cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian81su.1
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/bodleian821z.2
title: Front Cover
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8q6i.1
title: Zero

description: Manuscript in red and black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Published in 'Masks of Time' (1925) and 'Undertones of War' (1928). 'Zero' is F. W. Worley's expression, and appears again in 'Come On, My Lucky Lads'. Describes the first moments of the attack on Hamel, 3 September 1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandful.2
title: List of contents

description: Collation of texts by R. George Thomas
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandudk.1
title: The Prophet

description: Manuscript in red and black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Corrections in black in and blue pencil. The poem was published in 'Masks of Time' (1925) and in 'Undertones of War' (1928). The poem was completed sometime after the war, but was begun sometime in 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangyd.1
title: Battalion in Rest

description: Manuscript in red and black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Corrections in a slightly different shade of ink. The poem was eventually published in 'Poetica', Vol.1, No. 3, April 1925; 'Masks of Time', June 1925 (revised); and 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5uo.2
title: List of contents

description: Collation of texts by R. George Thomas
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjxdr.2
title: Will you come?

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Will you come?' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianxph.2
title: Verso of front cover
DOI: 10.34740/kaggle/dsv/1390815
title: US counties COVID 19 dataset
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian22du.2
title: This moonlight makes

description: The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is number 51 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2l88.2
title: The Combe

description: Signed 'Edward Eastaway'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2nsg.2
title: Lob

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Lob' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian586.2
title: The Brook
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian65yr.2
title: Lob

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Lob' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gyp.2
title: Swedes
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8fyk.1
title: The Veteran

description: Pages 59, 60 and 61 showing the poem 'The Veteran' in 'The Waggoner' (1920). Pencil corrections in Edmund Blunden's hand. Edmund dedicated to poem to G. H. Harrison, colonel of the 11th Royal Sussex, and a long-time friend.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8nwv.2
title: List of contents

description: Collation of texts by R. George Thomas
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zyn.2
title: Aspens
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianaab.1
title: Third Ypres

description: Manuscript in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Corrections in ink with pencil notations in an unknown hand. Published in 'The Shepherd', (1922) and 'Undertones of War' (1928). Various drafts of the poem survive. The subject of the poem is the attack at Passchendaele on 31 July 1917 and the proceeding days.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandd4.2
title: A Tale

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Tale' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandjt5.2
title: Two Houses
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandvxi.2
title: Beauty
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandxxd.2
title: A Tale

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Tale' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj3x9.2
title: A dream
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianji93.2
title: A Gentleman

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'A Gentleman' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjrty.2
title: Under the wood
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr89q.2
title: The Path

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'The Path' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiansst.2
title: Lob

description: This manuscript is untitled but entitled 'Lob' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2dz3.2
title: The Mountain Chapel
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2mai.1
title: 1918 Comes In

description: Manuscript of an unpublished poem written in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. On the envelope containing the poem Edmund writes, 'Remains of poem written in the Ypres Salient, during the last moments of 1917 and the first of 1918. E. B.'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2tlr.2
title: After Rain
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6fcq.2
title: Birds' Nests
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6pzy.1
title: Third Ypres

description: Page 288 from a first edition of 'Undertones of War' (1928) showing the poem 'Third Ypres'. The prose section of the volume was written, apart from the help of a few maps, entirely from memory while Blunden was teaching in Tokyo between 1924 and 1927. Annotations in Blunden's hand added later at an unknown date. He notes that the poem was written on 'July 31, 1917'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8bz5.1
title: Third Ypres

description: Manuscript in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Corrections in ink. Published in 'The Shepherd', (1922) and 'Undertones of War' (1928). Various drafts of the poem survive. The subject of the poem is the attack at Passchendaele on 31 July 1917 and the proceeding days.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8kcg.2
title: After Rain
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand9ru.2
title: For These
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandcc6.1
title: Letter: To Charlotte Blunden.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandr6c.1
title: Items At Our First Concert Party

description: These pages show a list of popular songs in Edmund Blunden's hand as well as verses composed on the occasion of a battalion concert for the 11th Royal Sussex.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianhgq.1
title: A. G. A. V.

description: Manuscript in pen in Edmund Blunden's hand. This is a recollection of Arthur G. A. Vidler, Blunden's friend and fellow student at Christ's Hospital. Also one of the officers present at the 'Feast of Five', described in 'Undertones of War' (1928). The title is not, as far as is known, a reference to the poem with the same name. The final page does not appear to be related to the narrative. It contains various references to music, a reference to a ghost of a soldier, and sketches of a bishop and a Japanese man.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj16n.1
title: Third Ypres

description: Page 288 from a 6th impression of 'Undertones of War' (1928) from 1929, with an inscription by Edmund Blunden saying that this copy 'is corrected for a new edition'. The alterations in pen are in his hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj4ra.2
title: November
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwc8.1
title: On the French Coast ; A Poem of 1917

description: Manuscript in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand, with part of the title crossed out. Other corrections made in blue pencil. Signed 'E. Blunden'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianplk.2
title: The Mill-Water
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianr2z7.2
title: November
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianyw.2
title: The Mountain Chapel
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian28yv.2
title: The Signpost
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2kgx.1
title: War poems by Ivor Gurney, published in 'War's Embers'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2n8j.2
title: The Signpost
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2z2z.1
title: Notebook (Dec 1916 - Jan 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties upon arrival to the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian5b2.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6ox4.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6xw1.1
title: Notebook (Jan-Apr 1917)

description: Notebook belonging to Edmund Blunden containing notes on 11th Royal Sussex's duties in the Ypres sector. Details field and trench works to be carried out by the battalion, as well as instructions, communications, sketch maps and patrol reports. This page shows a 'Rough Eye Sketch of Patrol Route'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8uwf.1
title: Pocket Diary 1917

description: This pocket diary belonging to Edmund Blunden relates the experiences of the northern section of the battle of Passchendaele, near the Yser Canal. The attack began on 31 July 1917, and this diary, while incomplete, has sections describing the period between 8 July and 5 August 1917. The experience was later made into a narrative by Blunden and recast as 'The Crash of the Pillars' section of 'Undertones of War' (1928). These pages contain entries for Sunday 22 and Monday 23 July when Blunden was in camp near Elverdinghe, and describe being ill and hoping for the safe return of friends.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8yxz.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand9tl.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandp12.1
title: Over the Sacks

description: This 'story' offers an account of the opening days of 3rd Ypres, in Edmund Blunden hands. It was written shortly after the experience, and can be compared to 'The Crash of the Pillars' section of the memoir 'Undertones of War' (1928). This page discusses what happened when the signalling section went 'over the top' on 31 July 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiani2p.2
title: Rural Economy

description: Autograph fair copy. 'The first draft' is noted in the top left corner.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj4to.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjdms.1
title: Notes for a Short Course of Scouting

description: Notebook on various duties and operations related to D Coy, 3rd Battalion of the Royal Sussex. Notes in Edmund Blunden's hand. He used this book when he was teaching a course for the regiment in 1918. The book contains descriptions of actual patrols and includes related maps. Some of these are dated. Reverse of a page giving information on interactions between scouts and company commanders.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjt1e.1
title: Undertones of War: Chapter XXI: The Crash of Pillars

description: 'The Crash of the Pillars' section of 'Undertones of War'. This section of the memoir describes Edmund Blunden's experience of Passchendaele, beginning with his battalion going 'over the top' on Tuesday 31 July 1917. This page describes the beginning of the British attack, and Blunden has changed 'the British guns began' to 'the British guns spoke'. The alteration is ink in Blunden's hand. This particular volume is a 6th impression copy from 1929, with an inscription by Edmund saying that this copy 'is corrected for a new edition'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleians8h.2
title: Up in the Wind
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianwm7.1
title: Folder with maps drawn and signed by Edmund Blunden

description: A folder that contains maps drawn and signed during Edmund Blunden's training for 3rd Ypres near St Omer, July 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian21w3.2
title: I built myself a house of glass

description: The manuscript does not have a title and is named here after it's first line. The poem is no. 76 in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2lbe.2
title: Interval
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2r59.2
title: A. G. A. V.

description: Untitled manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian63oo.2
title: The Prophet

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6gcb.2
title: Cock-Crow
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6rij.2
title: Clare's Ghost

description: Blunden reads his poem 'Clare's Ghost' (1917) about the poet John Clare, and explains he must have written it at home on leave. From a recording made with his biographer Barry Webb.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8jih.2
title: Concert Party: Busseboom

description: Blunden reads his poem 'Concert Party: Busseboom' (1928), he explains about the concert parties behind the lines circa 1917, and after reading the poem talks about that particular event. A recording made with his biographer Barry Webb.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8vol.2
title: The Prophet

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8zcs.2
title: Old Man

description: Based closely on a prose version called "Old Man's Beard."
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6lf.2
title: March
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandcrx.2
title: Interval
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandonw.2
title: Sketch Map of Houlle

description: Sketch map in blue pencil in Edmund Blunden's hand of billets at Houlle and Senlis.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandqv8.2
title: Their Very Memory

description: Manuscript of poem in blue ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in black ink. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianhed.2
title: Words

description: The manuscript does not have a title and is labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems. This draft is marked 'unamended'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj5i.2
title: The Prophet

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjanv.2
title: Report on Experience

description: Blunden reads his poem 'Report on Experience' (circa 1930) about the devastations of war. From a recording with his biographer Barry Webb.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhl1.2
title: Old Man

description: Based closely on a prose version called "Old Man's Beard."
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjwrm.2
title: March
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian23jp.2
title: On Reading that the Rebuilding of Ypres Approached Completion

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Blunden has noted that this is a '1st draft'. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2q58.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2xpq.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian3pk.2
title: Words

description: This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems.  the draft is marked 'unamended'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian456.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62k2.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6mqh.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6x1q.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8aqy.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dkr.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8u1g.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandguu.2
title: Words

description: This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjb7w.2
title: On Reading that the Rebuilding of Ypres Approached Completion

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Blunden has noted that this is a '1st draft'. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjepr.2
title: Lob

description: This draft has been marked 'unrevised'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjsua.2
title: Words

description: This manuscript is untitled but labeled 'Words' in Edward Thomas Collected Poems.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianupg.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvjn.2
title: On Reading that the Rebuilding of Ypres Approached Completion

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand with corrections in ink. Blunden has noted that this is a '1st draft'. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2584.2
title: Illusions

description: Manuscript poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Blunden has noted in pencil at the top of the page that this poem is part of a sequence entitled 'Three Scenes from the European War: Flanders, 1914-1918', which includes 'Trench Raid Near Hooge' and 'Battalion In Rest'. All three poems were published in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian26qc.2
title: Significance

description: On the reverse of poem 'Dusk and the Mirror'.  Two pencil drafts (one entitled 'Interest')" In the right upper corner are alternative ideas for line 4.  Also on page a pencil draft of poem 'Lusitania'.  Page also contains pencil fragment [You can never bury him].
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ze.2
title: Significance

description: On page torn from ledger.  Bottom four lines are revisions of lines 9 through 12.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6679.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67ef.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6cip.2
title: Back Cover
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian827i.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian87in.2
title: Dusk and the Mirror

description: On a page torn from ledger.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tea.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand8tv.2
title: Battalion In Rest

description: Manuscript poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Blunden has noted in pencil at the top of the page that this poem is part of a sequence entitled 'Three Scenes from the European War: Flanders, 1914-1918', which includes 'Illusions' and 'Trench Raid Near Hooge'. All three poems were published in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandku3.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandn4j.2
title: Trench Raid Near Hooge

description: Manuscript poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Blunden has noted in pencil at the top of the page that this poem is part of a sequence entitled 'Three Scenes from the European War: Flanders, 1914-1918', which includes 'Illusions' and 'Battalion In Rest'. All three poems were published in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandoj5.2
title: Lob
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianf8z.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjajy.2
title: Lusitania

description: Drafts on the reverse of a draft of 'Dusk and the Mirror'.  Also on page are two pencil drafts of the poem 'Significance' and pencil fragment [You can never bury him].  The 'Lusitania' was a British passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo, 7 May 1915, on a homeward voyage from New York. 1,198 people died, including 100 Americans.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfu7.2
title: The Crash of Pillars

description: Manuscript in black ink in Edmund Blunden's hand of Chapter XXI entitled 'The Crash of Pillars' from 'Undertones of War' (1928). Corrections and additions in ink in Blunden's hand. Blunden has added the title in red ink. The chapter details his experiences over the course of the first day of the battle of Passchendaele during the month of June 1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjv4d.2
title: Battalion In Rest

description: Manuscript poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. Blunden has noted in pencil at the top of the page that this poem is part of a sequence entitled 'Three Scenes from the European War: Flanders, 1914-1918', which includes 'Illusions' and 'Trench Raid Near Hooge'. All three poems were published in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ca6.2
title: God

description: Contains ink and pencil corrections.  There is a double typed line at the bottom of page 1 suggesting that Isaac Rosenberg originally intended that the poem end there; in the play 'Moses' it ends after line 15.  The pencil annotations at bottom right corner are in Gordon Bottomley's hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2plb.2
title: Preparations For Victory

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2xdd.2
title: God

description: Contains pencil alterations, and Gordon Bottomley's ink corrections to the spelling. On the back 'B' is written in pencil.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian689u.2
title: Spring, 1916

description: On the back is Fragment LXIV.  This poem was written while Isaac Rosenberg was stationed with the 12th South Lancashires in Blackdown Camp.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6k36.2
title: The Zonnebeke Road

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. Included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6lvi.2
title: God

description: On an incomplete page torn from a 1914 diary for Wed. 25 (March)" The same diary paper used by Isaac Rosenberg for 'Torpor', 'Chagrin', and the play 'Moses'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6zfk.2
title: Escape

description: Manuscript of poem in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. This is a clean draft without corrections. The poem was included in 'Undertones of War' (1928).