Special Collections and Archives

Author unknown, written by a grandchild of Edward Thomas. Describes Yvonne Skargon's commission of six wood engravings to illustrate Edward Thomas's poems

Photocopy of excerpt from "A Relation of Elected Friends"

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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Author unknown. Discusses the relationship between Edward and Helen Thomas with quotations from Robert Frost. Includes a note from Myfanwy Thomas "Can't imagine where this came from or who sent it. Someone who's really 'got it in for Mother'. What a cheap & nasty piece'

Photocopy of chapter "Company" from book "One of These Fine Days" by Myfanwy Thomas

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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Article "Battle lines"

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c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Author and publication unknown. Discusses the inclusion of W H Auden's poem "To ET" in the anthology "Elected Friends"

Photocopy of typescript discussing Edward Thomas's poetry

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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes handwritten note "N H Brettell"

Photocopy of article "Edward Thomas Remembered" by Myfanwy Thomas

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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication unknown. Describes the moment Helen Thomas learnt of Edward Thomas's death and her efforts to publicise his poetry

Photocopy of part of chapter "Edward Thomas"

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(c.1980s) c.1980s

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Author unknown. Published in "Writers of Wales"

Photocopy of article "Our Lady of Pain" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 26 August 1899

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "In Praise of Indolence" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 1 April 1899

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "The Coming of Autumn" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 22 October 1898

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "Echoes of the Sea" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 2 April 1898

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "Solitude" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 19 February 1898

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "Shadows of the Hills"

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(c.1990s) 23 October 1897

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker. Possibly by Edward Thomas

With ink annotations

Typescript of article "The Coming of Autumn" by Edward Thomas

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(c.1940s) 30 October 1896

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in The Speaker 22 October 1898

Includes annotation "Typed sic from TS in possession of R L Watson"

Photocopy of article "Studies Out of Doors: In the Footprints of Richard Jefferies" by Philip Edward Thomas

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(c.1990s) 2 April 1896

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "The New Age"

With ink annotations

Photocopy of article "Birds in March by A Young Naturalist"

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(c.1990s) 1895

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in "Young Days" New Series volume II edited by J J Wright. The "Young Naturalist" was Edward Thomas

With ink annotations

Programme and invitation to the unveiling of the John Drinkwater Memorial Bronze

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23 October 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Held at Leytonstone Branch Library in the presence of Mrs Drinkwater and the Earl of Sandwich. Includes invitation card sent to Wilfrid Gibson, with annotation by him on reverse

Programme for concert in remembrance of John Drinkwater

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30 June 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

For the benefit of Drinkwater's daughter, Penelope Ann. Held at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair

Auction catalogue for the sale of the "John Drinkwater Collection of Literary Manuscripts"

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31 May 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Catalogue for the sale of literary manuscripts, presentation books, modern drawings, pictures and relics belonging to John Drinkwater

Auction catalogue for the sale of the "Drinkwater Collection of Pottery"

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21 May 1937

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Catalogue of the collection of old English stoneware, old English Delft, Martin-ware and continental pottery belonging to John Drinkwater

Memorial service programme in memory of Lascelles Abercrombie by The Gregnog Press

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12 December 1938

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Service held at St Martin in the Fields, London. Includes card invitation. Programme includes poems by Abercrombie

Scrap of paper with signatures of Lascelles Abercrombie, Walter de la Mare and Edward Marsh

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10 January 1931

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Programme for the unveiling of a memorial to the First World War poets at Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey

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11 November 1985

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Promotional pamphlet for lectures by Lesley Frost, daughter of Robert Frost

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c.1964

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Includes a biography of Lesley Frost and subjects covered by her lectures

Newspaper article on the current popularity of poetry, focusing on the huge demand for John Betjeman's Collected Poems and the continued popularity of Rupert Brooke

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c.1960

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Publication and author unknown. Comments on the assignment of copyright of Brooke's poems to de la Mare, Abercrombie and Gibson and the future intentions of the three holders of the Brooke estate Sir John Sheppard, Christopher Hassall and Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Newspaper article "Robert Frost in England: Poets in the West Midlands" by Louis Mertins

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9 August 1950

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published in the Manchester Guardian. Focuses on Frost's time in England and its effect both on his career, and on the lives of Gibson, Brooke, Abercrombie and Thomas. Describes Frost's rise to fame and the importance of John Haines as his "constant champion"

Book jacket for "Coldknuckles" by Wilfrid Gibson

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1947

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Pencil inscription "Michael Gibson, 33, Nella Rd, W6"

Programme for the first production of "Kestrel Edge" by Wilfrid Gibson performed by The Second Company of The Adelphi Players

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1944

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Produced by Lewis Casson

Obituary notice of John Pattison Gibson, Fellow of the Society of Antiquities and Vice-President of the Society of Antiquities of Newcastle upon Tyne

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1912

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Father of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. Gives a full account of his career as a chemist, photographer and archaeologist with a particular interest in Hadrian's Wall

Book "The History of the Holy Graal" volume two by Sebastian Evans

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1898

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

Published by J M Dent and Co. Inscribed "W. W. Gibson from S C Cockerell July 1898"

Newspaper advert for "The Outpost" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

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25 August 1945

Part of Dymock Poets Special Collection

An advert by Oxford University Press for the release of the second impression of "The Outpost", including quotations of reviews by "The Friend", and "John o'London's Weekly"

Press notice for "Battle" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson by Elkin Matthews