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Total number of records: 11

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Brotherton Collection11
English Literature11
Leeds Poetry11

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correspondence3
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
poets as teachers2
books reviews1
interviews1
literature, comparative western and1
photographs1
poetry congresses1
proofs (printing)1
sound recordings1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)7
Leeds College of Art1

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Letters to Jon Silkin

1 June 1960

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Lee Anderson of the Department of English at Yale University. The letter relates to a proposal by Anderson to record Silkin reading his poems.

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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

14 May 1997

1 letter to Jon Silkin from Ella Harris of Cambridge University Press relating the inclusion of 'Taking Ourselves to Heart' and 'Printing Radio Stations on Glass at Lee Green' in 'Comparative Criticis...

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Reviews of Autobiographical Stanzas

1984

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'Autobiographical Stanzas'. Includes reviews by John Lees ('Iron', no. 43, June 1984), Anne Stevenson ('Poetry Review', v. 74 no. 2, 198...

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Poems Towards a New Collection (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1993-1996

This file contains a typescript and ms contents list headed 'Poems in an Order;' and typescript copies and drafts of poems published in 'Making a Republic.' Includes: - Permission to Weep - The Inh...

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Poems, Drafts and Workings (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1992-1995

Ms and typescript drafts of and workings towards poems published in 'Making a Republic,' and typescript and carbon copies of poems in the collection. Includes: - The Inheritor(titled Inheritors) - ...

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Poem Drafts and Workings (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1992-1995

Ms and typescript drafts of and workings towards poems published in 'Making a Republic.' The poems include: - Permission to Weep - Printing Radio Stations on Glass at Lee Green - In the Lithuanian...

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Poems in Periodicals, Etc.: 1980s-1990s

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1997

Three copies of the 'KSOR Guide to the Arts' (February 1988), with Silkin's poem 'Flatfish,' accompanied by a letter from Gina Ing (7 March 1988); one copy of 'New Statesman & Society' (8 September 19...

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Italy

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 22 June 1987 - 9 April 1990

Papers, chiefly comprising correspondence, relating mainly to arrangements for lecturing and reading trips to Italy by Silkin between ca. 1987 and 1990, including visits to the Universities of Aquila,...

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Poems, Drafts and Workings (7)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1995-1996

Ms and typescript drafts of and workings towards poems published in 'Making a Republic.' The poems include: - Lament - The Inheritor - A Gentle Hare(including drafts and workings titled Hare, A Li...

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4th World Congress of Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979

Papers relating to the 4th World Congress of Poets held in Korea in 1979. Includes correspondence relating to the Congress (23 letters - see below); ts drafts of Silkin's paper 'East and West in Moder...

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