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Correspondence (1982-1984) and a typescript copy (1974) of a children’s play, a dramatized adaption of the story of Manawydan from the ‘Mabinogion’. Originally written for a Pembrokeshire Drama Playwriting Competition (1974) and also read by ‘Made in Wales’ (1984).

Typescript copy of a children’s story about David and Pongo the dragon published in the ‘Fishguard County Echo’.

Correspondence (1949-1955), a typescript copy, and an issue of ‘Sunny Stories’ (7 February, 1955) of a children’s fairy story; it was also published in Sunny Stories’ book ‘Read Aloud Tales’ (1956).

Correspondence and a typescript copy of the children’s story about Terry and Tansy. A note states ‘Pub.[lished] [Fishguard] County Echo’ in Oct and December 1958’.

Typescript copy of a story for adults and a script about local Welsh characters.

Typescript copies of children’s stories (1950-1956), correspondence (1951-1962), and a cover and extracts of ‘Sunny Stories’ in which Tommy the tugboat stories were published. Several stories were also broadcast on the BBC’s ‘Listen with mother’ series (1951-1954).

Correspondence, typescripts and extracts.

Correspondence with publishers and typescript from which an artist could work to produce picture strip stories. The stories are ‘Wilberforce J (Jonah) Whale of the Sea Rescue Service’, ‘Peter and Paul – the penguin twins’, and ‘The hovercopter patrol’ (all 1961); ‘Bunny Cuddles’, Gulliver Guinea Pig’s travels’, and ‘Pixie Pip’ (all 1964). Some scripts were written for existing characters in ‘Jack and Jill’ and ‘Playhour’ comics.

Typescript research on seven sea captains and a quarter-master carried out for the ‘Good morning Wales’ programme in June 1966; only Captains Roberts, Varney and Hughes were used for the recording. Also included is correspondence with various publishers and the BBC and an extract from the Western Telegraph, Haverfordwest, who published all the articles.

Correspondence and typescript copies of ten children’s stories submitted to Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Chicago, USA for their ‘Language Experiences in Reading’. The stories are ‘The lake monsters’; ‘The new sledge’ (Peter and Patsy); ‘Freddie the ferry boat’; ‘Flipper the seal’; ‘The Unicorn’; ‘Picture stories’; ‘The Dragon with toothache’; ‘Mo makes a boat’; ‘The landslide’ and ‘Surtsey – the Young Island’.

Typescript with slight autograph revision; contract and correspondence with publishers, 1962.

Typescript; contract and letter from publishers, 1963.

Manuscript draft; typescript with autograph revision; galley proof; page proof including illustrations by Val Biro; contract, 1967, and correspondence, 1967-1968, with publishers.

Notebook, dated 1974, containing rough draft; typescript with slight autograph revision; galley proofs; page and jacket proofs including illustrations by Val Biro; contract, 1974, and correspondence, 1974-5, with publishers; research notes, etc.

Typescript; draft manuscript of one story; cuttings of 2 stories first published in Sunny Stories; contract and correspondence with publishers, 1958; and a letter, 1958, from the BBC.

Typescript, with instructions to printers, of Joan E. Cass, The Witch of Witchery Wood (Brockhampton Press, 1973); with publishers' compliment slip dated 27 Nov. 1973.

Original deposit of Dora Thatcher papers, comprising material accumulated during preparation for her published books, 1955-1977. Additional deposit of Dora Thatcher papers, comprising material accumulated during preparation for her short stories, plays and articles, 1948-1985.

Typescripts with autograph revision; contract and correspondence with publishers, 1955. Also included is a letter, 1955, from the editor of Sunny Stories.

Typescript; contract and correspondence with publishers, 1959.