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Letters to Jon Silkin
[1955?] - 8 October 1993
2 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Philip Hobsbaum to Jon Silkin. One of the letters is undated, but most probably dates to around 1955-1956. Includes reference to workshopping and The Group.
Letters to Jon Silkin
8 June 1955 - 29 November 1979
Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents at publishers A. Zwemmer Ltd. Includes 1 typescript letter from Norman Steinhart (1955), and 1 ts letter from James Fraser (1979).
New Verse and New Poetry Scripts
British Broadcasting Corporation
c.1954-1964
Unchecked radio scripts for New Verse (recorded 6 August and 12 October 1954), and New Poetry (for broadcast 9 January 1955 and 7 July 1964). New Verse for 6 August 1954 is chosen and introduced by W....
Readings, Courses, Etc.
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1954-1965
Items relating to readings, lecturing and similar activities undertaken by Silkin in the 1950s and early 1960s. Includes Silkin's ms notes on running order for a reading at Epsom (20/3/54); ms note on...
Drama and Radio
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1955-1960
This file contains drafts of short plays that may have been intended as radio plays, including an ms draft of a semi-autobiographical play based around Jon Silkin's school days and evacuation to Dolau...
Press Cuttings: Contemporary Poetry (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1973-1987
Press cuttings and photocopied articles collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to contemporary poetry. Includes short photocopied articles (ca. 1973-1981) with references to Silkin; photocopied rev...
Poems and Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1948-1955
File of ms and ts poems and drafts. The file includes both poems that were published in 'The Two Freedoms', and poems that appear to have been considered for the collection but were not included. The ...
Letters to and from Jon Silkin
British Broadcasting Corporation
5 May 1953 - 11 September 1997
89 typescript and 2 ms letters from various at the BBC to Jon Silkin; and 22 carbon copy letters from Silkin to various at the BBC. Notable correspondents include: - John Wain (2 letters; 1953) - D...
Poem Drafts and Workings (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1954-1962
Ms and typescript drafts and workings of the following poems: - As a child ... - Blossom - Chocolate & Syphillis - Do you see this park again ... - Copper - Emmanuel - For the Disestablishing ...
Personalia
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1947-1997
2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...
Letters to Jon Silkin
23 May 1955 - 5 March 1956
2 typescript letters from Charles S. Spencer, secretary of the Anglo-Jewish Association (AJA), to Jon Silkin.
Letters to Jon Silkin
25 August 1986 - 23 August 1991
14 ms letters and 9 typescript letters from Iain Crichton Smith to Jon Silkin. Some of the letters are accompanied by photocopied tss of poems by Silkin, and include comments on them. Also held with t...