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The file includes correspondence, 1978, between the Academi and the Society of Authors regarding a copyright dispute between Gwen Watkins, wife of the late Vernon Watkins, and the Anglo-Welsh Review.

The file includes correspondence on various issues, 1984, including an article to be printed in ^<<The Guardian^>> newspaper by Mark Bourne regarding the Academi on its 25th anniversary; and a letter from Gwen Watkins regarding an article printed in BWA.

The file comprises over 160 letters to David Jones relating to his pictures, exhibitions and reproductions of his pictures from The Redfern Gallery, The Tate Gallery, The Arts Council, The British Council, the Golden Cockerel Press, CEMA and many other galleries, museums, firms and organisations. There are also letters from Frances Richards, Margaret Aeron-Thomas and others with an introduction to an exhibition of the '56 group' by Vernon Watkins.

The file comprises letters to David Jones arranged alphabetically, W including Bernard [Wall], Vernon Watkins (2, 1 incomplete), Valerie Wynne-Williams, Ethel Watts, Harri Webb, and others. There are also some incomplete and unidentified letters arranged chronologically.

The file comprises typescript, manuscript and printed copies of poems by various authors (in many cases the author's name is not noted). Includes a typescript copy of a poem by Peter Levi entitled 'Thirty ways of drowning in the sea', with a letter from Alasdair Clayre at All Souls College, Oxford, dated 17 Sept. 1965, asking David Jones whether he would like 'a drawing or two drawings of yours to be used as illustrations for a limited edition of this poem?' (for drafts of a reply to this letter see A2/1), and typescript copies of poems by Charles Madge ('The Storming of the Brain', dated 2 July 1950), Dylan Thomas ('Elegy'), Saunders Lewis ('The Choice', translated by R. Wynne), Stefan George ('Come in the Park described as dead and see', translated by Vernon Watkins and signed by him), William Hayward, Herbert Read, and a translation of 'Wales' by Gwenallt Jones.

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (18); Dannie Abse (7); Arthur Giardelli (2); Jeffrey Steele (5); George Ewart Evans; Susan Glyn (2); Dora Polk (5); John Stuart Williams (7); Robert Shaw (2); R. S. Thomas; John Pook (3, including poems by him); Tony Curtis; Alun Llewellyn (16); Glyn Jones (2); Thomas Taig (3); H. P. Collins (4); Neville Masterman (7); John Idris Jones (8); Cecil Price (17); Kent Thompson (2); Bryn Griffiths (4); Ian Parrott (4); Bernard Lloyd (4); R. George Thomas; Howard Sergeant (2); Kay Harris; John Alun Davies (2); Brian Way (3); Alison Bielski; Vera Rich (copy); Randal Jenkins (5); Ray Howard-Jones; Raymond Garlick (4); David Gallon (4); Leslie Norris (2); John Snelling; Tom Earley; David Parry; Vernon Watkins; John Ward (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (3); Ralph Salisbury (2); Gerald Morgan; Joseph P. Clancy; Annemarie Towner (2); Robert Morgan; Eiluned Lewis (3); and Harri Webb (copy).

Over a hundred letters, 1956-78, to Keidrych Rhys from various correspondents (surnames T-W), mainly in his capacity as editor of Wales and Welsh correspondent of The People, together with poems, short stories and essays submitted to him for publication. The correspondents and contributors include George Thomas (1) 1961, Ned Thomas (1) [1959], the Reverend E. Meurig Walters (1, with sixteen poems) 1955, Vernon Watkins (3) 1957-9, Harri Webb (16, with one poem and a book review) 1957-64, and Angus Wilson (1) 1968.

The file comprises scripts which all appear to be radio broadcasts, including manuscript drafts, 1945-1982 (with gaps), a number of which are reviews by Glyn Jones of various books. Included are scripts of a tribute to Idris Davies, 'I was born in Rhymney', [1953], 'The dream of Jake Hopkins', 1953, (with a cutting and image relating to the work), 'The misfortunes of Princess Heledd', 1954, an excerpt from The learning lark, 1958, tributes to Henry Treece, 1966, Vernon Watkins, 1967, and Aneirin Talfan Davies, 1980, and an interview regarding Selected poems, 1976. In addition, the file includes scripts of a talk by Gwyn Thomas, 'Present indicative', 1955; and 'Anglo Welsh writing. The bells of Rhymney - Idris Davies' which includes comments by Glyn Jones, 1982; and an undated Welsh translation by Glyn Jones of a script delivered by Jack Jones.

Includes letters from Gerald Morgan; Cecil Price (13); R. George Thomas (3); Robert Gittings (3); Leslie Norris (2); John Stuart Williams (7); Dora Polk (4); Ellen Tifft (3); Alun Llewellyn (18); Rev. L. Alun Page (6); Islwyn Ffowc Elis (3); William Mathias (3); Neville Masterman (2); Raymond Garlick (5); Arthur Giardelli (3); Alison Bielski (4); Robert Morgan (3); Ian Parrott (4); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Jeffrey Steele; Julian Ennis (3); Vernon Watkins (3); Dannie Abse; F. R. Konekamp; Maurice Carpenter (2); Bryn Griffiths; David Harries (2); and David Jones (3), including a typescript copy of the poem 'The hunt'.

Includes letters from Meic Stephens (2); Cecil Price (12); R. George Thomas (6); Robert Morgan (3); Leonard Clark (5); Raymond Garlick (5); Glyn Jones (2); John Idris Jones (4); David Harries; Bryn Griffiths (2); D. J. Williams; Gerald Morgan (2); Gwyn A. Williams (2); Pennar Davies; Alison Bielski (3); Vernon Watkins; Aneirin Talfan Davies; Alun Llewellyn; Dannie Abse (2); Leslie Norris (3); A. G. Prys-Jones (2); Ellen Tifft (2); Emily Katharine Harris (2); Robert Gittings; Islwyn Ffowc Elis; and John Stuart Williams (3). The file also includes a statement of income and expenditure and balance sheet for the Dock Leaves Press, year ending 29 Feb. 1964.

Includes letters from Meurig Walters (9), J. P. Ward (3), Vernon Watkins (6), Harri Webb (9), [?] Geoffrey West (2), Laurence Whistler, Alun Llywelyn-Williams (12), Barbara Prys-Williams (2), Gareth Williams, Gwyn Williams (5), Herbert Williams (4), Huw Menai (16), John Stuart Williams (4), Kyffin Williams (2), Morris T. Williams (3), and Woodrow Wyatt (7).

Holograph letter, dated 31 December 1941, by Dylan Thomas to his parents D. J. and Florence Thomas, written in black ink on lined paper (ff. 1r-3r) and sent from Chiswick, thanking them for the Christmas presents; writing from London, he refers to the time spent in Oxford with Alan and Margaret Taylor over the Christmas holiday, the urgency to find somewhere for Caitlin and Llewelyn to stay near the capital, his recent work on short information films and a radio script, a visit from Vernon Watkins, and a poem published in Lilliput. The envelope is postmarked January 1942.

Correspondence, 1953-1954 and 1958, comprising twenty-two mainly typescript letters, mostly from the literary agent David Higham, of Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd, to Daniel Jones, and including five replies (two unsigned) from Daniel Jones, one being a 9 ff. draft letter. Among the topics discussed are the collection of Dylan Thomas letters, edited by Daniel Jones and Vernon Watkins; the publication of a collection of radio talks by Dylan Thomas; the radio production of 'Under Milk Wood'; the publication of Under Milk Wood in Mademoiselle, the serialisation of the work in the Sunday Observer, the edition published by Dent containing a preface by Daniel Jones, and the Acting Edition of the play; incidental music to Under Milk Wood, including the composer's rights; the poet's papers in America; the circumstances surrounding his death; and Caitlin Thomas.

One hundred and twenty-four autograph letters, 1959-1974, from painter-poet David ('Dafydd') Jones, all addressed to Valerie ('Elri') Wynne-Williams (née Price), with the exception of two to her husband Michael ('Mihangel') (ff. 54, 112-113) and one to them both (ff. 55-56), discussing a variety of topics including his, and her, health and living conditions, his work, his friends, the Welsh language and Welsh history and politics. Some letters are illustrated with coloured pencil, pen and ink drawings, mainly of animals and flowers (ff. 8, 32, 33, 45 verso, 46 verso-47, 48 verso, 76, 103, 104 verso, 152), inscriptions (ff. 9, 34, 124 verso, 128, 136 verso) and sketch maps of Harrow (ff. 143, 144).
There are references throughout to friends and correspondents including Saunders Lewis (ff. 2-11 passim, 42-188 passim), Harman Grisewood (ff. 4-192 verso passim), René Hague (ff. 42 verso-187 passim), David Blamires (ff. 160, 186, 190 verso, 192), Louis Bonnerot (ff. 123, 186 verso), Tom Burns (ff. 13, 14 verso, 48, 64 verso, 68 verso, 77, 85 verso, 86 verso, 89 verso, 110, 116, 140 recto-verso, 188 verso), Douglas Cleverdon (ff. 68 verso, 160 verso, 162, 163 verso, 187), Aneirin Talfan Davies (ff. 9 verso, 11, 14 verso, 16, 33 verso, 63 verso, 71 verso, 123, 124, 128, 129 verso, 154 verso, 162), Clarissa Eden (f. 107 verso), T. S. Eliot (ff. 51 recto-verso, 62 verso, 67 verso, 69 verso, 71, 73, 74, 85), Gwynfor Evans (ff. 29 verso, 31, 131-192 verso passim), Illtud Evans (f. 6, 11 recto-verso, 37, 46 verso, 57, 61), Arthur Giardelli (ff. 150, 151 verso, 171 verso, 186), Eric Gill (ff. 45 verso, 66, 67 verso, 68 verso, 121), Stanley Honeyman (ff. 84, 140, 154 verso, 159 verso), Morag Owen (ff. 59, 98, 140), Catherine Rousseau (née Ivainer) (ff. 36 verso-127 passim), Stephen Spender (ff. 81 verso-82, 83 verso, 91), Bill Stevenson (f. 158 verso) and Helen Sutherland (ff. 68, 97 verso, 157). There are also occasional references to Desmond Chute (f. 120 verso), Idris Foster (ff. 60 verso, 63 verso), Philip Jones Griffiths (ff. 1, 131), David Lloyd George (ff. 108 verso-109, 127 verso), Megan Lloyd George (ff. 18 verso, 20, 21-22), J. D. Innes (f. 49 verso), Augustus John (f. 85 verso), Alun Oldfield-Davies (ff. 37, 77), Tristram Powell (ff. 142 recto-verso, 144), Caradog Prichard (ff. 19 verso, 77, 108), Kathleen Raine (f. 59 verso), Keidrych Rhys (ff. 6 verso, 8, 9, 16, 30 verso, 36 verso), Meic Stephens (ff. 171, 175), Vernon Watkins (ff. 47, 128 verso), D. J. Williams (f. 106 recto-verso), Kyffin Williams (ff. 49, 63, 77) and R. O. F. Wynne and his family (ff. 61, 62, 63, 64 verso, 67 verso, 81, 94 verso, 96 verso¸ 98, 130 verso), and brief reminiscences of his experiences during the First World War (ff. 70 recto-verso, 76, 79 recto-verso, 108 verso-109, 130 recto-verso, 151 verso, 164). Also included is a copy of his letter, dated 10 August 1959, to Megan Lloyd George (f. 21; for her reply see NLW, David Jones (Artist and Writer) Papers CT3/3, f. 247); cuttings of letters to the Times by David Jones, Valerie Price and others, 1958 (ff. 193-196); and a copy of a 1959 photograph of the two by Philip Jones Griffiths (f. 197). The letter of 23 September 1973 (ff. 178-179 verso) was published under the title 'Yr Iaith' in Planet, 21 (January 1974), 3-5.

The file comprises typescript copies of the D.Phil. (University of California) dissertation by Dora Polk, 'Vernon Watkins: an ambience for reading the "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd" and other poems', 1970; and article, 'Gateways to the vision of Vernon Watkins', published in The Anglo-Welsh Review, vol. 20, no. 45 (Autumn 1971).

The file comprises miscellaneous manuscript drafts of letters from David Jones to friends and associates, including William Blissett, Jim and Helen Ede, Dame Edith [Sitwell], Ethel [Watts], Rachel Bromwich, Vernon [Watkins], Aneirin [Talfan Davies], [Rhydwen] Williams, [Thomas] Charles Edwards, Prof. Thomas Jones and others. Many of the drafts are incomplete, many only of the first paragraph of the letter. There is also a short note from D. Gwenallt Jones, 1957.

Six autograph letters (one photocopy), [1953]-1957, from Dylan Thomas's mother, Florence ('Florrie') Thomas, to various recipients including Daniel Jones, J. Oliver Stephens and Vernon Watkins. They mainly relate to her bereavement, to Dylan, Caitlin and the grandchildren, and her health.

Correspondence, 1979-1981, including letters from Gwen Watkins (5), Roland Mathias and Gillian Clarke, concerning a dispute regarding copyright of material quoted in an article on Vernon Watkins published in The Anglo-Welsh Review.

Includes letters, 1935-1997, from John Malcolm Brinnin (4), John Davenport (2), Nicolette Devas, George Firmage (2), Alfred Janes (2), Mary Keene, Mervyn Levy, Mably Ceredig Owen (2), John Prichard (to Dylan Thomas, enclosing typescript play, 'The centric part'), Bill Read (2), Lynette Roberts, Stephen Spender (3), Margaret Taylor (2), and Tom Warner (2). Amongst the recipients are Vernon Watkins, Daniel Jones, and Charles Fisher. Also included are press cuttings, [1949]-1999, relating to Alfred Janes, mostly tributes.

A copy of Jane L. McCormick's MA thesis 'The Prose of Vernon Watkins' (Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, 1969)