972], in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts of articles and a letter, 1970-[?1972] (ff. 1-18, 30-35) and some seven poems, dated January-March 1971 (ff. 19 verso-20, 22 verso-29).
Four of the poems were published in Poetry Wales and were included in Raymond Garlick, A Sense of Time: Poems and Antipoems 1969-1972 (Llandysul, 1972); while 'Dial-a-Panegyric' (ff. 22 verso-23) was submitted to the Welsh Arts Council's Dial-a-Poem scheme. The articles are 'A Short Walk in the Desert' (ff. 1-9), published in Planet, 4 (February/March 1971), 28-33, and 'Contempt' (ff. 30-35), published, in Welsh, as 'Dirmyg' in Barn, 112 (February 1972), 90-91, and reviews of Donald Attwater, A Cell of Good Living: The Life, Works and Opinions of Eric Gill (1969) (ff. 9 verso-13), published in The Anglo-Welsh Review, 19 (Spring 1971), 300-302, and of Brynmor Jones, A Bibliography of Anglo-Welsh Literature 1900-1965 (ff. 13 verso-17), published in Poetry Wales, 6.3 (Winter 1970), 56-59. The volume also includes a list of his poems published since 1968 (ff. 18 verso-19). A cutting of Garlick's letter published in the Welsh Nation, November 1970 (f. 17 verso) and a typescript of 'Dial-a-Panegyric' (f. 22 verso) have been pasted into the volume.

A notebook in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing drafts of thirteen poems, dated April 1972-July 1973.
Eleven of the poems were published in the Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales and Planet; the remaining two were contributed to the Welsh Arts Council's Dial-a-Poem scheme. The poems were all collected in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976). A single verse of an unfinished poem is on f. 13; it is crossed out and is apparently unpublished.

A notebook, 1973-1974, in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript and typescript drafts of sixteen poems, dated July 1973-May 1974 (ff. 3-33 (rectos only), 40 verso, 41 verso), and of articles and letters (ff. 2, 33 verso-62 (text mostly on rectos)).
Typescript drafts of six of the poems have been pasted in on ff. 14, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 32, 33. Some of the poems were published in Poetry Wales and elsewhere; twelve were collected in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976); the remaining four are apparently unpublished. Also included in the volume are drafts of his articles 'The Shapes of Thoughts', published in Poetry Wales, 9.2 (Autumn 1973), 40-48 (ff. 46 verso, 47 verso-51), and 'The Two Literatures of Wales', published in Paedwizer nei Wales (= It Beaken: Tydskrift fan de Fryske Akademy, 36.1/2 (1974)), pp. 26-29 (ff. 42 verso, 43 verso-45); a lecture entitled 'Children's Books with a Welsh Setting', given at Aberystwyth, September 1973 (ff. 51 verso-58 passim); an introduction for a brochure on Trinity College, Carmarthen, 1974 (ff. 38 verso-39 verso); drafts of five letters concerning the Welsh language campaign and the courts (ff. 2, 33 verso-35 verso (versos only), 59 verso, 60 verso-62) and R. S. Thomas (ff. 36 verso, 37 verso), June 1973-May 1974; and a list of his poems written 'Since A Sense of Time', giving, where appropriate, details of publication (f. 62 verso, inside back cover).

A volume in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts of five poems, dated September-November 1974, all of which were included in Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976).

Corrected proofs, [?1976], of Raymond Garlick, Incense: Poems 1972-1975 (Llandysul, 1976), containing corrections to punctuation, typographical errors and pagination, together with minor revisions to the poems 'Fanfare for Europe' (ff. 11-12) and 'Incense' (f. 64), all supplied in red ink by the author.

A notebook in the hand of Raymond Garlick containing manuscript drafts, together with forty-four pages of pasted in typescript drafts, of thirty-three poems, dated January 1977-May 1978 (ff. 3-93 verso).
Some twenty poems were published in the Anglo-Welsh Review, Poetry Wales and Planet, while sixteen appeared in Raymond Garlick, Collected Poems 1946-1986 (Llandysul, 1987). Eleven poems appear to be unpublished. Also included loose in the volume is a list of the contents of the volume, recording publication details (ff. 96-97).

Three files of correspondence, newspaper cuttings and other papers, 1969-1984, compiled by Raymond Garlick in support of the 1970s campaign of non-violent direct action concerning the status of the Welsh language, in which his wife and children were involved. The files contain papers relating to the use of Welsh during court proceedings involving protesters, and in prisons (ff. 1-133) and the actions of the police during various protests and court appearances (ff. 134-219) as well as general documents and correspondence (ff. 220-343).
The correspondents include various judges and court officials (ff. 1, 11-12, 42-44, 65-66, 70, 74, 82-83, 104, 111, 208, 224), the Home Office (ff. 2-5, 56-58, 75), the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 6-7, 101, 173, 183, 261-262, 318-319), the Lord Chancellor’s office (ff. 9-10, 29, 34-38, 45-48, 94, 310-313), the Law Society (ff. 20-28, 102-103), Dyfed-Powys Constabulary (ff. 134-148, 184-185, 191, 210-212), South Wales Constabulary (ff. 149-151, 186-188, 193-195, 197-200), Gwynedd Constabulary (ff. 152-156, 177, 180, 182, 204-205), Manchester and Salford Police (ff. 169-171), the BBC (ff. 324-334, 336-337), newspapers including the Times and the Western Mail (ff. 49-50, 52, 54, 68-69, 73, 84, 107-108, 110, 116, 119, 121, 172, 196, 226, 234), and Welsh members of parliament including Gwynoro Jones (ff. 59-60, 178-179, 181, 201-203, 309) and Tom Ellis (ff. 117, 258, 268-271, 280-282). Also included are papers relating to the memorandum on the workings of the Welsh Language Act (1967) submitted to Lord Justice Edmund Davies in 1972 by the National Council for Civil Liberties (ff. 263-300, 303-304, 314-317). Other items of interest are letters in Welsh, from Dafydd Iwan, 5 June 1969, concerning the demonstration against Prince Charles’s attendance at the Urdd eisteddfod (f. 220) and from Iestyn Garlick to his parents, 19 April 1972, while on remand at H.M. Remand Centre, Cardiff (f. 252).

Eighty-four letters, 1944-1985, to Raymond Garlick from Brenda Chamberlain, 1944-1948, 1957-[1958] (ff. 1-30), Cledwyn Hughes, 1958-1970 (ff. 31-47), A. J. Prys-Jones, 1950-1985 (ff. 48-127), and J[ohn] Redwood-Anderson, 1955-1958 (ff. 128-141), discussing a variety of matters, both personal and work related.
Some of the Brenda Chamberlain letters refer to her life on Bardsey Island.

Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1987, with one day to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 3-186).
The volume includes references to Andrew Sachs (ff. 4 recto-verso, 55, 56 verso-57, 71 verso, 152 verso, 162 verso, 167-168), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 4 verso, 103), R. S. Thomas (ff. 7 verso, 46, 181), Tony Bianchi (f. 46 verso), Tom Paulin (ff. 45 verso, 46 verso), John Petts (f. 55 verso), Glyn Jones (f. 106), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 106, 116, 117 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 22-157 passim), Elwyn Davies (f. 124), Belinda Humfrey (ff. 144, 179 verso-180), Tony Conran (f. 165 verso), Jacques Wirz (ff. 13, 146 verso-149) and Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 22, 34, 91, 104, 144). He also describes visits to the Netherlands (ff. 123-125) and Switzerland (ff. 146 verso-149). Also included are a few notes and cash accounts (ff. 188-189 verso, 195) while a few cuttings have been pasted into the volume.

W.H. Smith diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1988, with one day to a page, giving an account of his daily life and interests, reminiscences and comments on the news (ff. 7-189 verso).
The volume includes references to Jon Dressel (ff. 9-164 passim), A. G. Prys-Jones (ff. 13, 183), Don Dale-Jones (ff. 13, 16 verso, 27, 41 verso), Brenda Chamberlain (ff. 16, 34), Elwyn Davies (ff. 17 verso, 171 verso, 189 verso), R. S. Thomas (ff. 20 verso, 40, 46, 71 verso-72, 83 recto-verso, 87 verso, 113, 189), Robert Minhinnick (ff. 24 verso, 35, 37 verso, 153 verso), Gillian Clarke (ff. 30, 32), Roland Mathias (ff. 34, 93 verso, 160 verso), Euros Bowen (f. 54), Jacques Wirz (ff. 72 verso, 90, 107-109 verso, 152 verso), Tony Conran (ff. 77 verso, 105 verso), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 99, 103 verso, 120), James Nicholas (f. 110), Gareth Wardell (ff. 77 verso, 126), Patrick Crotty (ff. 148, 160) and Daniel Huws (f. 170 verso), and to the birth of his grand-daughter, Alys, on 13 May (f. 73 verso). There is also a description of his cruise, in April, of the Eastern Mediterranean, including visits to Classical sites including six of the Seven Wonders of the World (ff. 55-62).