Special Collections and Archives

Newspaper article on the current popularity of poetry, focusing on the huge demand for John Betjeman's Collected Poems and the continued popularity of Rupert Brooke

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c.1960

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication and author unknown. Comments on the assignment of copyright of Brooke's poems to de la Mare, Abercrombie and Gibson and the future intentions of the three holders of the Brooke estate Sir John Sheppard, Christopher Hassall and Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Newspaper article "Robert Frost in England: Poets in the West Midlands" by Louis Mertins

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9 August 1950

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Manchester Guardian. Focuses on Frost's time in England and its effect both on his career, and on the lives of Gibson, Brooke, Abercrombie and Thomas. Describes Frost's rise to fame and the importance of John Haines as his "constant champion"

Scrap of paper with signatures of Lascelles Abercrombie, Walter de la Mare and Edward Marsh

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10 January 1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Auction catalogue for the sale of the "Drinkwater Collection of Pottery"

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21 May 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Catalogue of the collection of old English stoneware, old English Delft, Martin-ware and continental pottery belonging to John Drinkwater

Auction catalogue for the sale of the "John Drinkwater Collection of Literary Manuscripts"

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31 May 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Catalogue for the sale of literary manuscripts, presentation books, modern drawings, pictures and relics belonging to John Drinkwater

Programme for concert in remembrance of John Drinkwater

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30 June 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

For the benefit of Drinkwater's daughter, Penelope Ann. Held at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair

Programme and invitation to the unveiling of the John Drinkwater Memorial Bronze

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23 October 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Leytonstone Branch Library in the presence of Mrs Drinkwater and the Earl of Sandwich. Includes invitation card sent to Wilfrid Gibson, with annotation by him on reverse

Programme for the unveiling of a memorial to the First World War poets at Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

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11 November 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Promotional pamphlet for lectures by Lesley Frost, daughter of Robert Frost

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c.1964

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes a biography of Lesley Frost and subjects covered by her lectures

Letter from Edward Thomas to Mr Wright

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11 March 1908

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Original letter written by Edward Thomas regarding notes on "Nature War London". Describes "beautiful" stones on Dunwich beach and how he wishes he was a geologist so he could identify them. Invites Wright to walk with him at the weekend. Includes pencil annotation

Letter from Edward Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon

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26 September 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Original letter written by Edward Thomas regarding a visit by Eleanor Farjeon. With original envelope and pencil annotation

Handwritten poems by Edward Thomas "The Green Roads", "It Was Upon" and "Women He Liked"

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c.1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten by Edward Thomas. With pencil annotations

Handwritten poem "How at Once"

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c.1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten by Edward Thomas on "Y.M.C.A. H.M. Forces on Active Service" headed paper. With pencil annotation

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

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

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"

Photocopied list of Edward Thomas letters deposited at Battersea Library by Rowland Watson

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(c.1960s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With ink annotation

Typescript of radio talk "Edward Thomas" by Clifford Dyment

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10 September 1948

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With pencil annotation

Typescripts of radio talk "Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" by Thomas Walton

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c.1967

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

One typescript in English and another in French produced by BBC French Language Services and broadcast on 10 and 11 April 1967

Typescript of radio talk "Edward Thomas: Poet" by Bernard Price

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6 August 1967

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Three mounted newspaper cuttings advertising radio programmes on Edward Thomas

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1960, 1966

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Advertising "Edward Thomas" by Frank Baker on 16 March 1960, "... A Poet Still" by Frank Baker on 16 March 1966 and "The Poet and Nature" by Harry Coombes on 2 April 1966

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

Photocopy of newspaper article "Private Lives" by Peter Vansittart

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14 February 1970

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Spectator. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Critical Biography" by William Cooke

Photocopy of E O Hoppé photograph of Edward Thomas

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "The Bookman" special Christmas number 1917. With ink annotation

Printed copy of the wording of the will of Edward Thomas

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c.1950s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Official typescript detailing the registering of the will of Edward Thomas and the value of his estate

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c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With pencil annotation

Copy of blueprint for Edward Thomas memorial plaque on the Shoulder of Mutton

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c.1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Reads "This hillside is dedicated to the memory of Edward Thomas: Poet: Born in Lambeth 3rd March 1878, Killed in the Battle of Arras 9th April 1917. And I rose up and knew that I was tired and continued my journey"

Printed poem "The First Christmas by E H W Meyerstein"

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Christmas 1930

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Limited edition number 86 of 100 copies printed for R N Green-Armytage by Hilary Pepler at St Dominic's Press, Ditchling, Sussex. With pencil annotation

Typescript "It's Later than you Think"

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c.1930s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Observations on getting older extracted from "a retired officer's correspondence"

Letter from E H W Meyerstein to Mrs Fleming, also known as Dorothy L Sayers

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c.1930s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses her perception that he has caused her offence. Includes a mounted newspaper clipping of a pencil drawing of Dorothy L Sayers drawn by Gunsbury. With pencil annotation

Postcard from E H W Meyerstein to Rowland Watson with poem "To my Editor, if I have one"

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19 June 1944

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With pencil annotation

"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"

"Shakespeare's Songs" by William Shakespeare

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1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by The Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford upon Avon. Limited edition copy 199 of 500. Inscribed "Tanya from John Drinkwater 1934"

"1914 and Other Poems" by Rupert Brooke

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1916

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, London

"Letters of John Keats to his Family and Friends" edited by Sidney Colvin

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1918

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Macmillan and Company Limited, London. Inscribed "John Drinkwater for Tanya 4.X.33"

"One-Act Plays for Secondary Schools" edited by James Plaisted Webber and Hanson Hart Webster

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1923

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pencil inscription "Tanya Moiseiwitsch"

"Kenilworth" by Sir Walter Scott

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1923

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Macmillan and Company Limited, London. Inscribed "Tanya with much love from Big John: Christmas 1926 Wallington"

"Patriotism in Literature" by John Drinkwater

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1924

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Williams and Norgate, London. Inscribed "Tanya from John Drinkwater August 1932"

"Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott

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1925

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Macmillan and Company Limited, London. Inscribed "Tanya with much love Big John: Christmas 1926 Wallington"

"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"

"A Musical Critic's Holiday" by Ernest Newman

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1925

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Alfred A Knopf, New York. Inscribed by Ernest Newman "To John Drinkwater from Ernest Newman [?] 31". Also inscribed by John Drinkwater "pages 37-52 being missing, E N gave me another copy, so I give this with my love to Tanya: John Drinkwater Sept 1931"

"Anthology of Modern British Poetry" selected by Levin L Schückling

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Berhard Tauchnitz, Lepizig. Inscribed "For Tanya with love from Big [?] John Drinkwater"

"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"

"The Mabinogion" translated by Charlotte Guest