Internet and Culture: Digital collection of manuscripts, notebooks and photographs relating to the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas available free online

A digital collection of manuscripts, notebooks and photographs relating to the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas is now available free online, thanks to international collaboration.

Supported by the Dylan Thomas Trust, the landmark project is a collaboration between Swansea University and the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas, which holds the largest collection in the world of transcripts and letters by the Swansea-born poet and dramatist.

The Dylan Thomas Digital Collection features more than 6,000 digitised images, including manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, drawings, photographs and more, enabling people across the globe to study his literary works and gain an insight into his creative process.

Born on October 27, 1914, in Swansea, Dylan Marlais Thomas died on November 9, 1953, in New York City. Though his life was short, he completed a wealth of work and is widely considered one of the greatest twentieth-century poets writing in English.

The launch of the digital archive coincides with International Dylan Thomas Day on May 14.