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Undated holograph letter, [January 1939], (2 ff.), by Dylan Thomas to his former school friend Bob [Rees], written in black ink and sent from Blashford, in which he refers to a visit to Swansea, discusses his work, the proposed publication of a volume of poetry and prose, 'In the direction of the beginning', and the influence of Gerard Manley Hopkins on his writing. Also included are two typescript letters, the first being a photocopy, dated 1993 and 1995, from Bob Rees to Jeff Towns, containing reminiscences about DT and his father, D. J. Thomas.

Holograph letter, dated 31 January 1941, by Dylan Thomas to his uncle Arthur [Thomas], written in black ink on lined paper (f. 1r) and sent from Chiswick, in which he thanks him for the Christmas presents and refers to the new film 'Dumbo'. The letter, which appears to date from around the same time as the one sent to his parents (F1/1/14), may have been written on 31 December 1941 or 31 January 1942.

Script, [1953], (71 pp.), of 'Under Milk Wood', with annotations in the hands of both Dylan Thomas and Daniel Jones. The wallet, in which the script was enclosed, is labelled "1 of New York scripts".

Photocopy of a script, [1953], (72 pp.), of 'Under Milk Wood', annotated by Dylan Thomas, and enclosed in a box labelled ''Under Milk Wood' 2nd BBC script typed out by Elizabeth Fox. Oct. 1953'.

Two sets of page proofs, 1954, of Under Milk Wood, one of which is unbound in seven gatherings, and signed by Daniel Jones; an additional set of the first six pages of the text contains numerous corrections.

Correspondence, November 1953 - February 1954, comprising eighteen typescript letters and one telegram, mostly from Douglas Cleverdon, Features Department, BBC, to Daniel Jones, and including three replies (one unsigned) from Daniel Jones, a copy of a letter from Douglas Cleverdon to Ruthven Todd, and a letter from Aneirin Talfan Davies to Daniel Jones. They discuss the radio production of Under Milk Wood, including Daniel Jones's compositions, arrangements for the recording, and copyright. Among the papers is an undated black and white photograph of Douglas Cleverdon and Daniel Jones.

First draft, [1970x1971], (114 pp.), heavily corrected and annotated, of the screenplay by Andrew Sinclair of 'Under Milk Wood'; a typescript copy of the 'trailer script', 1971, (3 pp.), is inserted at the end of the screenplay. Also included are published copies of the screenplay by Andrew Sinclair (London & New York, 1972); a pack containing information about the production, [1971]; a set of eight colour promotional stills, [1971]; and printed material, 1960-2003, mainly relating to the film.

Archive, [1960x2006] (predominantly 1987-1989), relating to the Spindrift Production audio recording of 'Under Milk Wood', produced by George Martin and recorded by EMI, including correspondence, 1986-2003; scripts, 1987-2000; agenda and minutes of board meetings, 1987-1989; designs for the album and CD covers, together with corrected proofs of the inlay booklet, [1988]; and copies of sketches of the cast made during the recording by Valerie Ganz, c.1988.

Two cels and a background drawing, together with a folded publicity brochure, [1992], for the animated film version of 'Under Milk Wood', produced by Siriol Productions for S4C, BBC, and Onward Production (1992).

Typescript copy, [1966x1967], (6 pp.), of an article by Denys Val Baker entitled, 'Dylan Thomas in Cornwall', published in Humanist, (March, 1967), pp. 77-79, containing some autograph revisions; together with a copy of the journal.

An unsigned pencil draft, 1953, (4 pp.), by George Barker of his poem 'A swansong at Laugharne at the death of Dylan Thomas', consisting of twelve four-line verses, with revisions in his hand; written on the reverse of sheets from the manuscript of his father's autobiography.

Uncorrected galley proofs, [1965], of Constantine FitzGibbon's work, The life of Dylan Thomas (1965), containing some amendments in Ralph Maud's hand and typescript suggestions for alterations to the text; together with fourteen letters, 1963-1964, from the author to Glyn Jones, Daniel Jones and Mervyn Levy.

Typescript copies of two papers by Victor Golightly: 'Dylan Thomas and sign language', (12 pp.), presented at Gregynog, 1999, and accompanied by a covering letter from the author to Jeff Towns; and '"Writing in dreams and blood": Dylan Thomas and Marxism', (24 pp.), published in Welsh writing in English, vol. 8, (2003), pp. 67-91.

Manuscript draft, 1973-1974, in three volumes, of the autobiographical work by Pamela Hansford Johnson, Important to me (London, 1974), provisionally entitled 'What I need to say', which includes reminiscences about Dylan Thomas. Among the enclosures, 1973-2006, in the first volume is a letter, 1974, by the author. The third volume also contains book reviews by PHJ, together with fragments of her novel, The good listener (London, 1975), a summary of which is inserted at the end of the volume. In addition, the file contains three loose letters, 1958 and 1980-1981, by PHJ; a copy of The first comment treasury (London, 1937), which includes three poems by PHJ, two published under the pseudonym G. N. Oborn, and another by Dylan Thomas; and a copy of the Dylan Thomas memorial number of the journal Adam, no. 238 (1953), containing a memoir by PHJ.

Galley proofs, and bound uncorrected proofs containing manuscript amendments, both dated 1967, of the book Meetings with poets by Jack Lindsay (London, 1968). A letter, [1967], from the author in which he discusses the work, and a newspaper cutting, [1990], of an obituary to Jack Lindsay, are enclosed in the front of the volume.

Bound typescript copy, 1995, of the lecture 'Who killed Dylan Thomas?' delivered by the Dylan Thomas Fellow, Adrian Mitchell, at Tŷ Llên, Swansea, as part of the Dylan Thomas Month during the UK Year of Literature; signed by the author.

Bound typescript (photocopy), [1965x1968], of a paper by B. W. Murphy, entitled 'Creation and destruction. Notes on Dylan Thomas'; together with an offprint of an article based on this work published in the British Journal of Medical Psychology, 41, (1968), pp. 149-167; three related letters, 1964-1965, from the author to Vernon Watkins; and an undated typescript copy of an unsigned letter by Dylan Thomas to Marguerite Caetani.