National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

The Hollow wood,

424/2/15/1.
File
1914, Dec. 31 /

First line: Out in the sun the goldfinch flits.Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Old man,

424/2/4/1.
File
1914, Dec. 6 /

First line: Old Man, or Lad's-love,--in the name there's nothing. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Edward Thomas & James Noble: Letters

NLW Facs 927
File
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

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 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

The Ash grove,

424/2/97/1.
File
1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: In an ash-grove among the mountains once, I was glad. Written in London. Manuscript, second draft, in ink, sent to Eleanor Farjeon with a letter dated 8 Feb 1916.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

A Tale [cancelled version],

424/2/52/1.
File
1915, Mar. 28 /

First line: There once the walls. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 7 Feb 1917,

424/1/1/1/1/224.
File
1917, Feb. 7 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked Field Post Office, 8 Feb 1917.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letter sent 27 Jan 1917,

424/1/1/1/1/221.
File
1917, Jan. 27 /

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. In envelope postmarked 27 Jan 1917, Codford, Wiltshire.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The Signpost,

424/2/5/1.
File
1914, Dec. 7 /

First line: The dim sea glints chill. The white sun is shy. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Birds' nests,

424/2/9/1b.
File
1914, Dec. /

First line: The summer nests uncovered by autumn wind. Written in Steep. Typescript. Version B.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

The New year,

424/2/16/1.
File
1914, Jan. 1 /

First line: He was the one man I met up in the woods. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[P. H. T.],

424/2/99/1.
File
1916, Feb. 8 /

First line: I may come near loving you. Manuscript draft in ink.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Blenheim oranges,

424/2/134/1.
File
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