cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2a9s.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Apologizes for having failed to write / blames the distractions of fiction / acknowledges two letters from Charlotte / describes being back in reserve following front line duty / the sound of the shells / a dog that has befriended him / a letter with photographs from their mother at Plymouth / receiving a copy of the 'Blue', the Christ's Hospital school magazine / the 'Southern Weekly' and the 'Daily Mirror' / discusses the goings-on at Christ's Hospital, some articles and the OTC / carries on the next day, describing returning to the trench mud and dugouts / the sights and sounds along the line / returning to find that his dog had been claimed by another group of soldiers / reading Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Impertinent Reflections' / the experience of a shell attack / a postcard from George Rhea discussing a fellow schoolmate who had died / perservering / despondent at descriptions of an apathetic England.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2imw.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 3rd.

description: Describes reactions to declarations of war on the Continent / fears about England's possible neutrality.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2p3w.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Short story detailing a conversation on 'Rats'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2vbm.2
title: Owen's Citation for Military Cross

description: Possibly a family forgery as not the official text.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2wju.2
title: The Dagger: November 1918 (21)

description: Or 'London in the Line'. Issue 1. Pages vi-vii, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ym6.2
title: Early Chronology

description: Manuscript of poem in ink, inscribed with Siegfried Sassoon's distinctive monogrammed form of his initials, 'SS'. Published in 'Satirical Poems' (1926).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian69ox.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 3rd.

description: Describes reactions to declarations of war on the Continent / fears about England's possible neutrality.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6dtt.2
title: Letter: To Wilfred Owen (1)

description: Thanks Owen for attending his wedding to Nancy Nicholson, discusses Owen's wedding gift of Apostle Spoons, and urges Owen to write more poetry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6j1n.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (5)

description: Issue 32. Page 5, extracts from Diary of a Recruit, illustration, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6jwl.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 3rd.

description: Describes reactions to declarations of war on the Continent / fears about England's possible neutrality / enlistment of friends.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6lrc.2
title: Letter: To Wilfred Owen (2)

description: Discusses 'Disabled'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6s5v.2
title: The Dug-Out

description: Scrap of a proof of the first stanza of the poem. Corrections in blue pencil are just visible above the tear line. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The 'Dug-Out' was based on how Siegfried Sassoon's fellow officer 'Jowett' looked while he was asleep.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ui3.2
title: The Dagger: November 1918 (23)

description: Or 'London in the Line'. Issue 1. Back cover, advertisement.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6vm9.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Describes how quickly time seems to be moving / life after the war / receiving letters from friends / in training and being made a signaller / 'memorials of Yalding' by Charlotte /relations between the ranks and senior officers / a boxing tournament / the local French people: their visages and dress / would write more, but the mail is being collected.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6yml.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Chapter XV of 'The Chronicles of a 'V. O. S. (Very Old Subaltern)' by 'Jack Point'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6znx.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: 'Notes and News' detailing golf / the Bowling Club / the Field club.  With underlining in pen in an unknown hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian85he.2
title: Owen's Army Orders

description: Embarkation Orders, declaring Owen fit to proceed to France.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian881c.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (4)

description: Issue 32. Page 4, illustration, letter, one poem, list of casualties, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian88w9.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 3rd.

description: Describes reactions to declarations of war on the Continent / fears about England's possible neutrality.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8g5w.2
title: Butterflies

description: Typescript of poem with one correction to the final stanza in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8inq.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisements by Edinburgh pervoyors for shortbread and glasses.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lqd.2
title: The Dagger: November 1918 (22)

description: Or 'London in the Line'. Issue 1. Page viii and inside back cover, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8moq.2
title: War Diary: Sunday August 22nd.

description: Describes visit to Roland Leighton's home at Lowestoft during his leave from France / visit to a trench with him/ poem written by Roland Leighton / discussions with his mother about their engagement / outings and conversations between Vera Brittain and Roland Leighton.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ngp.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 30th.

description: Contains long copy of Roland Leighton letter containing his opinion of Edward Brittain's situation with his CO and prospects for transfer to France / the scene at Victoria upon Embarkation / Vera Brittain's opinion of Roland Leighton's extreme sensitivity to women.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8nmi.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Describes how quickly time seems to be moving / life after the war / receiving letters from friends / in training and being made a signaller / 'memorials of Yalding' by Charlotte /relations between the ranks and senior officers / a boxing tournament / the local French people: their visages and dress / would write more, but the mail is being collected.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9pm.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (2)

description: Issue 32. Page 2, notes, review including extract from poem, fiction, illustration, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianbw8.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Concludes article on the Field Club / discusses plans for a 'Model Yacht Club' / Minutes of the last General Meeting of Officers.  With underlining in pen in an unknown hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand18z.2
title: Letter: To Wilfred Owen (2)

description: Discusses Owen's poetry, Sassoon, and impending marriage to Nancy Nicholson.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2or.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisement for an Edinburgh perveyor of cigarettes and 'Advertisers' Map'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand72a.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisements by Edinburgh purveyors of boots and photographic equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandehm.2
title: Middle-Ages

description: Manuscript of poem in ink with corrections, signed in pencil by Siegfried Sassoon. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandf1y.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 3rd

description: Describes reactions to declarations of war on the Continent / fears about England's possible neutrality.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjy2.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Writes that he has sent money, and wants Charlotte to ask him immediately if she needs more in the future / asks after the situation, and if she is being provided for in Plymouth / bad weather and mud at the front / the battalion doctor contracting trench fever and having been replaced / letters from home discussing events at Christ's Hospital.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandp3b.2
title: Love's Daybread / Everyone Sang

description: Manuscript of poems in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Cyril B Rootham has added a note in pencil: 'This is Siegfried Sassoon's own MS: sent to me, before 'Picture-Show' was printed. 'Everyone Sang' was published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandrv9.2
title: Picture-Show

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvdf.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Apologizes for having failed to write / blames the distractions of fiction / acknowledges two letters from Charlotte / describes being back in reserve following front line duty / the sound of the shells / a dog that has befriended him / a letter with photographs from their mother at Plymouth / receiving a copy of the 'Blue', the Christ's Hospital school magazine / the 'Southern Weekly' and the 'Daily Mirror' / discusses the goings-on at Christ's Hospital, some articles and the OTC / carries on the next day, describing returning to the trench mud and dugouts / the sights and sounds along the line / returning to find that his dog had been claimed by another group of soldiers / reading Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Impertinent Reflections' / the experience of a shell attack / a postcard from George Rhea discussing a fellow schoolmate who had died / perservering / despondent at descriptions of an apathetic England.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandwtv.2
title: Letter: To Wilfred Owen (2)

description: Thanks Owen for attending his wedding to Nancy Nicholson, discusses Owen's wedding gift of Apostle Spoons, and urges Owen to write more poetry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandyub.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (1)

description: Issue 32. First page, illustration, notes, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandyw6.2
title: My Strange Dream

description: Description of a dream of the trenches and a difficult battalion. Edmund Blunden describes this as 'One of the dreariest dreams I have ever had'. Written on the back of a letter to Blunden written on 7 May 1952.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj1vl.2
title: Falling Asleep

description: Newspaper clipping from the 'Poetry' section of the 'Nation', with the date noted in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand, and with one ink mark, possibly intentional. The poem was also published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3d1.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Apologizes for having failed to write / blames the distractions of fiction / acknowledges two letters from Charlotte / describes being back in reserve following front line duty / the sound of the shells / a dog that has befriended him / a letter with photographs from their mother at Plymouth / receiving a copy of the 'Blue', the Christ's Hospital school magazine / the 'Southern Weekly' and the 'Daily Mirror' / discusses the goings-on at Christ's Hospital, some articles and the OTC / carries on the next day, describing returning to the trench mud and dugouts / the sights and sounds along the line / returning to find that his dog had been claimed by another group of soldiers / reading Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Impertinent Reflections' / the experience of a shell attack / a postcard from George Rhea discussing a fellow schoolmate who had died / perservering / despondent at descriptions of an apathetic England.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj6o2.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Editorial entitled 'The Magazine: It's Raison d'Etre', with anotations in pen in an unknown hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj8h5.2
title: Miracles

description: Manuscript of poem in ink, signed in pencil by Siegfried Sassoon. Published in 'Picture Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjc2f.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisement by Edinburgh perveyor of sporting equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjow8.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Describes how quickly time seems to be moving / life after the war / receiving letters from friends / in training and being made a signaller / 'memorials of Yalding' by Charlotte /relations between the ranks and senior officers / a boxing tournament / the local French people: their visages and dress / would write more, but the mail is being collected.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjt3i.2
title: Idyll

description: Manuscript in ink, signed in pencil by Siegfried Sassoon. This is a clean draft, without corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianmfl.2
title: Letter: To Wilfred Owen (1)

description: Discusses Owen's poetry, Sassoon's health, and impending marriage to Nancy Nicholson.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiannbx.2
title: Owen's Army Orders

description: Caution against enemy's 'peace offensive'. Original held at Columbia University.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiano97.2
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte ('Lottie' or 'Loggia'). Apologizes for having failed to write / blames the distractions of fiction / acknowledges two letters from Charlotte / describes being back in reserve following front line duty / the sound of the shells / a dog that has befriended him / a letter with photographs from their mother at Plymouth / receiving a copy of the 'Blue', the Christ's Hospital school magazine / the 'Southern Weekly' and the 'Daily Mirror' / discusses the goings-on at Christ's Hospital, some articles and the OTC / carries on the next day, describing returning to the trench mud and dugouts / the sights and sounds along the line / returning to find that his dog had been claimed by another group of soldiers / reading Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' and 'Impertinent Reflections' / the experience of a shell attack / a postcard from George Rhea discussing a fellow schoolmate who had died / perservering / despondent at descriptions of an apathetic England.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxu8.2
title: War Diary: Sunday August 22nd.

description: Describes visit to Roland Leighton's home at Lowestoft during his leave from France / visit to a trench with him/ poem written by Roland Leighton / discussions with his mother about their engagement / outings and conversations between Vera Brittain and Roland Leighton.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian215.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of musical instruments and insurance.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian261y.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Concludes reviews of recent concerts / lists arrivals and departures of officers.  Annotations in pen in an unknown hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2a8f.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 20th November 1915 (1)

description: Issue 31. Front page , illustration and advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2asc.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ehp.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Concludes section of Chapter XV from 'Chronicles of a V. O. S.' by 'Jack Point' / poem entitled 'The Road to Armentieres' / reviews of recent concerts.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2svv.2
title: Letter: To Charles Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his father Charles. Dated 'Sunday'. Thanks Charles for a parcel / will send a cheque soon, when he has ink / describes how 'splendidly' the aeroplanes have been doing recently, apart from one that was shot down behind the German lines and, casually, the pilot taken prisoner / describes a recent working party that was particularly dangerous / quotes Tennyson / shells / asks after news from Plymouth.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2znk.2
title: Wraiths

description: Typescript of poem without corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian64bn.2
title: Cover Page: from 'Picture-Show'

description: Cover page of Siegfried Sassoon's 'Picture-Show' (1919). The volume is inscribed to 'W. H. R. Rivers, from SS. 'a very nice man'...'. Rivers treated Sassoon for shell shock at Craiglockhart War Hospital near Edinburgh in 1917, and the two became friends.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6bsm.2
title: Letter: To Margaret Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his mother Margaret. He writes describing returning to the battalion after signalling practice / apologizes for having failed to write before / hopes to be able to continue sending cheques / recent German advances / beginning a diary, accidently / meeting T. L. Wright Housey, a friend from school, who assures him that London has not been destroyed by zeppelin raids / jokes about little brothers and sisters and their wasting money on sweets and recent photographs sent from Plymouth by Margaret / reports no leave as yet / reading Frank Morris's 'The Pit' / discusses music and recent damage to some battalion gramaphone records / a sultry night / wishing for some ale.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6fao.2
title: The Blunden Family

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden's mother Margaret with 5 of her 9 children. The children are (from left) Gilbert (seated), Charlotte ('Lottie'), Lancelot (on Margaret's lap), Edmund (standing) and Phyllis (seated).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gdi.2
title: War Diary: Friday August 7th.

description: Discusses reactions to sinking of the H. M. S. 'Amphion' / the siege of Liege / the family response to Edward Brittain's enlistment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6hfg.1
title: Died of Wounds

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand. Signed by Sassoon. The poem was published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). Note on a postcard included with the poem in Prof Edward Dent's hand dated 8th September 1940, asking if the Fitzwilliam Museum is still collecting 'autographs of Cambridge poets'. Dent also notes that he believes this copy of 'Died of Wounds' to be the first, 'although it is undated'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6i7w.2
title: Owen's Application for Admission to an Officer Cadet Unit (1)

description: Owen's application for a commission in the army for the period of the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6t4d.2
title: Postcard To Leslie Gunston (1)

description: Postcard of Hut 6a, Artists' Rifles at Hare Hall Camp, Gidea Park. Owen thanks Gunston for a book. This is no. 395 in ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ve8.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (7)

description: Issue 32. Page 7, extract from play, illustrations, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6vgz.2
title: War Diary: Monday August 30th.

description: Contains long copy of Roland Leighton letter containing his opinion of Edward Brittain's situation with his CO and prospects for transfer to France / the scene at Victoria upon Embarkation / Vera Brittain's opinion of Roland Leighton's extreme sensitivity to women.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian86ft.2
title: Slumber-Song

description: Manuscript of poem in ink, signed in pencil by Siegfried Sassoon. This is a clean draft, without corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919). The poem was also set to music by John Alden Carpenter in 1920.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian89bc.2
title: I Stood With the Dead

description: Typescript of poem. This is a clean draft, without corrections. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8c2d.1
title: To A Childless Woman

description: Manuscript in ink in Siegfried Sassoon's hand with corrections in pencil. Published in 'Picture-Show' (1919).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8kal.2
title: Letter: To Charles Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his father Charles. Dated 'Sunday'. Thanks Charles for a parcel / will send a cheque soon, when he has ink / describes how 'splendidly' the aeroplanes have been doing recently, apart from one that was shot down behind the German lines and, casually, the pilot taken prisoner / describes a recent working party that was particularly dangerous / quotes Tennyson / shells / asks after news from Plymouth.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ne6.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 11th December 1915 (8)

description: Issue 32. Page 8, letter from editor, illustrations, advertisement.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8p4j.2
title: Postcard To Leslie Gunston (1)

description: Responds to Gunston's criticism of his poetry. Thanks him for a cheque. Postmark reads 12th February 1918. This is no. 589 in ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qsx.2
title: Letter: To Margaret Blunden.

description: Letter from Edmund Blunden to his mother Margaret. He writes describing returning to the battalion after signalling practice / apologizes for having failed to write before / hopes to be able to continue sending cheques / recent German advances / beginning a diary, accidently / meeting T. L. Wright Housey, a friend from school, who assures him that London has not been destroyed by zeppelin raids / jokes about little brothers and sisters and their wasting money on sweets and recent photographs sent from Plymouth by Margaret / reports no leave as yet / reading Frank Morris's 'The Pit' / discusses music and recent damage to some battalion gramaphone records / a sultry night / wishing for some ale.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand2tq.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 20th November 1915 (4)

description: Issue 31. Page 4, list of casualities, advertisements, prose, and one poem.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand544.1
title: On A Working-Party

description: Typescript of poem in blue ink. This is a clean draft without corrections. Published in 'The Old Huntsman' (1917). Possibly inspired by Siegfried Sassoon's experiences with a working party near Festubert in 1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand7x7.2
title: The Grey Brigade and Richmond Camp News: 20th November 1915 (3)

description: Issue 31. Page 3, letter, advertisements.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandd5i.2
title: The Nation: 26th January 1918 / Miners

description: Page 539, showing 'Miners'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandign.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh tailors.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjx1.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandmgy.2
title: The Hydra: 18th August 1917

description: Continues with short story detailing a discussion on 'Rats'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandtjn.2
title: Army Order Publishing Owen's Military Cross
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianduzh.2
title: Edmund Blunden and Cricket Team, Christ's Hospital

description: Photograph of Edmund Blunden and the cricket team at Christ's Hospital, Horsham in West Sussex. Blunden is seated on the left in front of the umpire.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvym.2
title: War Diary: Tuesday August 4th.

description: Discusses German and French declarations of war / implications of total war / Sir Edward Grey's speech in Parliament / possible enlistment of untrained volunteers / Germany's declaration of war on Belgium / enlistment of acquaintances in the reserves and implications for their families.