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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).

Loose leaves of manuscript and typescript diary entries.

Loose leaves of a manuscript diary extracted from a ring binder (discarded), with the 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, part of 11th Armoured Division, 6 June-17 Sept. 1944, including notes on landing in Normandy (18 June), crossing the Belgian frontier (3 Sept.), and the start of Operation Garden (17 Sept.). Also the loose leaves of a narrative diary, 9 May-11 June, 15-16 Sept., 9 Oct.-20 Nov. 1944, 20 Jan.-10 Feb. 1945, found loose in the same ring binder.

Volume containing a narrative diary, 18 Sept.-20 Nov. 1945. Also contains further loose diary entries, 6 May-15 July 1945, covering the German surrender, probably comprising the pages torn out of the front of the volume.

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, with a gap, 13 April-23 Oct. 1946 inclusive.

Weather and natural history observations in and around the garden at home, in a juvenile hand. July 24 is the "first day home".

Loose pages gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages of typescript and manuscript ("this is really far better than type-clacking") diary entries, many formerly gathered into home-made volumes.

Volume containing one line diary notes similar to monthly memoranda of incidents "to be remembered" (D 1/35), or notes out of appointments diaries. Gaps include March 1959-March 1960 and Jan. 1961-Nov. 1963.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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.