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Dymock Poets Special Collection File
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Correspondence to Richard Emeny

Respondents include:
Dwight Eddins
Martha Vogeler
National Library of Wales
Ken Kirk
Roy Carnon
Richard Lowndes
Sean Street
Margaret Thompson
Heather Norris Nicholson and Steve Nicholson
Edward Cawston Thomas
Maureen Silver

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

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

Photocopies of correspondence between Edward Thomas and James Ashcroft Noble

James Ashcroft Noble was the father of Helen Noble, who married Edward Thomas in 1899
Includes letter from George Colwell to James Ashcroft Noble, 8 November 1895
Letters from James Ashcroft Noble to Edward Thomas, 23 October 1895 - 28 February 1896
Letters from Edward Thomas to James Ashcroft Noble, 10 January 1896 - 3 March 1896

Edward Thomas to Robert Frost

Photocopied typescripts of 57 letters spanning virtually the whole course of the Thomas - Frost relationship until Thomas's death in 1917. Mainly written from Thomas to Frost, they cover domestic issues as well as thoughts on poetry and the work of other writers and Thomas's observations from France

Includes photocopy of article "Six letters from Robert Frost to Edward Thomas" by R George Thomas. Publication unknown

Richard Jefferies Society papers

Includes:
Leaflet "The Man on The Hill: Richard Jefferies and his Contemporaries"
Photocopy of transcript of talk "Edward Thomas, Richard Jefferies and Wiltshire" given by Professor W J Keith, President of the Richard Jefferies Society, on 7 June 1976
Transcript of talk "Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas: A Spring, An Inscription and A Secret" given by Kim Taplin on 6 February 1984
The Richard Jefferies Society Talks and Articles Service catalogue December 1986
Photocopy of transcript of talk "Edward and Helen Thomas: Our Parents", possibly by Myfanwy Thomas, on 4 April 1977
Transcript of essay "In the Footprints of Richard Jefferies" by Philip Edward Thomas, with introduction by W J Keith, December 1984
Photocopy of transcript of essay "Richard Jefferies" by Edward Thomas, taken from the 12 part magazine he edited called "The Book of the Open Air"
Publication "A Tribute to Henry Williamson (1895 - 1977) President 1965 - 1975" by The Richard Jefferies Society

Original manuscript of poem "Walking Tom" and related items

Pencil original written alternatively by Clifford Bax and Herbert Farjeon and including crossings out and re-workings, Venice September 1913. Missing page 1.
Also includes photocopy of a manuscript version held by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas, Austin [who believed theirs was the original until this version was discovered amongst the Farjeon papers], photocopy of G F Sims (Rare Books) sale catalogue describing the Harry Ransom version, and photocopy of extracts from "Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years" referring to the poem

Notes on meeting Robert Frost

Full notes of Eleanor Farjeon's last meeting with Robert Frost during his return to England in 1957 which were used as the basis for her foreward to Frost's posthumously published volume of poetry, "You Come Too" [original title "Come With Me"]. Written in Farjeon's hand in the margin "Robert Frost - written rapidly an[d)] inconsecutively - must be arranged in its order - Try to describe his way of talking"

Draft forewords to "You Come Too"

Handwritten and typescript drafts of Farjeon's foreward to Frost's posthumously published volume of poetry "You Come Too" including revisions and corrections. The foreward was drawn from the notes Farjeon made in 1957 of her last meeting with Frost on his return to England during that year. Page 12 is missing. Title was originally "Come With Me"

Events

Programmes and information for various events including "Edward Thomas and Contemporary Poetry: A One-day Conference" 12 March 2005, the Friends of the Dymock Poets Spring Day 25 March 2006, production of "The Songs I Had... A portrait in scenes and music of the First World War composer Ivor Gurney", "Visions and Thanksgiving: A concert in St Mary's Church, Dymock" 6 October 2012, "The Poetic Voices of John Drinkwater" talk 5 October 2013, "Return to Adlestrop" 24 June 2014, "Dymock 1914 Remembered" 11 - 12 July 2014, "The Dymock Poets and the impact of the First World War: An illustrated talk by Linda Hart" 15 November 2014 and "1914: Songs and poetry of World War I" by The Trench Choir. Includes pencil annotations

Lascelles Abercrombie to Edward Marsh

Handwritten transcript of letters from Abercrombie to Marsh, 5 March c.1912 - c. April 1919. Topics include literary works, visits, New Numbers, lecturing, Catherine Abercrombie's illness and Rupert Brooke's death

John Drinkwater to Edward Marsh

Handwritten transcript of letters from Drinkwater to Marsh, 29 September 1912 - 29 December 1915. Topics include written works, visits, James Elroy Flecker, New Numbers and Rupert Brooke

Wilfrid Gibson to Edward Marsh

Handwritten transcript of letters from Gibson to Marsh, 2 August 1912 - c. January 1916. Topics include differences with Harold Munro, visits, written works, health, Rupert Brooke, Georgian Poetry, marriage to Geraldine Townshead, New Numbers, Maurice Browne and the Little Theatre Chicago

Lascelles Abercrombie to Rupert Brooke

Two photocopied letters and one photocopied postcard dated 30 September 1912, 5 October 1912 and 31 March 1913. Includes typescript of October 1912 letter and March 1913 postcard. Topics include Madame Strindberg and the Cabaret Theatre, illness and visits

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