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Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 12

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October - November 1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Friends of the Dymock Poets Newsletter Issue 15

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September 1997

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

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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"

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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

Copy of blueprint for the Edward Thomas memorial plaque at Berryfield Cottage

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c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Reads "Here lived Edward Thomas: Poet Born 1878 Died 1917"

Death notice for Edward Thomas

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23 April 1917

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Listed under his full name "Second Lieutenant P. E. Thomas"

Newspaper article "From Hack to War Poet" by Anthony Powell

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5 March 1970

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown. Review of "Edward Thomas: a Critical Biography" by William Cooke. With ink annotation

Studio photograph of Edward Thomas with son Merfyn as a baby by John T Williams

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1900

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographs of Edward Thomas's grave at Agny War Cemetery, France

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c.1960s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer unknown

Photocopy of official copy of the handwritten will of Edward Thomas

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(1963) 9 July 1915

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

From the Principal Probate Registry of the High Court of Justice

Information leaflet "A Memorial to Edward Thomas" by the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund Executive Committee

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c.1930s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Details the establishment of the fund and lists the Executive Committee as Eleanor Farjeon, John L Haines, Clifford Bax, Ian MacAlister, R F Cholmeley, William Rothenstein, Walter de la Mare and R L Watson

"Poems of Men and Hours" by John Drinkwater

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1911

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by David Nutt, London, first edition. Inscribed "To Francis W Bedford from John Drinkwater Xmas 1911"

"Mary Barton and Other Tales" by Elizabeth Gaskell

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1925

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by John Murray, London. Inscribed "To Tanya on her fourteenth birthday these eight volumes of Mrs Gaskell with love and every good wish for many many birthdays to come, from her affectionate friend Big John: London December 3rd 1928"

"The Week-End Book" edited by Vera Mendel, Francis Meynell and John Goss

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by The Nonesuch Press, London. Inscribed "For darling Tanya with lots of love from Auntie Jeff Christmas 1930. One horrible omission me enrages - no mention of J D within these pages"

"The Riddle and Other Stories" by Walter de la Mare

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1928

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Faber and Faber, London. Inscribed "Tanya Moiseiwitch love from John"

"The Poems of Sidney Godolphin" edited by William Dighton

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by The Clarendon Press, Oxford. Inscribed "Tanya from John Drinkwater Nov 1934"

"Poetry and Dogma" by John Drinkwater

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1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published text of the Arthur Skemp Memorial Lecture at the University of Bristol delivered on 29 January 1931. Inscribed "Tanya from Big John Drinkwater 2.7.31"

"Behold, This Dreamer" by Walter de la Mare

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1939

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Faber and Faber, London. Inscribed "Tatty & Felix from John"

"Birmingham Repertory Theatre: The Playhouse and the Man" by Thomas C Kemp

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1943

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by Cornish Brothers Limited, Birmingham

Handwritten poem "The Heresy of an Elder or Not Believing in Fairies" by John Drinkwater

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13 November 1923

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Signed and dated. Written in Hungerford

Photograph of cast and associates for a production of "Bird in Hand" by John Drinkwater

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1927

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Featuring John Drinkwater, Peggy Ashcroft and Laurence Olivier. Taken outside the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in September 1927. Annotated with names on reverse although photograph has been cropped

Photographer unknown

"The Poetry Review"

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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

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

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(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

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(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

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(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

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(c.1990s) c.1970s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

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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

Letter from Robert Frost to John Haines

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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 the First World War.

Pencil annotations by John Haines

"One More Brevity" Christmas greeting

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1953

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 4,501 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. Includes decorations by Philip Grushkin. This was one of the 375 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender. This poem was collected in "The Clearing" published 1962

"The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics, The Commentators Merely by Statistics" Christmas greeting

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1962

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annual Christmas greeting from Robert Frost. 17,055 copies printed by The Spiral Press, New York. This was one of the 630 copies printed with Frost's name as the sender

Prospectus for "The Diary of Edward Thomas: 1st January - 8th April 1917" to be ordered from The Selborne Bookshop

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c. 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Leaflet "Literary walks in East Hampshire: Edward Thomas 1878-1917"

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes route, map and points of literary interest in the Steep area

Photocopy of the "catalogue of valuable autograph letters, literary manuscripts and historical documents" at Southerby Parke Bernet & Co.

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(c.1979) 24 July 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Section of Edward Thomas items for sale includes an autograph manuscript of an early version of his poem "October", 57 letters to John Freeman, printer's copy of "Poems" 1917, and a collection of carbon copy typescripts of poems sent by Edward Thomas to John Freeman

Sheet music "Into the Unknown: Song-cycle for high voice to poems by Edward Thomas" by P W Duffy

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Handwritten. Initially sent to Myfanwy Thomas by Mr P W Duffy

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

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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 typescript of "The Sentiel" by John Haines

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Draft review of "The Last Sheaf" by Edward Thomas

Photocopy of various Edward Thomas poems

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(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

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Article "Diary tells of chaffinches, rooks, shells and shrapnel" by Philip Howard

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24 February 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Refers to the discovery of Edward Thomas's diary and the forthcoming publication of his final poem dated 14 January 1917 by The Whittington Press. Also includes information sheet on The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial

Photocopy of article "Tributes to wife and poet"

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(c.1970s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in NWN on 21 July 1977, author unknown. An account of the service at St James' Church Eastbury to mark the centenary of the birth of Helen Thomas

Article "A Window for Edward Thomas"

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5 January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in Country Life, author unknown. Discusses the Edward Thomas centenary window at Steep

Article "The year of the artist, the poet and the martyr" by Jack Lonsdale

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January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Times. Details anniversaries in 1978 including the centenary of Edward Thomas's birth

"Poets put in their places" by Tony Brode

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2 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Southern Echo. Review of "The Edward Thomas Country" by W M Whiteman. With ink annotation

Article "The poet who loved Steep"

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17 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Petersfield Herald, author unknown. Discusses the Edward Thomas Centenary and memorial window

Article "Catch This" mounted on headed notepaper of The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund

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26 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Sunday Times. Refers to centenary readings by Jill Balcon and John Westbrook on 4 March

Article "Surprised by Joy" by P J Kavanagh

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26 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Sunday Telegraph Magazine. Durrant's media clipping

Article "The Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial"

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February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Contemporary Review, author unknown. Durrant's media clipping

Article "The Centenary of Edward Thomas" by John Arlott

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February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Hampshire: the county magazine"

Poetry Wales volume 13 number 4

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Spring 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas centenary special edition. Articles include:

Letters from Edward Thomas to Robert Frost
Letter from Frost to Mrs Conkling
Edward Thomas and Robert Frost
Letters from Edward Thomas to Harold Monro
The Solitary Note: Edward Thomas and Modernism
Penderyn
A Land Without A Name
Edward Thomas and Wales
Edward Thomas' influence
Poems for Edward Thomas

Article "Centenary salute to Edward Thomas: Where a poet lost his melancholy" by Arthur Garrett

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2 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the East Hampshire Post

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