Edward Thomas family papers

Papers, 1913-2011, of Julian Thomas, relating mostly to his brother, the poet Edward Thomas; with other family papers, photographs, ephemera and personalia.
The papers comprise: (i) proofs, drafts and related correspondence of Julian Thomas, 1917-1938; (ii) proofs of Edward Thomas, The Last Sheaf (London, 1928) with corrections [?in the hand of Julian Thomas]; (iii) papers, 1935-1937, relating to the Edward Thomas Memorial Fund; (iv) typescript copies, [1938], of letters (1897-1916) of Edward Thomas to David ('Dad') Uzzell; (v) printed books, periodicals, offprints and cuttings, 1913-2011, mostly relating to Edward Thomas; (vi) family photographs; (vii) five photographs of Reginald Thomas, together with an official message of sympathy on his death from Winston Churchill, Secretary of State for War, [1918], and the 'King's Message' accompanying the Memorial Plaque (see xvi); (viii) some fifteen family postcards, 1929-1992; (ix) passport, 1931-1938, of Edward Eastaway Thomas; (x) miscellaneous photographs and papers of David Christopher T. Thomas, R.N.V.R., 1941-1946; and (xi-xiii) three notebooks of [?D. C. T.] Thomas, [1940s]. Also included are: (xiv) a first edition copy of Edward Thomas, The South Country (London, 1909), inscribed by him on the half-title page 'To Father & Mother 15.XI.09', with a few further annotations in pencil in a different hand; (xv) a Morocco leather case containing a sepia photograph, [1916x1917], of Corporal Edward Thomas in uniform; (xvi) the bronze Next of Kin Memorial Plaque issued to Reginald Thomas' family following his death; and (xvii) a stamp containing the monogram 'MH' or 'HM' in a case decorated with a rose design.

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Gorringes Auction House; Lewes; Purchased at auction (with NLW MS 24064C and NLW MS 24044D, ff. 12-14), lot 30; 2-3 July 2014; 006763531.

Title based on contents.

Items xiv-xvii were re-integrated into the papers in December 2019.

Preferred citation: NLW ex 2879.

October 2014 and December 2019.

Description compiled by Rhys Jones, and revised by Rhys Jones.

Usual copyright laws apply.

Received at NLW in a suitcase inscribed 'R. WALDRAM' and 'Cobb, 42 Highgate Rd., Copnor, Portsmouth', and stamped 'ADMIRALTY INSPECTION No. 6 DALMENY'.

Items removed from these papers consist of proofs for Edward Thomas books (NLW MS 24064C); and letters concerning Edward Thomas's death (NLW MS 24044D, ff. 12-14).

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