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Miscellaneous papers of, or relating to, Idris Davies. They include a draft poem, [c. 1945], by Idris Davies; comments by him, dated November 1936, on A. E. Housman, More Poems (London, 1936); and a typescript radio talk, entitled 'The valleys revisited', broadcast 1943. Also included is a postcard from Idris Davies, 1935, two letters to him, 1952 and 1956, and twenty-six letters relating to him, 1954-1983, addressed to the Rev. Islwyn Jenkins, Carmarthen, and including letters from T. S. Eliot, 1955 (f. 23), Glyn Jones, 1954-1968 (ff. 30-33 verso), and Vernon Watkins, 1956 (f. 50).

Unpublished manuscript poems, 1957-90, entitled 'Songs against the night', composed by the Rev. Islwyn Jenkins (1912-92), biographer of the Anglo-Welsh poet, Idris Davies.

Research papers of Rev. Islwyn Jenkins, 1971-[c. 1990], mainly notes on the history of the Rhymney Valley; and miscellaneous papers, 1977-1979.