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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)4
Lay, Cecil Howard (1885-1956)1
Matthewman, S1
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Archive Collection

Sydney Matthewman juvenilia and small press poetry

Matthewman, S

1918-1947

The collection includes small press poetry by or associated with Matthewman or published by the Swan Press. Comprises (a) Six issues of The Bellevueite Weekly: The Official Organ of the Belle Vue C...

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Northern House Publishing Archive

1962-2006

This collection comprises papers relating to Northern House publishing venture established by Andrew Gurr and Jon Silkin at the University of Leeds, and its publishing activities. Includes papers rela...

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Clutag Press / Andrew McNeillie

1 September 2004 - 15 May

4 typescript letters and 2 ms notes to Geoffrey Hill from Andrew McNeillie (1 September 2004 - 15 May 2006); and 1 printed email (n.d.) containing a message from McNeillie to Hill (n.d.). The correspo...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 December 1972 - 24 February 1987

8 typescript letters from Martin Booth of the Sceptre Press to Jon Silkin.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

25 March 1991 - [1997]

1 ms letter and 1 typescript letter from poet Richard Caddel at the Pig Press to Jon Silkin; 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Caddel.Also held in this file is an advertisment for Caddel and Anth...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

c.1973 - 1996

20 items of correspondence from Tony Rudolf, publisher and co-founder of the Menard Press, to Jon Silkin. Includes 8 ms letters, 6 ms postcards, 3 word-processed letters, 1 typescript letter and 1 ms ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

16 July 1982

1 typescript letter from Ed Hogan of the Zephyr Press (Massachusetts) to Jon Silkin, accompanied by an advertisment for an anthology compiled from the little magazine 'Aspect.'

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Jerusalem

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1977

Copy no. 59 of the poem 'Jerusalem,' as published in pamphlet form by Martin Booth's Sceptre Press, Knotting, Bedfordshire, in 1977. The edition was limited to 150 numbered copies printed on Abbey Mil...

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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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Autobiographical Stanzas

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1984

This subseries contains items relating to the poem sequence 'Autobiographical Stanzas' as published in pamphlet form by Taxus in 1983, including a photocopied proof and reviews. By the time the pamphl...

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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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Letters to Jon Silkin

12 July 1985 - 9 June 1986

2 typescript letters from Simon Pettifar of Black Spring Press to Jon Silkin.

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