cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8jo8.2
title: In War

description: Reverse of a pencil draft of poem written on Y. M. C. A. paper.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley describing that it is based on an experience of a fellow soldier / hopes that the copies of 'The Amulet' and 'Adam and Eve' sent through the mail have arrived without too much damage / mentions that 'Adam and Eve' is based on a poem by the Belgian poet Emile Verhaeren / heard that G. Trevelyan is near to Gordon Bottomley / discusses an unspecified volume of the poet Francis Thompson's / describes potential professions for after the war.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8lf8.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Concludes notes on Debating Society / report on the Model Yacht Club / the Camera Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8qr9.1
title: Winter Song

description: This is no. 98 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8v2y.2
title: The Tower of Sculls

description: Pencil draft on reverse of Church Army paper.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls'  and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8vtv.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Thanks for a book / mentions seeing soldiers in Petersfield / pitching a tent in the garden / includes a drawing of a 'demon'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8vxp.2
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/bodleian8ypw.2
title: Embarkation from Folkestone to Boulogne. Training at base camp at Eaples. First experience of trench system.

description: British private served with Hampshire Regt in GB, 1917-1918; served with Worcestershire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian92i.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian9lu.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Concludes note on the Camera Club / begins report on the Field Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand5fl.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Wishes her father were home / describes a concert at the Bedales School / a walk by a pond with her mother.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandc57.2
title: Trench life. Making tea in dugouts.

description: British private served with Hampshire Regt in GB, 1917-1918; served with Worcestershire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiando4n.2
title: The Tower of Sculls

description: Reverse of pencil draft of poem written on Church Army paper.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls'  and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandu8r.1
title: The End
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandz25.2
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 contains an intelligence report from the 11th Royal Sussex, dated 2/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandzh3.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon of the 1935 Typescript of the text of 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). This copy has been marked for the printers and apparently has been used for setting up as it is marked off for the galley proofs. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandzo9.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes journey with a friend / seeing soldiers in the station / asks after his father's book and travels.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandzxn.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Concludes 'The Final in the Chess Tournament: A Personal Explanation' / poem entitled 'Butterflies'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiangy3.1
title: With an Identity Disc

description: Drafted on 23 March 1917 in France; a fair copy was included in a letter to Colin Owen on 24 March 1917. Revised at Craiglockhart in August-September 1917. This manuscript is entitled by Owen as 'Sonnet to my friend with an identity disc' and is no. 91 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj4c.2
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 contains a draft report of morning intelligence for 1-2/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianj78.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes snow / upcoming tea. Includes a drawing of cottages by a lake or seaside.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianja4p.2
title: Returning, we hear the larks

description: Typescript of poem.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls'  and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjg2y.2
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 contains an intelligence report from the 11th Royal Sussex, dated 2/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgh7.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon of the 1935 Typescript of the text of 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). This copy has been marked for the printers and apparently has been used for setting up as it is marked off for the galley proofs. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgxp.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: 'Club Notes' for 'Craiglockhart War Hospital Officers' Club' including General / Concerts / Debating Society / Yacht Club / Camera Club / Field Club / Boys' Training Club / Workshop / Billiards / Golf / Tennis, Badminton, Croquet, Bowls, etc. / Agriculture, Garening and Poultry Rearing / Indoor Games / Magazine / Tobacco Stall / Library / Laundry.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjiez.2
title: Inadequacies of training demonstrated by soldiers' reactions to first taste of warfare.

description: British private served with Hampshire Regt in GB, 1917-1918; served with Worcestershire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjlfo.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes a picnic / playing with his sisters and friends / wishes his father's knee a swift recovery. Includes a sketch of the 'scouting game' played at the picnic.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjw5s.2
title: Symptoms of shell-shock.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjx82.1
title: From My Diary, July 1914

description: Actually written in October-November 1917 at Scarborough or in November 1917-January 1918 at Craiglockhart. This is no. 117 in ed. 'The Complete Poems and Fragments'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiansk9.2
title: Infantry Training with Hampshire Regiment 1917: trench construction.

description: British private served with Hampshire Regt in GB, 1917-1918; served with Worcestershire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvmg.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon of the 1935 Typescript of the text of 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). This copy has been marked for the printers and apparently has been used for setting up as it is marked off for the galley proofs. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvo6.2
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 'Programme of Work' for the 11th Royal Sussex, dated 2/2/1917.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianvti.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Begins 'The Final in the Chess Tournament: A Personal Explanation'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian228a.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Joins the 2nd Manchester Regiment at Halloy, nr Beaumont Hamel, on the Somme. Describes the journey from Folkestone, to Calais, and then to camp. Talks about the wet conditions, the destruction of Halloy, censoring letters, and problems of getting equipment. This is letter no. 476 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian23ih.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Mentions health / receiving a whig to play with / family and friends / receiving a letter from Edward Thomas. Includes a drawing of a house and a rooster.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2412.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes bicycle trips made by the family.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25am.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25kv.2
title: Christmas in Site of Ypres

description: Manuscript in ink in Edmund Blunden's hand. A clean copy, without corrections.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian25po.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisements for Edinburgh purveyors of jewelry and photographic equipment.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2c7i.2
title: Letter: To Laurence Binyon.

description: Mentions Laurence Binyon's suggestions for alterations to an unspecified poem, likely to be 'Dead Man's Dump', but explains that he cannot work on them where he is / suggests that Binyon send the poem to a newspaper, as the money paid for it would be helpful in the event of leave / weather very bad / what he has learned in the army / encloses pencil draft of 'Daughters of War' and asks for Binyon's opinion / discusses his opinion of Wilfred Gibson's book of verse 'Battle'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2khk.2
title: Effect of influenza epidemic in 1918; the so called 'Spanish Flu'.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2ntq.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Describes conditions of dug-out and being under fire. Refers to a recent parcel from home containing provisions. This is letter no. 491 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2rj5.2
title: Letter: To Laurence Binyon.

description: Postmarked envelope included with letter.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian2x33.2
title: Fragment from Webster's 'The White Devil'

description: The text contains two lines from John Webster's 'The White Devil' published 1612
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian334.2
title: Effect of ground conditions at Vimy Ridge on mobility of tanks.The incorrect use by higher command of tanks.

description: British officer served with 2nd Bn Royal Scots Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916; served with  14th Bn Tank Corps on Western Front, 1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian624w.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon of the 1935 Typescript of the text of 'In Parenthesis' (Part VII). This copy has been marked for the printers and apparently has been used for setting up as it is marked off for the galley proofs. (Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' is about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62c7.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Concludes report on the Agriculture, Gardening and Poultry-keeping Club / notes on the Library / Fine Arts Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62gx.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Inquires after Edward Thomas' health / describes a symphony at school / visit from Helen and Myfanwy Thomas to school / asks what Edward Thomas would like for Christmas.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian62ma.2
title: Moral Philosophy
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67b2.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Drawing entitled 'A Happy New Year!'
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67hq.2
title: Inside Page
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian67oh.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6m58.2
title: Daughters of War

description: Contains numerous pen and pencil alterations.  No complete manuscript of this poem is known to exist.  Isaac Rosenberg wrote numerous versions incorporating the criticisms of, in particular, Gordon Bottomley and Edward Marsh.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6mn9.2
title: Letter: To Charles Thomas
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6p6e.2
title: Reactions to the Armistice.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian6u2z.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes her eleven birthday presents / play at lacrosse / sending a piece of cake to Edward Thomas and a sugar robin for remembrance while he is away / love from the family.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian77b.2
title: Daughters of War

description: Pencil draft of poem.  Included in letter to Laurence Binyon discussing his suggestions for alterations to an unspecified poem, but explains that he cannot work on them where he is / suggests that Binyon send the poem to a newspaper, as the money paid for it would be helpful in the event of leave / weather very bad / what he has learned in the army / encloses pencil draft of 'Daughters of War' and asks for Binyon's opinion / discusses his opinion of Wilfred Gibson's book of verse 'Battle'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8a56.2
title: Break of Day in the Trenches

description: Typescript by Annie Rosenberg from draft sent to her by Isaac. Worked into by Isaac on receipt with pencil corrections.  This poem was published in Harriet Monroe's Chicago-base 'Poetry' magazine in December 1916.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8b62.2
title: Reactions to shell fire and dealing with shell-shock.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dc3.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Reports on golfing / badminton / begins note on Agriculture, Gardening and Poultry-keeping Club.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dgq.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Discusses seeing a play / visiting the de la Mares' / collecting stamps / reading 'Oliver Twist'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8dmu.2
title: English history from 100
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8ffr.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Describes falling down a shell-hole at Le Quesnoy-en-Santerre and then his subsequent journey to a Field Hospital and thence to the Clearing Station. This is letter no. 494 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8l2p.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Mentions tea party / scouting / the moon / Helen Thomas' health. Includes a drawing labeled 'Indian Camp'."
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8tbr.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Poem entitled 'A Song of Ordnance' by 'H.'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8thg.2
title: Verso of back cover
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian8toy.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleian91r.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Asks how Edward Thomas likes the army / describes the weather and a dance / relates examination marks / sends luck alongside a drawing of a cat.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand26s.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand6qq.2
title: Treatment of minor casulaties; paraffin wax treatment for mustard gas burns.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand71v.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Advertisement for Edinburgh tea rooms.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiand8u.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Discusses censoring letters and the area of the line his Regiment will shortly occupy. Describes his servant, and his Company Commanders. Describes inspecting soldiers' feet for trench-foot, the Victoria Cross, and his own appearance in waders. He concludes by listing some items he would like his mother to send him. This letter includes a code to tell his mother his location (hence the closing comment 'You need not ask where I am. I have told you as far as I can'. The trigger is the word 'mistletoe'. The reader must then record the second letter of the first words on the following lines. This is letter no. 479 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandgbt.2
title: The terms of Armistice; and consequent celebrations with Belgian civilians at Mons.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandkgk.2
title: Unknown fragment

description: Possibly not in Thomas' hand.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandknn.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandnce.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandqic.2
title: The Burning of the Temple

description: Reverse of Typescript of poem.  Included with letter to Gordon Bottomley mentioning still being in hospital but will likely be transferred to the trenches shortly / apologises for 'dreariness' of letter, but explains that the circumstances and experience of war makes it more difficult to write / discusses Gordon Bottomley' suggestions for alterations to 'The Unicorn' / has not incorporated changes to 'The Unicorn' as yet / is including instead various drafts, including a pencil draft of 'The Tower of Sculls'  and typescripts of 'Returning, we hear the larks', 'The Burning of the Temple' and 'The Dying Soldier'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandxx3.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Describes conditions in a billet behind the lines, notably the cold. Talks about being involved in a tear-gas attack. Lists a series of wants. Describes no man's land in detail, and ridicules pictures in the paper that pretend to convey conditions at the front. This is letter no. 481 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleiandyrg.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Concludes note on the Boys' Training Club / begins report on the Workshop.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfax.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianfpl.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918 Advertising Supplement

description: Illustrated cover of 'The Hydra' for January 1918 showing a 'Hydra' attacking a soldier, flanked by two nurses.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianhho.2
title: Description of mustard gas.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjbin.2
title: Letter: To Laurence Binyon.

description: Mentions Laurence Binyon's suggestions for alterations to an unspecified poem, likely to be 'Dead Man's Dump', but explains that he cannot work on them where he is / suggests that Binyon send the poem to a newspaper, as the money paid for it would be helpful in the event of leave / weather very bad / what he has learned in the army / encloses pencil draft of 'Daughters of War' and asks for Binyon's opinion / discusses his opinion of Wilfred Gibson's book of verse 'Battle'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjc1t.2
title: The Hydra: January 1918

description: Drawing entitled 'Water-Fowl'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjfnp.2
title: In Parenthesis (Part VII Notes) carbon copy of the 1935 typescript

description: Carbon from the 1935 Typescript of the 'Notes' for Part VII of 'In Parenthesis' (about the attack on Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916).
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjgol.1
title: Letter: To Edward Thomas.

description: Describes activities in the garden / happy to be going back to school. Includes a drawing of a ship labeled 'White Star Line'.
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjhqx.2
title: Description of Armistice Day morning in the trenches near Mons, 11th November 1918.

description: British stretcher bearer served with 1st Cavalry Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps on Western Front, 1915-1918
DOI: 10.5287/bodleianjix7.1
title: Letter To Susan Owen

description: Describes horrendous conditions of holding a dug-out in no man's land at Serre. An incident involving a blinded sentry is mentioned, which probably forms the basis for his poem 'The Sentry'. This is letter no. 480 in Ed. 'Wilfred Owen Collected Letters'.