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Dylan Thomas Trust manuscripts Kershaw, Donald A.
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Letters to Stuart Thomas,

Twenty-three letters, copy letters and telegrams, 1953-1975, eighteen of which are to Stuart Thomas of D.O. Thomas & Co., relating mostly to Dylan Thomas's death and funeral arrangements and to Dylan Thomas Trust business.
The correspondents include Graeme [Finlay], November-December 1953 (ff. 1, 19), David Higham, November-December 1953 (ff. 2, 17, 20-23), [Nicolette] Devas, 18 November 1953 (f. 3, telegram), Louis MacNeice, November 1953 (ff. 4, 9), Margaret Taylor, 1 December 1953 (ff. 12-14), Dan[iel Jones], resigning as a trustee, 25 January 1955 (ff. 26-27), and Florence H. Thomas, August 1956 (ff. 28, 30). There are also letters from Oscar Williams to [I. W.] Ungoed-Thomas, 22 November 1953 (f. 8), and Donald A. Kershaw to David Higham, 7 October 1953 (f. 11), and a carbon copy letter from David Higham to Ruthven Todd, 28 December 1953 (ff. 24-25). A letter from Paul [Ferris], 8 September 1975 (f. 32), encloses a Xerox copy, [?1975], of the script for Stuart Thomas' tribute to Dylan Thomas, transmitted on the Home Service as 'Portrait of Dylan Thomas' on 11 December 1953 (ff. 33-47). Also included is a copy, December 1953, of the New York funeral directors' account (f. 16); a copy, 1965, of Dylan Thomas' death certificate (f. 31) and a programme for a production of Under Milk Wood in Swansea in September 1956 (ff. 48-51).

Letters to Dylan Thomas,

Nineteen letters, notes and postcards to Dylan Thomas, 1952-1953, mainly concerning work, publications and his last trip to America (ff. 1-19), and copies of contracts, 1951-1953 (ff. 20-28).
The correspondents include John [Brinnin], September-[October] [1953], J[ohn] D[avenport], 23 June 1953, Francis Dillon, 22 September 1953, John Griffiths, 21 September 1953, David [Higham], 9 October 1952, Fred [Janes], [13] August 1953, Donald A. Kershaw, 16 June 1953, Arabel J. Porter, 28 September 1953, Liz Reitell, 4 June [1953], Ceri Richards, [?April] 1953, Amos Vogel, June-August 1953, Boris [Watson], [early 1953], and Oscar [Williams], 31 July 1953. There is also a note, 19 October 1953, from 'Evelyn', suggesting he contact the film director Edgar G. Ulmer (f. 5), and a note from Pearn, Pollinger & Higham to Caitlin Thomas, 30 June 1953 (f. 13). There are miscellaneous notes by Dylan Thomas on ff. 1 verso, 4 verso, 8 and 11 verso. The contracts relate to the proposed publications 'American Journal', 19 December 1951 (ff. 20-21), 'Welsh Fairy Tales and Legends', 23 February 1953 (ff. 22-24), and 'Under Milk Wood', 24 July 1953 (ff. 27-28), and to a recording session for Caedmon Publishers, 17 May 1953 (ff. 25-26). Also included is a bank statement, 22 June 1953 (f. 29), and his Temporary Entry Permit into the USA, 20 October 1953 (f. 30).

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953