- D 1/25.
- Ffeil = File
- 1941, May 18-July 31.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose pages of typescript diary entries gathered into a home-made volume. Much of this appears to be carbon copies of material in D 18.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose pages of typescript diary entries gathered into a home-made volume. Much of this appears to be carbon copies of material in D 18.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose leaves of an occasional manuscript diary, including Unni Nayer, Ian Morrison, Christopher Buckley and a South Korean colonel killed by a land mine in Korea, 13 Aug. 1950. Also several letters received, programmes and other papers, including a copy of the 'North Atlantic Treaty proposed for signature during first week in April, 1949'. The daily diary ends on 24 April 1951, besides a four-page out-burst, 18 Sept. 1951, and a two-page diary on 4 Jan. 1958. The diary is continued as monthly memoranda of incidents "to be remembered" for most months, April 1951-July 1955 (gaps include Oct. 1952-April 1953 inclusive), and a similar memorandum for the year 1968 (8 pp.).
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose leaves enclosing letters received, carbon copies of letters sent, newspaper cuttings and ephemera, extracted from a folder (discarded). Woolley was based in Washington DC, but due to return to Britain on the 'Britannic' (May/June).
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Bundle of appointments diaries for 1991-2000.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Volume marked 'L.V.T. 1936' [=Long Vacation Term], containing dated transcripts of poems.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Volume marked 'Mich. Term 1936', containing dated transcripts of poems.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Volume marked 'Jan. Term 1937', containing dated transcripts of poems.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Volume marked 'May Term 1937 & Mich. 1937', containing dated transcripts of poems.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Typescript (top copy) of 'Strange brooch : a novel' by Geoffrey Woolley. Dedicated 'to my parents, Eustace Hope, and the late Edward Thomas'. Edward Thomas died in April 1917; Woolley's father appears to have died in late 1969/early 1970.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Typescript (carbon copy) of an extended version of 'Strange brooch : a novel'. Signed and dated by Geoffrey Woolley, 1 March 1939.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Including copies of 'On target : an unofficial magazine produced by members of 303 Battery 99th (London Welsh) H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery', vol. 1, no's 1-2, All Fool's Day-May 1940 (Woolley perhaps contributing as 'G.D.'); three loose pages from a subsequent number or similar publication, with a story by Woolley (in English), 'Er cof anwyl am Gymry Llundain'; 'Popular guide to the German army, no. 1, the armoured division (War Office, Feb. 1941); programmes for National Gallery lunch-time concerts and Royal Albert Hall promenade concerts, Aug. 1941; menu card for the 75th Anti-Tank Reg't, RA, first anniversary dinner, Thirsk, with nine signatures, Nov. 1941; concert programme of the orchestra of the 29th Armoured Brigade, Whitby warship week, Feb. [1942?]; 'Album-souvenir du débarquement, 1re partie', containing official D-day and liberation pictures, 1944; Second Army order of thanksgiving service on conclusion of the campaign in north west Europe, May 1945; Christmas card of the 75th A/TK Reg't, RA, with a map of their advance from Roermond in the Netherlands, Christmas 1944, to Eckernforde, Schleswig-Holstein, May 1945.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Original bundle of letters from Edward Thomas to W. H. Hudson, 1 December 1906-25 December 1915; letter to C. F. Cazenove, 8 May 1913; letter to James Guthrie, 21 January 1917; a letter from W. H. Hudson to an unnamed recipient, 5 October 1892; and proofs of Poems by Edward Eastaway [Edward Thomas's pseudonym] (London: Selwyn & Blount, 1917) (pp. 1-16 only); and the dealer's original envelope and description, 1942. Also a letter from Joan Stevens, indexing Garnett (ed.), Hudson's Letters, exploring the possibility of publishing something in connection with Edward Thomas's centenary, 1973.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose pages from 'The bookman', comprising copies of Edward Thomas's poetry columns and book reviews, and articles about Edward Thomas, 1909-1930. Also a printed copy of 'Sowing ; song by Edward Thomas, music by Ivor Gurney', 1925.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Original bundle of letters from James Guthrie of Flansham, co. Sussex, poet and publisher, to Geoffrey Woolley, 24 Aug. 1939-10 Dec. 1950, including discussing Guthrie's 'To the memory of Edward Thomas' (Flansham: The Pear Tree Press, 1937) (11 Jan. 1940); Woolley's purchase of Edward Thomas letters (see L 13, 9 July 1942), which had previously been in Guthrie's possession, 'but a friend wanted them and I let them go' (3 Aug. 1942); and 'Yes, that was a terrible loss, of Alun Lewis. What can one say?' (18 April 1944).
Also a copy of James Guthrie (ed.), 'The book craftsman: a technical journal for printers & collectors of fine editions', no. 1 (The Pear Tree Press, Oct. 1934); offprints and announcements of publications from The Pear Tree Press, incl. 1937-1938; no's 5, 8, 11, and series 3, no. 2 of 'The grasshopper broadsheets', containing poems by James and Stuart Guthrie, May 1942-Feb. 1944; and a programme for 'A pine in solitude: a portrait in words of Edward Thomas, 1878-1917' at the Purcell Room, London, Thurs. 25 Feb. [year not given; 1988?].
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Original bundle of letters from Raymond 'Nik' Alderson to Geoffrey Woolley, 19 Jan. 1939-3 May 1941. Many of the letters are undated, or with the date Woolley noted on them. Raymond Alderson was a lieutenant in the Friends' Ambulance Unit, attached to the 1st Div. Free French Forces, when he was killed at Tobruk, Libya, 14 Feb. 1942, having served in Syrian and the Western Desert. The letters include an appreciation by Ian Scott-Kilvert, copies of letters of condolence to his parents, and letters from 'Sandy' to Woolley, usually on Friends' Ambulance Unit paper and usually only dated with month and date, but including 18 Dec. 1941-17 Aug. 1947.
Booksellers' letters and invoices
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Original bundle of letters and invoices from booksellers, including John & Edward Bumpus, Robert Chris, Foyle's Welsh Company Ltd and the Times Book Club, all of London, and James G. Commin of Exeter, Frank Drayton of Bournemouth, and Elkin Mathews of Bishop Stortford. The Robert Chris letters mix personal news and business.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Original bundle of letters and cards from Myfanwy Thomas, usually from Eastbury, co. Berks., to Geoffrey Woolley, 29 Nov. 1968-12 Dec. 1995, including asking about the W. H. Hudson letters (C 1, above) (4 Oct. 1981), of which Myfanwy later typed copies (22 March 1983); also news of Cherry Watson (d. 27 Jan. 1986), widow of Rowland L. Watson ('Watty', d. 15 Nov. 1968). Includes at least two letters from Watty (12 and 19 April 1967), one card from Cherry Watson (20 June 1981), and papers of the Edward and Helen Thomas Memorial Fund and the Edward Thomas Centenary Memorial Fund.
Letters from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Letters from Dakyn's House, Clifton School, to his parents during term time (gap 20 March-23 Sept. inclusive). Also three letters to his brother Keith, 18 Jan., 11 June, 4 Dec.
Rhan oGeoffrey Woolley Papers
Loose letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, mainly Jan. 1938-July 1940 (gap Aug. 1940-April 1943 inclusive).