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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 The archive spans his whole career, preserving writings published and unpublished, business and personal correspondence, and proofs or first-edition copies of his published works.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 89363/2

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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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Add MS 89363/4

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Biography, 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life'. Research material and typescripts.
Scope & Content:
Photocopies, correspondence, drafts, newspaper cuttings and notes relating to D. M. Thomas's biography of the Russian writer and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life' (New York: St Martin's Press, 1998; London: Little, Brown, 1998).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1900-2013
Extent:
49 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 89363/2/25-61

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Photocopied poetry manuscripts and draft material
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of manuscript notebooks containing D. M. Thomas's drafts of poems. The originals are understood to be held at the University of Winsconsin-Madison, Winsconsin, United States.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
early 1960s-2005
Extent:
37 folders

8. Add MS 89363/2/9-23

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Poetry notebooks
Scope & Content:
Bound notebooks containing D. M. Thomas's (autograph manuscript) drafts for his poetry.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
early 1990s-2015
Extent:
25 volumes in 15 folders

9. Add MS 89363/7/1-2

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Correspondence with prominent literary figures
Scope & Content:
Letters sent to D. M. Thomas by various prominent fellow writers. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'Letters from poets and authors, incl. Hughes, Sexton. Causley, Murdoch, Sillitoe, MacBeth, Stevie Smith, Edna O'Brien. Redgrave'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1965-2013
Extent:
2 folders

10. 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