Coverless Notebook
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | From the Window/Girls Song |
| Notes | Manuscript in pencil with corrections in ink and pencil in Ivor Gurney's hand. The poem was sent to John Haines in a letter received 11 September 1918. The right hand page contains an early draft of what was initially titled 'Girls Song' but which was later renamed 'The Tryst'. Included in 'War's Embers' (1919). Written while Gurney was a patient at the Middlesex War Hospital. Found in a coverless notebook used by Gurney from late August to mid-September 1918. |
| Item Date | August-September 1918 |
| Creation place | St Albans, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem |
| Page | 8 of 20 |
| Collection ID | Papers of Ivor Gurney 64.5.6.7v-8r |
| Repository name | The Ivor Gurney Archive |
| Repository address | Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row, Alvin Street Gloucester GL1 3DW UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IG-64-5-6ff7v-8r.jpg |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7515/7252 |
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | Coverless Notebook |
| Notes | A coverless notebook used by Gurney from late August to mid-September |
| Item Date | August-September 1918 |
| Creation place | St Albans, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Notebook |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem |
| Repository name | The Ivor Gurney Archive |
| Repository address | Gloucestershire Archives Clarence Row, Alvin Street Gloucester GL1 3DW UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7515 |
