File 5 - Correspondence of Gerald Symons re letters of George Herbert Housman

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Correspondence of Gerald Symons re letters of George Herbert Housman

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  • 1999-2002 (Creation)

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22 items: letters and copy letters (all typescript); 1 photograph; 1 draft typescript article.

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Correspondence, 1997-1999, re possible publication of Herbert Housman's letters with: Col. I. H. McCausland of the Royal Green Jackets, 1999, including a photograph of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa; Jim Page, Chairman of the Housman Society; Jessamy Calkin and Tim Rostron of the Telegraph; Margaret Harris of David & Charles Ltd, publishers.

Correspondence, 2002, after the publication of Soldier, I Wish You Well with: Helen Taylor, head of the School of English at Exeter University; Judith Tomline, editor of Devon Life magazine, re possible article by Symons on Herbert Housman, including a first draft; Peter Winter, head of King Edward's School, Bath.

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      Housman, A. E., Housman, G. H., Bourne, Jeremy, & Housman Society. (2001). Soldier, I wish you well : the military poems of A.E. Housman and the letters from Burma of G. H. Housman. Bromsgrove: Housman Society.

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