Papers, 1934-1966.

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Papers, 1934-1966.

Handwritten and typescripts of writings, reports, correspondence, postcards, notes, and miscellaneous documents. These materials shed light on many of Williamson's publications, his ideas, personality, temperament, and relationships.

2 boxes (10 linear inches).

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SNAC Resource ID: 6785632

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Williamson, Henry, 1895-1977

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Henry Williamson (1895-1977), writer, was born in south London and educated at Colfe's Grammar School, Lewisham. He fought in the army in the First World War and gained a deep sense of the futility of conflict as a result. He worked as a journalist for a short while before writing his first novel, 'The Beautiful Years', in 1921. This became volume one of a quartet, named 'The Flax of Dreams'. At the same time he moved to North Devon and, in 1927, wrote there 'Tarka the Otter', the book on which ...