File DP/ETF/3/7 - Correspondence regarding the sale of fifty seven letters from Edward Thomas to John Freeman

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DP/ETF/3/7

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Correspondence regarding the sale of fifty seven letters from Edward Thomas to John Freeman

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  • 1979 (Creation)

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Edward Thomas Fellowship
(October 1980 - Present)

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University of Gloucestershire Special Collections and Archives

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Sold at Sotheby's on 24 July 1979. Now held in the Berg Collection at New York Public Library. Includes:

Letters written to Alan Martin on the sale from Bertram Rota Limited booksellers, Encounter, the Imperial War Museum, Privy Council Office and the Cabinet Office

Letter from Myfanwy Thomas to Alan Martin including draft letters to "English Literary Gents" and the Keeper of Manuscripts at New York Public Library

Publication "Encounter" for July 1979 including an essay "A Neglected Responsibility: Contemporary Literary MSS" by Philip Larkin

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