| Description | 35 letters from Ruth Tomalin to Henry Williamson (1950s-1970s) including:
- 1 letter to from RT to Christine Duffield.
- 1 cheque 3 Aug 1963.
- 1 letter 19 Mar 1968 with ms annotation by HW including references to the First World War.
- 1 postcard 1964.
References to Henry Williamson's works: 'A Clear Water stream', 'The Golden Virgin', 'Love and the Loveless', 'A Test to Destruction', 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', 'The Phaisan Bird', 'Goodbye West Country', 'The Norfolk Fawn', 'Salar the Salmon', 'The Children of Shallowford', 'In the Woods', 'The Dark Lantern', 'The Story of a Norfolk Farm' and 'Life in a Devon Village'
Reference to Ruth Tomalin's works: 'The Sea Mice', 'The Sound of Pens', 'W H Hudson: A Biography', 'A Graven Image' and 'The Garden House';
A reference to BBC radio drama 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas, T E Lawrence, Shallowford, the Savage club and 'The Adelphi'
56 letters from Henry Williamson to Ruth Tomalin (1940s-1960s) including:
- 1 letter from Ann Thomas to RT.
- 1 letter from Ruth Tomalin to Henry Williamson, with ms annotation by HW.
- 1 letter 30 Mar 1960 with margin sketch by HW.
- 1 Newscutting in envelope with reference to HW, Peter Scott and John Williamson.
- 1 draft letter from HW to Richard Williamson 19 Dec 1962, unsent.
Henry Williamson also discusses events relating to his personal life and his second wife Christine Duffield .
Finally included are references to some of Henry Williamson's works and discussion of his autobiography and the writing process: 'Tarka the Otter', 'The Henry Williamson Animal Saga', 'How Dear is Life', 'A Fox Under my Cloak', 'Love and the Loveless', 'The Phoenix Generation', 'A Solitary War', 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', 'The Golden Virgin', 'The Sun in the Sands', 'The Story of a Norfolk Farm', 'The Children of Shallowford', 'Goodbye West Country'.
A reference to 'A Soldier's Diary of the Great War', by Douglas H. Bell, with introduction by Williamson.
References to 'The Sea Mice' by Ruth Tomalin.
References to Christine's mother E M Winnifred Duffield, Harry Willamson, W H Hudson and Adolf Hitler, 'The Adelphi', Exeter, the University of Exeter, HW's studio, the Savage club, The Exmoor society and the West Country Writers society.
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| AdminHistory | Ruth Tomalin [also Ruth Leaver, Ruth Ross] was a novelist, poet, journalist and long-time confidante of the writer Henry Williamson during the period 1954-77. Born in 1919 in Kilkenny, Ireland, she was raised on the Stansted Park estate in Sussex where her father worked as head gardener. Tomalin studied journalism at King's College, London from 1938-39. She was then a Land Girl during the earlier part of Second World War in Bosham, Sussex. After working as a reporter in Portsmouth from 1942-45, Tomalin went on to join the BBC. In terms of her literary work, notable publications include: All Souls (1952), The Garden House (1964), Long Since (1989), Away to the West (1972), W H Hudson: A Biography (1982). |