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DP/GF/1/5
Item
c.1957

Publication and author unknown. An illustrated account of Frost's return to Dymock in May 1957

Newspaper article "Names and Faces: Vermont Medal for Frost" by William Rollins

DP/GF/1/6
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22 March 1964

Published in the New York Herald Tribune. Report of the State of Vermont's striking of a memorial seal in honour of Robert Frost, Vermont's "poet laureate"

Photocopy of article "Memories of a Poet's Wife" by Mrs [Catherine] Abercrombie

DP/GF/1/7
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(c.1980s) 15 November 1956

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Originally published in The Listener. A photocopied article of Catherine Abercrombie's recollections of life at the Gallows during the Dymock period with her impressions of the poets themselves

Photocopy of article "The Summer of 1914"

DP/GF/1/8
Item
(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication and author unknown. A brief overview of the Dymock Poets period linked to Eleanor Farjeon's book "Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years"

Photocopy of book chapter "Walking with Edward Thomas" by Eleanor Farjeon

DP/GF/1/9
Item
(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown

Poem "Venetian C[?]" by Clifford Bax and Herbert Farjeon

DP/GF/4/2
Item
1913

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten in pencil in Venice

"Quality Totals" possibly written by Herbert Farjeon

DP/GF/4/3
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c.1913

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten in pencil. Marks were awarded or deducted for certain personal qualities. Includes "Eleanor" [Farjeon], "Godwin" [Baynes], "Joe" [Farjeon], "Peter", "Clifford" [Bax], [Edward] "Thomas", "Arnold" [Bax], "Lynn", "Maitland", "Paul" [Corder] and "Stacy" [Aumonier]

Unfinished drama in the form of letters, written alternatively by Clifford Bax and Herbert Farjeon

DP/GF/4/4
Item
c.1913

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten in pencil. Letters written amongst the Farjeon - Bax set

Handwritten index, possibly a biography for Arnold Bax written by Herbert Farjeon

DP/GF/4/5
Item
c.1913

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written in ink. References Stacy Aumonier and his wife Gertrude Peppercorn, Paul and Dolly Corder, Godwin Baynes, Edward Thomas, Bax and both Farjeons

Letter from Helen Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon

DP/GF/5/1
Item
c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Postcard from Lesley Frost to Eleanor Farjeon

DP/GF/5/2
Item
Christmas 1963

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Shows photograph of Robert Frost's cabin in Ripon, Vermont. The reverse reads "To Eleanor Farjeon with my love Lesley Frost Xmas 1963"

Audio cassette recording of Radio 4 broadcast "No One Left: No One Came" by Anne Harvey

DP/GF/5/3
Item
July 2001

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of obituary for Gervase Farjeon, written by Anne Harvey

DP/GF/5/4
Item
(c.2001) 17 August 2001

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy and typescript of letter from Edward Thomas to Joe Jefferson Farjeon

DP/GF/5/5
Item
(c. 2000s) Christmas 1916

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter thanking Joe for the tobacco he had sent. Annotated by Anne Harvey

Photocopy of letter from Myfanwy Thomas to Judy Taylor and Julia MacRae at The Bodley Head

DP/GF/5/6
Item
(c.2000s) 20 April 1967

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter thanking Judy and Julia for their letters after the death of Myfanwy's mother Helen Thomas. Includes a description of the funeral service

"John Jeffreys' settings of the poems from "Whin" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson" by Colin Scott-Sutherland

DP/JC/1/6/1
Item
1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes note from Colin to Jeff Cooper

Photocopy of draft "Edward Thomas at War" by Jean Moorcroft Wilson

DP/JC/1/6/10
Item
2014

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes postcard from Jean to Jeff Cooper

Promotional postcard for radio programme "No One Left and No One Came" presented by Anne Harvey

DP/JC/1/6/2
Item
c. June 2001

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes information on the programme broadcast on Radio 4 on 28 June 2001. With annotation by Anne Harvey and poem "Adlestrop" printed on reverse with a wood engraving by James Bostock

Typescript of talk about John Wilton [Jack] Haines to the Friends of the Dymock Poets "Ladders of Gold: Jack Haines glimpsed through the eyes of his Friends"

DP/JC/1/6/3
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes photocopies of documents held at Gloucestershire Archives

Typescript for talk "Remembering Wilfrid Gibson" by Merryn Williams

DP/JC/1/6/4
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes several poems by Wilfrid Gibson

"One Another's Guide: Robert Frost and Edward Thomas"

DP/JC/1/6/5
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Timeline of the Thomas-Frost relationship. Includes photographs of both poets and poems "Iris by Night", "The Road Not Taken", "A Dream" and "The Sun used to Shine"

Typescript of talk "The Dymock Poets: Wives and Muses"

DP/JC/1/6/6
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes annotations

Images of Helen Thomas, Geraldine Gibson and Eleanor Farjeon

DP/JC/1/6/7
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Five photocopied and printed images, mounted. Possibly accompanies typescript for talk "The Dymock Poets, Wives and Muses"

Typescript for talk on James Elroy Flecker

DP/JC/1/6/8
Item
c.2007

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes various poems by James Elroy Flecker. Annotated

Original artwork for the cover of the Journal of the Dymock Poets and Friends number 12 by Laura Nicholson

DP/JC/1/6/9
Item
12 December 2012

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Pen and ink drawing featuring a cottage [The Old Nail Shop?] for the 2013 edition of the journal

Membership leaflet for the Friends of the Dymock Poets

DP/JC/1/7/1
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Leaflet "Visit the Dymock Poets Exhibition" at St Mary's Church, Dymock

DP/JC/1/7/2
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of postscript article "The Rupert Brooke Ceremony, 1931" by Jeff Cooper

DP/JC/1/7/3
Item
c.2000s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown. Includes pencil annotation "After LA's article"

Article "Loitering hours" by Benjamin Miller

DP/JC/1/7/4
Item
2010

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Poetry News: The newsletter of the Poetry Society"

"Autumn in Malvern Festival" programmes

DP/JC/1/7/5
Item
2011-2014

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets "Six Poets in Three Counties..." leaflet

DP/JC/1/7/6
Item
c.2012

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

"An Introduction to The Dymock Poets" leaflet

DP/JC/1/7/7
Item
2014

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Proof copies of the second edition of the three act play "Deborah" by Lascelle Abercrombie

DP/JC/3/1/1
Item
1922

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated by Lascelles Abercrombie. Bound book with inserted loose pages

Proof copy of "The Theory of Poetry" by Lascelles Abercrombie

DP/JC/3/1/2
Item
1923

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Loose pages 65 - 128 only. Stamped "revised proofs: 28 November 1923: Wm. Brendon & Son, Ltd.: Plymouth". With pencil annotations

Proof copy of "Twelve Idyls and Other Poems" by Lascelles Abercrombie

DP/JC/3/1/3
Item
1928

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Loosely gathered pages within a plain cover. Pages are stamped "First Proofs: 14-16th June 1928: Wm. Brendon & son, Ltd.: Plymouth". With pencil annotations

Proof copy of "Progress in Literature" by Lascelles Abercrombie

DP/JC/3/1/4
Item
1929

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Loose pages within a cover. Pages are stamped "University Press Cambridge: 5 Apr 1929" and initialled "ERB". Annotated on back cover by Lascelles Abercrombie. Includes pencil annotations

Proof copies of "The Sale of Saint Thomas in Six Acts" by Lascelles Abercrombie

DP/JC/3/1/5
Item
1930

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Loose pages. With pen and ink and pencil annotations by Lascelles Abercrombie

Audio cassette with recording of Catherine Abercrombie interview

DP/JC/3/3/1
Item
(c.1980s) 12 November 1963

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Interview with Catherine Abercrombie recounting her memories of the Dymock Poets. Interviewed by Jo Stewart

Audio cassette with audio recording of Catherine Abercrombie interview

DP/JC/3/3/2
Item
(c.1980s) 19 April 1965

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Interview with Catherine Abercrombie recounting her memories of the Dymock Poets. Interviewed by Leigh Crutchley

Audio cassette with recording of Catherine Abercrombie interview

DP/JC/3/3/3
Item
(c.1980s) 28 October 1965

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Interview with Catherine Abercrombie recounting her memories of the Dymock Poets. Interviewed by Jeff Cooper

Obituaries for Lascelles Abercrombie

DP/JC/4/1
Item
October - November 1938

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Press cuttings from various newspapers

"An Index to Poetry in Selected British and Irish Periodicals 1900-1925" by Jeffrey Cooper

DP/JC/4/2
Item
1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Two volumes, loose sheets. Thesis submitted for the Fellowship of the Library Association

"Lascelles Abercrombie 1881-1938: Towards a complete checklist of his publications" compiled by Jeff Cooper

DP/JC/4/3
Item
2004

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by White Sheep Press

"Rupert Brooke 1887-1915: Towards a complete checklist of his publications" compiled by Jeff Cooper

DP/JC/4/4
Item
2004

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by White Sheep Press

Christmas greeting from John and Daisy Drinkwater, probably to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

DP/MG/1/1/1
Item
Christmas 1924

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

A printed poem by John Drinkwater, translated from the German of Edward Morike. Includes a handwritten message by John Drinkwater "From John and Daisy Drinkwater: Christmas 1924"

Letter from Eustace Morgan to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson regarding Robert Frost's visit to England

DP/MG/1/1/2
Item
22 May 1957

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Morgan recalls Frost as being "half farmer, half professor"

Letter from Dorothy Una Ratcliffe to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson describing a meeting with Hugh MacDiarmid

DP/MG/1/1/3
Item
12 October 1957

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written from The Percy Arms Hotel, Otterburn, Northumberland. Recalls a recent meeting with the Scottish poet, Hugh MacDiarmid where they discussed Gibson's work, for which he expressed a "great liking" and Roy Campbell's which he "loathes". Dorothy Una Ratcliffe was editor of the Northern Broadsheet and a friend of Wilfrid's who was later to deposit a large collection of his material in the Brotherton Library, Leeds

Note from Wilfrid Wilson Gibson to his son Michael

DP/MG/1/2/1
Item
c.1930s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten poem written by Gibson to his son Michael

I've taken my own way through life and so
If you don't follow in my steps, dear son,
But blaze your own trail, 'twill be good to know
At least you're doing just what I have done

Letter from Christopher Hassall to Michael Gibson

DP/MG/1/2/2
Item
c.1950s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Mentions a visit to 10 Downing Street which "may prove productive" and a form Wilfrid Wilson Gibson may receive relating to his finances that "may turn out to be of real importance to him"

Letter from Christopher Hassall to Michael Gibson

DP/MG/1/2/3
Item
15 January 1958

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Gives thanks for the loan of a book and sketch of Edward Marsh drawn by Violet Duchess of Rutland, owned by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson and which appears on page 96 of Hassall's biography of Edward Marsh

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