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Material relating to Song for a Raggy Boy, an event to mark National Poetry Day and to celebrate the life and work of Irish poet, playwright, writer and singer Patrick Galvin held at the Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, October 2011. Items comprise colour-coded list of poets taking part (initials only); schedule of poems to be read, with musical numbers underlined; copies of poems to be read, with colour-coded highlights denoting readers; and notes by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to socio-political affiliations and associations of Nigel Jenkins, including newsletters, notes and press cuttings.

Material relating to socio-political affiliations and associations of Nigel Jenkins. Items include newsletters (including Marxism Today, Radical Wales and Welsh Nation); printed current events publication; notes by Nigel Jenkins; and press cuttings.

Annotated draft short stories by Nigel Jenkins, comprising Pig, Return Ticket, If He Only Knew and Somebody Got Murdered ..., with rough notes.

Material relating to the compilation and production of the poetry and prose anthology Samizdat Wales, contributors including Nigel Jenkins, Peter Finch, Chris Torrance and Peter Meilleur (for whom see Peter Meilleur Papers). Items include printed copy of Samizdat Wales; copies of submitted work; draft cover of anthology (in large envelope); letters to Nigel Jenkins, correspondents including poet Chris Torrance and author and peace campaigner Ann Pettitt; and press cutting relating to anthology.

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.

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.

Draft text comprising section of Real Swansea by Nigel Jenkins, published by Seren Books in 2008.

Printed copy of Real Swansea by Nigel Jenkins, published by Seren Books in 2008, annotated by Nigel Jenkins and inscribed 'NJ's copy' at front of volume in Nigel Jenkins' hand; together with related material, comprising overview of Real Swansea, printed map of Swansea and surrounding areas (large folder), printed Swansea City Centre Heritage Trail booklet, bibliography, letters and printed emails to Nigel Jenkins and information relating to Swansea taken from an online source.

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.

Published works of poetry and prose edited or co-edited by Nigel Jenkins.

Material relating to the writing of published prose works by Nigel Jenkins as sole author.

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.

Prose of writers other than Nigel Jenkins and Peter Meilleur, comprising prose anthologies and miscellaneous prose by various authors.

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

Published prose anthologies of writers other than Nigel Jenkins and Peter Meilleur; and review of one anthology, with poet's response. Poets include Tony Conran, John Tripp and Tony Curtis. One volume inscribed to Nigel Jenkins; one volume inscribed by Nigel Jenkins; one volume inscribed to multi-lingual sound/concrete poet and verbal/visual artist Peter Meilleur (see Peter Meilleur Papers).

Printed books, other than poetic anthologies, in the possession of Nigel Jenkins.

Printed books, other than poetic anthologies, in the possession of Nigel Jenkins, which include A Celtic Miscellany (ed. Robert Baldick & Betty Radice, 1975) and Paul Ferris's biography of Dylan Thomas (1977). All volumes either annotated and/or inscribed by Nigel Jenkins or signed by the author.

Two printed copies of Practical Dreams, an anthology of poems by Nigel Jenkins published by Galloping Dog Press in 1983. One copy is annotated and foliated by Nigel Jenkins and includes a typescript sheet of annotated poetry pasted in between ff. 26 and 27.

Printed illustrated posters of Nigel Jenkins' poem Porth Cwyfan. Signed by Nigel Jenkins.