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Notebook, [?1948]-1967, of Vernon Watkins, containing bibliographical lists of his poems published in Italy (inside front cover, f. 1) and poems and translations sent for publication in America (ff. 1 verso-11).

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1948-1967, of published poetry and published and unpublished prose by Vernon Watkins, mostly composed following the death of Dylan Thomas in 1953, including drafts of Vernon Watkins's poem 'Elegy for the Latest Dead', 1954, and two unfinished poems by Dylan Thomas, 'Elegy' and 'In Country Heaven', completed by Vernon Watkins; and radio scripts, lecture notes, draft reviews and articles by him relating to Dylan Thomas and his work.

Cyclostyled radio scripts, including poetry readings, and talks, 1949-1967, by Vernon Watkins or relating to him and his work.

Autograph and typescript drafts, [1950s]-1966, of a long, apparently unpublished poem by Vernon Watkins entitled 'Ballad of the Fall of Sodom'.

Autograph and typescript notes and drafts, 1953-1967, by Vernon Watkins for introductions to readings of his own poetry and that of others.

Five manuscript and two typescript letters, 30 November 1956-10 September 1957, from Wystan [Hugh] Auden, Forio d'Ischia, near Naples, and Oxford, to Vernon Watkins (ff. 1-7), together with one poem by Auden (f. 8).
The letters concern the choices and alternative choices for Poetry Book Society recommendations, the judges of which were Auden, Watkins and Vita Sackville-West; Auden refers to works by Thom Gunn, Roy Campbell, Theodore Roethke, Edmund Blunden and Louis MacNeice. Enclosed with the final letter is a typescript copy of Auden's poem 'The More Loving One' (see Collected Shorter Poems, 1927-1957 (London, 1966), p. 282).

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1958-1966, of verse translations from Hungarian by Vernon Watkins, together with related correspondence and literal translations by Tamás Kabdebó; some of Watkins's versions of poems by Attila József and Gyula Illyes were published in Kabdebó's editions of their works (1963, 1968, 1971).

Notebook containing autograph drafts, September 1966, of a series of eight lectures entitled 'Modern Poetry Lectures', apparently given by Vernon Watkins at the University College of Swansea.
The lecture notes contain references to various poets, in particular T. S. Eliot (ff. 2-16 passim), W. B. Yeats (ff. 3-31 passim), D. H. Lawrence (ff. 17-24), Wilfred Owen (ff. 24, 26-31) and David Jones (ff. 24-28). Excerpts from the notes were published in Poetry Wales, 12.4 (Spring 1977), 52-55.

Printed diary for 1966, containing a few notes of appointments from July onwards.