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Original bundle of letters from James Ashcroft Noble, usually of The Grove, Wandsworth, to Coulson Kernahan of Southend on Sea, 30 Jan. 1893-25 Dec. 1895. Also signed copies of poems: 'A lover in June', March 1894, 'To a sonneteer', May 1894. James Ashcroft Noble was the father of Helen Thomas, Edward Thomas's wife.

Letters and cards from Geoffrey Woolley to his parents, from a [school?] trip to France and Germany, April 1934, with letters from Lille, visiting Vimy Ridge and Arras, then Freiburg, Titisee, Feldberg and Konstanz. Also a card from Suffolk (7 Aug.), and letters from a skiing trip to Ober-gurgl in the Austrian Tirol, 24 Dec. 1934-6 Jan. 1935. A page of an account of the journey from Lille to Freiburg, the remains of a letter or a diary, has been added.

Original bundle of letters and cards from Helen Thurber, usually from West Cornwall, Connecticut, USA, to Geoffrey Woolley, 15 Dec. 1962-25 Feb. 1982. Also a newspaper interview with James Thurber, 2 Feb. 1961.

Printed book : Richard Herbert Randolph SJ, 'Excuse my dust : a little life relived' (Oxford : no. 40 of a numbered edition privately printed by Hall the Printer Ltd for the author, Sept. 1999 ; card covers, 284 pp., [8] pp. b/w photos). The author's autobiography. Enclosed are three letters and two cards from 'Dick', 1999-2000.

Copy will of Elizabeth Morgan of Pentrebach, [p. Llantarnam, co. Mon.?], 1592, extracted from the PCC, [mid 19 cent.]; 'A monody on the late patriot the Rev'd Joseph Hughes (Carn Ingli), translated from the original Welsh, by Mr R. A. Rees, and for which the prize was awarded at the Llandudno eisteddfod, 1864; translated by Pem', (1875 watermark); and 'Lines proposed to be sung at the Working Men's banquet to Lord Bute', [by Leon?], 1868.

Invitations, concert programmes and other ephemera, mainly Washington, 1951-1952. Orders of remembrance services for Keith Downing Woolley (1912-1983) and Pamela Phyllis Watson (1923-1999). Also a list of names entitled 'Travellers, Oct 11/2000', with some names ticked and others crossed out; probably a Christmas card list.

Original bundle of letters from Eleanor Farjeon, usually from Perrins Walk, London NW3, to Geoffrey Woolley, 17 Feb. 1942-30 Jan. 1961; and carbon copies of two of Woolley's replies, 1942 and 1952. Also ephemera, including 'Queen Elizabeth at Kenilworth Castle' by Eleanor Farjeon / 'How I look at modern painting' by Anthony Blunt (The Listener, 14 July 1938, pp. 73-74), and a prospectus for 'A Sussex alphabet' (Pear Tree Press, pre 1965).

Typescript of a play in two acts entitled 'Elanda and Eclipse (To Geoffrey)'.

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.

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.

Notes towards Geoffrey Woolley's bibliography of Edward Thomas, including extracts from works (1920-1938) referring to Edward Thomas.

Cast list and synopses of chapters I-XV of 'Ecladon', with autobiographical touches. From the other end of the volume, drafts of poems, [Christmas card?] lists, notes for his diary, curriculum vitae etc.

Original bundle of letters from Richard Herbert ('Dick') Randolph to Geoffrey Woolley, mainly 1934-1951, plus single letters in 1996 and 2005. In Sept. 1939 Randolph was with the 44th (HC) Div. RASC (TA), based near Wallingham, co. Surrey; in July 1940 with the 20th Armoured Brigade Co. RASC at Porthmadog, co. Caern; and in Sept. 1942, as Capt R.H. Randolph RASC, at HQ 151 Infantry Brigade MEF.

Loose pages, formerly gathered into a home-made volume. Includes letters from Robert Eckert of Freeport, IL, USA, discussing his 'Edward Thomas: a biography and a bibliography' (1937); and training programmes for A, B and C Batteries, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, for the week commencing 10 March 1941.

Loose leaves of manuscript diary entries and letters received, extracted from a ring binder (discarded).

Binder containing a loose-leaf manuscript diary.

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, with gaps, including 27 April-20 June, 22 June-3 Aug. and 12 Nov.-30 Dec. inclusive. Includes a draft of a poem, 'The dead to the living'.

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, enclosing letters received, carbon copies of letters sent, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and Christmas card lists, extracted from a folder (discarded). Woolley was based at The Anchorage, [Dupont?], Washington DC, but the letters include descriptions of a tour of the USA via Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans (Nov.).

Loose leaves of a diary, enclosing letters received and carbon copies of letters sent, extracted from a folder (discarded).