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Total number of records: 135

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Brotherton Collection135
English Literature135
Leeds Poetry135

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correspondence18
poets as teachers13
authors and publishers11
artists' contracts5
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)4
employment references4
thank-you notes4
archives acquisitions3
fan mail3
literary agents3

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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)36
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn36
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire3
Bainbridge, Cuthbert2
Gatien, Dominique2
Macvean, Jean2
Abbott, Claude Colleer1
Abse, Dannie1
Adams, Margaret1
Aylwin, J M1

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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.

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Letter

Macvean, Jean

13 August 1987

Letter from Jean MacVean, editor of Blackburn's 'The Adjacent Kingdom,' to Reg Carr, the Librarian at Leeds University Library, concerning thanks for a subsidy for publication and the sending of compl...

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Letters

Fenwick Family

c.1893-1901

This file contains 2 letters with unidentifiable correspondents. One letter is to Mrs. Vickers and is signed 'Fenwick'. The second letter appears to be a fragment, as the pages are marked 5 and 6.

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Letters

Various publishers etc

25 November 1974-1 August 1977

This file contains: - 1 letter from Anthony Sheil Associates Limited terminating their representation of Thomas Blackburn and returning the script of Blackburn's autobiographical sequel The Last Far...

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Contract and Letter

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1964-1966

This file contains a publishing contract for 'A Breathing Space' (1964) signed on behalf of Putnam & Co; and a letter concerning sales of the same collection.

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Publishers Letters

22 Sep 1982- 21 May 1985

Four letters to Jean MacVean discussing the publication of Thomas Blackburn's poetry: Letter from C.H. Sisson offering to publish four poems by Blackburn including 'For Margaret' in the PN Review [2...

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Letter to Eileen

Bainbridge, Cuthbert

12 July 1900

1 letter to 'Eileen' on her birthday, from her father at Redgate Hall, Wolsingham. The correspondent may be Cuthbert Bainbridge.

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Letter to Fritz

Bainbridge, Cuthbert

6 June 1900

1 letter to 'Fritz' from Cuthbert Bainbridge.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Abbott, Claude Colleer

28 September 1960

1 letter from Claude Colleer Abbott, professor of English at Durham University and a minor poet. It is likely that he taught Blackburn whilst he was at Hatfield College, Durham University.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Abse, Dannie

9 July 1959 and January 1976

This file contains 2 letters from the poet Dannie Abse.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Adams, Margaret

4 March 1958 - 1 February 1959

This file contains 2 letters from the social work author Margaret Adams, requesting the use of Blackburn's poem 'Hospital for Defectives' for a book on social work and mental disability.

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

8 July 1958

This file contains a letter from Clement Alexandre at the publishers Doubleday and Company, Inc in New York requesting Blackburn's business.

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