Correspondence between John Middleton Murry and Henry Williamson 1  Correspondence 1/1 including 87 letters from John Middleton Murry to Henry Williamson 1942-1948; 1952-1956. 1942-1948: 14 letters - 1 letter 6 Mar 1943 with reference to Adrian Bell, Max Plowman and the Adelphi, HJ Massingham and HM Tomlinson - 1 letter 24 Sept 1947 with reference to 'Memories of the Norfolk Farm', the Adelphi and Adolf Hitler - 1 letter 8 Dec 1947 with reference to the Adelphi - 1 letter 18 Dec 1947 with discussion of friendship, and references to the Adelphi. 1952-1956: 73 letters - 1 letter 1 Feb 1952 with reference to 'Donkey Boy' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 29 Mar 1952 with reference to 'The Flowers of the Forest' and Stephen Southwold -1 postcard 6 Apr 1952 with reference to 'Hodge and his Masters - 1 letter 10 Apr 1952 with reference to 'Community Farm' - 1 letter 5 May 1952 with reference to T S Eliot - 1 letter 18 Jul 1952 with reference to 'Donkey Boy', 'Community Farm' and DH Lawrence - 1 letter 7 Sep 1952 with ms annotation by Henry Williamson - 1 letter 5 Oct 1952 with reference to 'Donkey Boy' - 1 letter 12 Oct 1952 with reference to 'Donkey Boy' - 1 postcard 24 Nov 1952 with reference to DH Lawrence - 1 letter 8 Dec 1952 with reference to AJ Munning - 1 letter 15 Feb 1953 with reference to 'Donkey Boy' and 'The Dark Lantern' - 1 postcard 18 Feb 1953 with reference to 'Tales of Moorland and Estuary' - 1 letter 23 Feb 1953 with reference to 'Community Farm' - 1 letter 27 Feb 1953 with reference to Adolf Hitler - 1 letter 15 Mar 1953 with reference to 'Tales of Moorland and Estuary' - 1 letter 26 Mar 1953 from G Picktham to Henry Williamson - 1 letter April 12 1953 with reference to TE Lawrence and 'Donkey Boy' - 1 postcard 31 May 1953 with discussion of comic strips and science fiction - 1 postcard 11 June 1953 from Charles Causley to Henry Williamson - 1 letter 17 Aug 1953 including discussion of cricket and reference to John Galsworthy - 1 letter 29 Aug 1953 with reference to DH Lawrence - 1 letter 1 Sep 1952 with reference to Christine Duffield, Cyril Connoly, 'The Lone Swallows' and 'Tarka the Otter' - 1 letter 6 Sep 1953 with reference to 'The Lone Swallows' and DH Lawrence - 1 letter 26 Sept 1953 with reference to 'Young Phillip Maddison' from 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 22 Oct 1953 with reference to Witter Bynner - 1 letter 25 Nov 1953 with reference to 'Young Phillip Maddison' - 1 letter 29 Nov 1953 with reference to 'Vile Bodies' by Evelyn Waugh and 'How Dear is Life' - 1 letter 13 Dec 1953 with reference to DH Lawrence and William Henry Hocking. With 2 newscuttings and ms annotation by Anne Williamson - 1 letter 27 Dec 1953 with reference to 'Life in a Devon Village' - 1 envelope 14 Dec 1953 - 1 letter 17 Jan 1954 with reference to Malcolm Elwin and John Keats - 1 letter 7 Mar 1954 with reference to Nicholas Mosely and Elizabeth Cockbayne . Envelope also includes letter 16 Feb 1954 from Diana Mosley to HW - 1 letter 13 Mar 1954 with reference to Christs Hospital - 1 letter 18 Nov 1954 with reference to 'The Dark Lantern' and Christine Duffield - 1 letter 26 Nov 1954 with reference to 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight', including 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', 'Young Phillip Maddison' and 'How Dear is Life' - 1 letter 30 Dec 1954 with reference to Adrian Bell, 'The Flax of Dream' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 12 Dec 1954 with reference to 'The Children of Shallowford', 'Goodbye West Country', 'The Sun in the Sands', 'The Golden Falcon', 'Tarka the Otter' 'The Flax of Dream' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight'; Max Plowford, RH Ward, Denzil Fortescue and Adolf Hitler - 1 letter 26 Jan 1955 with reference to JMM's essay on HW. Also includes references to 'The Children of Shallowford', 'The Linhay on the Downs and Other Adventures', 'Winged Victory', 'The Flax of Dream', 'Tarka the Otter', 'Salar the Salmon' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 15 Feb 1955 with reference to 'A Fox Under My Cloak'. With ms annotation by Anne Williamson - 1 letter 20 Feb 1955 with reference to 'A Fox Under My Cloak', 'Winged Victory', 'Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry', 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Tender' - 1 envelope 4 Mar 1955 - 1 letter 12 Mar 1955 with reference to Christine Duffield - 1 letter 8 May 1955 with reference to 'Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry', DH Lawrence, Jinny De la Mare and Adrian Bell - 1 letter 12 May 1955 with reference to HMS Conway and Thomas Hardy - 1 letter 1 Jul 1955 with reference to 'The Acceptance World' by Anthony Powell - 1 letter 15 Aug 1955 with reference to John Heygate, and the BBC - 1 letter 7 Nov 1955 with reference to 'A Fox Under My Cloak' and DH Lawrence - 1 letter 30 Dec 1955 with reference to Malcolm Elwin and 'The Dark Lantern' - 1 postcard 18 Dec 1955 with reference to 'A Fox Under My Cloak' and the Times Literary Supplement - 1 letter 8 Dec 1955 with reference to the BBC and Russia - 1 letter 28 Jan 1956 with reference to Siegfried Sassoon, Justin Brooke, Adrian Bell and Sidney Cockerell - 1 letter 25 Jan 1956 with reference to 'Period Peace' by Gwen Raverat - 1 postcard 3 Feb 1956 - 1 letter 2 Mar 1956 - 1 letter 25 Apr 1956 with reference to 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' and 'The Flax of Dream' - 1 letter 1 May 1956 with reference to Henry Williamson's father - 1 letter 19 May 1956 with reference to 'The Tempest' - 1 postcard 23 May 1956 - 1 letter 4 Aug 1956 with reference to Negley Farson, and 'The Catcher in the Rye' - 1 letter 29 Sep 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' - 1 postcard 30 Aug 1956 with reference to the MacKarness line from 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 23 Oct 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' - 1 letter 6 Oct 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' and George Gissing - 1 letter 18 Oct 1956 - 1 letter 19 Oct 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' - 1 letter 4 Nov 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' - 1 letter 31 Oct 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' and the Savage club - 1 postcard 6 Nov 1956 - 1 letter 4 Mar 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin' and JMM's essay on HW - 1 letter 11 Dec 1956 with reference to JM Murry's health, Douglas Bell, Malcolm Elwin and 'The Golden Virgin'. With ms annotation 27 Mar 1957 by Henry Williamson - 1 envelope 20 Nov 1956 - 1 postcard, undated, with reference to 'Who's Who' 1/2 including 16 letters from Henry Williamson to John Middleton Murry, 1942-1947; 1956 and 2 letters from John Middleton Murry. 16 letters 1942-1947; 1956: - 1 letter 8 June 1942 with reference to Adrian Bell - 1 letter undated with reference to Benjamin Disraeli. Also includes attached news cutting - 1 letter 1 Dec 1947 with reference to the Adelphi and Arnold Bennett with. 1 manuscript in red ink and 2 TSS copies. With note by Anne Williamson - 1 letter 10 Dec 1947 with reference to otters - 1 letter 10 Dec 1947 with reference to 'The Flax of Dream', 'The Pathway', 'Lucifer Before Sunrise' - 1 letter 2 Dec 1947 from Henry Williamson to Ruth Baker concerning subscription to the Adelphi - 1 letter 11 Dec 1947 with reference to the Adelphi and 'The Pathway'. In green and red ink. ms annotation in pencil by Anne Williamson. - 1 letter undated from HW to Christine Duffield - 1 letter 20 November 1956 with reference to 'The Golden Virgin', 'The Phasian Bird', 'The Dark Lantern', 'Donkey Boy', 'The Cathedral' by Hugh Walpole and 'The Rainbow' by D H Lawrence - 1 letter undated in black and red ink. With reference to Malcolm Elwin, Eve Elwin and Negley Farson, and ms annotation by HW: "No! No! This sort of letter should not be sent; & better not written…" Also includes: 1 letter 25 Nov 1947 from JM Murry to HW with reference to the Adelphi, with tear in centre fold, and 1 note undated from JM Murry to HW containing manuscript notes. 1/3 Typescript copies of 50 letters from John Middleton Murry to Henry Williamson, with ms annotations by Anne Williamson. PLEASE NOTE: 2 of the letters are copies of additional letters whose originals we don't hold: 23 Feb 1947; 4 Mar 1955 with reference to JM Murry's essay on HW, and 'A Fox Under My Cloak'. The rest of the file consists of copies of selected letters 1943-1956. See file EUL MS 43/PERS/1/M/MURRY J/1/1 for originals. In detail: - Copy of letter 2 Aug 1943 Original letter in file 1. - Copy of letter 23 Feb 1947. No original. - Copies of letters 1947. Dated 27 Feb; 24 Sept; 8 Dec; 18 Dec. Original letters in file 1. - Copy of letter 25 Nov 1947. Original letter in file 4. - Copy of letter 6 Apr 1948. Original letter in file 1. - Copies of letters 1952. Dated 1 Feb; 29 Mar; 6 Apr; 5 May; 18 Jul; 7 Sep; 5 Oct; 8 Dec. Original letters in file 2. - Copies of letters 1953. Dated 27 Feb; 15 Mar; 17 Aug. Original letters in file 2. - Copies of letters 1954. Dated 18 Nov; 26 Nov; 5 Dec; 12 Dec; 25 Dec; 30 Dec. Original letters in file 2 - Copies of letters 1955. Dated 26 Jan; 15 Feb; 20 Feb; 12 March; 8 May; 1 Jul; 15 Aug; 7 Nov; 18 Dec; 30 Dec. Original letters in file 2. - Copy of letter 4 Mar 1955 with reference to JMM's essay on HW, and 'A Fox Under My Cloak'. No original. - Copies of letters 1956. Dated 25 Jan; 28 Jan; 3 Feb; 25 Apr; 1 May; 19 May; 23 May; 4 Aug; 29 Sep; 6 Oct; 18 Oct; 19 Oct; 4 Nov; 6 Nov. Original letters in file 2. 1/4 Correspondence with other people, including 12 letters from Ruth, 1951-1958 [found in the same box, however the connection with JMM is unclear]. - 1 letter 9 Dec 1951 with reference to 'The Dark Lantern' and John Betjeman - 1 letter 26 Oct 1952 with reference to 'Donkey Boy' - 1 letter 27 Jan 1956 with reference to 'A Fox Under My Cloak' - 1 letter 28 April 1956 with reference to 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 24 May 1957 with reference to the death of John Middleton Murry - 1 letter 6 March 1958 with reference to the Adelphi and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 9 June 1958 with reference to the Katherine Mansfield Exhibition - 1 letter 1 Dec 1958 with reference to 'Love and the Loveless' and 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' - 1 letter 12 Dec 1958 with reference to 'A Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight' 2 Papers relating to John Middleton Murry including: news-cutting 'The Land Made to Yield' a review by Henry Williamson of 'Community Farm' by John Middleton Murry, in 'John O'London's Weekly' 16 May 1952; news-cutting review of 'Katherine Mansfield and Other Literary Studies' by John Middleton Murry, Sep 1959; printed essays 'The Adelphi Centre, Lodge Farm, Thelnetham, West Suffolk' and 'Lodge Farm' by J M Murry; 3 Anne Williamson's papers relating to John Middleton Murry's papers. Including photocopies of additional letters from J M Murry, papers relating to Anne Williamson's 'Millennium Revelations' and 'Words on the West Wind, Selected Essays from The Adelphi' 1952-1956