Item 1 - Photocopies of letters, Dec. 1891-Dec. 1892, from George Herbert Housman to his family

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS a/697/6/1

Title

Photocopies of letters, Dec. 1891-Dec. 1892, from George Herbert Housman to his family

Date(s)

  • 20th cent. (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

111 single sheets.

Context area

Name of creator

Content and structure area

Scope and content

These copies came to Gerald Symons on the death of his uncle Noel V. H. Symons; the location of the originals is not known. Letters written to Herbert Housman's step-mother Lucy, and sister Kate. Numbered 7-31 (including both 14 and 14a, 16 missing);read more

Allied materials area

Publication note

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.

Access points