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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.

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.

Early pencil draft, [1939], by Dylan Thomas of 'The House Maid's Poem', later published as 'Paper and sticks' in Seven (Autumn, 1939), and Deaths and entrances (London, 1946). The poem is written on the reverse of a fragment of a letter, dated 13 July [19]39, to Dylan Thomas by an unidentified author.

Correspondence, 1975-2000, of Paul Ferris, including letters sent by him to Daniel Jones, Gwen Watkins and Jeff Towns, relating to his biographies of Dylan and Caitlin Thomas, and The collected letters of Dylan Thomas (London, 1985). Also enclosed are copies of three letters from Dylan Thomas to Caitlin, [1936], John L[?], 1942, and John [?Arlott], [c. 1945], and a letter-poem about New Quay, dated 1945.

Various papers belonging to Dylan Thomas, comprising a school exercise book, [1929x1930]; ink and pencil drawings and doodles by him, [1934x1953]; a character game, [1936x1945]; and contracts and papers, 1949 and 1960, relating to his contribution to the album 'Pleasure Dome'.

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).

Photocopies, [1990x2011], of four autograph letters, dated 1946-1953, from Dylan Thomas to various recipients.

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).

Galley proofs, 1953, of 'Poem on his Birthday', possibly for the Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards anthology (Philadelphia, 1953).

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.

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

Programmes, 1963-[?2003], of productions relating to Dylan Thomas, including portrayals of him by Alec Guinness, Jack Aranson, and Bob Kingdom. Also included are programmes and papers, 1957-1968, relating to Emlyn Williams's performance, 'A boy growing up' or 'Dylan Thomas growing up', in which he presented a selection of work by Dylan Thomas,

Printed material, 1953-1998, comprising mostly press cuttings of articles and obituaries about Caitlin Thomas, together with a postcard of Augustus John's portrait of her, and a copy of her funeral brochure, 1994.

Printed material, 1953-2005, mostly relating to Under Milk Wood, including magazines and cuttings containing articles about, and reviews of, the play; a programme, [1953], of the Poetry Center, New York, including readings by Dylan Thomas and of 'UMW'; a copy of Mademoiselle (February 1954), containing the first published version of UMW, together with advance proofs; two copies of Plays and players (February and March 1957) with a script of the play; a shortened version of UMW published in two parts in The Observer (February 1954); proofs, 1969, of the book Landmarks, by Derek Stanford (London, 1969), which includes an excerpt from UMW; the beginning, (7 pp.), of a radio script, 'Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters', with an introduction by Dylan Thomas, broadcast in 1955; and a copy of the book Dylan Thomas: the final story. The cat's whiskers, by Beryl Hughes (Hove, 1998), together with two letters, 1994 and 1999, from the author.

Programmes and papers, including flyers, tickets, posters and covering letters, 1954-2005, some of which were collated by Joseph Gold, relating to productions of works by Dylan Thomas, mainly 'Under Milk Wood', staged in various countries, mostly Britain and the United States of America.

Untitled typescript copy, [?1963], (4 pp.), of the beginning of 'Prologue to an adventure', published in Wales, no. 1, (1937), containing ink corrections in an unidentified hand; together with a letter, 1963, from Stuart Thomas to David Higham explaining that this is a copy of a manuscript found behind the drawer of the writing desk at the Boat House.

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.

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

Papers, [1953]-1986, relating to the publication of Under Milk Wood, including manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs, 1954-1975, of Daniel Jones's Preface; related correspondence, 1954-1986; together with the original score, [1953], of the incidental music to 'Under Milk Wood' composed by Daniel Jones.