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- [1951]. (Creation)
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1 outsize box (11 pp.)some pages are stained and some contain slight tears at the edges
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Archival history
The manuscript was retained by the recipient of the letter, Loren MacIver, and acquired by Jeff Towns through auction in New York, 1990 (Lot 123).
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Scope and content
Undated holograph draft in biro, [1951], of 'Letter to Loren', a letter by Dylan Thomas written in verse, and sent to his friends Lloyd Frankenberg and Loren MacIver on his return to Laugharne following his first American tour. A limited edition of the verse letter was published, with an introduction and notes by Jeff Towns (Swansea, 1993); it also appeared in The London Magazine, and in P. Ferris (ed.), Collected letters (London, 2000). The manuscript appears to be a final draft with few amendments. A doodle in pencil, in an unidentified hand, is drawn on the reverse of the final page.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: condition reviewed. Date: 20130301. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Action agent: Siân Bowyer. Status: some pages are stained and some contain slight tears at the edges. Institution: WlAbNL.
Action: housed. Date: 20131029. Site of action: The National Library of Wales. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Preferred citation: E1/2/4.
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- Frankenberg, Lloyd, 1907-1975. (Subject)
- MacIver, Loren. (Subject)