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1. Add MS 89363

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Title:
D. M. Thomas Archive
Scope & Content:
Papers, correspondence, drafts, typescripts and manuscripts of the writer Donald Michael Thomas (1935–2023). The archive spans his whole career, preserving writings published and unpublished, business and personal correspondence, and proofs or first-edition copies of his published works.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1900-2005
Extent:
244 folders; 34 boxes

2. Add MS 89363/9

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Personal papers
Scope & Content:
Personal papers, notes, diaries of engagements and photographs of D. M. Thomas.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1920s-2016
Extent:
24 folders

3. Add MS 89363/2

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Poetry and translations
Scope & Content:
Draft material — autograph manuscript, typescript and photocopies — for poetry by D. M. Thomas, including his translation of Russian verse by Anna Akhmatova and Alexander Pushkin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Polish, and Russian
Date Range:
early 1960s-2017
Extent:
61 folders

4. Add MS 89363/8

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'The White Hotel', abandoned film adaptation
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, papers, draft screenplays and legal documents relating to plans to make a film adaptation of D. M. Thomas's novel 'The White Hotel', and to various related legal disputes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
Sep 1984-Apr 2017
Extent:
19 folders

5. Add MS 89363/7

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Correspondence and contracts
Scope & Content:
Correspondence mainly sent to D. M. Thomas from various individuals and organisations: fellow authors, students, admirers of his work, participants in his writing courses, literary societies, festival organisers and publishing houses (including copies of contracts).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1965-2013
Extent:
25 folders

6. Add MS 89363/2/4-5

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Drafts of poetry
Scope & Content:
Drafts (autograph manuscript and annotated typescripts) of poetry by D. M. Thomas. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'loose poetry drafts'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
mid 1990s-2012
Extent:
2 folders

7. Add MS 89363/7/15-18

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Correspondence: invitations to speak
Scope & Content:
Correspondence sent to D. M. Thomas mainly by universities, publishers, literary societies and festival organisers and organisations, generally regarding speaking engagements in Britain. Many envelopes and stamps have been retained. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a fol...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1974-1993
Extent:
3 folders

8. Add MS 89363/7/3-4

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Correspondence with students, fans and others
Scope & Content:
General correspondence with admirers of D. M. Thomas's work: students, fans, participants in his writing courses, and so on. The contents of this sub-sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'More personal correspondence — letters from students, fans, etc. A mixed bag!'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1977-1998
Extent:
2 folders

9. Add MS 89363/2/6-8

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Sestinas', draft typescripts
Scope & Content:
Three drafts of a poetry collection by D. M. Thomas entitled 'Sestinas', later published under the title 'Mrs English & Other Women' (London: Francis Boutle, 2014). The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'Drafts towards 'Mrs English + Other Women' (poems)'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, and Polish
Date Range:
early 2010s-mid 2010s
Extent:
3 folders

10. Add MS 89363/9/11

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Photographs: professional portraits
Scope & Content:
Photographic portraits of D. M. Thomas taken professionally for publicity purposes: Three taken (on different occasions) around Thomas's childhood Carnkie. One portrait taken in Paris on the 21 November 1988, on the occasion of the release of Thomas's novel 'Love Train' (S. Bassouls / Sygma, m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1970s-1990s
Extent:
5 photographic prints