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'.
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.'.
Photocopies of a notebook, begun by D. M. Thomas in March 1964, mainly for ideas, sketches and drafts of poems. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Teignmouth Grammar School IV — started March '64'.
Photocopies of a notebook of D. M. Thomas's sketches and drafts of poems and writings. With a photocopy of a cutting from an unnamed newspaper: an article entitled 'The brave new world of Julian Huxley' (John Ardagh).