National Library of Wales Archives and Manuscripts

R. George Thomas (Edward Thomas) Research Papers

GB 0210 RGTHOS
Fonds
1897-1967

Research papers of Professor R. George Thomas, mostly comprising typescript transcripts and photocopies of letters (the originals of which are held in English, American and Canadian repositories, and in private hands) from the poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917). The letters were assembled by R. George Thomas in preparation for his edition of Edward Thomas: Selected Letters (Oxford University Press, 1995), and are duplicates of copies deposited in the Edward Thomas Archive at Cardiff University.

Thomas, R. George.

[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

[P. H. T.],

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

First line: I may come near loving you. 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

October,

424/2/89/1.
File
1915, Oct. 15-16 /

First line: The green elm with the one great bough of gold. Written in High Beech, Essex. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

November sky,

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

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

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Melancholy,

424/2/67/1.
File
1915, Apr. 25 /

First line: The rain and wind, the rain and wind raved endlessly. Written in Steep. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

March,

424/2/3/1.
File
1914, Dec. 5 /

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

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

March the 3rd,

424/2/47/1.
File
1915, Mar. 23 /

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).

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

[M. E. T.],

424/2/101/1.
File
1916, Feb. 11 /

First line: No one so much as you. Written ' going home on sick leave'. Typescript.

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Lights out,

424/2/139/1.
File
1916, Nov. /

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

Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917

Letters of Anglo-Welsh writers

NLW MS 22003E.
File
1901-1991

Over a hundred letters, 1901-1991, of miscellaneous provenance from twentieth-century Anglo-Welsh writers to various recipients; the correspondents include Gillian Clarke (10, and three poems) 1986-1988, Rhys Davies (10) 1928-1929, 1975-1978, W. H. Davies (13, together with press cuttings, 1905-1950s, and four printed poems) [1909x1913]-1925, David Jones (8) 1960-1973, John Cowper Powys (7) 1927-1953, Dylan Thomas (10) 1938-1952, Edward Thomas (7) 1901-1912, Gwyn Thomas (2) 1952-1953, R. S. Thomas (6) 1956-1960 and Vernon Watkins (5) 1962-1966.

Clarke, Gillian, 1937-