Identity area
Reference code
DP/VD/33
Title
Letter from Edward Thomas to Eleanor Farjeon
Date(s)
- 21 October 1914, 1948 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1 document, 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(1990 - 2001)
Name of creator
(2001 - present)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Keith Smart Books on 1 July 2003
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letter contained in book "The Prose of Edward Thomas" selected by Roland Gant. Volume inscribed "To dearest Joan from Nellie Christmas 1954" [Eleanor Farjeon's handwriting]
Letter published in "The Last Four Years" by Eleanor Farjeon, page 101. Responds to news that Eleanor's brother Herbert [Bertie] is to be married to Joan Thornycroft daughter of Sir Hamo Thornycroft RA, sculptor. Joan was also, via her aunt Theresa Sassoon née Thornycroft, first cousin to Siegfried Sassoon