Manuscripts
Letter and poem by Dunstan Thompson
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Notebook kept by Dunstan Thompson
Manuscripts
The notebook contains Dunstan Thompson's research notes, drafts of his poems, and a draft letter to Harry Brown; the notebook also contains autograph notes by Philip Trower.
mssHM 80249
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Dunstan Thompson papers, (bulk 1918-2008)
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The collection consists of manuscripts by Dunstan Thompson, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from Thompson), photographs, drawings and ephemera. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Harry Brown, Cyril Connolly, Paul Dehn, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Philip Trower, Howard R. Turner, and Oscar Williams. Business correspondents include: William Abrahams, Margot Johnson, John Lehmann, Simon and Schuster and William Morris Agency.
mssThompson
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Conversations with Dunstan
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A compilation of conversations between Dunstan Thompson and his partner, Philip Trower. These are extracts from Trower's diary between 1969 and 1973; the conversations took place at The Lodge, Cley (in Norfolk), and on their daily drives. Also enclosed: autograph note by Trower and an earlier version of "Conversations."
mssHM 81174
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Francis Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
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In the first of these two letters, Thompson informs Wolcott that he has arrived in Maine. The second is concerned with business and financial affairs, and Thompson writes "I think that my troubles are about over. And I doubt not but what you are as glad as my self." HM 19000 is dated 1857 (signed "Frank Thompson), July 18, and HM 19001 was written 1858, December 16.
mssHM 19000-19001
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Alpheus B. Thompson letters to Timothy Wolcott
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These three letters were written by Alpheus Thompson to Timothy Wolcott during 1856 and 1857. In HM 18997, written 1856, September 6, from Santa Barbara, Thompson thanks Wolcott for looking after his son, Francis. In HM 18998 (dated 1857, June 2), Thompson writes of the advantageous opportunities in San Francisco in the real estate market, and asks Wolcott to look after Francis "for a few months longer." He also includes business details regarding property and other assets. The final letter in this series was written in San José, California, on June 17, 1857 (HM 18999), and Thompson asks if Wolcott would take Francis under his charge, and to "provide him with suitable Clothing and Board."
mssHM 18997-18999
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T. J. Thompson certificates
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First certificate is an appointment for T. J. Thompson to Corporal in Co "D," 1st regiment of the Nebraska National Guard. It was issued on 1887, Sep. 19 in Beatrice, Nebraska by Colonel O. H. Phillips. HM 75978.
mssHM 75978-75979