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Brotherton Collection8
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Leeds Poetry8

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books reviews2
art festivals1
auschwitz (concentration camp)1
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)1
concentration camps1
correspondence1
genocide1
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)1
northern ireland politics and1
poets as teachers1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Smith, Ken (1938-2003)1

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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...

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Press Cuttings: Contemporary Poetry (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1993

Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to contemporary poetry. Includes 2 reviews of the 'Poetry Now' anthology, ed. G.S. Fraser (1956); 2 reviews of the 'Mavericks' anthology, ed. D...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

13 November 1969 - 22 August 1986

2 typescript letters from Clive Wilson (artistic director of the Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences, and later director of the Harrogate International Festival) to Jon Silkin, and 2 carbon copy t...

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Press Cuttings: War and Holocaust

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1996

Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin relating to war and holocaust, both in relation to the First and Second World Wars and modern warfare. Includes a review of John Mander's study of Berlin (26 Jul...

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Australian Fellowship Papers 2

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974

Papers largely relating to lectures and writing undertaken by Jon Silkin during his 1974 tour of Australia. Includes ms and annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's memoir 'The Identifiable Culture'; m...

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Letters to Jon Silkin, Manuscripts, Etc.

Smith, Ken (1938-2003)

December 1965 - 10 January 1994

Correspondence and other items sent to Jon Silkin by the poet Ken Smith. Includes 10 typescript letters and 7 ms letters/notes from Smith to Silkin. Letter dated 'Aug 12' [1971?] accompanied by an ann...

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Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1975-1986

Annotated typescript drafts and proof of Silkin's review of Paul Fussell's 'The Great War and Modern Memory' (1975) and postcard accompanying the review copy of Fussell's work (postmarked 4 November 1...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

26 May 1971 - 12 April 1996

15 typescript and 16 ms letters from Fred Beake to Jon Silkin. Letter dated 29 April 1992 accompanied by an annotated ts review of Beake's 'The Whiteness of Her Becoming: Poems 1966-1991' by Silkin; l...

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