Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1947-1984. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 outsize boxes (112 ff., 6 ff., 1 photograph)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Thirty-four unpublished autograph letters and cards, together with a telegram, 1947-1984, from Caitlin Thomas; among the recipients are Paul Ferris, Daniel Jones (with a draft reply by him), Mervyn Levy, Andrew Sinclair, Stuart Thomas, Ruthven Todd, and Gwen and Vernon Watkins. Also included is a handwritten and typescript copy of a letter, dated 16 December 1953, to George Reavey and Irene Rice Pereira, with a photograph of Caitlin and baby Colm; a typescript copy of a letter, 1954, to David [Higham]; and photocopies of two letters, 1951 and 1962, sent to Helen [McAlpine], held at the University of Texas. Personal matters are mainly discussed in these letters, and Caitlin's life and relationship with Dylan Thomas; several letters are written during the months following her husband's death, and some relate to the trial concerning ownership of the manuscript of 'Under Milk Wood'.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: housed. Date: 20131003. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Institution: WlAbNL.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged alphabetically at NLW according to recipients.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
The letter, 1953, to George Reavey and Irene Rice Pereira, set apart from the main group of letters, is located in a separate box.
Note
Preferred citation: C2/1/1.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Ferris, Paul, 1929- (Subject)
- Jones, Daniel, 1912-1993 (Subject)
- Levy, Mervyn. (Subject)
- Sinclair, Andrew, 1935-2019 (Subject)
- Thomas, Stuart, 1914-1995. (Subject)
- Todd, Ruthven, 1914- (Subject)
- Watkins, Gwen (Subject)
- Reavey, George. (Subject)
- Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971. (Subject)
- Higham, David. (Subject)
- McAlpine, Helen. (Subject)
- Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967 (Subject)