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Invitations, 1950-2006, mainly to private viewings of exhibitions of the work of various artists; some invitations to exhibition openings are accompanied by catalogues.

Manuscript and typescript poems, 1972-[?2002], by various authors including Tony Curtis, R. Cyril Hughes, Jack Raymond Jones, Moelwyn Merchant, Emrys Roberts, and Ruskin Spear; some are dedicated to Kyffin Williams.

Journals, 1990-2001, compiled by Kyffin Williams, containing detailed accounts of his daily activities and thoughts. They include entries relating to his experiences and work as an artist and locations he has visited to draw; meetings with individuals, groups and galleries; arrangements for exhibitions; and various domestic and personal matters.

Pocket diaries, unless otherwise noted, 1939-2006 (with gaps), belonging to Kyffin Williams. They comprise brief, often occasional, entries recording visits; meetings with individuals, groups, and galleries; notes regarding exhibitions; and domestic and personal matters. Several diaries also contain reminders of engagements and appointments for the previous and following years. In addition, they include various notes, mostly relating to art, some of which appear to have been composed in preparation for talks by Kyffin Williams; together with poems, limericks, sketches and doodles by him.

The Business Man's Diary, 1939.

Artist's Diary 1977, including notes of engagements between January and March 1978, a limerick, and a list of pictures with dimensions.

Artist's Diary 1978, with engagements and appointments for the beginning of 1979. Also included, under the section 'January 1979', are two small pencil sketches, one partly obliterated by writing, showing the side profile of a man's head, possibly a self-portrait.

Artist's Diary 1979, with engagements for December 1978 and the beginning of 1980. Also included are limericks, together with two ink sketches of a picture of mountains, and an outline of a domed building.

Artists' Diary 1980, including engagements for December 1979 and the beginning of 1981, together with limericks, lists of his works, and various notes.