Special Collections and Archives

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

Miscellaneous correspondence

DP/ETF/3/16
File
December 1994 - September 1997

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from Edward Eastaway Thomas to Patrick Garland

DP/ETF/3/16/1
Item
(c.1994) 30 December 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses Edward Thomas's love of Sussex and his relationship with James Guthrie and The Pear Tree Press. Includes photocopy of passage "Edward Thomas: The Friend and The Artist" from "To The Memory of Edward Thomas" by James Gutherie, published 1937; and poem "An Old Sussex Manor", possibly by Charles Kennett Burrow

Letter from Richard Emeny to Alan Martin

DP/ETF/3/16/2
Item
7 May 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses the founding of the Dymock Poets collection at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education, the R George Thomas biography of Edward Thomas, Myfanwy Thomas, Edward Cawston Thomas and Edward Eastaway Thomas

Letter from "Mike" to "Anne"

DP/ETF/3/16/3
Item
24 September 1997

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses the gift of a lad's love plant "the "grandson" of Edward Thomas's plant" and "Sturt"

Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file

DP/ETF/3/2
File
1981 - 1982

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

DP/ETF/3/3
File
1983 - 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file

DP/ETF/3/4
File
1985 - 1986

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file

DP/ETF/3/5
File
1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Paperwork on donations to the Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund and suggestions for the Edward Thomas Fellowship

DP/ETF/3/6
File
1977 - 1981

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of transcribed letter from Edward Thomas to John Williams

DP/ETF/3/6/19
Item
(c.1990s) 24 August 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Transcribed by R George Thomas. Includes photocopied letter from R George Thomas to "Alan" accompanying the Thomas letter

Typescript of letter from N C Kochinsky to Edward Thomas

DP/ETF/3/6/20
Item
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Russian Bedales boy who stayed with the Thomases during the summer holidays. Original letter sent 28 June c.1914. With pencil annotation

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

DP/ETF/3/7
File
1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

DP/ETF/3/8
File
1982

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

DP/ETF/3/9
File
1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Papers were deposited by Sanchia Metcalfe, daughter of Rowland Watson

Events and Talks

DP/ETF/4
Subseries
1968 - 2010

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Programme for the Steep Church Centenary Celebration "Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring: a Programme of Poetry and prose in memory of Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917)"

DP/ETF/4/1
Item
20 September 1968

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints Church, Steep

Programme and poster for performance of "A Pine in Solitude" at the Questor's Theatre, Ealing

DP/ETF/4/10
Item
26 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Anne Harvey, Benjamin Whitrow, Kay Barwick and Tom Durham

Programme for the performance of "Edward Thomas 1878 - 1917: a reading from his poetry and prose to commemorate the centenary of his birth"

DP/ETF/4/11
Item
2 April 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at Kenwood, the Iveagh Bequest. Chosen and arranged by John Carroll with Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh Hunt. Includes programme "Sundays in the Orangery"

Programmes for the performance of "A Pine in Solitude" at the National Poetry Centre

DP/ETF/4/12
Item
3 May 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Kay Barwick, Hugh Dickson, Anne Harvey and Stephen Thorne. Compiled by Anne Harvey. Performance arranged by Mary Greenslade

Typescript of radio programme "Religion and Life: Painters, Poets and Musicians: Part 2: Edward Thomas" by Michael Sharpe

DP/ETF/4/13
Item
May 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Recorded on 31 August 1977 and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 24 January 1978. Includes covering letter from the BBC

Programme for "One Voice and Others: A Programme of Words and Music"

DP/ETF/4/14
Item
23 June 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints' Church, Steep, for the Edward Thomas Centenary

Flyer and list of exhibits for the Edward Thomas Centenary Flower Festival

DP/ETF/4/15
Item
23-25 June 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints' Church, Steep

Press release for the tenth anniversary of The Selborne Bookshop

DP/ETF/4/16
Item
18 July 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Programme for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: A Portrait of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" at the 25th Stratford upon Avon Poetry Festival

DP/ETF/4/17
Item
3 September 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Anne Harvey, Jane Lapotaire, Julian Glover and Benjamin Whitrow

Includes general programme for the 25th Stratford upon Avon Poetry Festival

Notice for BBC Radio 4 programme "No One So Much As You" on Edward and Helen Thomas and BBC 2 TV programme "Network: Edward Thomas"

DP/ETF/4/18
Item
15 September 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Notice written by Alan Martin

Radio programme broadcast 24 September 1978 and TV programme broadcast 30 September 1978

Programme and information for the Edward Thomas Centenary bike ride

DP/ETF/4/19
Item
15 October 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Arranged by Anne Mallinson of The Selborne Bookshop and the Southern Veteran Cycle Club

Programme for "People Past and Present: Edward Thomas 1878-1917"

DP/ETF/4/2
Item
29 October 1970

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at The National Portrait Gallery. Devised and narrated by Frank Baker with Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh Hunt

Programme for one-day conference "Landscape of the Spirit: the poetry of Edward Thomas in its Hampshire setting"

DP/ETF/4/20
Item
4 November 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at the University of Southampton Department of Adult Education

Order of service for the dedication of a memorial to Wilfred Owen

DP/ETF/4/21
Item
12 November 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints Church, Dunsden

Poster for "Musical Mixture: A Mini Concert" at All Saints' Church

DP/ETF/4/22
Item
27 October c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Premier of "A Song of a Pub with No Name" by The Abinger Madrigal Singers, from the poem "Up the Wind" by Edward Thomas. Adapted and set to music by J T Darville

Unknown script on Edward Thomas written from the point of view of Helen Thomas

DP/ETF/4/23
Item
c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Programme and leaflet for a performance of "A Pine in Solitude: A Portrait of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" at the Lyric Theatre, Hamersmith

DP/ETF/4/24
Item
9 March 1980

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Devised by Anne Harvey. With Tom Durham, Prunella Scales, Benjamin Whitrow and Anne Harvey

Signed programme for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: A Portrait of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature

DP/ETF/4/25
Item
25 October 1980

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Signed by the cast Annette Crosbie, Tom Durham, Benjamin Whitrow and Anne Harvey

Includes programme for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1980 and two tickets to the performance

Order of service for the funeral of Alan Brock Brown on 14 February 1981

DP/ETF/4/26
Item
February - March 1981

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes reading of poem "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas and mounted notice of the service from The Times, 16 February 1981. Also includes accompanying note from Andrew Laithe, Chaplain of Worcester College Oxford, 6 March 1981

Poetry at the National Poetry Centre programme including information on performance of "Edward and Helen

DP/ETF/4/27
Item
3 March 1981

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Directed by Brian Cook and presented by Jenny Lee and Henry Knowles

Transcript for radio programme "A Closer Look: Edward Thomas" broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 28 February 1982

DP/ETF/4/28
Item
March 1982

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Presented by Vernon Scannell

Includes letters from the BBC, Vernon Scannell and Myfanwy Thomas

Programme for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: a portrait in words of Edward Thomas 1878-1917" at the Purcell Room, London

DP/ETF/4/29
Item
25 February 1982

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Annette Crosbie, Tom Durham, Anne Harvey and Cyril Luckham

With ticket attached

Typescript for talk "Edward Thomas at St Paul's School" by Bryan Robson, Head of English at St Paul's School

DP/ETF/4/3
Item
1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Flyer for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: Edward Thomas" at Swiss Cottage on 14 November 1982

DP/ETF/4/30
Item
1982

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Anne Harvey, Tom Durham, Annette Crosby and Benjamin Whitrow

Includes Camden Winter Season brochure 1982-1983

Flyer for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: a portrait in words of Edward Thomas 1878-1917" at Harrow Arts Centre

DP/ETF/4/31
Item
23 January 1983

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Annette Crosbie, Tom Durham, Anne Harvey and Cyril Luckham

Press release and programme for performance of "Lights Out"

DP/ETF/4/32
Item
4 September c.1983

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performance on the life and writings of Edward Thomas at the Chichester Festival Theatre at West Dean College. Presented by Patrick Garland and Patricia Hodge

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