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66245: Letter: To Marion Scott.

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posted on 2024-04-18, 14:48 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'. |

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Envelope containing letter.
Copies out a poem from the 'Times Literary Supplement' and another entitled 'To the Fallen', inscribed 'E.S.', but signs the verse 'I.B.G.' / notes the arrival of a parcel / describes being under attack / hopes Marion Scott is well / H.N. Howell's work / describes the opening moves of a large 'advance' / lines crossed out / list of items for a parcel / setting poems to music / Elgar's setting of 'To the Fallen' / the 'softening' of the sergeant-major / civilian-soldiers and musician-soldiers / the beauty of the valley of the Somme / the 'Soldiers' Motto' / a green envelope / Bach / the vista from where he sits, compared to England / Keats / 'Deborah'.

History

Identifier

7518.cpd | IG-41-30 | 6587.jpg | IG-41-30.jpg 6588.jpg | IG-41-30f1r.jpg 6589.jpg | IG-41-30f1v.jpg 6590.jpg | IG-41-30f2r.jpg 6591.jpg | IG-41-30f2v.jpg 6592.jpg | IG-41-30f3r.jpg 6593.jpg | IG-41-30f3v.jpg 6594.jpg | IG-41-30f4r.jpg 6595.jpg | IG-41-30f4v.jpg 6596.jpg | IG-41-30f5r.jpg 6597.jpg | IG-41-30f5v.jpg 6598.jpg | IG-41-30f6r.jpg 6599.jpg | IG-41-30f6v.jpg

Creator

Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)

Date

4th July 1916

Date Created

04/07/1916

Spatial

France

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pencil

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Number of Pages

13

Contributor

Alisa Miller

Rights

The Ivor Gurney Archive, Gloucestershire Archives / The Ivor Gurney Estate

Collection ID

Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30 | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.1r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.1v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.2r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.2v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.3r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.3v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.4r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.4v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.5r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.5v | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.6r | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.30.6v

Repository Name

The Ivor Gurney Archive

Repository Address

Gloucestershire Archives, Clarence Row, Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3DW, UK

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