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Thomas Blackburn Archive
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1893-1988
The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...
Draft Typrescripts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains two draft typescripts of Bread For the Winter Birds. One is annotated for the printer.
Poetry Collections and Published Poems
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1951-1988
This subfonds contains items concerned with Thomas Blackburn's poetry collections and published poems. It includes corrected proof copies of published volumes of poetry collections, typescripts of col...
The Outer Darkness
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1951
This series comprises a single file containing the following typescripts of poems with annotations, later published in Blackburn's collection 'The Outer Darkness' (1951): - The Beast - Lazarus - T...
Post Mortem
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1976-1977
This series contains items relating to Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977), including poem drafts, a letter and a review.
Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1976
This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems published in Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977): - Post Mortem - Phoebe, Helen, Angela
Letter
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
6 May 1976
This file contains 1 letter to Thomas Blackburn from Trevor Kneale concerning the editing of 'Post Mortem' in preparation for publication.
Review
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
23 July 1977
This file contains 1 newspaper cutting of a review of 'Post Mortem' from 'The Tablet' 23 July 1977. The review is by David Wright.
Bread For the Winter Birds
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1980
This series contains items relating to Blackburn's posthumous collection 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980), including poem drafts. The volume was a joint project between Blackburn's brother, John, a...
Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1977
This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of the following poems published in 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980): - Mental Ward - Revenants - Revenants: Psychotic Ward - Gerard Manley ...
Edited Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains poems edited for inclusion in Blackburn's posthumous collection 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980). Each typescript has been given a number, though the run of numbers is incomplete...
Introduction
Blackburn, Margaret McGuire
c.1980
Typescripts of Margaret Blackburn's introduction to 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980). The accompanying letter is unsigned and addressed to Anthony Whitome at Hutchinsons publishers, and indicates t...