An Inventory of His Literary File Photography Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953
Title:
Dylan Thomas Literary File Photography
Collection
Dates:
circa 1910s-1950s
Extent:
270 items (3 boxes)
Abstract:
The Dylan Thomas Literary File Photography
Collection consists of 270 photographs, including portraits of Thomas, his wife Caitlin
Macnamara, their children and other family members, as well as friends and
associates.
Call Number:
PH-02774
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Negatives cannot be accessed without curatorial approval. To make an appointment or to reserve photography materials, please email Visual Materials Reference staff. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential information
that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers
are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable
living
individuals represented in the collections without the consent of those individuals
may have
legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy
may
arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be
deemed
highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University
of
Texas at Austin assume no responsibility.
Restrictions on Use:
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of
the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder
which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Ransom
Centers' Open Access and Use Policies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Dylan Thomas Literary File Photography Collection (PH-02774). Harry Ransom Center,
The
University of Texas at Austin.
The Dylan Thomas Literary File Photography Collection consists of 270 photographs,
including portraits of Thomas, his wife Caitlin Macnamara, their children Llewelyn,
Aeronwy,
and Colm, Thomas' mother Florence, and other family members, as well as friends and
associates. There are also photographic reproductions of sketches by Thomas, scenes
from a
production of Under Milk Wood, and views of places in Wales
associated with Thomas, including Laugharne, where Thomas moved with his family in
1938. An
index at the end of this guide lists photographers whose work is featured in this
file.
Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.
This file forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection that is comprised
of
photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures,
and
generally includes portraits and images collected by or of those figures.
Related Material
Associated and related material by and about Thomas can be found in the Center's library
and in the Dylan Thomas Collection (MS-04203) and the Dylan Thomas Art Collection
(AR-00273).
Index Terms
People
Levy, Mervyn.
Dickinson, Patric, 1914-1994.
Thomas, Caitlin.
Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953.
Thomas-Ellis, Aeronwy.
Subjects
Literary landmarks.
Portraits.
Photography of art.
Theater--Production and direction.
Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953--Homes and
haunts--Wales.
