Masefield, John, 1878-1967
Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-01-01
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Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-01-05
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Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-01-06
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BOAR’S HILL, OXFORD Jan 6. 1920. Responding to Bull's question regarding “English newspapers”, Masefield sends her a copy of the Manchester Guardian, noting that he once worked there. Apologetic about his "miserable letters" to Bull, Masefield reassures Dorothy that she is a "dear and valued friend". As Bull is drafting a chapter on LItchfield’s Revolutionary War history, Masefield recommends that she read [Mrs. Nesta] Webster's “The French Revolution".
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-01-14
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BOAR’S HILL, OXFORD. Jan 14. 1920. Masefield writes an apology to Bull for "one, whom I sent to you last year" and who "behaved not very nicely to you." Masefield's oblique reference is to an 31 Aug. 1918 he wrote Bull and foreshadows his June 3, 1920 letter to Bull.
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-01-22
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BOAR’S HILL, OXFORD. 22 Jan. [1920] Masefield sends Bull the autograph of Sir Ian Hamilton for attachment to her copy of "Gallipoli" and laments "the long time between letters" from "Corner House" before offering some verse and a cartoon. The cartoon is of two huntsmen in traditional dress, one, on a horse, chases the other, on a bicycle, page left. A comically high, steeplechase hurdle divides them.
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-03-02
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Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-06-03
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June 3. 1920. Masefield acknowledges failing to correspond with Bull. In taking "on another man's work as well as [his] own,” he explains having had more than he “could manage". In answer to Bull's question about R.N. -- the shell-shocked veteran and WWI poet Robert Nichols -- Masefield writes: "He is [at Oxford]..., doing quite good work, + getting steadier...he went straight from school into the war, was..."
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-07-04
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July 4.1920. Masefield observes the increased speed with which "the big ships" carry post-war trans-Atlantic correspondence and thanks Bull for the "Miss Brown" poem, saying that Bull "would have done...better." Masefield reports being "especially busy" and concludes that "Things here [in England], now, are not yet quite normal, but nearly so, outwardly. Inwardly, the changed [SIC?] has been so profound that...[England] hasn’t yet had time to adjust its outside to match.”
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-07-28
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HILL CREST. BOAR’S HILL, OXFORD. July 28. 1920. Masefield thanks Bull "for the Chapman’s Homer clipping" but bristles -- ending in verse about a "dotted piker" -- at Bull's notion that he may not be "wise to the meaning of" American cultural references such as the "D.A.R." (Daughters of the American Revolution founded in 1890).
Masefield, J. to Bull, D. - correspondence, 1920-07-31
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HILL CREST. BOAR’S HILL, OXFORD. July 31. 1920. Masefield notes that "today [is] two years since I saw you, when I came away from Litchfield in the rain..." and acknowledges receipt of her gift, "the Litchfield book." He sends a "dedicace to paste” into "Enslaved" (being sent to Bull “Through...Macmillan Co").