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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.

Loose letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, mainly Jan. 1938-July 1940 (gap Aug. 1940-April 1943 inclusive).

Original bundle of mainly carbon copies of letters from Geoffrey Woolley to family, friends and booksellers , mainly 1941-1942, 1947-1950. Also an account of his correspondence, Aug. 1942-April 1943.

Letters, numbered 168-174, from Captain Geoffrey Woolley RA, from Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces, based somewhere near York.

Original file of letters, numbered 1-136, from 151385 Lieut, later Captain, Geoffrey Woolley, RA, 118 Battery, 75th Anti-Tank Reg. (June 1944-May 1945), later 151385 Captain Geoffrey Woolley, RA, Q Branch, HQ 8 Corps, BLA (May-Oct. 1945; gap 27 Aug.-26 Oct. inclusive), mainly from France, Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. Includes descriptions of the welcome in liberated areas of France and 'A-' [Antwerp?] (July-Sept. 1944); mention of Maurice Turnbull's death (22 Aug.); in the Netherlands, including billets in Dutch farmhouses and houses (Sept. 1944-Jan. 1945), and "an excellent house ... The owner, who is now in prison, was chief local collaborator with the Germans" (2 Feb.); implied invasion of Germany, "no nice baths or friendly people at the moment" (25 Feb.), "all the civilians I have seen are certainly better nourished than people we've seen in several other countries" (27 Feb.); meeting the Friends' Ambulance Unit (6 March); Rhine crossing (7 April); "Yesterday my battery found close on 600 British prisoners in a small village, & gathered them in ... the Arnheim boys full of life, but some of the 1940 prisoners almost skeletons. All said the Red Cross parcels kept them alive" (19 April); Hitler's death, "Yes, Donitz is a surprise successor - probably chosen to raise morale in Hamburg, Keil, Lubech etc" (2 May); VE Day (8 May); transfer to staff job as PA to the Administrative & Quartering Brigadier in the Schleswig-Holstein District (17 May); and "Well, another war over, - in fact, no wars at all at the moment" (16 Aug.). Also several field service post cards; copies of printed messages from Dwight Eisenhower, SHAEF, and Montgomery, commander-in-chief of 21 Army Group, and a five-franc "occupation franc" note, sent home 23 June 1944.

Letters, numbered 192-193, 193a, 196a, 204, 213-229, 231-232, plus two unnumbered letters and five unnumbered postcards, from Geoffrey Woolley, usually from Washington DC on Times correspondent paper, but including a holiday to Paget, Bermuda (letters no's 214-217 and two postcards, May-June).

Four letters from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from the British Press Club, Berlin.

Letters from his father, usually from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, and usually with postscripts from his mother. Includes descriptions of VE and VJ celebrations in Tredegar, also the 1945 general election, including the death of Leslie Ruthven Pym, MP for Monmouth. Also a loose letter dated 11 March 1951 (no. 159), and an undated picture of W. D. Woolley, 'president of the society', torn out of a Tredegar publication. Gap Sept. 1945-Feb. 1951 inclusive.

Journal for the year 31 Dec. 1931-1 Jan. 1933, at home and at Clifton School.

Journal for the months Jan.-July 1933, at home and at Clifton School, with only occasional entries Aug.-Dec. Includes a list of books read during the year (66).

Volume containing diary entries, copies of letters, extracts, 1938 Christmas card list, and a list books (35) and plays (3) read.

Loose pages gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages of typescript diary, letters received and carbon copies of letters sent, gathered into a home-made volume.

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.

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.).

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).

Bundle of appointments diaries for 1991-2000.

Volume marked 'L.V.T. 1936' [=Long Vacation Term], containing dated transcripts of poems.

Volume marked 'Mich. Term 1936', containing dated transcripts of poems.

Volume marked 'Jan. Term 1937', containing dated transcripts of poems.