D. M. Thomas: Poetry notebook (photocopied), '22', July 1970 onwards
Scope & Content:
Photocopy of a notebook containing D. M. Thomas's drafts and sketches for poems. With a photocopy of a typescript of the poem 'Finding a Family Portrait (Eliza Jane Thomas, 1861–1937)'.
D. M. Thomas: Poetry notebook (photocopied), '28', July 1973
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of a notebook containing D. M. Thomas's drafts and sketches for poems. The first folio bears the number 19, but the file was originally held in a folder labelled (not in D. M. Thomas's own hand) 'no. 28'.
D. M. Thomas: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life', correspondence and requests for permission
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Draft typescript material for and correspondence relating to D. M. Thomas's biography 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life'. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled 'Sharashka + Ekibastuz'. ' It also carried the circled number '15'.
D. M. Thomas: 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life', material for late chapters
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Research material — handwritten notes and synopses of interviews, press cuttings, etc. — for D. M. Thomas's biography 'Alexander Solzhenitsyn: a century in his life'. Most of the material concerns the book's later chapters. The contents of this sub-series were originally held in a folder label...
D. M. Thomas: 'Pictures at an Exhibition', early draft material
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Early typescripts and draft material for D. M. Thomas's novel 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. The contents of this sub-sub-series were originally held in a folder labelled ''Pictures at an Exhibition' written and typed early thoughts / ideas / characters', and also bearing an older title, 'ROBYN S...
Photocopies of a notebook containing D. M. Thomas's sketches and drafts of poems and writings, mainly translations of poetry by the Russian poet Anna Akhmatova.
Photocopies of a notebook, begun by D. M. Thomas in January 1964, mainly of ideas, sketches and drafts of poems. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Teignmouth Grammar School V — started Jan '64.'.