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Total number of records: 62

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Brotherton Collection62
English Literature62
Leeds Poetry62

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books reviews7
authors and publishers5
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
correspondence5
publishers and publishing5
proofs (printing)4
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)41
Glover, Jon1
Kingsbury, Jack1
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1
Wilding, Michael (1942-)1

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Poems for The Ship's Pasture

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1982-1984

Typescript, photocopied, and carbon copy poems, and some drafts, for 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - A Little Naked Son(titled Slanting Beach) - Absence and Light - Given a Flower - Wi...

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The Peaceable Kingdom

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1950-1975

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including poems and drafts, reviews, and royalty statements.

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Poem Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1982

Ms and typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - A Paradigm - Absence and Light - The Wanderer - Crossing a River - Unused To

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The Ship's Pasture

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974-1988

Papers relating to the collection 'The Ship's Pasture', including ms and typescript poems, drafts and workings; drafts of the collection; printer's copy; proofs of the collection and covers; and photo...

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Notebook

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1977-1980

Small notebook with ms notes by Silkin recording phrases, thoughts, plans for poems and some drafts. Includes a draft beginning 'Out in the North's border[?] ...;' notes and plans for the sequence 'Po...

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Poem Drafts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1983-1985

Ms and typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - A Little Naked Son - The Government's Comic - Under a Lamp - Leaving The Free Trade - A Man From the Shi...

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Poem Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1979-1981

Ms and typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - Autobiographical Stanzas (sequence) - Given a Flower - Winter Bees - The Wanderer - Poems Concerning Sal...

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Poem Drafts (4)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1979

Ms and typescript drafts of the poem sequence 'Poems Concerning Salome and Herod,' and the poems 'Envy of God' (including drafts titled 'Pleasures of the Home' and 'Formations'), and 'Communal' (inclu...

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Poem Drafts (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1981

Ms and typescript drafts of poems from 'The Ships Pasture,' including: - A Socket of Plain Water - Innocence Barbs the Lake - The Sun's Body Resting - Climbing to Jerusalem

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Poem Drafts (6)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1981

Ms and typescript drafts and carbon copies of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture.' The poems include: - Acetylene: evacuated to a house in Wales, lit by gas - Romano-British - The Ship's Pastu...

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Poem Drafts (7)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1979-1984

Ms and typescript drafts and carbon copies of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture.' The poems include: - the poem sequence Poems Concerning Salome and Herod - Jerusalem (clean typescript) - A L...

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Poem Drafts (8)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1985

This file contains an envelope with ms notes on strips of paper with the names of periodicals to be acknowledged in 'The Ship's Pasture', arranged in alphabetical order; and ts and ms drafts and copie...

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