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Total number of records: 366

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Archives365
Books and printed items1

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Brotherton Collection366
English Literature364
Leeds Poetry363

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SubjectCount
correspondence366
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)58
authors and publishers39
proofs (printing)35
books reviews21
literary agents16
lectures and lecturing england cambridge13
poets as teachers13
manley edna11
interviews9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)100
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)98
Crossley-Holland, Kevin74
Brown, Wayne19
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)12
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn12
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire2
Amey, Michael1
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Barnard, John1

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From 18001
From 1900362
From 20003

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Up to 1999345
Up to latest21

Archive Collection

Wayne Brown Archive

Brown, Wayne

1911-1980

Comprises: manuscript and typescript drafts of poems collected in Brown's first poetry collection, On the Coast (1972); manucript and typescript drafts of miscellaneous poems by Brown dating to the 19...

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Personalia

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1947-1997

2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...

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Correspondence

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1951-2007

This subfonds is comprised chiefly of correspondence sent to Geoffrey Hill, but also includes some of his cc replies. The letters include correspondence with publishers, in particular André Deutsch a...

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Correspondence and Personalia

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1956-2000

Correspondence, both personal and relating to Kirkup's literary work; and miscellaneous items collected by Kirkup.

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Fiction

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

c.1974-1975

This subfonds comprises a single file, containing a typescript of the novel 'The Glass Cottage: A Nautical Romance,' written by Peter Redgrove with Penelope Shuttle during Redgrove's time as an Instru...

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Correspondence

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

13 November 1962

1 ms letter from Vernon Scannell to the poet David Tipton (13 November 1962).1 cc word-processed letter from Prof. Edward Larrissy (University of Leeds) to Vernon Scannell, and 1 ms letter from Scanne...

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Silkin Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1950-1997

This subfonds comprises Silkin's correspondence, chiefly comprising letters sent to Silkin, but including some of Silkin's carbon copy replies. The letters relate to all aspects of Silkin's life and w...

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Literary papers and correspondence of Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 1947-2003

Jon Silkin, the writer and editor, was born in 1930 in London. He was educated at Wycliffe and Dulwich Colleges before being expelled for truancy, and did National Service as a Sergeant Instructor in ...

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John Heath-Stubbs Archive

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1948-2007

This collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts and poems, examples of published works, an audio recording and correspondence by John Heath-Stubbs. The majority of the poems and drafts are a...

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Sixty-One Correspondence

Various

20 September 1961 - 2 August 1965

14 items of correspondence concerned with the student arts magazine 'Sixty-One.' Includes 5 ts letters from representatives of Leeds University Union to the editors of 'Sixty-One' (20 Sept 1961 - 6 Fe...

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Archive Series

Somewhere is Such a Kingdom

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1975-1977

This series comprises of a single file of papers relating to 'Somewhere is Such a Kingdom', a volume of Geoffrey Hill's collected poems covering the period from 1952 to 1971, published in the United S...

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Bromsgrove County High School

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1944-1999

Items relating to Hill's time as a pupil at Bromsgrove County High School, his subsequent contact with fellow pupils and teachers, and a school reunion in 1994. Includes: - 2 Joint Matriculation Boa...

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