Flora Thompson - additional resources
The Flora Thompson Home
Page by John Owen Smith (contains a wealth of information on her life
and work, but is dedicated in particular to her time at Grayshott (1898 -
1901) and Liphook (1916 - 1928)). An extensive range of books about Flora
life and works are available for purchase in the online store, including
Gillian Lindsay's 2007 biography of Flora, which has been extensively updated
and revised since the original first edition (and full first biography)
in 1990.
The Harry
Ransom 'Flora Thompson' archives at the University of Texas. This contains
the bulk of the papers purchased in 1967 from the estate of Winifred (Diana)
Thompson, Flora's daughter
Flora
Thompson Papers at the University of Exeter (small collection of
papers).
Other small collections of papers can be found
at the Banbury
Museum, the Centre for
Oxfordshire Studies (COS), Oxfordshire Museums Store, Standlake, the
University of Exeter Library,
plus others deposited at the Bodleian
Library.
The two plays by Keith Dewhurst are performed
annually at many locations every summer, mainly in the south of England.
The plays of John Owen Smith
are also performed regularly in the Grayshott/Liphook area.
A selection of books by, about and connected with
Flora Thompson, together with a range of associated traditional folk music
CDs, including the 2006 and 2008 reissues of the Albion Band/Keith
Dewhurst folk music recording at the National Theatre productions of 'Lark
Rise to Candleford' in 1978/79, are available for purchase in the
Museum Shop. 'Keynote' publications, available in the Buckingham Old Gaol Museum Book Shop include Gillian Lindsay's 2007 revision of her book, 'Flora
Thompson - The Story of the Lark Rise Writer' and Christine Bloxham's 2008
book, 'The World of Flora Thompson Revisited'.
We wanted YOU to come along to the Old Gaol Museum and see for
yourself, for only then would you be able to fully appreciate the scale and
depth of the research contributing to this unique audio-visual exhibition
of this unique social history writer's life and works in
A selection of Flora Thompson related titles
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