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Total number of records: 582

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection578
Leeds Poetry576
English Literature573
Herbert Read Collection2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
correspondence94
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)40
proofs (printing)37
books reviews33
poets as teachers16
notebooks12
poetry readings12
book proposals9
copyright9
photographs9

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)582
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)1
Creffield, Dennis (1931-2018)1
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)1
Hamilton, Ian (1938-2001)1
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)1
Lynton, Norbert1
Rothenstein, John (1901-1992)1

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Flower Poems (2nd Ed.)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1978-1979

Papers relating to the second edition of Jon Silkin's 'Flower Poems' (Northern House Poets; 27). Includes 3 sets of proofs (all cut to size of pamphlet as published); proofs and instructions to the pr...

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Fujioka and Kiso Biographies

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1995

Ms and annotated carbon copy typescript draft of biographical information on calligrapher Rie Kiso and poet Toshiko Fujioka for Fujioka's 'Calling 'Fish' in the Evening' (published by Northern House, ...

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Poem Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1950s - early 1960s

Typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom': 'No Land Like It;'

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Poem Drafts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

early 1950s

Typescript drafts of 9 poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom'. The poems include ms corrections in Silkin's hand, and ms annotations and comments in a second, unidentified hand.

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Draft of The Peaceable Kingdom (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

early 1950s

Typescript draft of preliminaries and poems for 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including Silkin's ms corrections and annotations. The draft contents page includes page numbers and Silkin's notes on where in...

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Draft of the Peaceable Kingdom (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

early 1950s

Clean typescript draft of poems for 'The Peaceable Kingdom', with pages numbered [1]-16. The draft does not include 'To Come Out Singing', which appeared in the published collection.

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Reviews of The Peaceable Kingdom

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1954

Copy of 'Zebra' magazine, no. 11 (December 1954), including a review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' by Hugh Creighton Hill (pp. 28-29); ts review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' headed 'Animal, Vegetable or Mi...

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The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1969-1971

Ms draft letter from Jon Silkin to the Heron Press (?) following the issuing of a prospectus for the republication of 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' ca. 1969. The letter refers to the lack of permission to ...

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The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

early 1970s

Items relating to the revised edition of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' published by the Heron Press in 1975. Includes a bound notebook with photocopies of pages from the 1954 edition pasted in, and with Sil...

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Poems and Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1958

Typescript copies and drafts of 4 poems published in 'The Two Freedoms'. The poems are: 'Furnished Lives', 'For Two Children', 'Death of a Bird', and 'The Shirt'. All undated.

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Poems and Drafts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1948-1955

File of ms and ts poems and drafts. The file includes both poems that were published in 'The Two Freedoms', and poems that appear to have been considered for the collection but were not included. The ...

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Proof Copy of The Two Freedoms

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1957

Proof copy of 'The Two Freedoms' with Jon Silkin's ms corrections. The half-title is date-stamped '20 Sept 1957.'

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