Skip to main content

Search Special Collections

Results

1 to 11 of 11 records

Total number of records: 11

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives9
Books and printed items2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection11
English Literature9
Leeds Poetry8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
war poetry, english11
world war, 1914-1918 poetry5
world war, 1914-19184
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
lectures and lecturing england cambridge2
teaching aids and2
archival materials reproduction1
books reviews1
drawing, english1
english literature1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)5
Douglas, Keith (1920-1944)1
Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008)1
O'Rourke, May1
Priestley, J B (1894-1984)1
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18001
From 190010

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19999
Up to latest2

Archive Collection

Keith Douglas Collection

Douglas, Keith (1920-1944)

1881-2000

The archives include the following: a large collection of photographs, drawings and paintings by Douglas; 94 books owned by him, 10 of which have autograph additions; 9 holograph poems by Douglas; pro...

More details


Archive Item

Silkin on Silkin, and Silkin on Owen

Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008)

1992-2003

Video recording of 2 readings/talks by Jon Silkin.The first recording is titled 'Silkin on Silkin: Jon Silkin talks about his life and reads a selection of his poems', and was recorded by Adrian Mitch...

More details


Archive File

World War I Poets

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1970-1976

Items collected by Geoffrey Hill relating to poets of the First World War. Includes pamphlet 'The Poets' Hands', comprising of facsimile mss of poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, Edward Thom...

More details


Archive File

Poets of 1st World War: Introduction 1 & 2

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1986

This file contains a photocopied ms of 2 Introductory lectures delivered by Hill as part of his teaching on the course Four Poets of the First World War at Cambridge University (44 ff). 'Introductory ...

More details


Archive File

First World War

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1986-1988

This file contains items relating to Hill's teaching on the course Four Poets of the First World War at Cambridge University, and other items collected by Hill relating to the War. Includes ms of 2 In...

More details


Archive File

First World War: Class Materials

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1989

This file contains texts used by Hill in his teaching on First World War poetry at Boston University during the Fall semester of 1989 (UNI HU 657). Includes photocopies of John Masefield's poem 'Augus...

More details


Archive File

World War II: Poets

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1980s

Ms lecture 'Poets of the Second World War' (17 ff; photocopied excerpts pasted on versos of ff. 10, 12 and 14); lecture notes 'Sidney Keyes Etc' (5 ff; photocopied excerpts pasted on versos of ff. 2-3...

More details


Archive File

Press Cuttings, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1961-1969

Press cuttings collected by Silkin, relating to the two World Wars and the literature of the First World War. Includes Philip Hobsbaum's article 'The Road Not Taken' ( 'The Listener,' 23 November 1961...

More details


Archive File

Archive Print Item

West wind days

O'Rourke, May

1918

More details


Archive Print Item

The chapman of rhymes

Priestley, J B (1894-1984)

1918

More details