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Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, sent from France.

Letter from Sir L. A. Selby-Bigge of the Board of Education to Principal E. H. Griffiths, regarding the recruitment of women students to assist with the summer flax harvest. Encloses appeal leaflet from the Women's National Land Service Corps.

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas. Formerly in envelope postmarked Lydd, Kent, 6 Dec 1916.

Letter from Principal E. H. Griffiths to Sir L. A. Selby-Bigge of the Board of Education, enclosing applications for exemption from call up in respect of Mr R. H. Greaves, Assistant Lecturer and Demonstrator in Metallurgy, and Mr D. W. Stewart, Teacher of Agricultural Chemistry and Dairy Bacteriology. These application forms are not present in the archive. Asks for confirmation that the same process will not need to be followed for Engineering staff, given that the Department of Engineering's workshops are entirely given over to the manufacture of shell gauges.

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

Letter from George R. Thompson, The Laboratory, 69 Dock Street, Newport, to Mr R. H. Greaves, in support of Greaves' application for exemption from call up. Confirms that 'your special knowledge and skill is of the greatest value', and hopes a case for exemption will be successful. A note indicates that a copy of the letter was sent to the Royal Society and to Sir L. A. Selby-Bigge).

Letter from Principal E. H. Griffiths to Alfred T. Davies, Board of Education. Mentions that he has been involved in a previous scheme to raise funds for books for British prisoners of war, but that this was unsuccessful.

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

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

Letter from Principal E. H. Griffiths to the Board of Education Secretary confirming numbers of women students and staff volunteering, noting that some are awaiting parental permission, and others have not clarified the length of time for which they will volunteer.

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

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Codford, Wiltshire, dated 'Sunday evening'.

Covering letter from Principal E. H. Griffiths to Sir L. A. Selby-Bigge of the Board of Education, enclosing letters from A. K. Keen and George R. Thompson, requesting that they be considered in respect of the application for exemption from call up made by Mr. R. H. Greaves.

Letter from Sir L. A. Selby-Bigge of the Board of Education to Principal E. H. Griffiths, referring to Griffiths' enquiry in his letter of 6 Jan 1916, relating to Engineering staff call up. Confirmed that if staff had already received badges from the Ministry of Munitions, application for exemption was not necessary.

Letter from Edward Thomas to Helen Thomas, addressed Lydd, Kent, dated 'Friday'.

First line: Here again (she said) is March the third. Written in Steep. Typescript. Manuscript alterations in Eleanor Farjeon's hand, lines 6-8 the most heavily corrected, also 9, 13 and 20, which probably reflect the editing mentioned in Thomas' letters to her, printed in E. Farjeon, Edward Thomas: The Last Four Years (1958), p. 132. (1) 'Perhaps I shall be able to mend March the 3rd. I know it must be either mended or ended'. (28 Apr 1915); (2) 'I have mended March 3rd too, you see'. (29 Apr 1915).

First line: I have come to the borders of sleep. Written in Trowbridge. Manuscript first draft in ink.

List headed 'Engineering books for which prisoners are now waiting'.

First line: Now I know that Spring will come again. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Piano-vocal score with lyrics. Bound in "Manuscript Music Book", "Lullaby - Pyrenean" written on cover.