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Brotherton Collection15
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authors and publishers4
correspondence3
publishers and publishing3
book proposals2
books reviews2
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
autobiography1
books and reading1
clippings (books, newspapers,1
conversation in literature1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)8
British Broadcasting Corporation1
Penguin Books1

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Press Cuttings, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1961-1969

Press cuttings collected by Silkin, relating to the two World Wars and the literature of the First World War. Includes Philip Hobsbaum's article 'The Road Not Taken' ( 'The Listener,' 23 November 1961...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

25 September [1986]

1 ms letter from Patrick McGuinness to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

15 December 1986 - 28 January 1987

2 typescript letters to Jon Silkin from Jack Hicks at the University of California, Davis.

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Photographs

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1986

Black and white, and colour photographs taken during rehearsals (?) for the Alec (Dave) Bell/Pentameters production of Gurney, Hampstead, January-February 1986. Includes: - 14 x 17.5cm x 23.5cm blac...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1959-1964

Annotated typescript draft translation of the Ungaretti poem 'Rivers;' typescript draft essay titled 'Journalists;' carbon copy typescript essay titled 'Readerships,' concerning audiences and the read...

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Reviews of The Principle of Water

1974-1975

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'The Principle of Water'. These are accompanied by a typescript letter from Michael Schmidt to Jon Silkin (30 October 1974), indicating ...

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Resource Material, Etc. (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1945-1980

Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose.' Includes ms notes on writers to include (on back of an envelope); a carbon copy typescript of...

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Copies of Poems for Making a Republic (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Clean typescripts, cabon copies and photocopies of 36 of the 57 poems published in 'Making a Republic.' Includes an autographed copy of 'The Inheritor' on fax paper.The poems are accompanied by other ...

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Hicks Essay (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1982

This file contains drafts of Silkin's long essay on Edward Hicks' painting, The Peaceable Kingdom. Includes 3 typescripts of versions of the essay, one of which is the version published in 'Stand' 19:...

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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...

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Exhibition Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959

Typescript and ms lists of people, libraries, booksellers, and newspapers and periodicals to whom the exhibition catalogue had been sent; requests for copies of the catalogue from various corresponden...

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Out of Battle Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1962-1966

Drafts of chapters for 'Out of Battle,' and some related materials. Includes a clean carbon copy typescript synopsis of the proposed volume; annotated and clean ts drafts of chapters 1-3 (Introduction...

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