National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

Letter sent 14 Jan 1917,

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1917, Jan. 14 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent, dated 'Sunday'. Formerly in envelope dated 14 Jan 1917, Lydd.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Last poem,

424/2/144/1.
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1917, Jan. 13 /

First line: The sorrow of true love is a great sorrow. Written at Lydd. Manuscript copy in ink in Helen Thomas' hand.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Sheiling,

424/2/141/1.
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1916, Nov. 23 /

First line: It stands alone. Written 'travelling back from Gordon Bottomley's (Silverdale)'. Manuscript draft in pencil.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

424/2/134/2.
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1916, Sep. 3 /

First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Household poems: [1 Bronwen],

424/2/106/1.
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1916, Mar. 29-Apr. 6 /

First line: If I should ever by chance grow rich. Written 'at Little Warley and Hare Hall'. Manuscript draft in pencil.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

February afternoon [sonnet 2],

424/2/86/1.
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1916, Feb. 7-8 /

First line: Men heard this roar of parleying starlings, saw. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Tonight,

424/2/68/1.
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1915, Apr. 30 /

First line: Harry, you know at night. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 25 Jan 1917,

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1917, Jan. 25 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. Formerly in envelope postmarked 25 Jan 1917, Codford, Wiltshire.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Lofty sky,

424/2/24/1.
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1915, Jan. 10 /

First line: Today I want the sky. Written in Steep. Typescript. Lacks beginning, lines 25-34 only.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 7 Apr 1917,

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1917, Apr. 7 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, sent from Field Post Office - envelope only, postmarked 7 Apr 1917.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

November sky,

424/2/2/1.
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1914, Dec. 4 /

First line: November's days are thirty. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward and Helen Thomas manuscripts

GB 0210 MSEDWMAS
Fonds
1895-[?1978]

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

Jack Haines (Edward Thomas) manuscripts

GB 0210 MSHAINESED
Fonds
[1903]-[1922]

Papers, [1903]-[1922], of Jack Haines relating to his friend, the writer and poet Edward Thomas, comprising manuscript and typescript poems and drafts of poems, 1914-[1916]; a book review, [1903]; and letters from Edward Thomas, 1915, and Helen Thomas, [1922].

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas & James Noble: Letters

NLW Facs 927
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1895-1896

Photocopies of NLW MS 22919B comprising twenty-nine letters, 1895-6, to Edward Thomas from James Ashcroft Noble (1844-96), father of Helen Thomas, and nine letters, 1896, from Thomas to Noble, mainly concerned with Thomas's writing and Noble's deteriorating health, and a copy of a photograph of Noble's study.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 6-7 Dec 1916,

424/1/1/1/1/209.
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1916, Dec. 6-7 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Lydd/Loughton, Kent, 6/7 Dec 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 16 Nov 1916,

424/1/1/1/1/207.
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1916, Nov. 16 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Wanstrow, Somerset, 16 Nov 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 6 Feb 1916,

424/1/1/1/1/226.
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1916, Feb. 6 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed 13 Rusham Road, Balham. Includes a version of the poem 'Ash Grove'.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

424/2/134/1.
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1916, Sep. 3 /

First line: Gone, gone again. Written at Royal Artillery School, Handel Street, London W.C. Manuscript draft in ink. This item is the same version as that once owned by Edward Thomas' mother, Mary Elizabeth Thomas, but a manuscript rather than typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917