Material by or relating to the poet, novelist and illustrator Margiad Evans (born Peggy Eileen Whistler), comprising:

Photograph (made into a postcard) of Lavender Cottage, Bridstow, near Ross-on-Wye, Margiad Evans' family home from 1921, in April 1936, which would have been around the time of her father's death. She describes it as ‘this place where I was born….yes though I came when I was twelve I was born here’ (https://www.walesartsreview.org/creed-the-lasting-voice-of-margiad-evans/)

Press cutting of letter sent by Margiad Evans to Picturegoer magazine, 20 November 1937.

Three instalments of Margiad Evans' account of her life with epilepsy, serialised in John Bull magazine, October-November 1952; together with photocopy of the text. The account was published in book form as A Ray of Darkness (Chatto & Windus, 1952). Margiad Evans developed convulsive seizures at age 41, eventually dying as a result of the brain tumour that had caused them.

Proof copy of Margiad Evans's second anthology of poems A Candle Ahead (Chatto & Windus, 1956), with manuscript corrections. Annotated on rear cover 'Unfinished', along with pencil note.

Article on Margiad Evans by P. J. Kavanagh, published in The Listener magazine, 11 November 1971.

Typescript copies of an essay (13 pp.) by D. E. Jenkins entitled 'Wars and Religious Revivals', and of three undated letters addressed by D. E. Jenkins to the editor of the [Liverpool] Post and Mercury (a controversy between the writer and Mr. [ ] Jones relating to Daniel Rowland, Howel Harris, and the eighteenth century Methodist revival in general); and typewritten notes on 'Diwygiadau Crefyddol Cymru'.

Toriad o gylchgrawn The Navy (Cyf. LVII, rhif 7) (Gorffennaf 1952) yn cynnwys llun o Sion Silyn Roberts, mab Glynn Silyn Roberts, yn trin cwch hwylio. Pennawd y llun yw 'A Yachting World Cadet'. Arnodir y toriad yn llaw Mary Silyn Roberts: '"SION" on his ear nearly!! (mab Glynn Silyn Roberts)'. = Press cutting from The Navy magazine (Vol. LVII, no. 7) (July 1952) showing a photograph of Sion Silyn Roberts, son of Glynn Silyn Roberts, handling a sailing boat. The photograph is headed 'A Yachting World Cadet'. The cutting is annotated in Mary Silyn Roberts' hand: '"SION" on his ear nearly!! (mab [son of] Glynn Silyn Roberts)'.

Llungopïau ac allbrintiau o erthyglau printiedig a drafft-nodiadau llawysgrif ar gyfer erthyglau mwy cyffredinol gan John Meirion Morris ar themâu celfyddyd ac addysg, nifer o'r allbrintiau wedi'u arnodi/cywiro yn llaw John Meirion Morris. Mae un eitem yn cynnwys llythyr atodedig o ganmoliaeth i erthygl John Meirion Morris yn rhifyn Chwefror 1973 o'r cylchgrawn Bulletin oddi wrth Archesgob Cymru ar y pryd, Gwilym Williams. Ynghyd ag eitem yn cynnwys datganiad ynghylch cynnwys a strwythur Cwrs Sail Adran Gelf y brifysgol lle'r oedd John Meirion Morris yn ddarlithydd ar y pryd (eitem yn annyddiedig, felly nid oes modd cyfeirio'n bendant at unrhyw sefydliad arbennig) (oherwydd ei chyflwr eitha bregus, cedwir yr eitem hon mewn amlen wedi'i nodi).
= Photocopies and printouts of printed articles and draft manuscript notes for more general articles by John Meirion Morris on art and education, many of the printouts including annotations/corrections in the hand of John Meirion Morris. One item includes an attached letter of praise for John Meirion Morris' article in the February 1973 edition of the periodical Bulletin from the then Archbishop of Wales, Gwilym Williams. Together with an item containing a statement relating to the content and structure of the Art Department Foundation Course of the university at which John Meirion Morris was then lecturing (item undated so no means of definite identification of the establishment) (due to its somewhat fragile condition, this item is kept in a marked envelope).