Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

Dylan Thomas papers at the National Library of Wales

Did you know that the largest collection of Dylan Thomas related material is held here at the National Library of Wales? Over the years, the Library has collected a number of letters and drafts of works by Dylan Thomas and have also been fortunate in acquiring substantial groups of papers which have considerably enhanced our holdings: the Dylan Thomas Trust Manuscripts and Papers and the Jeff Towns (Dylan Thomas) Collection. Catalogue entries are available to view online by clicking on the links below:

Jeff Towns (Dylan Thomas) Collection
Dylan Thomas Trust Manuscripts
NLW MS 23068E: Dylan Thomas letters to Percy Eynon Smart
NLW MS 24037D: Dylan Thomas letters
NLW MS 23932D: Dylan Thomas family letters
NLW MS 23917D: Dylan Thomas poems
NLW MS 23529C: Dylan Thomas letters to Desmond Hawkins
NLW MS 22745: ff.187-96: Letters from Dylan Thomas to William Ronald Rees Jones (Keidrych Rhys) in Keidrych Rhys MSS
NLW MS 21698E: Papers of Dylan Thomas and Veronica Sibthorp
NLW MS 21979D: Dylan Thomas miscellanea
NLW MS 21600E: Letters and papers re. a projected book by Dylan Thomas about the streets of London
NLW MS 23699E, f. 66, ff. 172-173: Dylan Thomas letters in NLW MS 23699E Miscellaneous letters and papers
NLW MS 23981E, f. 2, f. 4, f. 10, ff. 12-14, f. 15, f. 16, ff. 17-18: Dylan Thomas letters in NLW MS 23981E Miscellaneous letters and papers
NLW MS 21978E: Dylan Thomas papers
NLW MS 23925E, f. 109, f. 110: letters from Dylan Thomas letter in NLW MS 23925E Miscellaneous letters and papers
NLW MS 22003E: Dylan Thomas letters in Letters of Anglo-Welsh writers
NLW MS 20784D: Letters from Dylan Thomas in Welsh Arts Council Manuscripts: Cymdeithas Cymru Newydd
NLW MS 19417E Letter from Dylan Thomas in Autograph letters and documents
NLW MS 19418C Letters from Dylan Thomas to G. V. Roberts
NLW MS 22786D f. 77: Letter from Dylan Thomas to Augustus John
Letters from Dylan Thomas to Idris Davies in NLW MS 22415C
NLW Facs 829: Transportation of Dylan Thomas's body from New York to Laugharne
NLW MS 12043B: Poem, 1930 by Dylan Thomas
NLW MS 20786D:Cyclostyled copy of Dylan Thomas, 'Under Milk Wood' in Welsh Arts Council Manuscripts
NLW MS 19158C: Letters written by Dylan Thomas
NLW MS 24091D: Dylan Thomas letter to Liz Reitell
NLW MS 23992: Holograph manuscript notes for the poem 'Elegy to his father' by Dylan Thomas
Clifford Evans Papers 1: A letter to Clifford Evans from Dylan Thomas
W Emlyn Davies Papers and Calligrams 1, ff. 2-5: Letter from Dylan Thomas, 26 April 1946
Sgriptiau BBC (Cymru/Wales) Scripts: BOX 112 (Memories of Christmas, Dylan Thomas, 16:12:1945), BOX 75 (Return Journey, Dylan Thomas, 2:6:1947), BOX 101 (1949, Arts Magazines, 8:4:1949, 6:5:1949, 3:6:1949, 29:6:1949, Dylan Thomas), BOX 110 (Vintage Town: Laugharne, J. C. Griffith-Jones (with Dylan Thomas), 5:11:1953), BOX 22 (Quite Early One Morning, Dylan Thomas, 31:8:1945), BOX 33 (The Festival Exhibition, Dylan Thomas, 19:6:1951), BOX 37 (Guest speaker, Dylan Thomas, 5:10:1953 (rec. date), Holiday Memory, Dylan Thomas, 2:4:1953, The International Eisteddfod, Dylan Thomas, 13:7:1953), BOX 38 (Quite Early One Morning, Dylan Thomas, 17:6:1953, Reminiscences of Childhood, Dylan Thomas 13:3:1953)

Other Dylan Thomas items at The National Library of Wales

Printed works, photographs, posters and audio-visual material relating to Dylan Thomas are also held in the Library and these have been transferred to other collections within the Library; details are given in the relevant catalogue records.

Online exhibition

To ensure that Dylan's legacy lives on, the Library has digitised a vast amount of his archive, which can be viewed for free, anytime you wish on the Dylan website .