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R. George Thomas (Edward Thomas) Research Papers
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Transcripts and photocopies of Edward Thomas letters

Typescript transcripts and photocopies of letters, 1913-1917, from Edward Thomas to the American poet Robert Frost; typescript transcripts of letters, 1914-1916, from Edward Thomas (including one from Helen Thomas) to John Haines, a Gloucester solicitor; to John Freeman, poet, critic and novelist, 1909-1917; Jesse Berridge, poet, 1901-1916; Holbrook Jackson, 1912 and 1914; and Clifford Bax, poet and dramatist, 1911-1912; together with photocopies of letters, 1904-1914, to the Welsh poet and theologian John Jenkins ('Gwili').

Transcripts and photocopies of letters

Includes typescript transcripts of letters, 1897-1916, from Edward Thomas to (Sir) Ian MacAlister; his aunt Margaret Townsend, 1914; David Uzzell, 1898-1915; the poet and editor Harold Monro, 1909-1914; the poet Walter de la Mare, 1911-1915; the critic, editor and dramatist, Edward Garnett, 1909-1917; and his literary agent, C. F. Cazenove, 1907-1912; together with photocopies of letters, 1899-1900, from Edward Thomas's father, Philip Henry Thomas, to his son; typescript transcripts of letters, 1917, from Helen Thomas to the American poet, Robert Frost, and to (Sir) Ian MacAlister, 1903-1917; transcripts and photocopies of poems by Edward Thomas; a script, 1967, prepared by R. George Thomas on Edward Thomas; and photocopies of parts of a diary, 1915-1918, kept by Julian Thomas, brother of Edward Thomas.

Edward Thomas miscellanea

A typescript copy of 'Memories of Edward Thomas', collected by Rowland Watson and given to R. George Thomas in 1962; photocopies of chapter V of The Gambardier. Giving some account of the heavy and siege artillery in France 1914-1918, by 'Mark Severn' [Major Franklin Lushington, Edward Thomas's Commanding Officer]; photocopies of pages from Edward Thomas's notebook used for his work Beautiful Wales; and transcripts of letters, 1906-1917, from Edward Thomas to the poet Walter de la Mare.

R. George Thomas (Edward Thomas) Research Papers

  • GB 0210 RGTHOS
  • Fonds
  • 1897-1967

Research papers of Professor R. George Thomas, mostly comprising typescript transcripts and photocopies of letters (the originals of which are held in English, American and Canadian repositories, and in private hands) from the poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917). The letters were assembled by R. George Thomas in preparation for his edition of Edward Thomas: Selected Letters (Oxford University Press, 1995), and are duplicates of copies deposited in the Edward Thomas Archive at Cardiff University.

Thomas, R. George.