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Papers of Colin Edwards (d. 1994), a radio journalist of Welsh descent, relating to his incomplete book on Dylan Thomas ('Dylan Remembered'), comprising typescript chapters of the work and index cards; transcripts of audio tapes including interviews with Philip Burton, Gwynfor Evans, Glyn Jones, Vernon Watkins, and Florence Thomas, mother of Dylan Thomas; and address books containing names and notes on Dylan Thomas's relatives, acquaintances and persons interviewed by him

Further papers of Colin Edwards, to be added to the papers received in July 1996 and April 1999, comprising press cuttings, mainly 1970s, relating to Dylan Thomas (1914-1953); copies of Dylan Thomas Remembered published by the Dylan Thomas Society Welsh Branch in 1978; the Adam International Review, no. 238, 1953, dedicated to Dylan Thomas, Ethel Ross's Dylan Thomas and the Amateur Theatre, published by Swansea Little Theatre, and The New Welsh Review, Spring 1992 ('Dylan Thomas Special'); together with a typescript transcript of an interview with Philip Burton, and a script entitled 'Dylan in His Youth'

Additional papers of Colin Edwards, mainly relating to Dylan Thomas, including letters from Glyn Jones, Ralph Maud, Constantine FitzGibbon and Bert Trick, a script of an interview with Sada Thompson and Nancy Wickwire on Dylan Thomas, notebooks, and press cuttings.

Including interviews with Philip Burton, Pennar Davies, Gwynfor Evans, Glyn Jones, Vernon Watkins, and Florence Thomas, mother of Dylan Thomas, arranged under six categories such as his boyhood, working on the South Wales Evening Post at Swansea and living in London; index cards to topics including his humorous contributions to the school magazine, appearance, accent, drinking, health, financial problems, politics, religion and his performances at The Little Theatre, Swansea; and nine address books containing names and notes on his relatives, acquaintances and persons interviewed by Colin Edwards.

Including index cards containing reference notes, as follows: 'Beginning of a Search'; 'Early Childhood'; 'Fern Hill'; 'The Grammarducks'; 'Dylan in Class'; 'Dylan, the Sport'; 'Emergence of the Poet'; 'The Imitator'; 'Poetic Influences'; 'Dark Introspection, Obscure Mysticism and Comic Relief'; 'The Physical and Lyrical, Pastoral and Sea-bound'; 'Dylan on Stage'; 'The Little Theater'; 'Second Season'; 'No Title'. Chapters 12-14 and 17 are not included.