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Letters to Jon Silkin and Poetry
1 March 1997 - June 1997
1 word-processed letter, and 1 ms and word-processed poem sent from Alamgir Hashmi to Jon Silkin. The word-processed letter is accompanied by photocopies of poems by Hashmi, and a carbon copy typescri...
Yorkshire dialect poem
c.1844
Comprises a poem which begins: "A Tale Partly in the yorkshire Diealect/At a House on a Moor one night/Some Neighbours together did meet/A blasing Wood fire gave them light/And grouler laid quiet at t...
Morning thoughts on divine love
17--
Contents: (1) p. ii. To the reader; (2) p. 1. Morning thoughts / Book 1; (3) p. 56. Ditto / Book 2; (4) p. 110. Ditto / Book 3; (5) p. 142. Ditto / Book 4; (6) p. 178. Ditto / Book 5; (7) p. 217. Ditt...
Dialect writings by Frederic William Moorman
Moorman, Frederic William (1872-1919)
c.1900-1920
Poems: (1) Nests (2 ff.); (2) The exile (2 ff.); (3) Blind (2 ff.); (4) The organ-grinder (2 ff.); (5) The organ-grinder [another version] (2 ff.); (6) [Untitled. Begins: "Within the city's precincts...
Poetical work of Joe Brook
Brook, Joe
1889-1933
Contains: (1) f.2. A short account of the author's life, by himself. On the verso is an index to the poems; (2) ff.3-178. Poems in the Halifax dialect, written between 1889 and 1933
Semi-Autobiographical Novels
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1954-1958
This file contains items relating to draft unpublished semi-autobiographical novels written by Jon Silkin in the mid-1950s. Includes a carbon copy typescript (88 pp) of [part of] a novel apparently ba...
PHILIP, TERENCE
1914-1918
Bound photocopied copy of "Poems Written at Ruhleben" (London: Grant Richards, 1920).
TURNER, ARNOLD E
1916-1920
Photocopied letter to Arnold Turner from his cousin Charles (21 Apr 1916); Press cuttings (11 Apr 1918-22 Mar 1920, nd); Published verse 'What did you do in the Great War, Dad?' (nd); Embroidered post...
BUTTERWORTH, WALTER
1914-1918
Press cutting and obituary (nd, Sep 1935); Typescript of 'Walter Butterworth: Man of Letters' by LM Angus-Butterworth, including letters sent from Ruhleben in 1916 (1977); Publication 'Walter Butterwo...
WINTERBOURNE, CHARLES EDWARD
1915-1919
c 50 manuscript letters, notes and verse (Dec 1915-Jan 1919); Bound volume of typed transcripts of his letters, 1902-1919, with summary notes (nd).
HALE, F E
1918
9 photostat photographs (nd); Photocopied concert programme (1918); Photocopied wireless signal notes (nd); Photocopied poem 'The RAF in Russia' (nd).
READ, MARGARET HELEN
1915-1918
Photograph of Margaret Helen Read with Humphrey Malyn Read (1892-1980) who was awarded the MC (Military Cross) (nd); Typescript and photocopied poetry (18 July 1915-28 July 1918).