Special Collections and Archives

Photocopy of newspaper article "Private Lives" by Peter Vansittart

DP/RW/1/3/4
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14 February 1970

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

Photocopy of newspaper article "Poetic Genius" by Norman Nicholson

DP/ET/1/28
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(c.1980s) 2 March 1979

Published in the Church Times. Review of "The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas" edited by R G Thomas. Includes pencil annotation by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Photocopy of newspaper article "Poet who spoke plain" by David Wright

DP/ET/1/24
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(c.1980s) 12 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Sunday Telegraph. Review of "Edward Thomas" by Jan Marsh

Photocopy of newspaper article "Out of town" by Geoffrey Grigson

DP/MT/1/9/13
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(c.1980s) 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Review of "Edward Thomas: Edward Thomas on the countryside" edited by Roland Gant

Photocopy of newspaper article "Natural man" by Rachel Billington

DP/ET/1/25
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(c.1980s) March1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Financial Times. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh

Photocopy of newspaper article "Memorial plaque unveiled"

DP/ET/1/96
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(c.1987) 7 October 1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Petersfield Post, author unknown. Refers to unveiling of plaque dedicated to Rowland Watson on the Shoulder of Mutton, Steep

Photocopy of newspaper article "Lessons in honesty" by Donald Davie

DP/MT/1/9/48
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(c.1980s) 23 November 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times Literary Supplement. Review of "The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas"; "Poetry Wales: Edward Thomas Centenary Issue"; "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country"; "Time and Again: The Memoirs and Letters of Helen Thomas"; "Richard Jefferies: His Life and Work"; "Edward Thomas: A Portrait"

Photocopy of newspaper article "Land of singing waters" by James Black

DP/VD/55/8
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(c.2005) 2005

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the "Daily Mail". Discusses Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

Photocopy of newspaper article "Just out of focus" by Geoffrey Grigson

DP/ET/1/21
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9 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Guardian. Review of "Edward Thomas: a poet for his country" by Jan Marsh

Photocopy of newspaper article "His own enemy" by P J Kavanagh

DP/ET/1/14
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(c.1980s) 10 March 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Guardian. Review of "Edward Thomas on the Countryside" by Roland Gant

Photocopy of newspaper article "He Went, Singing" by Oliver Edwards

DP/MT/1/7/5
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(c.1980s) 15 March 1956

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Discusses publications by and about Edward Thomas

Photocopy of newspaper article "Edward Thomas, was he a war poet?" by Richard Gates

DP/ET/1/19
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(c.1980s) 25 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Western Mail, Cardiff

Photocopy of newspaper article "Cracking Hitler's code", obituary for Edward Eastaway Thomas by Dan Van Der Vat

DP/ET/1/74
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(c.1996) 6 February 1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown

Photocopy of newspaper article "Chance to improve a listed building"

DP/ET/1/72
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(c.1995) 31 March 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in Kent Courier Home Buyer, author unknown. Sale listing for Else's Farm, once home to Edward and Helen Thomas

Photocopy of newspaper article by Valerie Grove on Myfanwy Thomas's account of the delivery of the news her father had died

DP/ET/1/44
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(c.1980s) 12 April 1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Sunday Times. Includes annotations and note from Sylvia Lewin "Of course I forgot to give you this. Don't acknowledge"

Photocopy of "More About Me: Poems for a Child" by John Drinkwater

DP/BD/11/3
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(c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Originally published by W Collins, Sons & Company Limited, London 1929. With illustrations by H M Brock

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

DP/ET/5/1/6
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(c.1980s) June 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from W S Suman [?] to Helen Thomas

DP/ETF/7/26
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(c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Original written 27 August 1965. Recounts a meeting with Helen Thomas in 1915 when she took Bronwen and Myfanwy to have their eyes examined

Photocopy of letter from N J Bumford, County Chairman of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Limited, to Mrs L Harding, Clerk to Pauntley Parish Council, regarding Ketford Daffodil Bank

DP/BD/3/7
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(c.2004) 17 June 2004

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes photocopy of site report April 1988; photocopy of article "How Asulox helped the daffodils fight back" and photocopy of letter from Keith Alexander of The National Trust to John Hughes of the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group 15 April 1996

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

DP/GF/5/6
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(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

Photocopy of letter from Myfanwy Thomas published in the Radio Times

DP/ET/1/26
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(c.1980s) 18 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses discrepancy over the definition of Edward Thomas as a "Georgian" poet. Includes handwritten paragraph [crossed out] on reverse by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Photocopy of letter from J W Hele, High Master of St Paul's School, to Alan Martin of The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund requesting contact details for Myfanwy Thomas and Edward Eastaway Thomas

DP/ET/4/2/1
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(c.1977) 9 December 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from Forest of Dean District Council to Mr D J Oldham of The Gallows, Ryton, regarding the erection of a Vodaphone mast at Callow Farm, Ryton

DP/BD/3/8
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(c.2004) September 2004

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes photocopy of letter of concern from Barbara Davis; Photocopies of plans of the proposed mast; maps of the area, information on the Poets' Path and public rights of way and information on the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Photocopy of letter from Ernest Holloway of The Reading Phoenix Choir to Richard Emeny inviting members of the Edward Thomas Fellowship to a choir performance of "Night Poems" by Edward Thomas

DP/ET/4/1/2
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(c.1991) 7 April 1991

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from Edward Thomas to "My dear friend"

DP/RW/1/1/6
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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

Photocopy of letter from Edward Thomas to "My dear friend"

DP/RW/1/1/7
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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 Eastaway Thomas to Patrick Garland

DP/ETF/3/16/1
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(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

Photocopy of letter from Barbara Davis to the Clerk of Dymock Parish Council regarding a donation made to support the Dymock Parochial Church Council's Dymock Poets Exhibition

DP/BD/3/18
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7 December 2007

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes "St Mary's Dymock 2008 Budget"

Photocopy of letter from A J Payne to Alan Martin regarding an installation of a plaque to Edward Thomas at 14 Lansdowne Gardens, London

DP/ET/4/4/1
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(c.1979) 9 July 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

DP/ET/8/10
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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 handwritten sheet music "The Bridge" by Edward Thomas

DP/ET/8/8
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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Music possibly by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Photocopy of handwritten extracts from "Gwili" by E Cefin Jones

DP/MT/1/10/3
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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Describes references to tea at Gwili Cottage. Includes photocopy of Welsh language article "Cofio Edward Thomas" by Ioan Mai Evans

Photocopy of extract from The Shell Bird Book discussing Edward Thomas

DP/MT/1/8/5
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(c.1980s) c.1966

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of extract from "Ouida" by Max Beerbohm

DP/MT/1/7/3
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(c.1980s) c.1950s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With annotations by Myfanwy Thomas

Photocopy of extract "Edward Thomas" from publication "New Paths on Helicon" by Sir Henry Newbolt

DP/MT/1/4/2
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(c.1990s) 1927

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of excerpt from "Frost: A Literary Life Reconsidered" by William H Pritchard

DP/MT/1/10/29
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(c.1980s) 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of excerpt from "Drawn from Life: A Memoir" by Robert Medley

DP/MT/1/10/26
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(c.1980s) 1983

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Mentions "The Poems of Edward Eastaway (Edward Thomas) published by Selwyn and Blount in 1917"

Photocopy of excerpt from booklet "Our Allies and Enemies" edited by Herbert Strang

DP/MT/1/3/6
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(c.1990s) c.1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses the combatant countries and their resources during the First World War

Photocopy of excerpt from "A Relation of Elected Friends"

DP/MT/1/10/13
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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Author unknown. Discusses the relationship between Edward and Helen Thomas with quotations from Robert Frost. Includes a note from Myfanwy Thomas "Can't imagine where this came from or who sent it. Someone who's really 'got it in for Mother'. What a cheap & nasty piece'

Photocopy of essay "All the Difference: The Impact of England on Frost's Realistic Voice" by Heather Rosanna Marinello