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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.…
Aerogram dated 4 November 1943
Manuscript letter card mentioning spending some days of leave at Sparta with Bianca and her family, Messina, Stromboli and some of his poems, 'Tobruk' and 'Alamein'.
Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and…
Content Advice: This letter contains offensive historical language and…
Aerogram dated 22 October 1943: draft of poem 'Faith'
Manuscript air letter from Sicily about Jarmain's children and wife, including a draft of the poem ''Faith'.
Aerogram dated 29 May 1943: amendments to poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'
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Manuscript air letter including alterations to the poems 'Tobruk' and 'Tel El Eisa'.
Letter dated 4 April 1943
Manuscript letter including references to the publication of the poems and royalties. Envelope also including a newscutting, a Christmas card and a couple of letters to John, some poems by Sarah Stailey: 'The Return of Persephone', 'Beware!',…
Aerogram dated 26 March 1943: draft of poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems'
Manuscript lettercard including the poems 'The Desert Army' and 'These Poems', probably written from the Mareth line and sent from Medenine in Tunisia.
Letter dated 21 March 1943
Manuscript letter discussing about the poems 'Yone May', 'For Alemein [Alamein]', 'Orchids', 'Sand' and including references to Capetown, Tripoli and a scheme including Italian speaking interpreters, Churchill, jobs options after the end of the war,…
Aerogram dated 12 March 1943
Manuscript lettercard including references to Monty or Bernard Montgomery and the new direct air service from Tripoli he asked Churchill for his soldiers, the Eighth Army, one of the most famous formations of the British Army during World War Two.…
Aerogram dated 10 March 1943
Manuscript lettercard including references to Cairo and Tripoli and a second 'Alamein' poem on which Jarmain has started to work.
The battle of Medenine was on the 6th March
The battle of Medenine was on the 6th March
Letter dated 4 March 1943
Manuscript letter mentioning the structure of the poem 'Soldier's Prayer', the desert, Suez and the river Nile.
Letter dated 21 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli mentioning the poem 'Soldier's Prayer', the difficulty to express in writing how it feels like being a soldier, their alienation and homesickness.
Letter dated 6 February 1943
Manuscript letter from Tripoli including the story of an Italian family, from Sicily, who had moved in Libya in 1912, after the Italo-Turkish war. The narration provides an insight in the recent history of the Libyan colony and in the current war as…
Aerogram dated 30 January 1943: draft of poem 'Sand'
Manuscript lettercard from Tripoli including a draft of the poem 'Sand' and references to his experience in Tripoli.
Letter dated 20 January 1943: draft of poem 'Leptis Magna'
Manuscript letter including a draft of the poem 'Leptis Magna', references to the journey through the desert along the Libyan coast up to Leptis Magna and the arrival to Tripoli, deliveries and mail. Also including some literary discussion of poetry,…
Letter dated 13 January 1943
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert, the army, aircraft and spitfires, RAF and US AAF, El Alamein.
Aerogram dated 11 January 1943: draft of poem 'Fear'
Manuscript lettercard from the Libyan desert including drafts of the poem 'Fear' and references to the battle of El Alamein, air raids and Tavistock in Devon.
Aerogram dated 4 January 1943: draft of poem 'New Year 1943 Agheila'
Manuscript lettercard including a draft of the poem 'New Year, 1943, Agheila'' and references to the life in the desert with the army
Letter dated 31 December 1942: draft of poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein [Alamein]'
Manuscript letter including drafts of the poems 'Soldiers' Prayer' and 'For Alemein' and references to the life in the desert with the army.
Letter dated 19 December 1942
Manuscript letter including references to the life in the desert with the army, Libya, Alexandria, supplies and postal service and Cape Town.
Aerogram dated 18 December 1942: draft of poem 'Your Peace'
Manuscript lettercard from the Libyan desert including a draft of the poem 'Your Peace'.