| Manuscripts/MS Add.9856 contains: |
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| 1 |
Scrapbook, titled 'Letters: Etc:' |
| 2 |
Letters to Douglas, Joan and Abigail Grant mainly from Edmund Blunden, but also from Claire Blunden and other correspondents |
| 3 |
Miscellaneous documents |
| 4 |
Photographs |
| 5 |
Press cuttings |
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Papers of Douglas Grant, chiefly consisting of letters to him from Edmund Blunden
| Title |
Miscellaneous documents |
| Reference |
MS Add.9856/3 |
| Covering Dates |
1939–1962 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 items |
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| Content and context |
Notes by Edmund Blunden on Indian writing and a poem by Byron, a description by Douglas Grant of a visit to First World War battlefields and various correspondence. |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9856/3 contains: |
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1
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Edmund Blunden to Joan Appleton, Oxford. Postcard. Notes the possibility of his being unable to attend a meeting [?] at a theatre. |
28 Nov. 1939 |
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2
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Enquiry from Edmund Blunden. A note asking Colonel Wilkinson for information on 'Old Thunderguts', a poem by R.Bridges. |
1940 |
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3
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Notes on recent Indian writings on English poetry, scholarship etc. Draft of a letter [?] written by Edmund Blunden to the organisers of an event to discuss Indian and British literature.
6p. |
1945 |
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4
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Churchill's grave. Notes by Edmund Blunden on an article published in the Pall Mall Gazette, 1866, concerning Byron's poem 'Churchill's Grave.'.
4p. |
1950 |
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5
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Ieper. Description by Douglas Grant of a visit to the First World War battlefields at Ypres.
4p. |
23 Aug. 1952 |
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6
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Envelope addressed to Edmund Blunden from Hong Kong. |
22 May 1962 |
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