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Total number of records: 7

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Archives6
Books and printed items1

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Brotherton Collection7
English Literature6
Leeds Poetry6

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adult education7
poets as teachers5
correspondence3
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
creative writing anthologies2
creative writing scholarships,2
poetry readings2
programs2
book proposals1
creative writing (higher education)1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)4
Clark, Leonard1
Workers' Educational Association of Australia1
Workers' Educational Association of New South Wales1

Archive File

Letters to Jon Silkin

Clark, Leonard

21 September 1957 - 3 July 1961

6 ms letters and 3 ts letters from the poet Leonard Clark to Jon Silkin. The ts letters are on headed notepaper from the Ministry of Education and concern Silkin's involvement as a tutor in the Minist...

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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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Australian highway : journal of the Workers' Educational Association (v.45 no.4, winter 1965)

Workers' Educational Association of New South Wales; Workers' Educational Association of Australia

With v. 10, no. 1 Oct. 1927 called new series.

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Dumfries Residency

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1990

This file contains items relating to Silkin's time as Writer in Residence for the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council. As well as working with members of the...

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Residencies, Readings, etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1992

Mixed papers relating to poetry readings and residencies undertaken by Jon Silkin ca. 1990. Includes a programme for the Writer's Evening organised by the University of Dundee and the Scottish Arts Co...

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Adult Education, University of Durham

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

October 1978 - April 1979

Papers relating to classes taught by Jon Silkin in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Durham. Includes photocopies of poems by Geoffrey Hill, accompanied by an ms letter from D...

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