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Execution of Meyerstein's will

Documents relating to E H W Meyerstein's death and the role of Rowland Watson as executor of his will. Includes:

Correspondence from John Farquharson Limited Business Manager and Philip Larkin whilst Librarian at the University of Hull

Detailed valuation lists of Meyerstein's estate and books and papers held in the crypt of Godrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford

Newspaper cuttings regarding the Meyerstein library sale

Publishers agreements between the executors of the Meyerstein estate regarding the royalties for his works "Phoebe Thirsk", "Of My Early Life", "Selected Poems of E H W Meyerstein", "Some Letters of E H W Meyerstein", "Verse Letters to Five Friends" and "Bollond"

Information on the Chatterton Lecture at the British Academy funded by a bequest from the Meyerstein estate

Hanslip Fletcher

Hanslip Fletcher [b.1874 d.1955] was an artist and the letters discuss his drawings. Includes pencil annotations

Myfanwy Thomas

Includes some correspondence from Helen Thomas to Watson. Includes family news and discussions on Edward Thomas

Alison Lowbury

Refers to a booklet on Alison's father, Andrew Young, and his correspondence with Rowland Watson, Meyerstein, Eleanor Farjeon and Clifford Bax

Various

Single letter from E H W Meyerstein offering sympathy for her loneliness, quote from John Stoddart [friend of Wordsworth written 1801] handwritten by Rowland for Sanchia on her marriage and compliments card from Lyn and Sanchia Metcalfe on their wedding day, 6 December 1944

Helen Thomas

Programme for Battersea Grammar School Prize Distribution ceremony for the Upper School awarded by Helen Thomas on 22 December 1937 and typescript of "A North Country Kitchen in the 'Eighties" by Helen Thomas, recounting her childhood in Southport

Other Publications

Transcript of the introduction to Rowland Watson's book "Old Inns" by Clifford Bax

"Strawberry Hill Then and Now" pamphlet by Reverend P J Dunning

Photocopy of "New Paths: Verse, Prose and Pictures 1917-1918"

Typescript of poem "Red Pardoy (after Browning)" initialled T H

Order of service for the funeral of James Edward Charles Langham, 12 October 1967

List of materials displayed at the "Poets of the First World War Exhibition" at the Imperial War Museum November 1974 - June 1975

Writing of Rowland Watson

Includes handwritten notes and typescripts "A Remarkable Pair: Bob Saunders and Geoffrey Williams", "Helen Thomas" written for The Times after her death, and "Lord Horder" written after his death

Letters and postcards from Edward Eastaway Thomas

Includes essay "The Edward Thomas Birthday Walk" c.1982; copy of article "Edward Thomas & Battersea: Some Connections" published in The Wandsworth Historian December 1978; copy of Edward Thomas book reviews published in The Wandsworth Historian September 1979; letter accompanying correspondence between Rowland Watson and Julian Thomas between 1936 - 1948 given to Edward by Cherry Watson [now missing]; final letter from Edward's wife Ruth Dyson

Photocopies of correspondence between Edward Thomas and James Ashcroft Noble

James Ashcroft Noble was the father of Helen Noble, who married Edward Thomas in 1899
Includes letter from George Colwell to James Ashcroft Noble, 8 November 1895
Letters from James Ashcroft Noble to Edward Thomas, 23 October 1895 - 28 February 1896
Letters from Edward Thomas to James Ashcroft Noble, 10 January 1896 - 3 March 1896

Articles and Publications 1940s

"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 Times Literary Supplement, 22 March 1947. Review if "Democracy and the Arts" by Rupert Brooke

Letter from Iolo A Williams published in The Times Literary Supplement 5 April 1947 querying the date of Rupert Brooke's lecture "Democracy and the Arts" at Cambridge

Cutting with photograph of the unveiling of a plaque to Edward Thomas at 61 Shelgate Road, Battersea c.1949

Three Brothers

One DVD titled "Bridlington Sailing Cobble Preservation Society". The Coble Three Brothers built in 1912 by Baker Siddal and his son Percy in Bow Street, Bridlington. The films show the restoration of the vessel over a run time of 12 minutes

Held on three VOB files, two BUP files and IFO files totaling 944MB

Location: Bridlington, East Yorkshire

Ellerton Church Restoration

Bound booklet titled "The Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Lawrence at Ellerton in the East Riding of Yorkshire". Produced by Ellerton Church Preservation Trust

Bound booklet titled as above, concerning large print guide to the windows, illustrations by Phil Thomas

Location: Ellerton, East Yorkshire

Restoration of the Coble Margaret

Restoration of the Coble Margaret managed by Filey Coble Preservation Society. One promotional leaflet

Bound volume, concerning final project report, by Stan Dickinson, 10 July 2002. Includes colour photographic prints

Photocopied press cuttings, 27 colour transparencies. Circa 8 rolls of colour transparencies. Three things above documenting project activity, and outputs

Mini Disk XL-II 74 containing interview with Stan Dickinson

Location: Filey, North Yorkshire

The Chapel of the Fells

"The Chapel of the Fells: the history of St Leonard’s Church Chapel le Dale". One book, author Gerald Tyler. Copyright The Friends of St Leonard’s Church

Location: Ingleton, North Yorkshire

Agill Research Project

Bound booklet titled "Opening the Door on Agill" produced by Agill Study Group

One CD-ROM disk holding one MS Access Database containing survey results, totaling 41MB

Location: Leighton, North Yorkshire

Quant-um Leap

Booklet titled "Holgate Windmill, York" author Richard Green, and Rob Anderton

Leaflet titled "Holgate Windmill"

Two newsletters titled "Millnews" produced by Holgate Mill Preservation Society

Location: York, North Yorkshire

Time and Chance

Time and Chance. Grass Roots Theatre Group

Grass Roots Theatre Group DVD, Includes event documentation, awards ceremony, filmed theatre performance, totaling 4.26GB

Location: Cawthorne, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

The Sheffield Round Walk

Leaflet "Beauchief Abbey, South Sheffield" concerning a 12th century Premonstratensian monastery

Booklet titled "Ranger Events May - September 2004"

Booklet titled "The Sheffield Round Walk". Produced by Parks Woodlands and Countryside

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

High Hazel’s Park Restoration

High Hazels Park Formal Garden

One CD-ROM disk holding four PDF files containing project leaflets about park history, activity, project purpose, outputs, totaling 80.4MB

Loose papers concerning consultation events, maps, architectural drawings, images, project planning

Location: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Potters Corner

Booklet concerning a guide to St Margaret’s Churchyard, Swinton, South Yorkshire. Author Ken Wyatt, published by Propagator Press, copyright retained by Ken Wyatt

Loose papers concerning report on the local regional wildlife to the church, by Green Spaces Unit, May 2005

CD-ROM titled "Potters Corner Compilation" film with a run time of 39 minutes

CD-ROM holding circa 200 JPGS concerning site clean up, activity, images of gravestones

Location: Swinton, South Yorkshire

Fitzwilliam Archive Project

One CD-ROM disk holding HTML website containing film stills, photographs, historic information concerning the community, totaling 68MB. Collaboration between Fitzwilliam Archive Group and One to One Productions

Location: Fitzwilliam, West Yorkshire

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