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Introduced by Anne Harvey. Delivered at The Edward Thomas Fellowship Study Day at the University of Gloucestershire on 12 June 2004. Puts Edward Thomas poetry to music

Photocopy of essay "All the Difference: The Impact of England on Frost's Realistic Voice" by Heather Rosanna Marinello

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2000

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Department of English, University of North Carolina. Discusses the impact Robert Frost's stay in England had on his writing

Letter from Jeff Cooper, Membership Secretary of the Friends of the Dymock Poets, to Dr Philip Martin welcoming him to the society

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c.1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Leaflet for "Dymock Poets: A day of events"

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4 October 1997

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held in Ledbury

Information for event "Robert Frost: The Road Taken" by Gabriel Woolf

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1998

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at both the Ledbury Poetry Festival and Cheltenham Festival of Literature

Leaflet for "Dymock Poets: A weekend of events in conjunction with the Autumn in Malvern Festival"

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9 - 10 October 1999

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes talk "A Tale of Two Counties: Wilfrid Gibson in Northumberland and Gloucestershire" by Professor Kelsey Thornton

Flyer for event "Ivor Gurney "Author, Composer, Soldier-of-a-sort" (1890 - 1937): A portrait in words and music of the First World War poet from Gloucester who was also known as the English Schubert"

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21 October 2001

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at the Royal Festival Hall. Featuring Malcolm Sinclair, Jan Carey, Ian Partridge and Jennifer Partridge

Programme for the opening of the new Dymock Poets exhibition at St Mary's Church, Dymock

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6 October 2006

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Libretto for "Quilt Song: The Opera" composed by Suzie Self

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2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Inspired by the play "Abraham Lincoln" by John Drinkwater. Performed to mark the centenary of the play's first performance on 19 October 1918 at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. "Quilt Song" performed on 19 and 20 October 2018 at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham

Flyer for "Quilt Song: A story of freedom" opera written by Suzie Self

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2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at The Old Rep Theatre Birmingham on 19 and 20 October 1918. Performed to mark the centenary of the performance of Abraham Lincoln at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 19 October 1918

Documents relating to the public meeting to discuss the sale of Little Iddens, Robert Frost's Cottage

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9 September 1993

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

This meeting marked the foundation of the Friends of the Dymock Poets ["Robert Frost Cottage Appeal Executive Trust"]. Held at Dymock Parish Hall.

Includes notice for the meeting with information about the sale; Information leaflet on Little Iddens; Typescript of Linda Hart's opening remarks at the meeting, annotated

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 5

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March 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 7

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July 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 8

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October 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes flyer for publication "Once They Lived in Gloucestershire" by Linda Hart

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 12

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October - November 1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 15

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September 1997

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from Edward Thomas to "My dear friend"

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(c.1960s) 24 December 1916

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Gives Christmas greetings to unknown recipient, Mrs Williams and Miss John. Gives details of his attachment to the 244th Siege Battery and describes operations at Romney Marsh as well as how his son Mervyn is prospering at home

Photocopy of letter from Edward Thomas to "My dear friend"

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(c.1960s) 22 March 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written to an unknown recipient describing conditions on the Western Front, stating "I should like to come home some day, but do not exactly expect to, though I know I have a fair chance". Send love to Mrs Williams and Miss John

Copy of blueprint for the Edward Thomas memorial plaque at Berryfield Cottage

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c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Reads "Here lived Edward Thomas: Poet Born 1878 Died 1917"

Death notice for Edward Thomas

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23 April 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Listed under his full name "Second Lieutenant P. E. Thomas"

Newspaper article "From Hack to War Poet" by Anthony Powell

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5 March 1970

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown. Review of "Edward Thomas: a Critical Biography" by William Cooke. With ink annotation

Studio photograph of Edward Thomas with son Merfyn as a baby by John T Williams

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1900

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographs of Edward Thomas's grave at Agny War Cemetery, France

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c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer unknown

Photocopy of official copy of the handwritten will of Edward Thomas

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(1963) 9 July 1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

From the Principal Probate Registry of the High Court of Justice

Information leaflet "A Memorial to Edward Thomas" by the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund Executive Committee

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c.1930s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Details the establishment of the fund and lists the Executive Committee as Eleanor Farjeon, John L Haines, Clifford Bax, Ian MacAlister, R F Cholmeley, William Rothenstein, Walter de la Mare and R L Watson

"Poems of Men and Hours" by John Drinkwater

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1911

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by David Nutt, London, first edition. Inscribed "To Francis W Bedford from John Drinkwater Xmas 1911"

"Mary Barton and Other Tales" by Elizabeth Gaskell

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1925

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by John Murray, London. Inscribed "To Tanya on her fourteenth birthday these eight volumes of Mrs Gaskell with love and every good wish for many many birthdays to come, from her affectionate friend Big John: London December 3rd 1928"

"The Week-End Book" edited by Vera Mendel, Francis Meynell and John Goss

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by The Nonesuch Press, London. Inscribed "For darling Tanya with lots of love from Auntie Jeff Christmas 1930. One horrible omission me enrages - no mention of J D within these pages"

"The Riddle and Other Stories" by Walter de la Mare

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1928

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Faber and Faber, London. Inscribed "Tanya Moiseiwitch love from John"

"The Poems of Sidney Godolphin" edited by William Dighton

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by The Clarendon Press, Oxford. Inscribed "Tanya from John Drinkwater Nov 1934"

"Poetry and Dogma" by John Drinkwater

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published text of the Arthur Skemp Memorial Lecture at the University of Bristol delivered on 29 January 1931. Inscribed "Tanya from Big John Drinkwater 2.7.31"

"Behold, This Dreamer" by Walter de la Mare

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1939

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Faber and Faber, London. Inscribed "Tatty & Felix from John"

"Birmingham Repertory Theatre: The Playhouse and the Man" by Thomas C Kemp

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1943

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Cornish Brothers Limited, Birmingham

Handwritten poem "The Heresy of an Elder or Not Believing in Fairies" by John Drinkwater

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13 November 1923

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Signed and dated. Written in Hungerford

Photograph of cast and associates for a production of "Bird in Hand" by John Drinkwater

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1927

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Featuring John Drinkwater, Peggy Ashcroft and Laurence Olivier. Taken outside the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in September 1927. Annotated with names on reverse although photograph has been cropped

Photographer unknown

"The Poetry Review"

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January 1912

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes article "The Poetry of W W Gibson" by Maurice Browne and poems "The Stone" and "The Blind Rower" by W W Gibson

Photocopy of article "Two of the Newest Poets" by Robert Shafer

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(c.1990s) 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Atlantic Monthly". Discusses W W Gibson and John Masefield, among other English poets

Photocopy of article "Recent English Poetry" by Martin D Armstrong

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(c.1990s) c.1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Fortnightly Review". Discusses W W Gibson, W H Davies, Lascelles Abercrombie and John Masefield

Photocopies of letters written the the Hexham Courant discussing the location of W W Gibson's birthplace and proposed commemorative plaque

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(c.1990s) c.1950s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of a bibliography of the works of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson from an unknown publication

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(c.1990s) c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

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15 June 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written at Little Iddens, Ledington, Ledbury. Frost arranges to meet Haines at Newent and wishes to discuss "one or two flowers you must tell me about".

Pencil annotation "1" on envelope

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

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22 September 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written at Ryton, Dymock. Frost arranges to visit Haines with his daughter Lesley. Includes Frost's unvarnished opinions of Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson alongside comments on the beginning of the First World War.

Pencil annotations by John Haines

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson pose hands to show off their engagement ring at Buckingham Palace.

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19 March 1986

Part of Independent Television News (ITN) Image Archive

Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson hold hands to display the large oval ruby set in drop diamonds on a yellow and white gold band after Queen Elizabeth announced their engagement

Agency: Reuters

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