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Poets in Public

Archive Series: BC MS 20c Crossley-Holland/13/5

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Poets in Public

Level: Series

Classmark: BC MS 20c Crossley-Holland/13/5

Creator(s): Crossley-Holland, Kevin

Date(s): 1965-1966

Size and medium: 1 file

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/18368

Collection group(s): Leeds Poetry | English Literature

Description

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to 'Poets in Public', a group founded in May 1963, and commissioned to present a series of poetry concerts at the 1965 Edinburgh Festival. Includes 24 items of correspondence covering the years 1965-1966, alongside a statement of income and expenditure, background information and a proposal for a Poetry Secretariat. The correspondence includes letters to and from George Wightman (Honorary Secretary of Poets in Public), including correspondence with Charles Osborne/the Arts Council.

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