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Ultime Thule Papers
1971-1976
This series comprises a single file of papers relating to the Ultima Thule Bookshop in Newcastle, a venture established by Tom Pickard, Tony Jackson and Jon Silkin. Includes copies of accounts for Mar...
Papers on War Literature
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1985-1986
Corrected typescript draft (partially a photocopy) of Silkin's essay 'Hebrew Visions of War,' including discussion of Old Testamant references to war by English war poets including Alun Lewis and Isaa...
Australian Fellowship Papers 1
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1974
Papers relating to the arrangements for Jon Silkin's 1974 lecture tour of Australia. Includes a copy of the 'University of Sydney News' (19 June 1974); ts letters to Silkin from the Australian Council...
Letter and Smalley Sarson Papers
18 November 1986
1 typescript letter from Alan Bishop (Dept. of English, McMaster University), accompanying photocopied ts biographical information, ts poem transcripts, and published poems by the Canadian war poet He...
Australian Fellowship Papers 2
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1974
Papers largely relating to lectures and writing undertaken by Jon Silkin during his 1974 tour of Australia. Includes ms and annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's memoir 'The Identifiable Culture'; m...
Australian Fellowship Papers 3
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1974
Papers relating to lectures and talks given by Jon Silkin during his 1974 tour of Australia. Includes ms and ts lecture notes on contemporary British poets and copies of poems; and duplicated and phot...
Writers' Action Group Papers
c.1970-1996
This sub-series comprises papers relating to Jon Silkin's involvement with the Writers' Action Group, including the debate about the Public Lending Right, and the establishment of a Northern writers' ...
Literary papers and correspondence of Jon Silkin
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
ca. 1947-2003
Jon Silkin, the writer and editor, was born in 1930 in London. He was educated at Wycliffe and Dulwich Colleges before being expelled for truancy, and did National Service as a Sergeant Instructor in ...
Letters to and from Jon Silkin, and Related Papers
3 January 1963 - 11 October 1985
6 typescript letters from 1963 festival organiser G.A.M. Wilkinson to Jon Silkin; 1 photocopied ts and ms letter, and 1 ms letter from [197-?] festival organiser P.J. Kavanagh to Silkin; 1 ts letter f...
Appointments, Lecturing, Teaching, Readings
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1953-1997
This subfonds comprises papers relating to activities undertaken by Jon Silkin other than writing. Includes papers relating to his time at the University of Leeds (as Gregory Fellow in Poetry and then...
University of Leeds
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1956-1975
This series comprises papers collected by Jon Silkin during time spent in Leeds and at the University of Leeds. Includes papers relating to his tenure of the Gregory Fellowship, drafts of articles wri...
War Literature
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1915-1997
This subfonds comprises items relating to Jon Silkin's interest in and research into war literature, in particular the poetry of the First World War. Includes papers relating to Isaac Rosenberg, inclu...