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Letters to Jon Silkin
18 March 1991 - 25 March 1993
3 word-processed letters and 1 ms letter from James McKinley, editor of 'New Letters' magazine (University of Missouri - Kansas City), to Jon Silkin.
Jon Silkin Archive
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1947-2003
This collection represents the archives of Jon Silkin, the poet and founding editor of 'Stand' magazine. It comprises items relating to Silkin's career from the early days of 'Stand' (1952) and the pu...
Poetry Collections and Published Poems
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1948-1997
This subfonds contains papers relating to published collections of Jon Silkin's poetry. As such, it covers the period from prior to the publication of his first volume, 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' in 195...
The Peaceable Kingdom
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1950-1975
Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including poems and drafts, reviews, and royalty statements.
Poem Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
early 1950s
Typescript drafts of 9 poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom'. The poems include ms corrections in Silkin's hand, and ms annotations and comments in a second, unidentified hand.
Draft of The Peaceable Kingdom (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
early 1950s
Typescript draft of preliminaries and poems for 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including Silkin's ms corrections and annotations. The draft contents page includes page numbers and Silkin's notes on where in...
Draft of the Peaceable Kingdom (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
early 1950s
Clean typescript draft of poems for 'The Peaceable Kingdom', with pages numbered [1]-16. The draft does not include 'To Come Out Singing', which appeared in the published collection.
Reviews of The Peaceable Kingdom
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1954
Copy of 'Zebra' magazine, no. 11 (December 1954), including a review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' by Hugh Creighton Hill (pp. 28-29); ts review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' headed 'Animal, Vegetable or Mi...
Royalties, Statements and Invoices
1954-1958
Royalty statements, permissons information, account statements and invoices from publishers Chatto & Windus for 'The Peaceable Kingdom'.
The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1969-1971
Ms draft letter from Jon Silkin to the Heron Press (?) following the issuing of a prospectus for the republication of 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' ca. 1969. The letter refers to the lack of permission to ...
The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
early 1970s
Items relating to the revised edition of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' published by the Heron Press in 1975. Includes a bound notebook with photocopies of pages from the 1954 edition pasted in, and with Sil...
Selected Poems (1980)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979-1983
Papers relating to the collection 'Selected Poems', published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1980. The collection included poems from 'The Peaceable Kingdom' (1954), 'The Two Freedoms' (1958), 'The Re-O...