- DP/ET/4/4
- File
- 1979
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Bryan Robson was Head of English at St Paul's School
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Letters from Professor R George Thomas [Professor at University College, Cardiff and no relation to Edward Thomas] to Edward Eastaway Thomas and Ruth Dyson. Includes leaflet for his book "Edward Thomas: A Portrait", and typescripts for talks at the Annual Dylan Thomas Lecture at Swansea in December 1988 and "Outside the gates of the world: Edward Thomas, a poet for today" at an unknown location in 1991
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Letters and notecards from Colin G Thornton to Edward Eastaway Thomas and Ruth Dyson. Mentions opening of the "Poets Way"
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Articles and Publications 1930s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
"A Personal Tribute to the Late Percival Gibbon and Edward Thomas" by Mrs Joseph Conrad. Published in The Bookman September 1930
Articles and Publications 1940s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
"Books in General" by V S Pritchett published in The New Statesman and Nation, 22 March 1947. Refers to a lecture by Rupert Brooke given to Cambridge University's Fabian Society in 1911
"The Artist Once" published in The Times Literary Supplement, 22 March 1947. Review if "Democracy and the Arts" by Rupert Brooke
Letter from Iolo A Williams published in The Times Literary Supplement 5 April 1947 querying the date of Rupert Brooke's lecture "Democracy and the Arts" at Cambridge
Cutting with photograph of the unveiling of a plaque to Edward Thomas at 61 Shelgate Road, Battersea c.1949
Articles and Publications 1950s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
"Famous People I have Met: Rupert Brooke" by Lady Violet Bonham Carter, publication unknown c.1950s
Articles and Publications 1960s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
"The Poets of Steep" by David Gill published in Hampshire, December 1965
Photocopy of "An Engraved Window to Edward Thomas and Helen his Wife" by Laurence Whistler published in Book Collecting & Library Monthly number 16, August 1969. Includes letter from Myfanwy Thomas explaining the origins of the memorial window appeal
Articles and Publications 1970s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Articles and Publications 1980s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Articles and Publications 1990s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Articles and Publications 2000s
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Signed Edward Thomas Walk Cards
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Signed by attendees of the walk
Newspaper Cuttings and Photographs
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Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Includes correspondence from St Paul's School, the Oxford University Press, Laurence Whistler and The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund
Letters from Anne Mallinson to Alan Martin
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Letters from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Includes correspondence on the 70th anniversary of Edward Thomas's death
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Letters from The Alliance of Literary Societies to Alan Martin
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Correspondence to Richard Emeny
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
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
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Includes correspondence from Susan Hill and Elizabeth Moore [Secretary to Sir John Betjeman]
Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Correspondence regarding the sale of fifty seven letters from Edward Thomas to John Freeman
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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
Correspondence regarding the ringing of Steep and Selborne bells on BBC Radio 4
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
The bells were pre-recorded and broadcast on 7 March 1982, the day of the tenth Edward Thomas Birthday Walk
Papers relating to the deposit of Edward Thomas papers at Bedales School
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Papers were deposited by Sanchia Metcalfe, daughter of Rowland Watson
Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Committee
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Edward Thomas Fellowship Annual General Meetings
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Photocopies of correspondence between Edward Thomas and James Ashcroft Noble
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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
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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
Typescript letters from Edward Thomas to various recipients
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Photocopies of Edward Thomas documents held at Buffalo University, New York State
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Includes:
Manuscript book written by Edward Thomas showing his transition from prose to poetry in 1914. Includes covering explanatory note possibly written by Professor R George Thomas
Letters from Edward Thomas to Holbrook Jackson
Letters from Edward Thomas to Harold Monro
Letter from Helen Thomas to Harold Monro
Documents relating to the Edward Thomas memorial window by Laurence Whistler at Eastbury
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Subscription list, appeal information, leaflet and photograph of the window dedicated to Edward Thomas and Helen Thomas, photocopy of Steep News Letter May 1977 with an article on the window by Douglas Snelgar, Vicar of Steep
Richard Jefferies Society papers
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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
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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
Administration regarding Robert Frost visit 1957
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Includes letter from Margaret Haferd, Librarian at the United States Information Service, American Embassy London, and poster and invitation to Robert Frost's lecture "Swinger of Birches" at the University of London
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
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"
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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"
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Includes minutes and Chairman's reports