Special Collections and Archives

Signed Edward Thomas Autumn Walk card

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2 October 1983

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

To the summit of Sugar Loaf. Includes map of the area

Signed Edward Thomas Autumn Walk card

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7 October 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Kent. With map of the area and Edward Thomas quote from "The South Country"

Edward Thomas Fellowship general correspondence file

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File
1983 - 1984

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopy of letter from Edward Eastaway Thomas to Patrick Garland

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(c.1994) 30 December 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Discusses Edward Thomas's love of Sussex and his relationship with James Guthrie and The Pear Tree Press. Includes photocopy of passage "Edward Thomas: The Friend and The Artist" from "To The Memory of Edward Thomas" by James Gutherie, published 1937; and poem "An Old Sussex Manor", possibly by Charles Kennett Burrow

Programme for the Steep Church Centenary Celebration "Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring: a Programme of Poetry and prose in memory of Edward Thomas (1878 - 1917)"

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20 September 1968

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints Church, Steep

Press release and programme for the Edward Thomas Centenary Celebrations 3 - 5 March 1978

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1977 - 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes list of forthcoming publications and current literature, a bibliography of prose and poetry by Edward Thomas and list of books about Edward Thomas

Programmes for the performance of "A Pine in Solitude" at the National Poetry Centre

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3 May 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Kay Barwick, Hugh Dickson, Anne Harvey and Stephen Thorne. Compiled by Anne Harvey. Performance arranged by Mary Greenslade

Order of service for the dedication of a memorial to Wilfred Owen

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12 November 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints Church, Dunsden

Poster for "Musical Mixture: A Mini Concert" at All Saints' Church

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27 October c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Premier of "A Song of a Pub with No Name" by The Abinger Madrigal Singers, from the poem "Up the Wind" by Edward Thomas. Adapted and set to music by J T Darville

Signed programme for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: A Portrait of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature

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25 October 1980

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Signed by the cast Annette Crosbie, Tom Durham, Benjamin Whitrow and Anne Harvey

Includes programme for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature 1980 and two tickets to the performance

Documents relating to the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to Edward and Helen Thomas at The Red House on 30 August 1985

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April 1984 - October 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes:

Letter from R George Thomas and accompanying transcripts of his address given at the event
Invitation to the event from the Edward Thomas Fellowship
Letter from George Taylor to Anne Mallinson with designs for the plaque
Photograph of the plaque, photographer unknown
Newspaper articles on the unveiling of the plaque

Annotated notice for the event "An Afternoon with Edward" at The Selborne Bookshop

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27 September 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With Myfanwy Thomas and R George Thomas

Information and newspaper cutting for an event to make the 70th anniversary of Edward Thomas "Literally, for this"

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April 1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Display at Selborne Bookshop

Programme for the Dorchester Abbey Festival including performance of "A Pine in Solitude: a portrait in words of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" on 3 July 1987

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1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written to commemorate Edward Thomas's Centenary in 1978

Poster and press announcement for performance of "Lights Out" at St Mary's Church, Selborne on 3 March 1990

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February - March 1990

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Presented by The Edward Thomas Fellowship and performed by Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Includes acting CVs for Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh-Hunt

Programme for The Edward Thomas Fellowship Seminar "Influences"

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30 May 1998

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education

Programme for The Edward Thomas Fellowship Study Day

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12 July 2003

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at the University of Gloucestershire

Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Committee

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File
1977 - 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Committee agenda and minutes

DP/ETF/5/1/2
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11 July 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Bridge Cottage, Eastbury

Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Committee minutes

DP/ETF/5/1/3
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16 November 1977

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Steep Vicarage

Edward Thomas Fellowship Annual General Meetings

DP/ETF/5/2
File
1985 - 1988

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

The Edward Thomas Fellowship Annual General Meeting agenda and accounts for 1987

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6 March 1988

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at the Village Hall, Selborne, Hampshire

Edward Thomas Letters

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Subseries
(c.1990s) - (c.2000s)

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photocopies of correspondence between Edward Thomas and James Ashcroft Noble

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File
(c.1990s) 1895 - 1896

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

Typescript letters from Edward Thomas to various recipients

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(c.1990s) 1896 - 1917, 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Edward Thomas to Clifford Bax

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(c.1990s) 9 February 1911 - 28 August 1912

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Edward Thomas to James Ashcroft Noble

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(c.1990s) April 1896

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Edward Thomas to David "Dad" Uzzell

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(c.1990s) May 1898 - 7 December 1916

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Annotated

Photocopy of transcribed letter from Edward Thomas to John Williams

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(c.1990s) 24 August 1994

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Transcribed by R George Thomas. Includes photocopied letter from R George Thomas to "Alan" accompanying the Thomas letter

Photocopies of Edward Thomas documents held at Buffalo University, New York State

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(c.1990s) 1911 - 1914

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes:

Manuscript book written by Edward Thomas showing his transition from prose to poetry in 1914. Includes covering explanatory note possibly written by Professor R George Thomas

Letters from Edward Thomas to Holbrook Jackson

Letters from Edward Thomas to Harold Monro

Letter from Helen Thomas to Harold Monro

The Whittington Press publications catalogue

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1978 - 1979

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes details of eight wood-engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn for "The Diary of Edward Thomas", and "A Visit to William Morris" by Helen Thomas

Poems on the Underground poster for "Snow" by Edward Thomas

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

In association with The Compton Poetry Fund, Faber and Faber Publishers Limited, The British Council, Greater London Arts and The British Library (Stefan Zewig Programme)

Typed poem "At Agny" by Sean Street

DP/ETF/7/22
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1987

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Written in Arras

Photocopy of poems "War Poems" by Patricia Ace, "1914" by Kenneth Steven and "Anthem for Doomed Youth: exhibition fragments" by Victoria Buckley-Jennings

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Passage "At the Edward Thomas Fellowship Spring Walk and Dinner" by Christopher North

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Sale brochure for The Red House, Hampshire

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c.1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

By James Harris Chartered Surveyors

The Whittington Press poster printed to mark the visit of the Edward Thomas Fellowship to Whittington on 22 October 1995

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1995

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Features two wood engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn used to illustrate "The Diary of Edward Thomas". Hellmuth Weissenborn fought during World War I in the same sector of trenches as Edward Thomas, but in the German lines

The Edward Thomas Fellowship membership leaflets

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c.1990s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photograph of the Edward Thomas memorial windows at Steep Church by Laurence Whistler

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1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer Graham V Herbert, Weymouth

Includes a description of the windows taped to the reverse

Photographs of Edward Thomas's grave

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September 1988

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographer unknown. Taken at Agny Military Cemetery. Annotated on reverse

CD "Poems by Edward Thomas: Introduced and read by Helen Thomas"

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2000

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Transferred from the original 10 inch LP recording made c.1965

Helen Thomas reads 18 Edward Thomas poems and recounts her life with Edward

CD recording of talk "The Half-Used Life" by Jean Liddiard and Sam Dastor

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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 the life and work of Isaac Rossenberg

Friends of the Dymock Poets Series