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Total number of records: 88

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Brotherton Collection88
English Literature88
Leeds Poetry88

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
correspondence21
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)20
poetry readings13
books reviews11
poets as teachers9
creative writing scholarships,6
exhibition catalogs5
programs5
exhibitions4
music and literature4

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)53
Arts Council of Great Britain1
Jodie Edwards1
Leeds College of Art1
Rowe, Robert Stewart (2009)1
Various1

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

8 January 1981 - 4 August 1997

1 typescript letter on behalf of Peter Davies, and 2 typescript letters from/on behalf of Jenny Attala at Northern Arts to Jon Silkin; 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to the Literature Department ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin, Meetings, Reports

Arts Council of Great Britain

4 May 1965 - 6 June 1995

26 typescript letters from various at the Arts Council (including Peter Mair, Ruth Mackenzie, and Charles Osborne) to Jon Silkin; 8 carbon copy ts letters from Silkin to various as the Arts Council; 1...

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Exhibitions, Festivals, Etc.

1960-1966

Publications and guides relating to festivals and exhibitions held at or relating to the University of Leeds. includes a catalogue for the Gregory Memorial Exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery (9 Marc...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

Leeds College of Art

21 May 1964

1 ms letter from John Rayner of the Leeds College of Art to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

29 September [1980?]

1 typescript letter from Östen Sjöstrand, editor of Swedish magazine 'Artes,' to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

[May] 1963 - 12 February 1963

11 typescript letters, 2 ms letters, and 1 telegram from Alexander (Sandy) Dunbar, Arts Officer at the North Eastern Association for the Arts, to Jon Silkin. The letters mainly concern a Poetry and Ja...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

6 August 1958

1 typescript letter from Dorothy Morland, Assistant Director of the Institute for Contemporary Arts, to Jon Silkin.

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Gurney - Inckproductions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1983-1985

Multiple copies of a programme for a production of 'Gurney' by Steve Dearden's company Inckproductions, including cast list and note on the version; programme for the Oxford Union Arts Festival 1985, ...

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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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Killhope Wheel

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1970-1972

Papers relating to the 'Killhope Wheel' sequence as published by the Mid Northumberland Arts Group (MidNAG) in 1971. Includes poem drafts; page proofs; and a review.

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Television Script

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1970s

Script for a short television programme on the arts in the North-East of England, presented by Melvyn Bragg. Includes poem by Silkin beginning 'Moss sprinkles its cry ...'. Lacking first page.

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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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