Helen Thomas: Essay on her love of nature

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23925E, ff. 44-49.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004453105
  • Dates of Creation
    • [early 1920s]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 6 ff.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Autograph draft by Helen Thomas, [early 1920s], of a possibly unpublished lyrical work about her love of nature in general and of hills and mountains in particular.
References to Kent and the River Darent (ff. 44-45) show that the work was written while Thomas lived at Otford in Kent in the years after her husband's death. There are also references to the Sussex Downs (f. 45 recto-verso) and to her 1919 visit to Scotland (ff. 46-49 verso) and to Glen [?Ample, Perthshire] (f. 49) (see Helen Thomas, Time & Again, ed. by Myfanwy Thomas (Manchester, 1978), pp. 126-127).

Acquisition Information

Roy Davids Ltd; Oxford; Purchase (with f. 43); April 2006; 004453105.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23925E, ff. 44-49.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply. Information regarding ownership of Helen Thomas copyright can be found at http://tyler.hrc.utexas.edu/ (viewed February 2011).

Additional Information

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