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Fourteen autograph letters, [1926]-1995, from Dylan Thomas to various family members, friends and literary acquaintances.

Holograph letter, dated 23 June 1946, by Dylan Thomas to Kay Dick, sent from Oxford, in which he accepts an offer to compile an Alphabet of Literary Prejudice for The Windmill. The letter has been pasted in the front of a copy of the Collected poems (London, 1953), a gift to the recipient of the letter from Kathleen [Farrell], Christmas 1953.

Holograph letter, dated 26 August 1948, by Dylan Thomas to Elisabeth [Lutyens], written in black ink and sent from Witney, discussing his work and poverty. The author has inscribed the word 'dirt', with an arrow pointing to a dark smudge on the paper, at the bottom of the letter (f. 1v).

Holograph letter, dated 28 May [19]51, by Dylan Thomas to D.[onald] R. Milner of the Times Educational Supplement, written in blue ink on blue paper (recto side only) and sent from Laugharne, declining an invitation 'to write a short survey on Wales'.

Holograph letter, 15 July 1953, by Dylan Thomas to Elizabeth Reitell, written in blue ink and sent from Laugharne, in which he refers to Under Milk Wood, financial matters, and a proposed opera in collaboration with Stravinsky. The envelope, included with the letter, is inscribed on the reverse by the author, 'from Dylan Thomas'.

Holograph letter, dated 7 January 1938, by Dylan Thomas to Keidrych [Rhys], sent from Blashford, in which he informs KR that Augustus John is trying to contact him regarding a portrait, expresses his own frustration at KR and the publication of Wales magazine, and enquires if KR is compiling a bibliography of his (DT) work.

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.

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.

Undated typescript, [?1966], (16 pp.), with autograph amendments, entitled 'The Parton Street poets' by Rosalind Wade, which includes references to Dylan Thomas; together with three letters, 1966, two from the author to Derek [Stanford], and another from John M. Bunting to Rosalind Wade, regarding a proposed book on the poets.

Typescript copy, [1991], of '"But he's nice", a play on the theme of Dylan Thomas' by David Wilson and Mervyn Levy, including a photocopy of a letter, 1991, from Levy to Wilson, and 'Swansea 1925. A remembrance by Mervyn Levy'. A later version of this play, 'Spitting into the sky', by David Wilson, in collaboration with Anne Aylor, was performed at the Dylan Thomas Festival, Swansea, in 2005. Also included is a cutting of Mervyn Levy's recollections of Dylan Thomas entitled 'A womb with a view', published in John O'London's Weekly, November 1962.

Research papers, 1961-1972, of Professor Ralph Maud, mainly consisting of typescripts, proofs, correspondence, notes and papers relating to his books, The colour of saying, The notebooks of Dylan Thomas, and Dylan Thomas in print; together with a typescript dissertation, [1964x1965], on 'The early prose of Dylan Thomas' by Annis Pratt.

Papers, [1966x1967], relating to The notebooks of Dylan Thomas, ed. Ralph Maud (New York, 1967), including a typescript copy of the work and galley proofs, both containing autograph corrections and amendments.

Seven autograph letters, one signed typescript letter, and a postcard, [1935]-1947, from Dylan Thomas to Charles Fisher, in which he mainly discusses personal news and his work, responds to CF's enquiry about his "theory of poetry" and explains his method of drafting and recording his work on paper (ff. 1-2), refers to the company at Blashford and his fondness for Swansea (f. 3), collaborating with CF on 'Murder of the King's Canary' [sic] (f. 4), his new poems and book, In the direction of the beginning (f. 7), the war and the 'Keidrych Rhyses' (f. 8), and a forthcoming stay in Italy with the family where he hopes to write poetry (f. 11).

Autograph drafts and notes, [1925x2009], of prose works by Dylan Thomas, including pencil drafts of an early untitled and unpublished short story, [1925x1929], and part of the script of the film 'Our country', [1945].

A copy of Contemporary poetry and prose, no. 1, (May, 1936), including the story 'The burning baby' by Dylan Thomas, pp. 10-14; the front cover inscribed by him in ink, "This contains The Burning Baby", and the text of the story also including amendments in his hand.

Swansea Intermediate School exercise book belonging to Dylan Thomas and labelled 'D. M. Thomas IV A Physics', [1929x1930], mostly containing school notes, with doodles and a rhyme beginning 'Sewer rats as household pets...'.

Contract, 1949, between Columbia Records Inc. and Dylan Thomas, signed by both parties, regarding his contribution to the record issued in conjunction with Lloyd Frankenberg's anthology, Pleasure Dome (New York, 1949). Also included is an amendment to the original contract, 1960, signed by David Higham, together with a typescript letter, 1949, by Lloyd Frankenberg, papers relating to the recording of the album, and a copy of Pleasure Dome.

Additional papers, [1928x2010], relating to Dylan Thomas known as the Dylan Thomas Poetry Manuscripts, mainly consisting of autograph drafts and worksheets, [1928x2010], of poems by Dylan Thomas, including unpublished juvenilia, 'Elegy', 'In Country Heaven', 'Poem on his Birthday', 'There was a saviour', and 'Letter to Loren'; typescript copies, [1937x1990], including two poems published in The map of love (London, 1939); printed proofs, [1939]-1953, of various poems; and manuscript and typescript poems, [1930x1950], mostly in Daniel Jones's hand, on which they both appear to have collaborated.

Papers, [1928x2010], mainly autograph drafts and worksheets of poems by Dylan Thomas.