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Correspondence and papers, 1953-1958, mostly relating to Under Milk Wood comprising an unpublished letter, 1953, from Dylan Thomas to his literary agent, undated production notes by Elizabeth Reitell, and the correspondence of Daniel Jones, 1953-1958.

Autograph review, [1966], (6 pp.), by Cyril Connolly, of the Selected letters of Dylan Thomas, ed. C. Fitzgibbon (London, 1966), and A garland for Dylan Thomas, G. J. Firmage (London, 1966).

Autograph letters by Dylan Thomas's parents, comprising one letter, 1935, from D. J. Thomas to Daniel Jones, and six letters (one photocopy), [1953]-1957, from Florence Thomas to various recipients.

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.

Holograph letter of congratulation, 1935, from Dylan Thomas's father, D[avid] J[ohn] Thomas, to Daniel Jones, possibly after the latter was awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship.

Correspondence, 1953-1954 and 1958, comprising twenty-two mainly typescript letters, mostly from the literary agent David Higham, of Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd, to Daniel Jones, and including five replies (two unsigned) from Daniel Jones, one being a 9 ff. draft letter. Among the topics discussed are the collection of Dylan Thomas letters, edited by Daniel Jones and Vernon Watkins; the publication of a collection of radio talks by Dylan Thomas; the radio production of 'Under Milk Wood'; the publication of Under Milk Wood in Mademoiselle, the serialisation of the work in the Sunday Observer, the edition published by Dent containing a preface by Daniel Jones, and the Acting Edition of the play; incidental music to Under Milk Wood, including the composer's rights; the poet's papers in America; the circumstances surrounding his death; and Caitlin Thomas.

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.

Correspondence, January - March 1954, comprising fifteen mainly typescript letters and two telegrams, mostly from E. F. Bozman, Editorial Director, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Publishers, to Daniel Jones, and including four letters from the latter, in which they discuss the publication of Under Milk Wood, a reprint of the Collected poems, and a collection of prose work entitled Early one morning.

Two letters, June-July 1954, from Elizabeth Reitell, with a draft reply by Daniel Jones, concerning the text of the published editions of Under Milk Wood; together with a photostat copy of the script of the play containing a note in pencil on the cover, "Sent Dec[ember] 1954 through [Malcolm] Brinnin".

Correspondence, May 1954 - March 1955, comprising three typescript letters from Ruthven Todd to Daniel Jones, and two replies from the latter, in which they discuss their own work, the relationship between Dylan Thomas and Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, and the text of Under Milk Wood.

Correspondence, 1953-1958, of Daniel Jones following the death of his friend Dylan Thomas, mainly relating to the radio production and publication of Under Milk Wood, the publication of other works including the Collected poems, the Collected letters, and Early one morning [sic], Dylan Thomas's death, and his papers.

Swansea Intermediate School exercise book belonging to Daniel Jones and labelled 'Ovid Translation. D. J. Jones VIA', [1928x1930], containing holograph school notes, poetry, and doodles, one of which may have been drawn by Dylan Thomas. The volume also contains some collaborative work, including a line in Dylan Thomas's hand, and a pencil draft of chapters of a story, possibly by both friends, written in the hand of Daniel Jones.

Undated holograph letter, [1926x1928], written in pencil on a lined page torn from an exercise book (recto side only), from Dylan Thomas to Dan[iel Jones], requesting that the latter visits him to collaborate on a review and other work.

Letters and papers, 1927-1978, of Daniel Jones, comprising correspondence, 1953-1955 and 1970-1978, mainly relating to the death of Dylan Thomas, the sale of the latter's manuscripts, and the publication of Dylan Thomas : the poems (London, 1971); holograph poems by Daniel Jones, namely 'Europa', 1927, and 'Passion Unrequited', 1928, both dedicated to Dylan Thomas; a story entitled 'Percy Droppeth', written in the hand of Daniel Jones, [1935]; a script, [?1977], (3 pp.), being an extract from the book My friend Dylan Thomas, read by Daniel Jones for the Dylan Thomas audio cassette; duplicate galley proofs, 1978, (5 pp.), for the reprint of the Dylan Thomas poems; and press cuttings, 1953, regarding the poet's death.

Typescript copy, [1970-1971], entitled 'The poems of Dylan Thomas', published as Dylan Thomas: the poems, edited with an introduction by Daniel Jones (London, 1971), containing holograph corrections and additions by the editor; together with a copy of the first edition of the book annotated by Daniel Jones and including some additional notes, 1971-1977, mostly amendments for subsequent editions.

Typescript, 1971, of 'Dylan Thomas and the code of night', by David Holbrook, signed by the author and containing amendments in his hand; together with a covering letter.

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.

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.

Papers, 1954, relating to the Dylan Thomas commemorative number of Dock Leaves (Spring 1954), comprising manuscript, and mostly typescript copies, some containing corrections and notes for the publishers, of contributions for the journal; letters, 1954, from Louis MacNeice, and Henry Treece (2), addressed to the editor Raymond Garlick; corrected galley proofs (15 pp.); a copy of the journal; and a letter and invoice, 1955, from an American antiquarian book dealer.

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'.