Bound typescript copy, 1995, of the lecture 'Who killed Dylan Thomas?' delivered by the Dylan Thomas Fellow, Adrian Mitchell, at Tŷ Llên, Swansea, as part of the Dylan Thomas Month during the UK Year of Literature; signed by the author.
Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London,
Early pencil draft, dated Nov[ember] [19]44, by Dylan Thomas of the poem 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London', written on the back endpaper and paste-down of a copy of the anthology New Road 1944, ed. A. Comfort and J. Bayliss (London, 1944), containing two of his poems, 'Among those killed in the Dawn Raid was a Man aged One Hundred' and 'The Marriage of a Virgin'. The poem was first published in New Republic, vol. 112, no. 20, (May, 1945), and subsequently in Deaths and entrances (London, 1946). The letters 'Dy' are inscribed beneath the draft, together with a small doodle of a creature. Also included are two typescript copies, [1990x2010], (3 ff.), of 'A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London', being transcripts of the pencil draft.
Three loose printed pages from Life and letters today, vol. XVI, no. 7, (Spring, 1937), pp. 65-70, containing the story 'A prospect of the sea' by Dylan Thomas. Eight words in the first paragraph have been marked, in an unidentified hand, for omission.
2015 group (Letter to Charles Fisher),
An autograph letter, [June or July 1938], from Dylan Thomas to Charles Fisher in which he refers to the latter's visit, The death of the king's canary, and a fight in Swansea.
A small group of papers, 1939-[2013], relating to Dylan Thomas and his third book, a volume of poetry and prose entitled The map of love (London, 1939), comprising four autograph letters, March-August 1939, from the author to the publishers, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; carbon copies of letters, 1939, from the editorial, production, and publicity departments at J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd; photocopies, [1990x2013], of most of the aforementioned letters; and a proof copy and file copy of the published work, the latter containing manuscript amendments and additions in an unidentified hand.
2011 group (Autograph Letters),
Additional papers, [1926x2011], relating to Dylan Thomas consisting of unpublished letters by him to various recipients, [1926x2011], and material, 1954-1955, relating to the Dylan Thomas memorial issue of Dock leaves.
2010 group (Poetry Manuscripts),
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.
2009 group (Prose Manuscripts),
Additional papers, [1925x2009], relating to Dylan Thomas known as the Dylan Thomas Prose Manuscripts, consisting of manuscript, typescript and printed copies of prose works by him; papers belonging to him, and an account of his death.
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.
2007 group (Secondary Manuscripts),
Additional papers, 1927-2006, relating to Dylan Thomas known as the Dylan Thomas Secondary Manuscripts, mainly comprising correspondence, articles, publications, and research papers by various authors among them Paul Ferris, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Daniel Jones, Glyn Jones, Ralph Maud, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, and Vernon Watkins; and including papers relating to the publication of the limited edition of Letter to Loren (Swansea, 1993).
Papers, 1953-[2006], relating to Dylan Thomas known as the Under Milk Wood group, including scripts of the radio play, [1953]-1954; papers, [1953]-1986, relating to the publication of the work, with the original score, [1953], of the incidental music composed by Daniel Jones; correspondence, 1953-1958, including an unpublished letter, 1953, from Dylan Thomas to his literary agent; programmes, 1954-2005, of stage productions of works by Dylan Thomas, mainly 'Under Milk Wood'; translations and adaptations of the work, [1958]-2003; and papers, 1960-[2006], relating to the film production, audio recording, and animated film of 'Under Milk Wood'.