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Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Papers, 1936-1954.

Title: Papers, 1936-1954.

Contains worksheets of Thomas' poems in various stages including drafts for Prologue. Other manuscripts include Adventures in the skin trade and Memories of Early Days. Also contains a few letters by Caitlin Thomas; photographs of Thomas, Williams, and Gene Derwood; and a drawing by Thomas.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82295813 View

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953. Dylan Thomas Collection, ca. 1920s-1991.

Title: Dylan Thomas Collection, ca. 1920s-1991.

The Dylan Thomas Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, drawings, financial records, photographs, proofs, and broadcast scripts. The Works series contains handwritten manuscripts and typescripts for some of Dylan Thomas's best known poetry, fiction, criticism, broadcast scripts, and film scripts. Of particular interest are drafts and workings for the radio play Under Milk Wood, the poem "Lament," and "Elegy," the unfinished poem Thomas was drafting at the time of his death. Also present are juvenilia, a selection of Thomas's work for radio and film, and materials resulting from his collaboration with his close Swansea friend Daniel Jones. The Career-Related Materials and Personal Papers series deals primarily with Thomas's private life and the details of his tours and public appearances. Present are lists of words used when composing poetry, drawings and self-portraits, fair copies of others' poetry prepared for public readings, and documents concerning Thomas's death. The Correspondence series consists mainly of outgoing correspondence, most notably more than 120 letters written by Thomas to his literary agents David Higham Associates. Other recipients include Caitlin Thomas, Daniel Jones, and T.S. Eliot. Included among the small selection of incoming correspondence are several letters from Igor Stravinsky. The Third-Party Works and Correspondence series is the largest series in the collection and consists primarily of works, correspondence, and research materials concerning Dylan Thomas. Of particular interest are the materials of Bill and Helen McAlpine, close friends of the Thomases, which include photographs and letters written by Caitlin Thomas to Helen McAlpine. Also present are typescripts for two of Caitlin Thomas's memoirs, manuscripts of Thomas's mother Florence, and the research materials of two of the Thomas's earliest biographers, Constantine FitzGibbon and Bill Read.

ArchivalResource: 29 boxes (13.34 linear feet), 10 galley folders, and 2 oversize folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84696401 View

Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964. Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1956].

Title: Autograph letter signed : London, to Jane Clark, "Monday" [1956].

Saying how delighted she is that Kenneth will is becoming her "partner in an Oxford practice!" (that he is receiving an honorary doctorate?); regretting that she was unable to accept an invitation on Easter Monday; discussing the difficulty of reviewing Brinnin's book on Dylan Thomas, noting she must protect, Dylan, Caitlin, and Brinnin simultaneously, remarking that "the conduct of everybody is simply indefensible;" complaining about Heidi MacNiece; mentioning a performance of Façade at the Edinburgh Festival.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (5 p.) ; 18.2 cm

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/773940614 View

Leslie Daiken Papers

Title: Leslie Daiken Papers

The Papers of Leslie Daiken, 1935-1963, document his early career as poet and his later career as authority on children's customs, toys, games and nursery rhymes. The works exist as prospectuses, holograph and typed notes, manuscript drafts, television and radio production scripts, galleys, and page proofs. Most of Daiken's published and unpublished work is represented in this collection, from Signatures of All Things to Out Goes She! The correspondence, 1935-1963, reflects the contemporary literary and political climate as well as Daiken's relations with his friends and intimates. Significant correspondents include Samuel Beckett, Austin Clarke, Cyril Cusack, J.F.A. Heath-Stubbs, Wyn Henderson, Alun Lewis, Hugh MacDiarmid, Ewart Milne, Sean O'Casey, Seumas O'Sullivan, Thomas B. Rudmose-Brown, Blanaid Salkeld, Roy Saunders, Caitlin Thomas, Arland Ussher, and William Carlos Williams.

ArchivalResource: 4 boxes, 8 galley folders, 1 oversize folder (1.75 linear feet)

https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingaid.cfm?eadid=00032&showrequest=1 View

Papers of Robert Graves: Correspondence (arranged by correspondent), c1909 to 2004

Title: Papers of Robert Graves: Correspondence (arranged by correspondent) c1909 to 2004

ArchivalResource: 63 boxes

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb473-rg/j View