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Loan 96 RLF 1/3317
Herbert Edward Palmer, and Harriet E Palmer, his widow

Herbert Edward Palmer

Applications

8 (7 successful)

Date period

15 Apr 1928-31 Jul 1961

Awards

  • 14 May 1928 (£100)
  • 28 May 1931 (£100)
  • 19 Apr 1934 (£50)
  • 30 Mar 1937 (£50)
  • 7 Feb 1952 (£300)
  • 23 Oct 1955 (£100)
  • 22 Jul 1957 (deferred in Dec 1957)
  • Jun 1961 (£200 - to Harriet E Palmer)

Other author name(s)

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Author's career

  • Educated at the Universities of Birmingham and Bonn
  • Journalist
  • Lecturer

Author's works published

Poetry : also Non-Fiction, Criticism, Autobiography, Journalism, Translations, Drama

Also named in file

Harriet E Palmer (dependent)

More information

Timeline

1928

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

14 May 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/1
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall, with details of his works

15 Apr 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/2
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

23 Apr 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/3
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

24 Apr 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/4
 

Sir Henry Newbolt to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 Apr 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/5
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 May 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/6
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

14 May 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/7
1929

John Cyril Dent to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

8 May 1929
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/8
1928

L W Charley to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 May 1928
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to Charles Whibley

22 May 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/10
 

John Collings Squire to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on works by Herbert Edward Palmer

Jun 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/11
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Herbert Edward Palmer, including a copy of a report by Charles Whibley

Jun 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/12
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

18 Jun 1928
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/13
1930

H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

20 May 1930
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Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

23 May 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/15
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Jun 1930
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/16
1931

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

28 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/17
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

27 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/18
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

28 Jan 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/19
 

H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

4 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/20
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

19 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/21
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

29 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/22
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/23
 

John Cyril Dent to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

29 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/24
 

Ernest Nightingale to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

30 May 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/25
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Herbert Edward Palmer

Jun 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/26
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Jun 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/27
 

H G Vincent, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

23 Jul 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/28
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to H G Vincent

5 Aug 1931
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/29
1933

Ernest Nightingale to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

5 Apr 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/30
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Ernest Nightingale

6 Apr 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/31
 

Ernest Nightingale to Hugh John Cole Marshall

8 Apr 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/32
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Ernest Nightingale

10 Apr 1933
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/33
1934

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

19 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/34
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

9 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/35
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

10 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/36
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/37
 

John Cyril Dent to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

14 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/38
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

18 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/39
 

Ernest Nightingale to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

19 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/40
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

27 Apr 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/41
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Herbert Edward Palmer

Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/42
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

17 Jun 1934
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/43
1935

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

1 Apr 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/44
 

Printed advertisement for books including The Mistletoe Child: A Biography of Childhood, by Herbert Edward Palmer

1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/45
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

Apr 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/46
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

Apr 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/47
 

Nevile Butler, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

8 May 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/48
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Nevile Butler

14 May 1935
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/49
1937

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

30 Mar 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/50
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Mar 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/51
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

31 Mar 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/52
 

John Cyril Dent to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

21 Mar 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/53
 

N Dawson to the Committee of the Literary Fund

23 Mar 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/54
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

19 May 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/55
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

20 May 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/56
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of Herbert Edward Palmer

Jun 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/57
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

12 Jun 1937
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/58
1939

Herbert Edward Palmer to Hugh John Cole Marshall

31 Mar 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/59
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to Herbert Edward Palmer

3 Apr 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/60
 

C G L Syers, at 10 Downing Street, to Hugh John Cole Marshall, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

20 Apr 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/61
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to C G L Syers

2 May 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/62
1952

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

7 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/63
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

30 Jan 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/64
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

7 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/65
 

L W Charley to John G Broadbent

9 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/66
 

John Stewart Collis to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

10 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/67
 

Robert Gathorne-Hardy to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/68
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

13 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/69
 

List of publications by and previous grants made to Herbert Edward Palmer

Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/70
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

21 Feb 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/71
1953

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

20 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/72
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

1 Mar 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/73
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

14 Mar 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/74
 

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

16 Mar 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/75
1955

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

23 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/76
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

13 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/77
 

Rupert Hart-Davis to John G Broadbent

17 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/78
 

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

21 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/79
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

23 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/80
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/81
 

Phoebe Hesketh to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/82
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

30 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/83
 

Ernest Nightingale to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

26 Oct 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/84
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent, with details of his finances

6 Nov 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/85
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

Nov 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/86
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on the case of Herbert Edward Palmer

Nov 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/87
 

Typewritten Order of the Day for a meeting of the Committee of the Literary Fund

9 Nov 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/88
 

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

15 Nov 1955
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/89
1957

Application Form, Herbert Edward Palmer

22 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/90
1956

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

26 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/91
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Herbert Edward Palmer

28 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/92
 

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

7 Dec 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/93
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

9 Dec 1956
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1957

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

1 Jan 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/95
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

22 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/96
 

Ernest Nightingale to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

16 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/97
 

Phoebe Hesketh to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

19 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/98
 

John G Broadbent to Herbert Edward Palmer

24 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/99
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to John G Broadbent

25 Jul 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/100
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Herbert Edward Palmer

1 Oct 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/101
 

Herbert Edward Palmer to the Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

5 Oct 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/102
 

David Stephens, at 10 Downing Street, to John G Broadbent, enquiring about Herbert Edward Palmer

10 Dec 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/103
1961

Thompson & Debenhams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, informing him of the death of Herbert Edward Palmer

2 Jun 1961
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/104
 

Thompson & Debenhams to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

13 Jun 1961
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/105
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on the estate of Herbert Edward Palmer

Jul 1961
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/106
 

John G Broadbent to Thompson & Debenhams

21 Jul 1961
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/107
 

Charley P Palmer to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

31 Jul 1961
Loan 96 RLF 1/3317/108
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