Dymock Poets Special Collection

• DP
• Collection
• 1842 - 2019

On the north-west borders of Gloucestershire, in the years immediately prior to the outbreak of the First World War, a literary community was formed which came to represent a significant development in the modern poetic tradition. By August 1914, ...

Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education

Newsletters

• DP/FDP/5
• Subseries
• May 1994 - August 2019

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 73

• DP/FDP/5/77
• Item
• August 2019

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 72

• DP/FDP/5/76
• Item
• February 2019

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes booking form for the Spring Day 30 March 2019

Articles and Publications 1940s

• DP/ETF/1/2
• File
• 1947

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

"Books in General" by V S Pritchett published in The New Statesman and Nation, 22 March 1947. Refers to a lecture by Rupert Brooke given to Cambridge University's Fabian Society in 1911"The Artist Once" published in The Ti...

Articles and Publications 1930s

• DP/ETF/1/1
• File
• 1930

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

"A Personal Tribute to the Late Percival Gibbon and Edward Thomas" by Mrs Joseph Conrad. Published in The Bookman September 1930

Articles and Excerpts

• DP/MT/1
• Subseries
• 1890s - (c.1990s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Series

• DP/FDP
• Series
• 1993 - 2019

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets

Dymock Poets and Friends: Journal of the Friends of the Dymock Poets

• DP/FDP/7
• Subseries
• 2002 - 2019

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Assignment of copyright of selected works by Rupert Brooke to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, Lascelles Abercrombie and Walter de la Mare

• DP/MG/3/7
• Item
• 22 November 1920

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Indenture signed by Rupert Brooke's mother Mary Ruth Brooke assigning copyright for Brooke's works "Poems", "1914 and Other Poems", "Selected Poems", "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester", "Collect...

Framed print of original handwritten manuscript of poem "My Butterfly" by Robert Frost

• DP/VD/58
• Subseries
• c.2000

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

"My Butterfly" was Frost's first published poem for which he was paid $15 by the "New York Independent" on 8 November 1894. The original manuscript is held at the Huntington Library, Pasadena. This framed print was produce...

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 69

• DP/FDP/5/72
• Item
• December 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 71

• DP/FDP/5/75
• Item
• August 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes booking form for the Friends of the Dymock Poets AGM Weekend 6 - 7 October 2018

Friends of the Dymock Poets Mini Newsletter

• DP/FDP/5/74
• Item
• May 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 70

• DP/FDP/5/73
• Item
• March 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 68

• DP/FDP/5/71
• Item
• September 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Mini Newsletter

• DP/FDP/5/70
• Item
• May 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Mini Newsletter

• DP/FDP/5/68
• Item
• November 2016

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Mini Newsletter

• DP/FDP/5/66
• Item
• April 2016

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 66

• DP/FDP/5/67
• Item
• July 2016

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes Autumn in Malvern festival leaflet 2016; Minutes for the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Dymock Poets 3 October 2015; Booking form and programme for the Annual General Meeting Weekend 2016; Friends of the Dymock Poets Constit...

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 67

• DP/FDP/5/69
• Item
• February 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes "Remembering Edward Thomas" event booking form, 1 April 2017 at Ledbury Market Theatre

Events

• DP/FDP/3
• Subseries
• 1995 - 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Flyer for "Quilt Song: A story of freedom" opera written by Suzie Self

• DP/FDP/3/21
• Item
• 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at The Old Rep Theatre Birmingham on 19 and 20 October 1918. Performed to mark the centenary of the performance of Abraham Lincoln at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 19 October 1918

"Abraham Lincoln: a play by John Drinkwater"

• DP/FDP/3/18
• Item
• 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Re-issue for the informal reading to mark the centenary of the first performance at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 19 October 1918. Event held on 19 October 2018 at The Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham. Richard Simkin's copy, who took part in...

Programme for "Quilt Song" opera by Suzie Self

• DP/FDP/3/20
• Item
• 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Inspired by the play "Abraham Lincoln" by John Drinkwater. Performed to mark the centenary of the play's first performance on 19 October 1918 at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. "Quilt Song" performed on 19 and 20 October...

Libretto for "Quilt Song: The Opera" composed by Suzie Self

• DP/FDP/3/19
• Item
• 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Inspired by the play "Abraham Lincoln" by John Drinkwater. Performed to mark the centenary of the play's first performance on 19 October 1918 at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. "Quilt Song" performed on 19 and 20 October...

CD recording of talk "A Triangle of Letters" by Caro McIntosh

• DP/ETF/10/4
• Item
• 2004

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Delivered at The Edward Thomas Fellowship Study Day at the University of Gloucestershire on 12 June 2004. Discusses three letters found in the Dymock Poets Special Collection:Eleanor Farjeon to Rowland Watson, 1937Helen Thomas to Jo Dawson, 1951He...

Letters from Teresa Benson-Colpi to Edward Eastaway Thomas on speaking about Edward Thomas as part of the Demarco European Art Foundation International Summer School

• DP/ET/3/30
• Item
• 22 May - 2 August 1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Stonerwood Park, Steep

Letters from Robert Frost to John Haines

• DP/VD/57
• Subseries
• 1914, 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

• DP/VD/57/1
• Item
• 15 June 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written at Little Iddens, Ledington, Ledbury. Frost arranges to meet Haines at Newent and wishes to discuss "one or two flowers you must tell me about".Pencil annotation "1" on envelope

Postcard from Robert Frost to John Haines

• DP/VD/57/2
• Item
• 1 July 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Note to confirm Frost expects Haines on Thursday morning.Pencil annotation "3"

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

• DP/VD/57/3
• Item
• 22 September 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written at Ryton, Dymock. Frost arranges to visit Haines with his daughter Lesley. Includes Frost's unvarnished opinions of Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson alongside comments on the beginning of...

Details of the 45 lots of John Haines material sold at Bonhams on 20 June 2018

• DP/VD/57/4
• Item
• 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Full catalogue entries with images. Hard-copies include pencil annotations with the figures each lot sold for

Deposit by John Vickers relating to John Drinkwater

• DP/VD/56
• Subseries
• 1911 - 2018

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Vickers, John

Various Deposits Series

• DP/VD
• Series
• 20th century - onwards

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education

Deposit by John Chirgwin relating to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

• DP/VD/55
• Subseries
• 1912 - 2005

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Chirgwin, F John

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding copyright of photocopied Edward Thomas school material

• DP/ET/4/6/3
• Item
• 14 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of sale notice for 23 letters between Edward Thomas and David Uzzell

• DP/ET/7/1
• Item
• (c.1970s) 15 June 1938

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Sold by The Frank Hollings Bookshop with a guide price of £15

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

• DP/VD/55/8
• Item
• (c.2005) 2005

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

Typed bibliography of the works by and criticism of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson compiled by Roger Hogg

• DP/VD/55/7
• Item
• 1992

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes photocopy of letter from Roger Hogg to John Chirgwin regarding the bibliography, 6 July 1992

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 entry for Wilfrid Wilson Gibson in the Dictionary of National Biography 1961 - 1970

• DP/VD/55/5
• Item
• (c.1990s) c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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 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

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

"The Poetry Review"

• DP/VD/55/1
• Item
• January 1912

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes article "The Poetry of W W Gibson" by Maurice Browne and poems "The Stone" and "The Blind Rower" by W W Gibson

Photographic prints of the May Hill and Dymock area by Trudie Ballantyne

• DP/VD/48
• Subseries
• c.1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

13 prints framed, 4 unframedLandscape orientation, taken through a soft photographic filter. Frames 535mm x 535mmFootpath, Dymock [two copies, framed]Wild Daffodils, Ryton Woods [framed]The Tunnels Mouth, Dymock [framed]Morning Mist, May Hill [two...

Gervase Farjeon and Anne Harvey Series

• DP/GF
• Series
• 1913 - (c.2001)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Farjeon, Gervase

Edward Thomas Fellowship Series

• DP/ETF
• Series
• 1930 - 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas Fellowship

Edward Thomas Fellowship Newsletters

• DP/ETF/11
• Subseries
• October 1980 - January 2012, February 2017

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Numbers 1 - 67, 77. Includes index for numbers 1 to 66