- DP/MT/3/91
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- 13 - 30 July 1999
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
John Langford - The Betjeman Society
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Memories of Edward Thomas letters
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Letters from those who knew Edward Thomas recounting memories and from publishers regarding publication of the finished manuscript. Includes typescript of memories by Robert Frost sent to John Haines 20 January 1921 and typescript of article on Thomas by Walter de la Mare published in "The Saturday Westminster Gazette" 28 April 1917
Respondents include:
Jessie Berridge
R F Cholmeley
R H Collins
Norman Douglas
Franklin Dyall
David Garnett
E L Grant-Watson
Harry Hooton
J H Morgan
N Hamilton-Fyfe
Elis Jenkins
Franklin Lushington [Thomas's Officer Commanding at Arras]
Ian MacAlister
H E Mann
Margaret Nash
Conal O'Riordan
Lucian Oldershaw
J K Ratcliffe
Ronald Richings [Personal Secretary to Hilaire Belloc]
Winifred Roberts
F G Salter
R A Scott-James
Ernest H Thomas
Merfyn Thomas
Philip Hy Thomas
Theodore Eastaway Thomas
Letters regarding the Edward Thomas Memorial on the Shoulder of Mutton, Steep
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Includes letter from Ezra Pound against the memorial
Other letters from:
Wilfred E Baderley
Algernon Blackwood
P D Coleridge
T C Duncan Williams
Lord Horder
Galloway Kyle
Irene McArthur
Newspaper cuttings regarding the steep memorial and plaque at 61 Shelgate Road, Battersea
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Includes letter written by John Haines regarding subscriptions to the Steep memorial published in the Gloucester Journal 4 April 1936, Features in The Times and Hampshire Observer reporting on memorial unveiling on the Shoulder of Mutton and at Berryfield Cottage with photograph, and a report in the News Chronicle on the unveiling of a plaque at 61 Shelgate Road, Battersea. Two articles mounted. With pencil annotations
Execution of Meyerstein's will
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Documents relating to E H W Meyerstein's death and the role of Rowland Watson as executor of his will. Includes:
Correspondence from John Farquharson Limited Business Manager and Philip Larkin whilst Librarian at the University of Hull
Detailed valuation lists of Meyerstein's estate and books and papers held in the crypt of Godrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford
Newspaper cuttings regarding the Meyerstein library sale
Publishers agreements between the executors of the Meyerstein estate regarding the royalties for his works "Phoebe Thirsk", "Of My Early Life", "Selected Poems of E H W Meyerstein", "Some Letters of E H W Meyerstein", "Verse Letters to Five Friends" and "Bollond"
Information on the Chatterton Lecture at the British Academy funded by a bequest from the Meyerstein estate
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Refers to monies raised at an auction and his own family papers
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Refers to book on Meyerstein
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Dorothy MacAlister was the widow of Ian MacAlister, friend of Edward Thomas. Includes pencil annotations
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Ian MacAlister [b.1878 d.1957] was a friend of Edward Thomas. Refers to letters of Edward Thomas now held at Battersea Public Library . Includes pencil annotations
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Refers to Robert P Eckert's death and Meyerstein
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Walter Oakeshott was the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. Refers to an exhibition on Edward Thomas
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Regards BBC radio broadcast on Edward Thomas by Bernard Price. Includes newspaper cuttings and pencil annotations
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Includes pencil annotations
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Includes some correspondence from Helen Thomas to Watson. Includes family news and discussions on Edward Thomas
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Refers to meeting, Edward Thomas, his biography on Edward Thomas and the memorial to Edward Thomas
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Theresa Whistler was the second wife of artist Laurence Whistler, who designed the Edward Thomas memorial window at Eastbury. Refers to the "Memoirs of Edward Thomas" being compiled by Watson, and Meyerstein. Includes pencil annotations
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Refers to etchings, the poem "Calf Love", meetings with Alan Thomas [friend of Edward Thomas] and Helen Thomas, life since his wife died and his publications
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Refers to articles on Edward Thomas by Ernest Rhys and newspaper cuttings
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
One-off and general correspondence. Includes pencil annotations
Letters from:
L J Packington
Hayward Martin
Celia Sparger
Sanchia Watson
John W Sich
Joan Hassall
Frank Francis
T C Skeat
Nathaniel Micklem
Mary M Lago
Esther de Waal
Joan A Roebling
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Refers to any known recordings of Meyerstein's voice
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One letter undated and one dated 1947 which should be 1967. Refers to copying letters from Jack Haines and Robert Frost, and sympathy on the death of Helen Thomas [d.1967]
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Eckert was a biographer of Edward Thomas and wrote to Watson about Thomas. Includes newspaper cuttings and an article Eckert wrote on James Guthrie and The Pear Tree Press. Includes pencil annotations
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Letters from Robert P Eckert's widow. Includes news of Eckert's death with a newspaper obituary from The Times from 11 November 1966, and discusses a home for his Edward Thomas collection, which is now at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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Hanslip Fletcher [b.1874 d.1955] was an artist and the letters discuss his drawings. Includes pencil annotations
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Robin Guthrie [b.1902 d.1971] was the son of James Guthrie. Letters include news of the death of Robert's son, the death of Robert P Eckert Jr. and a broadcast on Edward Thomas
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Letters from K C Harrison, City of Westminster Librarian, accepting donation of memoirs of Miss Ethel Marston. With pencil annotations
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Refers to Jessie Berridge's and Harry Hooton's memoirs of Edward Thomas
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Includes booklet "Notes on Literature: Edward Thomas Selected Poems" by Roger O Iredale, typescripts of poems "To Edward Thomas" and "All Day it has Rained..." by Alun Lewis, and photocopied list of first editions for sale from Bertram Rota Limited, including "Horae Solitariae" by Edward Thomas
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Correspondence from The Edward Thomas Fellowship including news that Cherry Watson was made an honorary life member of the fellowship
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Refers to a booklet on Alison's father, Andrew Young, and his correspondence with Rowland Watson, Meyerstein, Eleanor Farjeon and Clifford Bax
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Refers to tribute Helen Thomas by Rowland Watson at her funeral. Includes Victoria Wine newsletter with piece on Edward Thomas and copy of letter from Alan T Foreman to Myfanwy regarding her childhood at Otford
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Refers to visits, a memoir by Ellis Jenkins, Edward Thomas, letters between Eleanor Farjeon and Rowland Watson and an exhibition on Farjeon
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One-off correspondence from various sources
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Handwritten letters, notecards and a programme for the production of "The Two Bouquets" by Eleanor and Herbert Farjeon at Piccadilly Theatre. Also includes Christmas greetings cards from Eleanor featuring poems "St Mary Axe", "The Children's Carol", "Joseph with the Infant Jesus", "A Wish", "The Mother's Song", "Child's Carol", "The Third Joyful Mystery", "Sweet Ass", "A Manger Song" and "The Week After". One notecard sent for the wedding of Lyn and Sanchia is written on a notecard illustrated with doves and dated 25 November 1842
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Refers to Cherry's health and visits