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Farjeon, Eleanor, 1881-1965
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Edward Thomas letters to Jesse Berridge

  • NLW MS 23695E
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  • 1901-1985

Seventy-six letters, 1901-1917, from the poet Edward Thomas to his friend, the Rev. Jesse Berridge, containing personal and family news and references to the progress of his work (ff. 1-102; see The Letters of Edward Thomas to Jesse Berridge, ed. by Anthony Berridge (London, 1983); for letter no. 63 in the series see NLW MS 10617B).
Also included are transcripts of two letters from the poet to Mrs Edna Berridge, 1912 (ff. 103-104); one letter, [1940s], to Jesse Berridge from Helen Thomas, the poet's widow (f. 123), and two letters, 1957-1961, and a card, [?1950s], from Eleanor Farjeon (ff. 125, 127-128 verso), together with related papers, notably Berridge's draft of his short memoir of Edward Thomas, 1947 (ff. 106-111; see Letters, pp. 84-90), a typescript address, 1985, by R. George Thomas (ff. 131-134) and press cuttings, 1907-1978 (ff. 135-144), including articles by Helen Thomas, 1962-1963 (ff. 139-142). The collection also contains sketches by Edward Thomas, 1902 (f. 24 recto-verso), and references to W. H. Davies, 1905 (f. 52 recto-verso), Gordon Bottomley, 1907 (ff. 56, 58), Robert Frost, 1957 (f. 127), and to the First World War, 1915-1917 (ff. 92-102), together with a copy of a letter, 1947, to Rowland L. Watson, secretary of the Edward Thomas Memorial Committee (f. 105).

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letters relating to Edward Thomas,

Three letters to [Thomas] Seccombe from Eleanor Farjeon, 18 April 1917 (ff. 62-65), John Freeman, 19 April 1917 (f. 66), and Edward Garnett, 19 April 1917 (ff. 67-68), concerning the death of Edward Thomas at Arras on 9 April 1917 and Seccombe's letter of tribute published in the Times Literary Supplement, 19 April 1917, p. 189.
Also included is a letter, 1 April 1970, from Myfanwy Thomas, daughter of Edward and Helen Thomas, to a Mr Reynold, discussing collecting her father's books and the Edward and Helen Thomas Window Fund (f. 69); and a typescript copy, [20 cent, third ΒΌ], of a letter, dated 3 August 1908, from Edward Thomas to his literary agent C. F. Cazenove (the original letter was lot 402 in the Dominic Winter auction, 13 December 2012) (f. 70).

Seccombe, Thomas, 1866-1923