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Brotherton Collection12
English Literature12
Leeds Poetry12

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
correspondence2
exhibition catalogs2
exhibitions2
art and war1
art festivals1
books and reading1
concert programs1
criticism1
documentary films1

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Artists of the North: Jon Silkin, Poet

1981

Documentary film made by Carlise firm Aidanvision in conjunction with Northern Arts, directed by Roy Thompson and produced by Rodney Pybus. Recorded on location in Newcastle and Carlisle.Rodney Pybus ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

[July] 1985 - 14 November 1986

3 ms letters from the artist Steve Dales to Jon Silkin; and 1 ms telephone message from Dales in the hand of Lorna Tracy.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

[June 1985?] - 1 July 1988

2 ms letters, 1 ms postcard, and 1 poster with ms note (undated) from the poet and artist Judith Kazantzis to Jon Silkin.

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Great War Exhibitions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979-1985

Photocopied information on Isaac Rosenberg and the Slade School of Art (for/from an exhibition?); catalogue for the Artists and the Great War exhibition of pictures from the Imperial War Museum collec...

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Letter to Jon Silkin and Photographs

24 November 1996; [undated]

1 word-processed letter from author Malcolm Ross-MacDonald to Jon Silkin, accompanied by A4 prints (on paper) of 2 colour photographs taken at the flat they shared at Compayne Gardens, London, in the ...

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Letters Copied to Jon Silkin

28 September 1987 - May 1988

Photocopies of 17 letters, including open letters, written by the poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sue Finlay and various other correspondents on Finlay's behalf, following accusations of Nazism a...

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Into Praising

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1978

Photocopied page proofs for the poem 'Into Praising', as published in pamphlet form by the Ceolfrith Press in 1978. The photocopied pages are accompanied by a compliments slip from an anonymous corres...

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Rosenberg Exhibition

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1964

In 1959 Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez (then Head of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Leeds) organised an exhibition of manuscripts, printed works, drawings and paintings, letters...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

13 November 1969 - 22 August 1986

2 typescript letters from Clive Wilson (artistic director of the Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences, and later director of the Harrogate International Festival) to Jon Silkin, and 2 carbon copy t...

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Peaceable Kingdom Essay Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1972-1973

This file contains ms and typescript drafts of 5 essays intended to form [part of] a collection of essays based around Edward Hicks' The Peaceable Kingdom. Includes ms and typescript drafts of essay 2...

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Resource Material, Etc. (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1917-1918

Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose,' and more generally relating to his interest in the War. Includes items purchased from an unkn...

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Isaac Rosenberg

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1991

Items relating to Jon Silkin's interest in and research into the Anglo-Jewish poet Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918). Includes papers relating to the Rosenberg Exhibition held at the University of Leeds in ...

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