Letter: To Marion Scott.
Item
Title
Letter: To Marion Scott.
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Identifier
7533.cpd
IG-70-2f
Creator
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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Abstract
Discusses music composed by Ivor Gurney / verses by Scott / requests a parcel containing matches / Mark Twain / Scott's health / being in front-line trenches in a 'soft' sector / the weather and landscape / enjoying work as a signaller / news of Russia and the war's near end? / being cold / naval news / requests books to exchange / the possibility of Scott sending a parcel / itemizes reactions to the war and experience in the army / creates a musical score to mimic sound of a shell / discusses his book ('Severn and Somme') and poems / thanks Scott for having sent a copy of the 'Times Literary Supplement' / describes the site of an airplane flying over the trenches.
Date
December - September 1917
Date Created
1917-12-01
Temporal Coverage
1917-09-30
Spatial Coverage
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Format
Pencil
Type
Letter
number of pages
8
Contributor
Alisa Miller