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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, [1980x1982], (10 pp.), of Andrews Wanning's recollections of Dylan Thomas's visits to Cambridge in 1937 to address the Nashe Society entitled, 'Dylan Thomas at Cambridge'.

Untitled and unsigned manuscript, [1953], (3 ff.), by Harri Webb, published under the title 'Two-gunned Gabriel : a tribute to Dylan Thomas', in Promenade, no. 37, 14 November 1953; a copy of the magazine is also enclosed.

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.

Papers, 1987-1994 (predominantly 1993), relating to the publication of the limited edition Letter to Loren by Dylan Thomas, with an introduction and notes by Jeff Towns, (Swansea, 1993), comprising manuscript drafts, mostly of the introduction and 'Glossary and notes'; typescript drafts; proofs; related correspondence, 1987-1993, including an undated letter by Jeff Towns to Loren MacIver; research notes and papers, illustrations, reviews and printed material, 1993-1994.

Papers, 1987-1994, relating to the publication of the limited edition of Letter to Loren (Swansea, 1993); and proofs, [1995], of the catalogue which accompanied the Dylan Thomas: word and image exhibition in Tŷ Llên, Swansea, 1995.

Proofs, [1995], containing manuscript corrections and amendments, of the catalogue, Dylan Thomas: word and image (Swansea, 1995), which accompanied an exhibition in Tŷ Llên, Swansea, in 1995; 'Letter to Loren' is listed among the exhibits. Also included is a typescript draft, 1995, of the introduction.

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.

Research papers, 1963-[1969], comprising mostly manuscript and typescript notes, some of which may have been compiled in preparation for Dylan Thomas in print : a bibliographical history (London, 1970), and The notebooks of Dylan Thomas (New York, 1965). Included amongst the papers are two notebooks containing research notes and draft letters, 1966, by the author; and a statistical study of words used by Dylan Thomas, with a paper entitled 'A word count for linguists. Dylan Thomas' Collected poems 1934-1952'.

Correspondence, 1961-1972, mostly comprising letters to Ralph Maud from the publishers of his works, together with related notes. Also included are seven signed typescript letters, 1962-1963, from Trevor Hughes to Ralph Maud.

Typescript, [1964x1965], of 'The early prose of Dylan Thomas' by Annis Pratt. This version appears to be a copy of her doctoral dissertation and differs slightly from the work published as Dylan Thomas's early prose: a study in creative mythology (Pittsburgh, 1970). In addition, the file contains four related letters, 1964-1965, three from Annis Pratt to Ralph Maud and a reply from the latter.

Papers, 1991-2003, of Gilbert Bennett, including correspondence; material concerning his dramatisation of 'The Majoda Incident Trial', and his adaptation of Dylan Thomas's unfinished radio script 'The Londoner'; together with various papers, 1977-2005, relating to the Dylan Thomas Society.

Papers, [1938]-2006, relating to Charles Fisher, including a typescript draft, [1938x1940], (10 pp.), of an alternative first chapter (headed 'Chap 2') by him for The death of the king's canary, completed by Dylan Thomas and John Davenport (London, 1976); letters, 1976 and 1982; photographs of Charles Fisher; and articles about him published between 1964 and 2006.

Papers, [1994]-2004, relating to Andrew Sinclair, including a photocopy of his book, In love and anger (London, 1994); page proofs of Dylan the bard (London, 1999); scripts of his proposed documentary 'Dylan the bard', [1999], the drama documentary 'Dylan on Dylan', [2002], and his stage adaptation of 'Adventures in the skin trade', 2003; together with correspondence, 1998-2004.

Typescript copies, [2000x2002], of Dylan Thomas trail guides, with some annotations; together with an obituary for Rollie McKenna, 2003.

Additional papers, 1935-2007, relating to Dylan Thomas known as the Dylan Thomas Family Letters, including autograph letters from Dylan to Charles Fisher, [1935]-1947; the letters and papers of his wife, Caitlin, [1940]-1998, among them a substantial group of unpublished autograph letters, 1947-1984, their children, Llewelyn, Aeronwy and Colm, [1954]-2007, Dylan's parents, D. J. and Florence Thomas, 1935-1957, and Caitlin's mother, Yvonne Macnamara, [1957]; and correspondence, 1954-1955, relating to the proposed publication of the notebook poems.

Autograph letters from Dylan Thomas to Charles Fisher, [1935]-1947, together with photocopies and typescript copies, produced [1955x2000], of letters, dated 1931-1953, by him to various recipients.

Seven autograph letters, one signed typescript letter, and a postcard, [1935]-1947, from Dylan Thomas to Charles Fisher, all of which are published in Paul Ferris ed., Dylan Thomas, the collected letters (London, 2000).

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).

Photocopies and typescript copies, produced [1955x2000], of letters from Dylan Thomas, dated 1931-1953, to various recipients. Most of the original letters appear to be held at the State University of New York Buffalo.