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Poems and Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1964-1969
Ms and typescript poems and drafts for 17 poems published in the collection 'Amana Grass'. Includes extensive drafts of the poem 'Amana Grass'.The vast majority of the poems and drafts are undated. On...
Uncollected Poems and Drafts: 1990s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1989-1997
Ms and typescript poems, drafts and workings dating to the 1990s. The vast majority of the poems in this series are uncollected, although there are some drafts and workings which relate to poems publi...
Prose, Criticism, Reviews: 1970s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1965-1979
This series comprises mixed prose, criticism and reviews written by Jon Silkin in the 1970s, and includes ms and typescript drafts. The vast majority of the subject matter of the essays, articles and ...
Prose, Criticism, Reviews: 1980s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1978-1988
This series comprises mixed prose, criticism and reviews written by Jon Silkin in the 1980s. The vast majority of the subject matter of the essays, articles and reviews in the series concerns contempo...
Letters to Jon Silkin
Hesketh, Phoebe
[1950s?] - 20 September 1995
10 ms letters from the poet Phoebe Hesketh to Jon Silkin. The majority of letters date from between 1980 and 1995. There are 2 undated letters, one on National Book League headed paper (dating to the ...
Prose for Selection (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1983
Extensive photocopied extracts from prose works and letters by around 86 authors writing during the First World War, produced to aid the selection of material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War ...
Uncollected Poems and Drafts: 1950s-1960s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1954-1966
Ms and typescript poems, drafts and workings dating to the 1950s and 1960s. The vast majority of the poems in this series are uncollected, although there are some drafts and workings which relate to p...
Uncollected Poems and Drafts: 1970s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1966-1980
Ms and typescript poems, drafts and workings dating largely to the 1970s, with some dating to the late 1960s. The vast majority of the poems in this series are uncollected, although there are some dra...
Poem Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1959-1964
Ms and typescript drafts and workings of 25 poems published in the collection 'Nature With Man', and ms and ts drafts of the 'Note on the 'Flower' Poems'. The vast majority of the drafts and workings ...
Card Index
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1962-1970
Set of 455 6 x 4 inch ms and ts index cards with slips of paper inserted, comprising notes on themes and ideas in the poetry of war and bibliographic references. The themes include comradeship, courag...
Poem Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1971-1975
Ms and typescript drafts, workings and poems published in 'The Little Time-keeper'. The poems include: - Gifts Against Time - Borrowing Light - In the Place of Absence - The Hungers of Commerce ...
Poems for Selection (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1976-1977
Photocopies of poems from printed sources and some typescripts/carbon copies, of poems for inclusion in the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Many of the photocopied poems are cut out and past...