Transcripts of the letters of John Jarmain
Transcripts of 120 letters of the poet John Jarmain to his wife Beryl, with whom he regularly corresponded after travelling to North Africa and South Italy during the Second World War. The letters are dated from 17 June 1942 to 04 November 1943.
The transcripts were produced through a remote transcription project co-ordinated by the University of Exeter Special Collections in 2021. The letters were transcribed by Ruby Bones and Beth Howell, student interns, under the supervision of Annie Price, archivist.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
2022
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Letter dated 13 January 1943
English Literature - 20Th Century
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert, the army, aircraft and spitfires, RAF and US AAF, El Alamein.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1943-01-13
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Aerogram dated 11 January 1943: draft of poem 'Fear'
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including drafts of the poem 'Fear' and references to the battle of El Alamein, air raids and Tavistock in Devon.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1943-01-11
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Letter dated 31 December 1942: draft of poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript letter including drafts of the poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein' and references to the life in the desert with the army.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-12-31
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Aerogram dated 16 December 1942: draft of poem 'Tobruk' and revisions of 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript lettercard from the Lybian desert including a draft of the poem 'Tobruk' and revisions to the poems 'Sandbags' and 'For Alemein'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-12-16
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Letter dated 9 December 1942
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter including references to the battle of El Alamein, the life in the desert, birds, his finances, banks, hotels and Cairo. Also discussing good books including mentions of James Elroy Flecker, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, 'A Glastonbury Romance' by John Cooper Powys and Rudyard Kipling.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-12-09
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Aerogram dated 8 December 1942: draft of poems 'For Alemein [Alamein]' and 'Soldiers' Prayer'
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript lettercard probably written from Cyrenaica, Libya, including a draft of the poems 'For Alemein' and 'Soldiers' Prayer'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-12-08
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Letter dated 14 November 1942
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter from the desert including references to the war news and reports of battles and life in the desert. Also discussing his poetry and the poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'Orchids'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-11-14
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Aerogram dated 13 November 1942: draft of poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein [Alamein]'
English Literature - 20th Century
Manuscript lettercard written after the battle of Al Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Ring Plover at El Alemein'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-11-13
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Airgraph dated 11 November 1942
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter including references to life in the desert, war and Rommel.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-11-11
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Letter dated 9 November 1942: draft of poem 'Orchids'
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter written after the battle of Al Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Orchids/Song in the Desert' and references to the battle and the retreat of the Germans and Italians.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-11-09
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Aerogram dated 2 November 1942: draft of poems 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript lettercard including a draft of two more poems to be included in the collection 'Poems in the Western desert': a revised version of 'Tel El Eisa' and 'Sandbags'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-11-02
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Letter dated 28 October 1942: draft of poem 'Tel El Eisa'
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Tel El Eisa' and references to life in the desert near El Alamein and the battle field. Also mentioning the publication of some of his work in the 'Daily Telegraph'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-10-28
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Airgraph dated 28 October 1942: amendment to poem 'Bivouac'
English Literature - 20th century
Manuscript letter mentioning the acceptance of some of Jarmain's work by the 'Daily Telegraph' and including an amendment to the poem 'Bivouac'.
Jarmain; John (1911-1944); poet
Letters of John Jarmain EUL MS 413
1942-10-28
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