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Total number of records: 22

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Brotherton Collection21
English Literature17
Leeds Poetry8
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Berne, Stanley (1923-)1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006)1
Fleming, Elizabeth1
Furnival, John1
Garnier, Pierre (1928-)1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1
Houedard, Dom Sylvester1
Zekowski, Arlene (1922-)1

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Anthology of Modern Hebrew Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1966-1968

This subseries comprises papers relating to a proposed anthology of modern Hebrew poets in English translation. Includes ms and typescript drafts and translations; and a small amount of correspondence...

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Fleming (Elizabeth), “Gypsy poems”

Fleming, Elizabeth

c.1946

Bound volume of manuscript (handwritten) poems signed by the poet, Elizabeth Fleming of Newcastle on Tyne. Title taken from cover. The poems are recorded as published in Country Life, Chambers’s Jou...

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UNI HU 658: Aspects of Poetry and Religion

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1967-1999

This subseries comprises papers relating to Hill's course Aspects of Poetry and Religion: Analysis of Selected Texts (UNI HU 658 / GRS EN 784 / CLA EN 598) at Boston University. The course focussed on...

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton

1872-1882

Letters from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton, a solicitor, literary critic and friend who regularly visited and advised Rossetti. The letters, which are often brief, note the ...

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Killing Time

1998-2002

Papers relating to the poem Killing Time, written by Simon Armitage during his time as poet in residence with the New Millennium Experience Company at the Millennium Dome. Armitage was appointed to th...

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Footsteps on the Downcast Path

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1986

This subseries contains papers relating to the long poem 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path', including ms and typescript drafts and workings, reviews, and items relating to its broadcast on radio.'Foots...

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Rosenberg Exhibition

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1964

In 1959 Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez (then Head of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Leeds) organised an exhibition of manuscripts, printed works, drawings and paintings, letters...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for Dinosaur Point (2000)

1999 - 2000

This folder contains various material in relation to Paul Mills collection of poems 'Dinosaur Point', published in 2000, including: a working manuscript draft of 'Christmas Day; early typescript draft...

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Concrete Poetry

Berne, Stanley (1923-); Zekowski, Arlene (1922-); Houédard, Dom Sylvester; Finlay, Ian Hamilton (1925-2006); Furnival, John; Garnier, Pierre (1928-)

1944 - 1968

This sub-series contains correspondence, typescripts and printed material by authors and poets including Stanley Berne, Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Pierre Garnier and Dom Sylvester Houédard. ...

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Flying Blues

1985-1993

(ca. 1985-1993); 8 files, held in 2 boxes. Papers relating to the collection Flying Blues, published by Carcanet in 1994, including extensive poem drafts and draft copies of the collection. The collec...

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(Loose) Reference, research and papers [Undated]

c.1970- c.2016

1)Unattributed typescript paper in Polish (found with press cuttings c.2004) 2) Manuscript handwritten notes found in envelope marked "Marx and Weber." (c. 1973-c.1976) 3) Unattributed typescript ...

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Watersmeet

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1994-1997

Papers relating to the publication of 'Watersmeet'by The Bay Press in 1994 (as Northern House pamphlet no. 33), including drafts, proofs and reviews.The poem 'Watersmeet' was written largely between t...

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