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Total number of records: 339

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection339
English Literature338
Leeds Poetry338

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)339
correspondence58
books reviews46
lectures and lecturing england leeds42
lectures and lecturing england cambridge15
booksreviews11
photographs9
poets as teachers9
poetry readings8
proofs (printing)8

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)207
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)42
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)21
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn21
Crossley-Holland, Kevin7
Andre Deutsch Ltd2
Brown, Wayne2
Harrison, Tony (1937-)2
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)2
Various2

Count of Earliest date

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From 1900336
From 20003

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1999331
Up to latest8

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Miscellaneous: Research and Interest

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1996

This subfonds comprises items collected by Silkin as research materials and/or for general interest, which cannot be directly connected with his work. The subject matter includes contemporary poetry, ...

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Notebooks

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

1974-1975

This subfonds contains notebooks compiled by Peter Redgrove as he worked towards poetry and prose compositions. The notebooks are a part of Redgrove's system of composition, whereby he kept a journal ...

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Ken Smith Items

c.1968-2003

Items relating to Ken Smith. Includes 2 copies of a duplicate ts poem/letter from Patrick Hughes to Smith (dating to late 1960s); and a press cutting of an obituary of Smith from 'The Guardian' (3 Jul...

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Scrapbook

Glover, Jon

1966

Bound University of Leeds notebook, used by Jon Glover as a scrapbook for press cutting relating to the 1966 Leeds Student Arts Festival. There are also loose inserts, including a programme for War Po...

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King Log

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1968

This series comprises of a single file containing reviews of Geoffrey Hill's 'King Log.' Includes a typescript draft of the poem History as Poetry with ms revisions; a photocopied review from an unide...

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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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Poems in the Press

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1956-1961

This series consists of ts and ms poem drafts, with cuttings of the poems as they appeared in newspapers and periodicals.

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Poems in Periodicals, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1958-1997

This series comprises poems by Silkin, both collected and uncollected, that appeared in the press and periodicals. As such, the series includes copies of periodicals containing poems by Silkin and pre...

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Other Published Poems, Reviews, Etc

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1948-1956

This series comprises a single file containing publications, poems and clippings accumulated by Blackburn, in part during his time as Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds. It includes t...

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Contracts and Royalties

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1966-1976

This series comprises a single file containing the following items: - Contract with Putnam & Co. Ltd for An Anthology of English Verse 1945-60. - Contract (28 February 1966) for an untitled literar...

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Lectures

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1970-1985

The file in which these items were held prior to cataloguing has Geoffrey Hill's ms note 'Clark Lectures: early writing notes. Notes which will be of use for other things.' The file contains drafts, n...

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