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Dora Thatcher Papers,
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Flipper the seal stories,

Twelve Flipper the seal children’s stories typescript copies including an extract from ‘Sunny Stories’ magazine where published. All the extracts have ‘Flipper the seal’ as the title with the complete title written on the extract in pencil. ‘The hungry lighthouse keeper’ and ‘Flipper and the porpoise’ were also published in the ‘Fishguard County Echo’. See also file 97 ‘Flipper the seal’.

Henry and the Astronaut (1968),

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

Henry and the Traction Engine (1970),

Rough manuscript drafts; typescript; revised typescript with directions to printers; galley proof; dummy copy including rough sketches of illustrations by Val Biro; contract, 1969, and correspondence, 1969-70, with publishers.

Henry in Iceland (1973),

Rough manuscript drafts; typescript with some autograph revision; revised typescript with directions to printers; contract and correspondence with publishers, 1972; brochures, etc., relating to Iceland.

Henry on Safari (1975),

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.

Henry the Helicopter (1956),

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

Henry the helicopter stories,

Typescript copies of the children’s stories ‘Henry and the bees – Story 1’; ‘Henry the firefighter – Story 2’ and ‘Henry and the monster hunt – Story 5’ and a note stating "… unpublished Henry the helicopter stories", and "… annotated as too similar to 'Fireman Henry'".

Keith and Katherine stories,

Typescript copy of each children’s story, ‘A seagull to the rescue’; ‘The new boat’; and ‘The saucy seagull to the rescue’ including correspondence with Brockhampton Press in April 1957 regarding the non-acceptance of the stories.

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