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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...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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:...
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...
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...
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...