Two letters (1944) from Mr A E Bancroft to Tambimuttu referring to submission of poems on behalf of his son, Ian Bancroft. With two subsequent letters to Tambimuttu from Capt Ian Bancroft (14 February and 17 October, 1945); two letters from Tambimuttu to Bancroft (26 October and 1 November, 19...
Eight poems (typescript): 'Elegy on the Death of Michael Roberts', 'To My Brother', 'To David Gill', 'To T S Eliot', 'To Stephen Spender', 'To W S Graham', 'Memorial Inscription', and 'The Death of Yeats'.
Letter (typescript, dated 30 June only) enclosing seven poems (typescript, some dated): 'Elegy for a German Pilot'; 'Moon and Searchlights'; 'The Underground'; 'Christ's College Garden'; 'The Blackout'; 'Written in September, 1939'; and 'Good Friday 1941'.
Letter (typescript, 28 February, 1944) to Tambimuttu, noting correction to attached poem ('Mostly About Violet'). Postcard (15 March, 1946) requesting copy of Poetry London, 2:10 (1944), in which the poem appeared (pp. 13-14).
Correspondence between Capt Beard and Tambimuttu (five brief letters) concerning submission of poems (rejected) and an article ('A Consideration of Verse'), the latter to be quoted 'in my editorial for the Services number of PL'.
Three poems (typescript): 'After France'; 'The Rats' Testament' (extract); and 'Poem' ('There are only two or three…'), published Poetry London, 2:8 (1942), pp. 67-68.