- DP/RW/6/1
- File
- 7 May and 4 July 1981
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Refers to Jessie Berridge's and Harry Hooton's memoirs of Edward Thomas
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Refers to Jessie Berridge's and Harry Hooton's memoirs of Edward Thomas
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Refers to articles on Edward Thomas by Ernest Rhys and newspaper cuttings
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Theresa Whistler was the second wife of artist Laurence Whistler, who designed the Edward Thomas memorial window at Eastbury. Refers to the "Memoirs of Edward Thomas" being compiled by Watson, and Meyerstein. Includes pencil annotations
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Refers to meeting, Edward Thomas, his biography on Edward Thomas and the memorial to Edward Thomas
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Includes pencil annotations
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Regards BBC radio broadcast on Edward Thomas by Bernard Price. Includes newspaper cuttings and pencil annotations
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Walter Oakeshott was the Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. Refers to an exhibition on Edward Thomas
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Refers to Robert P Eckert's death and Meyerstein
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Ian MacAlister [b.1878 d.1957] was a friend of Edward Thomas. Refers to letters of Edward Thomas now held at Battersea Public Library . Includes pencil annotations
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Dorothy MacAlister was the widow of Ian MacAlister, friend of Edward Thomas. Includes pencil annotations
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Refers to book on Meyerstein
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Letters from K C Harrison, City of Westminster Librarian, accepting donation of memoirs of Miss Ethel Marston. With pencil annotations
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Robin Guthrie [b.1902 d.1971] was the son of James Guthrie. Letters include news of the death of Robert's son, the death of Robert P Eckert Jr. and a broadcast on Edward Thomas
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Hanslip Fletcher [b.1874 d.1955] was an artist and the letters discuss his drawings. Includes pencil annotations
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Letters from Robert P Eckert's widow. Includes news of Eckert's death with a newspaper obituary from The Times from 11 November 1966, and discusses a home for his Edward Thomas collection, which is now at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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Eckert was a biographer of Edward Thomas and wrote to Watson about Thomas. Includes newspaper cuttings and an article Eckert wrote on James Guthrie and The Pear Tree Press. Includes pencil annotations
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One letter undated and one dated 1947 which should be 1967. Refers to copying letters from Jack Haines and Robert Frost, and sympathy on the death of Helen Thomas [d.1967]
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Refers to any known recordings of Meyerstein's voice
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Refers to etchings, the poem "Calf Love", meetings with Alan Thomas [friend of Edward Thomas] and Helen Thomas, life since his wife died and his publications
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Refers to monies raised at an auction and his own family papers
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Letters to Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
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Wilfrid Gibson to Rupert Brooke
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One photocopied letter and one photocopied postcard from Gibson to Brooke written 20 March 1913 and 13 January 1915. Includes details of illness, a series of books called "The Shilling Garland" and plans for a "New Shilling Garland", and Gibson thanking Brooke for sending some of his poetry
John Drinkwater to Rupert Brooke
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Two photocopied letters from Drinkwater to Brooke dated 26 September 1912 and 1 January 1915. Includes thanks to Brooke for sending him a volume of his poetry, visits, Brooke in Antwerp, Drinkwater's work and views on the war
Lascelles Abercrombie to Rupert Brooke
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Two photocopied letters and one photocopied postcard dated 30 September 1912, 5 October 1912 and 31 March 1913. Includes typescript of October 1912 letter and March 1913 postcard. Topics include Madame Strindberg and the Cabaret Theatre, illness and visits
Wilfrid Gibson to Edward Marsh
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Handwritten transcript of letters from Gibson to Marsh, 2 August 1912 - c. January 1916. Topics include differences with Harold Munro, visits, written works, health, Rupert Brooke, Georgian Poetry, marriage to Geraldine Townshead, New Numbers, Maurice Browne and the Little Theatre Chicago
Catherine Abercrombie Interviews
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Original manuscript of poem "Walking Tom" and related items
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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
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Full notes of Eleanor Farjeon's last meeting with Robert Frost during his return to England in 1957 which were used as the basis for her foreward to Frost's posthumously published volume of poetry, "You Come Too" [original title "Come With Me"]. Written in Farjeon's hand in the margin "Robert Frost - written rapidly an[d)] inconsecutively - must be arranged in its order - Try to describe his way of talking"
Draft forewords to "You Come Too"
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Handwritten and typescript drafts of Farjeon's foreward to Frost's posthumously published volume of poetry "You Come Too" including revisions and corrections. The foreward was drawn from the notes Farjeon made in 1957 of her last meeting with Frost on his return to England during that year. Page 12 is missing. Title was originally "Come With Me"
Administration regarding Robert Frost visit 1957
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Includes letter from Margaret Haferd, Librarian at the United States Information Service, American Embassy London, and poster and invitation to Robert Frost's lecture "Swinger of Birches" at the University of London
Letters from Helen Thomas to Jo Dawson
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Bryan Robson was Head of English at St Paul's School
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Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection
Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection