Francis Thompson collection, 1865-1967.

Francis Thompson collection, 1865-1967.

Thompson, Francis,1859-1907.

Connolly, Terence L.(Terence Leo),1888-1961.

Hind, C. Lewis(Charles Lewis),1862-1927.

Holst, Gustav,1874-1934.

Hopkins, Gerard Manley,1844-1889.

Lane, John,1854-1925.

Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson,1847-1922.

Meynell, Wilfrid,1852-1948.

Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton,1823-1896.

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Composed of a variety of materials including manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, sheet music, audio tapes, video recordings, drawings, photographs, articles and publications. The collection includes both Thompson's incoming and going correspondence.In addition to materials produced by Thompson there are also a great many items about him. This includes the correspondence of Terrence Connolly, Alice Meynell, Wlifred Meynell, Gustav Von Holst, Coventry Patmore and Gerard Manley Manley.

English poet. Thompson was educated at Ushaw College and studied medicine in Manchester. He lived in poverty for some years, but was assisted by the Meynell family. His first volume of poems appeared in 1893. Thompson also produced some literary criticism and works of prose during his lifetime.

Two finding aids available in the repository. The primary guide includes materials from multiple accessions of materials and forms the bulk of the Francis Thompson collection. A smaller guide only lists materials from accession number MS2006-27.

Numerous accessions from a variety of sources.

Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907.

Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907

Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907

Thompson, Francis, 1859-1907

Poets, English