2017-04-11 Guide to the Correspondence Received by Thomas Wade Earp, 1930-1957 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0021 Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod; Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2022-06-27T08:59-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Correspondence Received by Thomas Wade Earp SPEC.RARE.CMS.0021 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.2 Cubic feet 1930-1957 Thomas Wade Earp (1892-1958) was an English writer and art critic. The Correspondence Received by Thomas Wade Earp includes personal correspondence received by Earp from 1930-1957 from friends of literary and artistic backgrounds, including Welsh artist Augustus John and Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. (1) 2.5'' letter document box English Earp, T. W. (Thomas Wade), 1892-1958 Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged in chronological order.

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Biographical Note

Thomas Wade Earp (1892-1958) was an English writer and art critic. Works by Earp include books discussing French painting, Van Gogh, various aspects of painting such as the modern movement in art, and books of poetry. The word “twirp” was inspired by him, as it was added to Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English after J.R.R. Tolkien gave Earp the nickname while both writers were studying at Oxford University. Earp was personal friends with various British and Welsh artists and writers such as Dylan Thomas, Augustus John, Wyndham Lewis, Arthur Machen, Jacob Epstein, Alfred Munnings, and Walter Richard Sickert.

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence Received by Thomas Wade Earp includes personal correspondence received by Earp from 1930-1957 from friends of literary and artistic backgrounds. Topics of the correspondence include gallery shows, publication plans, life updates, poetry, artworks, and reviews. The main correspondents represented in this collection are Welsh artist Augustus John and Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Thomas in particular was a prolific correspondent with many people throughout his lifetime, and often either included poems with his letters to Earp, or wrote the entire letter itself as a piece of poetry. Several of the manuscript poems in this collection by Thomas went on to be published in collected volumes of his poetry.

Earp, T. W. (Thomas Wade), 1892-1958 John, Augustus, 1878-1961 Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953 Art critics--England--20th century Authors, English--20th century Correspondence Male artists--Wales--20th century Poems Poets, English--20th century--Correspondence Poets, Welsh--20th century Welsh poetry--20th century Writing--20th century Correspondence 1 1 1930-1940 Correspondence 1 2 1930s-1940s Thomas (Dylan) manuscript and typed poems 1 3 1930s-1940s Correspondence 1 4 1941 Correspondence 1 5 1942 Correspondence 1 6 1943 Correspondence 1 7 1944 Correspondence 1 8 1945 Correspondence 1 9 1946 Correspondence 1 10 1947 Correspondence 1 11 1948-1949 Correspondence 1 12 1950-1953 Correspondence 1 13 1954 Correspondence 1 14 1955-1957