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Includes newspaper cutting "Election in Clapham: Sir A Du Cros's Retirement" showing P H Thomas polled 2790 votes at the December 1918 General Election

Letter from unknown to Julian Thomas thanking him for sending a book of essays and hoping to meet his daughter on her travels to the USA

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1 September 1947

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of poem "Nothing is Changed" by Julian Thomas

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(c.1980s) April 1920

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the English Review volume 30

Transcript of Edward Thomas article "The Hay Wagon"

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(c.1980) 8 October 1904

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "The Week's Survey"

Typescripts of letters from Edward Thomas to Mr Chesson

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(c.1980) 21 May 1908 - 3 February 1909

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Unpublished according to http://www.edward-thomas-fellowship.org.uk/downloads/Edward-Thomas-Letters-Index.pdf

Transcript of Edward Thomas article "Free Traders on the Road"

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(c.1980s) 25 April 1910

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Daily Chronicle

Typescript of Edward Thomas article "A Country Idyll"

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(c.1980s) 31 August 1910

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Daily Chronicle

Photocopy of memoriam notice for Edward Thomas in Bedales Chronicle volume 10 number 6

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(c.1980s) June 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Leaflet with details of All Saints' Church, Steep, Petersfield, Hampshire

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c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes description and history of the church. Hand printed by Bedales Press

Leaflet "The Window to Edward Thomas Poet, and Helen his wife: St. James the Greater, Eastbury, Berkshire"

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c.1971

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes four printed photographs of different aspects of the window taken by Mark Wickham and a newspaper article "Window a memorial to poet and wife" published in the "NWN" 21 October 1971

Thesis "Edward Thomas: A Sense of Place: A study of the sense of place in the poetry of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)"

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1986, 18 December 1990

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Submitted for the degree of English including English Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter. Includes two letters from Ann C Thomas (later Jones) to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding her thesis and family news

Essay "Edward Thomas: One Road to Personal Expression" by "Judy"

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10 April 1986

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes letter from "Judy" to Edward Eastaway Thomas accompanying the essay. With pencil annotations

Leaflet "Literary walks in East Hampshire: Edward Thomas 1878-1917"

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes route, map and points of literary interest in the Steep area

Prospectus for "Edward Thomas: A centenary celebration with etchings by Arthur Neal"

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c. March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Prospectus for "The Diary of Edward Thomas: 1st January - 8th April 1917" to be ordered from The Selborne Bookshop

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c. 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of newspaper obituary for Edward Eastaway Thomas

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(c.1996) 6 February 1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Daily Telegraph, author unknown. Edward Eastaway Thomas died on 22 January 1996

"Poets and Critics" sale catalogue number 54

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c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes volumes by Drinkwater, Farjeon, Frost and Thomas

Photocopy of the "catalogue of valuable autograph letters, literary manuscripts and historical documents" at Southerby Parke Bernet & Co.

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(c.1979) 24 July 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Section of Edward Thomas items for sale includes an autograph manuscript of an early version of his poem "October", 57 letters to John Freeman, printer's copy of "Poems" 1917, and a collection of carbon copy typescripts of poems sent by Edward Thomas to John Freeman

Photocopy of page from unknown sale catalogue with volumes by Edward Thomas

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(c.1980) 18 December 1980

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes proof and presentation copy of "Lafcadio Hearn", presentation copy of "Richard Jefferies" and first edition presentation copy of "The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans all inscribed by Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare

Photocopy of Bertram Rota sale catalogue number 245 "The Great War 1914-1918"

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated "From Carl Dons 12/88". Included for sale is a copy of "Background" by Franklin Lushington, inscribed to Helen Thomas in 1931. Lushington commanded the battery in which Edward Thomas was serving at the time of his death in April 1917. It was Lushington who provided the poet's widow with an account of her husband's burial: "As we stood by his grave the sun came and the guns round seemed to stop firing for a short time. This typified to me what stood out most in your husband's character - the spirit of quiet, sunny, unassuming cheerfulness"

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding visit by him and Myfanwy to St Paul's School

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2 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Details Edward Thomas's relationship with the school. Includes photocopies of his school reports for History in July 1894 and Classics in December 1894, photocopies of articles from "The Pauline" by and attributed to Edward Thomas and his obituary, and an edition of "The Pauline" from May 1978 detailing The Edward Thomas Centenary

Photocopy of sheet music "Dreams of Men: Four songs for high voice, oboe and piano" by Kenneth V Jones

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes setting of "The Trumpet" by Edward Thomas. Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of sheet music "The Night Songs of Edward Thomas" by Michael Hurd

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of sheet music "Sowing" with words by Edward Thomas and music by Ivor Gurney

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Sheet music "Into the Unknown: Song-cycle for high voice to poems by Edward Thomas" by P W Duffy

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten. Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

Photocopy of sheet music "The Huckster: The Words by Edward Thomas: The Music by William Garnett"

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of sheet music "The Trumpet" poem by Edward Thomas and music by Owen Mace

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(c.1980s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of handwritten sheet music "The Bridge" by Edward Thomas

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Music possibly by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Photocopy of sheet music "The Source" by Edward Thomas with music by Michael Tippett

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(c.1980s), 9 May 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of handwritten sheet music "The Threshold of the New" by Mary Chandler

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(c.1980s), 9 March 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Musical setting of the poem "Lights Out" by Edward Thomas. Includes letter from Mary Chandler to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding the unpublished piece of music

Photocopy of page from The British Council Annual Report 1973-1974 with details of a "Poetry of Wales" recording on Edward Thomas

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of typescript of "The Sentiel" by John Haines

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Draft review of "The Last Sheaf" by Edward Thomas

Photocopies of "Elegy for Edward Thomas" and handwritten copy of "A Poet's Epitaph" by Charles Dalmon

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of various Edward Thomas poems

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(c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated "Edna Longley: Voice [?] South Bank 21.3.92". Includes poems "Digging", "February Afternoon", "From Lob", "Man and Dog", "A Private", "The Combe", "Rain", "Home", "Two Houses", extract from "Words" and extract from "Old Man"

Typescript "extract from notes on a visit to New York: Edward Thomas Papers in the Public Library" by Anthony Berridge

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3 June 1992

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten version of "Up in the Wind: for Edward Thomas" by G L E Bowen

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten note on "GWILI" and Edward Thomas by Mair and Alun Hughes

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Circular from the Edward Thomas Fellowship titled "The Thomas-Noble Letters"

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January 1992

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Referring to the purchase of the Thomas-Noble letters by the National Library of Wales and appealing for donations to help reach the £18000 total cost. With handwritten note by Edward Eastaway Thomas "£100 sent 5.2.92"

Letter from Bryn Purdy, Director of The Mellstock Press, to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding potential book on Edward Thomas

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26 March c.1981

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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