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Total number of records: 27

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Brotherton Collection27
English Literature27
Leeds Poetry27

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)7
correspondence6
books reviews4
photographs3
publicity2
adult education1
airplanes, military, in literature1
arts finance1
authors and publishers1
book jackets1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)13
British Broadcasting Corporation1
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1
Smith, Ken (1938-2003)1

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War Literature: Miscellaneous (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1986

Miscellaneous collection of items relating to Silkin's interest in war literature, originally held together in an envelope labelled '1st World War & War - Misc.' Includes a photocopy of Richard Tillin...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 September 1961

1 ms letter from Marion Labistour, secretary of the English Society at the University of Hull, to Jon Silkin.

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Photographs

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1986

Black and white, and colour photographs taken during rehearsals (?) for the Alec (Dave) Bell/Pentameters production of Gurney, Hampstead, January-February 1986. Includes: - 14 x 17.5cm x 23.5cm blac...

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Out of Battle Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1968

Carbon copy typescript drafts, largely clean but with some ms annotations, towards 'Out of Battle'. Includes drafts of chapters 1-7, numbered in ms pp. 1-232; an un-numbered draft of chapter 8:ii (Ric...

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Planning and Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1994

2 ms letter from Andrew Mitchell (22 June and 20 July 1994) accompanying a photocopied ms draft on the markets for a CD-ROM of First World War literature and pages from GCSE syllabi and exam papers se...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

British Broadcasting Corporation

5 May 1953 - 11 September 1997

89 typescript and 2 ms letters from various at the BBC to Jon Silkin; and 22 carbon copy letters from Silkin to various at the BBC. Notable correspondents include: - John Wain (2 letters; 1953) - D...

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Exhibition Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959

Typescript and ms lists of people, libraries, booksellers, and newspapers and periodicals to whom the exhibition catalogue had been sent; requests for copies of the catalogue from various corresponden...

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Reviews of The Principle of Water

1974-1975

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'The Principle of Water'. These are accompanied by a typescript letter from Michael Schmidt to Jon Silkin (30 October 1974), indicating ...

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Photographs, Exhibition Items, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1915-1917

This file comprises items originally held together in a ring-binder with clear plastic inserts which appear relate in part to Silkin's research for 'Out of Battle,' and to his interest in Rosenberg an...

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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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Miscellaneous: Research and Interest

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1996

This subfonds comprises items collected by Silkin as research materials and/or for general interest, which cannot be directly connected with his work. The subject matter includes contemporary poetry, ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

19 September 1984 - 1988

2 ms letters from the painter Patrick Hayman to Jon Silkin. Also held in this file are an invitation to a private view of an exhibition of works by Hayman and Helen Kedgley (26 September 1984), photoc...

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