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A prose piece with the title 'A Castle of Cloud', autograph, 1912, which appeared in a shorter version as 'Cloud Castle' in Edward Thomas's posthumously published collection Cloud Castle and Other Papers' (London, 1922) (ff. 1-6); typescript of the same by Mrs Beryl Thomas (ff. 7-14).
Edward Thomas and Beryl Thomas.
Notebook, 1916, containing autograph drafts and revisions of twenty-seven untitled poems (ff. 7v-41), all published in The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas, ed. by R. George Thomas (Oxford, 1978), where the manuscript is designated M2 (p. xxiii) and assumed to have been 'used as a working notebook in camp - and in the train. Like M1 [NLW MS 22920A], it gives an admirable example of Thomas's working method as a poet and, according to his letters to Frost, it contains many of the poems he adjudged to be his best'. Also included are the final words of the essay, 'The Pilgrim' (f. 1) (see note below), an apparently unpublished prose dialogue between P., T. and Jehovah (ff. 1 verso-7) and trigonometrical sketches (ff. 29 verso-30 verso).
Notebook, 1914-1915, containing autograph drafts and revisions of some twenty-five untitled poems by Edward Thomas (ff. 1v-27), all published in The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas, ed. by R. George Thomas (Oxford, 1978), where the manuscript is designated M1 (p. xxii).
Edward and Helen Thomas manuscripts
Papers, in the main diaries and correspondence, 1895-[?1978], of Edward and Helen Thomas, comprising diaries of Edward Thomas, 1895-1917; correspondence, 1896-1917, of Edward Thomas and his wife Helen; correspondence, 1895-1896, of Edward Thomas and his father-in-law James Ashcroft Noble; autograph drafts of poems, 1914-1917, by Edward Thomas, all of which were published in The Collected Poems of Edward Thomas, ed. by R. George Thomas (Oxford, 1978); the original manuscript of The Heart of England (London, 1906); an autograph prose piece, 1912, entitled 'A Castle of Cloud'; and fragments of Edward Thomas's journals, memoranda, photographs, etc., 1895-1916.
Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917
Edward Thomas correspondence with James Ashcroft Noble
Twenty-nine letters, 1895-1896, to Edward Thomas from James Ashcroft Noble (1844-1896), father of Helen Thomas, and nine letters, 1896, from Thomas to Noble, mainly concerned with Thomas's writing and Noble's deteriorating health. Also included is a copy of a photograph of Noble's study (f. 109).
Noble, James Ashcroft, 1844-1896
Diary of Edward Thomas, 14 June 1904-21 February 1905, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out and payments received for published work, and letters sent and received, with short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1907, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out and of letters received and sent, with short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1910, recording very brief details of work done and of letters sent and received, together with a list of articles sent out (ff. 1 verso-3) and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 13 September 1902-13 June 1904, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out, payments received for published work, and letters sent and received, with short notes of other activities and a few longer passages of personal reflection.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 22 February-31 December 1905, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out, payments received for pubilshed work, and letters received and sent, with short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 12 December 1900-20 October 1901, recording details of books read, letters and articles written, payments for published work, meetings with friends and other personal notes, together with passages of description and personal reflection.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1906, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out and of letters received and sent, with short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1909, recording very brief details of work done and of letters sent and received, together with a list of articles sent out (ff. xv-xvi verso) and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1912, recording very brief details of work done and of letters sent and received, together with a list of articles sent out (ff. xxix-1) and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 21 October 1901-12 September 1902, recording brief details of articles and reviews sent out, payments received for published work, and letters received and sent, with short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1908, recording very brief details of work done and of letters sent and received, together with a list of articles sent out (pp. 382-383) and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1911, recording very brief details of work done and of letters sent and received, together with a list of articles sent out (ff. xxvii-1) and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary of Edward Thomas, 1 January-25 September 1915, with very brief references to work in prose and verse, including a list of verse sent out (ff. 1 verso-2), details of letters sent and received, and a few short notes of other activities.
Diary entries, on loose sheets, for [?22] November [1903] (f. 1), 22-30 November 1905 (f. 2 recto-verso), 24-29 June 1908 (f. 3 recto-verso), and 29 August-16 September [1911] (ff. 4-5 verso), a letter, 1903, to Edward Thomas granting him permission to fish, and a transcript by the poet of the folk-song 'O can ye sew cushions'.
Edward Thomas and others.
Edward Thomas letters to Helen Thomas
Eleven letters, October 1914, from Edward Thomas to his wife, Helen Thomas, in the form of a journal of his bicycle tour in Hampshire, Wiltshire, Glamorgan and Breconshire, together with an account of his visit to Robert Frost at Dymock, Gloucestershire.