Williamson, H. mss., 1924-1956

Papers of Henry Williamson at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

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Creator: Williamson, Henry, 1895-1977
Title: Williamson, H. mss.
Collection No.: LMC 2085
Dates: 1924-1956
Quantity:

Quantity: 1 folio

Quantity: oversize

Quantity:

Quantity: 3 Boxes

Quantity: 3 standard

Abstract: The Williamson, H. mss., 1924-1956, are letters from Henry Williamson, 1895-1977, author of Shallowford, North Devon, England, to Ann Thomas; writings by Williamson, and a Synopsis of the Years, 1931-1948, by Ann Thomas.
Location: ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility) - OVFlat; Lilly - Stacks
Language: Materials are in English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Henry Williamson, 1895-1977, was an English author whose works were chiefly about social history in England, wildlife, and Ruralism. He is best remembered for his book Tarka the Otter.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of letters from Henry Williamson to author Ann Thomas, who would later marry him, as well as writings by both Williamson and Thomas. Printed materials are in an oversize folder.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series: Corresopndence, Writings, and Printed Material.

Restrictions

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Williamson, H. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Acquisition Information

Purchase: 1973

Collection Inventory

Series:

Correspondence
box 1
Correspondence inventory
box 1
Thomas, Ann. "Synopsis of the Years, 1931-1948," undated
box 1
1918-1930
box 1
1931
box 1
1932
box 1
January-June 1933
box 1
July-September 1933
box 1
October-December 1933
box 1
1933?
box 1
January-March 1934
box 1
April-December 1934
box 1
1934
box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1934
box 1
1935

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1935
box 1
1936

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1936
box 1
1937

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
1938

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 1
1939
box 1
January-September 1940
box 1
October 1940
box 1
November 1940
box 1
December 1940
box 1
1940
box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1940
box 1
1941

Physical Description: (10 folders)

box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1941
box 1
1942

Physical Description: (5 folders)

box 1
(miscellaneous) , 1942
box 1
January-February 1943
box 2
1943

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
(miscellaneous) , 1943
box 2
1944

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
(miscellaneous) , 1944
box 2
January-August 1945
box 2
September-December 1945
box 2
1945

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
1946

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 2
1947
box 2
1948-1949
box 2
1950-1956
box 2
Undated

Series:

Writings
box 2
The Pathway Vols. 1-3 (notebooks) , 1924-1928
box 2
The Pathway laid-in leaves , 1924-1928
box 2
Thomas, Ann A Meeting with Henry Williamson , 1932
box 2
A Crown of Life , 1-6 December 1934
box 2
Goodbye, West Country , 1934-1937

Physical Description: (6 folders)

box 2
"To The Field Editor," , 8-11 November 1935
box 2
"In bed, unable to see anything... [first line]" , 5-7 January 1936
box 2
Telling the Tale , 13 July 1936
box 2
Home , 19 January 1937
box 2
Walks with my children , 26 February 1937
box 2
The Story of a Norfolk Farm , 1940-1941

Physical Description: (3 folders)

box 2
"A few months back..." , January 1944
box 2
Lucifer (notes on Table of Contents) , August 1947
box 2
Thomas, Ann. Henry Williamson at home undated
box 2
Advertisement for Mother's Help undated
box 2
Advertisement for Salar the Salmon undated
box 2
Credo undated
box 2
Dandelion Days undated
box 2
Devon Holiday pages 1-95, undated
box 2
Devon Holiday pages 96-158, undated
box 2
Devon Holiday pages 159-280, undated
box 2
Devon Holiday pages 281-338, undated
box 2
Devon Holiday page proofs and review, undated
box 2
Draft answers for Atlantic Monthly undated
box 2
The Dream of Fair Women undated
box 2
The Flax of Dream foreword and interlude, undated
box 2
The Flax of Dream preface, undated
box 2
Fragments of writing, undated
box 2
"Housekeeping Notes," undated
box 2
Hurray for the Rain undated
box 3
The Linhay on the Downs undated

Physical Description: (2 folders)

box 3
"A moth or ephemerdae...," undated
box 3
Motoring in Dixie undated
box 3
My Otter undated
box 3
My Parcel of England undated
box 3
A Note on the Pheasant undated
box 3
"Notes for an essay on birds," undated
box 3
Sea-thrift undated
box 3
Sedgemoor undated
box 3
The Stoat undated
box 3
The Swamp undated
box 3
Tales of my Children undated
box 3
V. M. Yeates: A Personal Tribute undated
box 3
West County Village undated
ovflat 4
Printed material