Letter: To Marion Scott.
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | Girl's Song |
| Notes | Written while Ivor Gurney was a patient at the Middlesex War Hospital, where he was sent following numerous suicide threats. Discusses aeroplanes and poetry / apologises for having sent a parcel to Marion Scott to be forwarded on / includes 'Girl's Song' (later published as 'The Tryst (To W. M. C.)' / 'Solace of Men' / 'To F.W. H.' (friend and fellow poet F.W. Harvey) / another poem entitled 'Girl's Song' / reports that that is all for now / notes that it is raining 'horribly' outside. |
| Item Date | June - July 1918 |
| Creation place | St Albans, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem within letter |
| Page | 5 of 5 |
| Collection ID | Papers of Ivor Gurney 41.174.2v |
| 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-41-174f2v.jpg |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/7585/6553 |
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| Author | Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937) |
|---|---|
| Title | Letter: To Marion Scott. |
| Notes | Written while Ivor Gurney was a patient at the Middlesex War Hospital, where he was sent following numerous suicide threats. Discusses aeroplanes and poetry / apologises for having sent a parcel to Marion Scott to be forwarded on / includes 'Girl's Song' (later published as 'The Tryst (To W. M. C.)' / 'Solace of Men' / 'To F.W.H.' (friend and fellow poet F.W. Harvey) / another poem entitled 'Girl's Song' / reports that that is all for now / notes that it is raining 'horribly' outside. |
| Item Date | June - July 1918 |
| Creation place | St Albans, England (Google Maps) |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Leaf |
| Item medium | Paper |
| Writing medium | Pencil |
| Content | Poem within letter |
| 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/7585 |
