Special Collections and Archives

"Accidentally on Purpose" Christmas greeting

DP/ET/5/3/9
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1960

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 10,600 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. This was one of the 600 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. The poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

Leaflet with details of All Saints' Church, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire

DP/ET/6/1
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c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes description and history of the church. Hand printed by Bedales Press

Leaflet "The Window to Edward Thomas Poet, and Helen his wife: St. James the Greater, Eastbury, Berkshire"

DP/ET/6/2
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c.1971

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes four printed photographs of different aspects of the window taken by Mark Wickham and a newspaper article "Window a memorial to poet and wife" published in the "NWN" 21 October 1971

Prospectus for "The Diary of Edward Thomas: 1st January - 8th April 1917" to be ordered from The Selborne Bookshop

DP/ET/6/3
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c. 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Prospectus for "Edward Thomas: A centenary celebration with etchings by Arthur Neal"

DP/ET/6/4
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c. March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Leaflet "Literary walks in East Hampshire: Edward Thomas 1878-1917"

DP/ET/6/5
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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes route, map and points of literary interest in the Steep area

Thesis "Edward Thomas als Naturdichter" [Edward Thomas as Nature Writer] plus related correspondence

DP/ET/6/6
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3 April 1986 - c. December 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes correspondence with Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding the thesis and family news

Essay "Edward Thomas: One Road to Personal Expression" by "Judy"

DP/ET/6/7
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10 April 1986

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes letter from "Judy" to Edward Eastaway Thomas accompanying the essay. With pencil annotations

Thesis "Edward Thomas: A Sense of Place: A study of the sense of place in the poetry of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)"

DP/ET/6/8
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1986, 18 December 1990

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Submitted for the degree of English including English Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter. Includes two letters from Ann C Thomas (later Jones) to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding her thesis and family news

Photocopy of sale notice for 23 letters between Edward Thomas and David Uzzell

DP/ET/7/1
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(c.1970s) 15 June 1938

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Sold by The Frank Hollings Bookshop with a guide price of £15

"Poets and Critics" sale catalogue number 54

DP/ET/7/2
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c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes volumes by Drinkwater, Farjeon, Frost and Thomas

Photocopy of the "catalogue of valuable autograph letters, literary manuscripts and historical documents" at Southerby Parke Bernet & Co.

DP/ET/7/3
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(c.1979) 24 July 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Section of Edward Thomas items for sale includes an autograph manuscript of an early version of his poem "October", 57 letters to John Freeman, printer's copy of "Poems" 1917, and a collection of carbon copy typescripts of poems sent by Edward Thomas to John Freeman

Photocopy of page from unknown sale catalogue with volumes by Edward Thomas

DP/ET/7/4
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(c.1980) 18 December 1980

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes proof and presentation copy of "Lafcadio Hearn", presentation copy of "Richard Jefferies" and first edition presentation copy of "The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans all inscribed by Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare

Photocopy of Bertram Rota sale catalogue number 245 "The Great War 1914-1918"

DP/ET/7/5
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated "From Carl Dons 12/88". Included for sale is a copy of "Background" by Franklin Lushington, inscribed to Helen Thomas in 1931. Lushington commanded the battery in which Edward Thomas was serving at the time of his death in April 1917. It was Lushington who provided the poet's widow with an account of her husband's burial: "As we stood by his grave the sun came and the guns round seemed to stop firing for a short time. This typified to me what stood out most in your husband's character - the spirit of quiet, sunny, unassuming cheerfulness"

Photocopy of sheet music "Dreams of Men: Four songs for high voice, oboe and piano" by Kenneth V Jones

DP/ET/8/1
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes setting of "The Trumpet" by Edward Thomas. Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of handwritten sheet music "The Threshold of the New" by Mary Chandler

DP/ET/8/10
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(c.1980s), 9 March 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Musical setting of the poem "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas. Includes letter from Mary Chandler to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding the unpublished piece of music

Photocopy of sheet music "The Night Songs of Edward Thomas" by Michael Hurd

DP/ET/8/2
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of sheet music "Sowing" with words by Edward Thomas and music by Ivor Gurney

DP/ET/8/3
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Sheet music "Into the Unknown: Song-cycle for high voice to poems by Edward Thomas" by P W Duffy

DP/ET/8/4
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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten. Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of sheet music "The Huckster: The Words by Edward Thomas: The Music by William Garnett"

DP/ET/8/5
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopies of sheet music "Tall Nettles" by Edward Eastaway Thomas

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Originally published in December 1947

One copy has the typographical error "these many things" instead of "these many springs"

Photocopy of sheet music "The Trumpet" poem by Edward Thomas and music by Owen Mace

DP/ET/8/7
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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of handwritten sheet music "The Bridge" by Edward Thomas

DP/ET/8/8
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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Music possibly by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Photocopy of sheet music "The Source" by Edward Thomas with music by Michael Tippett

DP/ET/8/9
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(c.1980s), 9 May 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

"Transcript of unsigned M.S. discovered in cavity in large [?] stone erected on "Shoulder of Mutton Hill""

DP/ET/9/1
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1939

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Description of note found by Edward Eastaway Thomas. Reads "in loving remembrance of my dear dad who help[ed] to build his old home, also the big one here he climb[ed] this hill to eat his bread & cheese, Steep his old home. 12 children born in Steep and neberhood [sic], died Dec, 1936 aged 91 and 9 month"

Photocopy of page from The British Council Annual Report 1973-1974 with details of a "Poetry of Wales" recording on Edward Thomas

DP/ET/9/2
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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of typescript of "The Sentiel" by John Haines

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Draft review of "The Last Sheaf" by Edward Thomas

Photocopies of "Elegy for Edward Thomas" and handwritten copy of "A Poet's Epitaph" by Charles Dalmon

DP/ET/9/4
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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of various Edward Thomas poems

DP/ET/9/5
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(c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated "Edna Longley: Voice [?] South Bank 21.3.92". Includes poems "Digging", "February Afternoon", "From Lob", "Man and Dog", "A Private", "The Combe", "Rain", "Home", "Two Houses", extract from "Words" and extract from "Old Man"

Typescript "extract from notes on a visit to New York: Edward Thomas Papers in the Public Library" by Anthony Berridge

DP/ET/9/6
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3 June 1992

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten version of "Up in the Wind: for Edward Thomas" by G L E Bowen

DP/ET/9/7
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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Black and white photograph of a painting of a landscape, possibly the Shoulder of Mutton at Steep

DP/ET/9/8
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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer unknown

Handwritten note on "GWILI" and Edward Thomas by Mair and Alun Hughes

DP/ET/9/9
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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Article "Tribute to a Poet: The Edward Thomas Window at Eastbury" by Noel Carrington

DP/ETF/1/5/1
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7 October 1971

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in Country Life. As the dedication date for the windows [16 October 1971] approaches, this article discusses how the idea for the window evolved, how money was raised and how it was designed and engraved. The article also discusses the relevance of the details of the Laurence Whistler design at the church of St James the Greater, Eastbury

Article "Windows to mark centenary of a poet" by Philip Howard

DP/ETF/1/5/10
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10 January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Describes the Edward Thomas memorial window at Steep. Mounted by Charles Barker press cuttings service

Article "A poet's coat and walking stick"

DP/ETF/1/5/11
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13 January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Southern [?] Echo, author unknown. Refers to the Edward Thomas memorial window at Steep

Article "The year of the artist, the poet and the martyr" by Jack Lonsdale

DP/ETF/1/5/12
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January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Details anniversaries in 1978 including the centenary of Edward Thomas's birth

"Poets put in their places" by Tony Brode

DP/ETF/1/5/13
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2 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Southern Echo. Review of "The Edward Thomas Country" by W M Whiteman. With ink annotation

Article "Points from Publishers"

DP/ETF/1/5/14
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4 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Bookseller. Refers to the Edward Thomas memorial window appeal

Article "Centenary of poet who died in battle"

DP/ETF/1/5/15
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9 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the East Hampshire Post, author unknown. Refers to the centenary of Edward Thomas and the memorial window

Article "The poet who loved Steep"

DP/ETF/1/5/16
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17 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Petersfield Herald, author unknown. Discusses the Edward Thomas Centenary and memorial window

Article "In the Press"

DP/ETF/1/5/17
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18 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Bookseller. Durrant's media clipping. Refers to forthcoming articles on Edward Thomas in The Sunday Telegraph and British Book News

Article "Edward Thomas: mirror of England" by Beryl Jobling

DP/ETF/1/5/18
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22 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The News [Portsmouth]

Article referring to a feature of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for this Country" by Jan Marsh on Kaleidoscope

DP/ETF/1/5/19
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25 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Bookseller, author unknown. Durrant's media clipping

Article "Diary tells of chaffinches, rooks, shells and shrapnel" by Philip Howard

DP/ETF/1/5/2
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24 February 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Refers to the discovery of Edward Thomas's diary and the forthcoming publication of his final poem dated 14 January 1917 by The Whittington Press. Also includes information sheet on The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial

Article "Edward Thomas, was he a war poet?" by Richard Gates