Help Desk Diary of Raymond Garlick for the year 1993, with one week to view, giving an account of his daily life, interests, work and comments on the news, 28 December 1992-31 December 1993 (ff. 2 verso-55).
There are no entries for 15-21 March (ff. 13 verso-14). The volume includes references to R. S. Thomas (ff. 4 verso, 12 verso, 46, 53 verso, 55), Seamus Heaney (f. 5 verso), Jon Dressel (ff. 7-12 verso passim, 24 verso-28 verso passim, 40 verso-44), Roland Mathias (ff. 7 verso, 10 verso-11), Jacques Wirz (ff. 27 verso-37 verso passim, 52) and the Dock Leaves Group (f. 7 verso). He also describes visits to Malta, 29 December 1992-5 January 1993 (ff. 2 verso-3 verso, with additional notes on ff. 1 verso-2), Tenerife, 16-26 April 1993 (ff. 18-19 verso), and the Netherlands, 15-18 October 1993 (ff. 44 recto-verso). Ephemera found loose inside the volume have been tipped in at the end (ff. 62 verso-64 verso).

Thirteen holograph letters addressed to David Davies. The writers include Anne Davies, Llwyn [Llan-y-crwys] [1838] (the Brunant affair), Benjamin] Davies, University Coll[ege] Hospital, London, the recipient's son, undated (2) (the progress of the writer's medical studies, personal), and [Sir] D[avid] Davies [surgeon], Hampton [near London], etc., 1827-1848 (10) ( the recipient's management of the Rhosybedw [Llan-y-crwys] estate, the claim of Mr. Lloyd of Brunant [for the payment of principal and interest on a bond executed by Lewis Price of Rhosybedw], the writer's voyage to Malta, Mr. Morgan's reluctance to produce title-deeds [of the Llwyn estate ], a nuisance caused to the writer's premises in Llandovery by the erection of a school house, the writer's proposed visit to Wales, the visit of the recipient's daughter [Anne] to London). The group also includes two draft letters from David Davies to Sir David Davies, 1838-1848 (the claim of Mr. Lloyd of Brunant, Rhosybedw rents and accounts).