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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).

Photocopies, produced 1967-1968, of autograph letters, dated 1933-1937 (predominantly 1933-1934), from Dylan Thomas to Pamela Hansford Johnson; most are included in Constantine Fitzgibbon's, Selected letters of Dylan Thomas (London, 1967).

Letters and papers of, and relating to, Llewelyn, Aeronwy and Colm, the children of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, [1954]-2007.

Letters, [1954x1958] and 1980-2004, from Aeronwy Thomas; among the recipients are Daniel and Irene Jones, Jeff Towns, Gilbert Bennett, and Llewelyn Thomas (copy). Also included are press cuttings, 1970-2007, relating to Aeronwy Thomas.

Correspondence, 1954-1955, relating to the proposed publication of manuscript poems by Dylan Thomas in the notebooks held by the Lockwood Memorial Library, University of Buffalo, New York.

Manuscript, typescript and printed copies, [1925x2009], of prose works by Dylan Thomas, including pieces written in collaboration with Daniel Jones.

Pencil draft, [1945], in Dylan Thomas's hand, of part of the script for the wartime propaganda film, 'Our country'; inverted text on six of the preliminary pages of Daniel Jones's copy of Samuel Johnson, The lives of the English poets, vol. III (London, 1896). Also included is a typewritten transcript, [2000x2009], (6 pp.), of these notes.

Autograph ink draft, [1950x1953], (10 pp.), containing numerous amendments, of an introduction to a poetry reading by Dylan Thomas.

Typescript and printed copies, [1935]-1963, of stories by Dylan Thomas, some containing amendments and corrections in his hand.

A copy of Contemporary poetry and prose, no. 4/5, (August/September, 1936), including the story 'The school for witches' by Dylan Thomas, pp. 95-100; the front cover inscribed by him in ink, "This contains The School For Witches", and the text of the story also including amendments in his hand.

Small Swansea Intermediate School notebook, [1928x1932], inscribed 'D. J. Jones. Homework Notebook' on the front cover, mainly containing school notes by Daniel Jones, with additional notes by Dylan Thomas (ff. 27r, 27v, 28r, 30v, inside back cover), and an unpublished poem written in pencil in the latter's hand entitled 'The Nigger-Boy's Plaint' (f. 30r).

Worksheets, [1947x1951], (3 ff.), containing notes in pencil and biro on five pages (ff. 1r-3r, with f. 3v blank), produced by Dylan Thomas whilst composing the unfinished poem 'In Country Heaven'. They comprise a draft of the middle eighteen lines, beginning "Light and his tears glide down together" (f. 1r); a brief word list, the syllable and rhyme scheme, and a draft of two lines from the fifth stanza (f. 1v); a heavily annotated version of the first five stanzas with the syllable and rhyme scheme noted at the end of each line (f. 2r); drafts of the third and fourth stanzas (f. 2v, inverted); and further drafts of the first five stanzas (f. 3r). Also included are photocopies of articles and notes relating to the poem (ff. 4-10). Three stanzas are included in W. Davies and R. Maud ed., Collected poems 1934-1953 (London, 2000).

Worksheets, [1949x1951], (4 ff.), produced by Dylan Thomas whilst composing 'Poem on his Birthday', written to mark the poet's thirty-fifth birthday, and first published in World Review (October, 1951); an extended version subsequently appeared in Atlantic (March, 1952). The four separate sheets contain ink drafts of stanzas 9, 10 and 11, and variant workings of two lines in stanza 3; one leaf (f. 3r) includes two short lists of names, some of which appear to be creditors. In addition the file contains an extensive word list for the poem, (f. 5r), written in ink and consisting of numerous lists of rhyming and assonant words; "Under a hurled" inscribed on verso.

Printed proofs, [1939]-1953, of poetry by Dylan Thomas, comprising a page proof, [1939], of two poems published in Wales magazine; proofs, 1952, of the preliminary pages for the reprint of his Collected poems; and galley proofs, 1953, of 'Poem on his Birthday'; together with related letters.

Page proof, [1939], from Wales magazine, no. 6/7, (March, 1939), p. 196, containing two poems by Dylan Thomas, 'On no work of words' and 'Once it was the colour of saying'; both were first published in the journal. On the reverse is a letter in the hand of Keidrych Rhys, dated 28 February [?1939], to Derek Savage. Also included is an undated letter from Derek Savage in which he refers to the proof and letter.

Script, 1966, (21 pp.), entitled '"In country heaven" an unfinished "poem-to-be" by Dylan Thomas', produced by Douglas Cleverdon and broadcast on the Third Programme, December 1966; together with a typescript copy, (6 pp.), of an article by DC, 'Young Aesop fabling by the coracled Towy', and cutting of the published version, 'Dylan Thomas - an unpublished poem', from the Daily Telegraph weekend supplement; and a letter, 1966, from DC to Vernon Watkins in which the former refers to the broadcast and article. Also included is a memorandum, 1963, from DC regarding the programme 'Portrait of Dylan Thomas'.

Six autograph letters (one photocopy), [1953]-1957, from Dylan Thomas's mother, Florence ('Florrie') Thomas, to various recipients including Daniel Jones, J. Oliver Stephens and Vernon Watkins. They mainly relate to her bereavement, to Dylan, Caitlin and the grandchildren, and her health.

Seven letters, 1979-1983, from Francis Dufau-Labeyrie to Gwen Watkins, assisting with research for her book, Portrait of a friend (Llandysul, 1983); he discusses correspondence between himself and Vernon Watkins and his recollections of Dylan Thomas. Also included are photocopies of letters, dated [1937]-1963, from Vernon Watkins to Francis Dufau-Labeyrie containing references to Dylan Thomas, and a copy of Dufau-Labeyrie's 'Notes in memory of Vernon Watkins', 1977.