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Total number of records: 93

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Brotherton Collection93
English Literature93
Leeds Poetry93

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SubjectCount
poets as teachers93
poetry readings united states18
universities and colleges united18
correspondence12
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)9
universities and colleges australia9
tours australia8
creative writing scholarships,7
schools7
universities and colleges6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)21
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn21
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)16
Clark, Leonard1
Cox, John1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Hutton, Patrick1
Leeds College of Art1
Mcdermott, Paul1
Pollard, Hugh M1

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King's College

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1981-1985

This file contains items relating to Jon Silkin's Writer in Residence post at King's College, Taunton. Includes a press cutting from 'The Guardian' (26 May 1983) on Silkin's post and the play; corresp...

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Experience in Poetry Anthology

1963

Duplicated typescript anthology titled 'Experience in Poetry' (October 1962-March 1963), comprising poems written and chosen by participants in an extension course in creative writing/poetry led by Jo...

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Readings, Courses, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1965

Items relating to readings, lecturing and similar activities undertaken by Silkin in the 1950s and early 1960s. Includes Silkin's ms notes on running order for a reading at Epsom (20/3/54); ms note on...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

19 March 1984 - 8 January 1985

1 typescript letter and 3 ms letters from Richard Snyder at Ashland College, Ohio, to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

[January 1988]

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Geraldine Foote of Lincoln High School, Portland, Oregon, accompanied by a ts itinerary for Silkin's visit to the school and a photocopy of his contract.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

12 June 1974 - 12 September 1974

Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents at Monash University, Victoria. Includes 1 typescript letter and 1 ms letter from Philip Martin; and 1 ts letter from Arthur Brown. The correspondence relates...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

6 August 1971 - 9 March 1986

Correspondence between Jon Silkin and Alberta Turner. Includes 9 ms letters, 3 ts letters, and 1 ms postcard from Turner to Silkin, and 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Turner. Turner's letter d...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 November 1993 - 12 February 1994

3 ms letters from Heather Young to Jon Silkin (and Toshiko Fujioka), and a photocopy of an ms letter from Young to the Director of Education at Durham County Council. The correspondence concerns, in p...

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Notebook 1

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Teaching notebook containing manuscript teaching notes and research on literary figures and works. Labelled on the front with the following subjects: - Conrad- Draft - Conrad the novelist- The Hear...

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Notebook 2

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Teaching notebook containing manuscript notes, pasted-in excerpts, and research on the development of the novel, including notes and essays on John Gay, Henry Fielding, William Collins, William Blake ...

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Notebook 3

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1975

Teaching notebook containing manuscript notes and research on William Butler Yeats, Tennyson and Norse myths. The cover of the notebook is labelled 'Maud and Idylls. Norsemen.'

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Notebook 4

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1967

Teaching notebook containing manuscript notes and research concerning the poetry of William Butler Yeats and Joseph Conrad's 'Nostromo'. The book is labelled 'Nostromo.' It also includes notes on W.B....

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