Special Collections and Archives

Photocopied typescripts of 57 letters spanning virtually the whole course of the Thomas - Frost relationship until Thomas's death in 1917. Mainly written from Thomas to Frost, they cover domestic issues as well as thoughts on poetry and the work of other writers and Thomas's observations from France

Includes photocopy of article "Six letters from Robert Frost to Edward Thomas" by R George Thomas. Publication unknown

Edward Thomas to John Freeman

DP/ETF/6/3/3
Item
(c.1990s) 15 January 1909 - 4 April 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated. Part of a private collection sold to the Berg Collection, New York in 1979

Edward Thomas to "Gwili" [John Jenkins]

DP/ETF/6/3/5
Item
(c.1990s) 27 February 1906

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Edward Thomas to John Haines

DP/ETF/6/3/6
Item
(c.1990s) 15 December 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten by Professor R George Thomas

Edward Thomas to Harry Hooton

DP/ETF/6/3/7
Item
(c.1990s) 16 June 1899 - 30 June 1909, c.1950

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Includes photocopy of typescript of Harry Hooton's reminiscences of Edward Thomas collected by Rowland Watson [DP/RW/2/1]

Edward Thomas to [?] Deacon

DP/ETF/6/3/18
Item
(c.1990s) 22 March 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten by Professor R George Thomas

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

Printed and illustrated poem Adlestrop by Edward Thomas

DP/ETF/7/24
Item
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Illustrated by "V F"

Photocopies of Edward Thomas articles published in The Bookman

DP/ETF/7/25
Item
(c.1990s) c.1906 - 1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

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

DP/ETF/7/26
Item
(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 poem "Who Are Awake: for Edward Thomas with red poppies" by Mary Casey

DP/ETF/7/28
Item
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Originally written 12 November 1972

Frank Shellen

DP/MT/3/146
File
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Framed black and white portrait photograph of Edward Thomas in army uniform on embarkation leave 1917

DP/VD/47
Subseries
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer unknown

Photocopy of article "Two of the Newest Poets" by Robert Shafer

DP/VD/55/2
Item
(c.1990s) 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Atlantic Monthly". Discusses W W Gibson and John Masefield, among other English poets

Photocopy of article "Recent English Poetry" by Martin D Armstrong

DP/VD/55/3
Item
(c.1990s) c.1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Fortnightly Review". Discusses W W Gibson, W H Davies, Lascelles Abercrombie and John Masefield

Photocopies of letters written the the Hexham Courant discussing the location of W W Gibson's birthplace and proposed commemorative plaque

DP/VD/55/4
Item
(c.1990s) c.1950s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of a bibliography of the works of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson from an unknown publication

DP/VD/55/6
Item
(c.1990s) c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of various Edward Thomas poems

DP/ET/9/5
Item
(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"

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

DP/ET/9/9
Item
c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Farjeon - Bax Set

DP/GF/4
Subseries
1913, (c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Original manuscript of poem "Walking Tom" and related items

DP/GF/4/1
File
September 1913, (c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Pencil original written alternatively by Clifford Bax and Herbert Farjeon and including crossings out and re-workings, Venice September 1913. Missing page 1.
Also includes photocopy of a manuscript version held by the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Centre, University of Texas, Austin [who believed theirs was the original until this version was discovered amongst the Farjeon papers], photocopy of G F Sims (Rare Books) sale catalogue describing the Harry Ransom version, and photocopy of extracts from "Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years" referring to the poem

Photocopy of article "Birds in March by A Young Naturalist"