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- 1941-1942. (Creation)
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1 wallet (4 ff.)foxing, mostly ff. 2-3
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Holograph letter, dated 31 December 1941, by Dylan Thomas to his parents D. J. and Florence Thomas, written in black ink on lined paper (ff. 1r-3r) and sent from Chiswick, thanking them for the Christmas presents; writing from London, he refers to the time spent in Oxford with Alan and Margaret Taylor over the Christmas holiday, the urgency to find somewhere for Caitlin and Llewelyn to stay near the capital, his recent work on short information films and a radio script, a visit from Vernon Watkins, and a poem published in Lilliput. The envelope is postmarked January 1942.
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Action: condition reviewed. Date: 20130605. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Action agent: Siân Bowyer. Status: foxing, mostly ff. 2-3. Institution: WlAbNL.
Action: housed. Date: 20140128. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Preferred citation: F1/1/14.
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- Taylor, A. J. P. (Alan John Percivale), 1906-1990. (Subject)
- Taylor, Margaret, 1905-1980. (Subject)
- Thomas, Caitlin (Subject)
- Thomas, Llewelyn Edouard, b. 1939. (Subject)
- Thomas, David John, 1876-1952. (Subject)
- Thomas, Florence Hannah, 1882-1958. (Subject)
- Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967 (Subject)