Special Collections and Archives

Newspaper article "Three days of tributes to Edward Thomas... a Post picture report"

DP/ET/2/2/4
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9 March 1978

Published in the East Hampshire Post, author unknown. Includes the itinerary and photographs from the 1978 birthday walk

Typescript of Edward Eastaway Thomas's speech on Edward Thomas given at St Paul's School

DP/ET/3/8
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27 November 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

With ink and pencil annotations

Programme for "University of Sussex Centre for Continuing Education: A Residential Weekend School: The Poetry of Edward Thomas, 1878-1917"

DP/ET/3/10
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2-3 December 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Subtitle "A Weekend Course to celebrate the Centenary of his birth to be held at Stafford House, Hassocks, Sussex". Annotated by Edward Eastaway Thomas

Handwritten letter from J W Hele to Edward Eastaway Thomas thanking him for the visit to St Paul's School

DP/ET/4/2/5
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27 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding a further visit by Edward and his wife to St Paul's School to see an Edward Thomas exhibition

DP/ET/4/6/5
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10 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Sixth Edward Thomas Birthday Walk itinerary

DP/ETF/2/1/6
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5 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Centenary year

Letters from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

DP/ETF/3/11
File
1978 - 1983

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes correspondence on the 70th anniversary of Edward Thomas's death

Programme for "Walking with Edward: A Centenary Tribute in Words and Pictures"

DP/ETF/4/7
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5 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at Steep Village Hall. Compiled and presented by Michael Bakewell with Hugh Dickson and Valerie Sarruf

Programme for the performance of "Edward Thomas 1878 - 1917: a reading from his poetry and prose to commemorate the centenary of his birth"

DP/ETF/4/11
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2 April 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed at Kenwood, the Iveagh Bequest. Chosen and arranged by John Carroll with Richard Pasco and Barbara Leigh Hunt. Includes programme "Sundays in the Orangery"

Flyer and list of exhibits for the Edward Thomas Centenary Flower Festival

DP/ETF/4/15
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23-25 June 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at All Saints' Church, Steep

Programme for performance of "A Pine in Solitude: A Portrait of Edward Thomas (1878-1917)" at the 25th Stratford upon Avon Poetry Festival

DP/ETF/4/17
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3 September 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Performed by Anne Harvey, Jane Lapotaire, Julian Glover and Benjamin Whitrow

Includes general programme for the 25th Stratford upon Avon Poetry Festival

Programme and information for the Edward Thomas Centenary bike ride

DP/ETF/4/19
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15 October 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Arranged by Anne Mallinson of The Selborne Bookshop and the Southern Veteran Cycle Club

Photographs of the laying of a wreath on the grave of Edward Thomas to mark the centenary of his birth

DP/ETF/9/1
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3 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Taken at Agny Military Cemetery, photographer unknown

Includes letter from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to Alan Martin accompanying the photographs, 12 June 1978

Photograph album of sites associated with Edward Thomas, compiled by Anthony Berridge

DP/VD/40
Subseries
c.1978-1983, 2000, 2003

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Photographs taken by Anthony Berridge between 1979-1983 of sites related to Edward Thomas. Identical album held in the Edward Thomas Collection at Cardiff University.
Includes loose photographs [some copyrighted images of Edward Thomas], list of photographs in album, "The Wandsworth Historian" with article on Edward Thomas December 1978 and "Common News: A Newspaper sponsored by Churches in South Battersea" February 1979

Also includes letter from Anthony Berridge to Myfanwy Thomas, 14 April 2000, and explanatory note from Richard Emeny of The Edward Thomas Fellowship, July 2003

Article "A Window for Edward Thomas"

DP/ETF/1/5/9
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/12
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/13
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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"

DP/ETF/1/5/16
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/21
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/22
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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"

DP/ETF/1/5/23
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/24
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February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Hampshire: the county magazine"

Poetry Wales volume 13 number 4

DP/ETF/1/5/25
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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

DP/ETF/1/5/27
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2 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the East Hampshire Post

Article "Just out of focus" by Geoffrey Grigson

DP/ETF/1/5/34
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9 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Guardian. Review of "Edward Thomas: a poet for his country" by Jan Marsh

Article "Edward Thomas at 100" by Roland Gant

DP/ETF/1/5/39
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16 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Daily Telegraph. Review of "Edward Thomas: a Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh. Durrant's media clipping

Article "Bogged down" by Hilary Spurling

DP/ETF/1/5/40
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16 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Observer. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh. With ink annotation

Article "Natural Man" by Rachel Billington

DP/ETF/1/5/41
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17 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Financial Times. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh. Charles Barker press cuttings service clipping

Article "Two poets of the pity of war" by Robert Nye

DP/ETF/1/5/42
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18 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Weekend Scotsman. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh. Durrant's media clipping

Article "Poet and prose-poet of the English country" by Keith Brace

DP/ETF/1/5/47
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12 April 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Birmingham Post. Review of "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" by Jan Marsh. Durrant's media clipping

Newspaper article "My Book of the Year" including "Edward Thomas: A Poet for his Country" reviewed by Rachel Billington

DP/MT/1/9/31
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30 December 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Financial Times

Photocopy of article "Dymock: A Village of Poets" by Geoffrey N Wright

DP/BD/1/8
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(c.1990) Summer 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

From "This England"

Extract "Edward Thomas" taken from "The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas" edited by R G Thomas

DP/ET/1/16
Item
Spring 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Oxford University Press publication "The Periodical"

Article "The Centenary of Edward Thomas" by John Arlott

DP/ET/1/18
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February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in Hampshire County Magazine

Article "Edward Thomas, March 1878 - April 1917"

DP/ET/1/20
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March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in British Book News, author unknown. Refers to the Whittington Press publication "The Diary of Edward Thomas" published in 1977

Newspaper article on the Edward Thomas centenary

DP/ET/1/23
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9 March 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Herald", a South-West London newspaper. Includes photograph of visit by Myfanwy Thomas and Edward Eastaway Thomas to St Paul's School

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding visit by him and Myfanwy to St Paul's School

DP/ET/4/6/1
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2 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Details Edward Thomas's relationship with the school. Includes photocopies of his school reports for History in July 1894 and Classics in December 1894, photocopies of articles from "The Pauline" by and attributed to Edward Thomas and his obituary, and an edition of "The Pauline" from May 1978 detailing The Edward Thomas Centenary

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding Edward Thomas at St Paul's School and forthcoming Edward Thomas Centenary Walk

DP/ET/4/6/2
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9 February 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

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

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Bryan Robson to Edward Eastaway Thomas accompanying copy of "The Pauline" with review of Edward and Myfanwy's visit

DP/ET/4/6/6
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17 May 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letter from Myfanwy Thomas to Edward Eastaway Thomas regarding apprehension at speaking at visit to St Paul's School

DP/ET/4/7/1
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3 January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Steve Race

DP/MT/3/133
File
14 January 1978

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Letters and postcards from Edward Eastaway Thomas

DP/VD/31/2
File
16 March 1978 - 24 February 1996

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

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

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