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Total number of records: 218

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English Literature218
Leeds Poetry218
Brotherton Collection217

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english poetry33
correspondence26
english drama22
poets as teachers16
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)14
authors and publishers7
proofs (printing)6
letters5
art criticism4
diaries4

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Crossley-Holland, Kevin35
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)34
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn34
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)14
Brown, Wayne12
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)9
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)4
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)4
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire2
Hamburger, Michael (1924-2007)2

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Early manuscript drafts

c. 1953 - 1967

Notebooks with various drafts and inserts, loose drafts, letters and notes.

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Manuscript: A City of the North

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1952

Autograph manuscript of the poem 'A City of the North'; mounted with a label misattributing Kirkup's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship from October 1952 - October 1953 (Kirkup was Gregory Fellow from 1...

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Manuscripts and Research Material

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1990-1991

These files contain manuscripts, typescripts and research material for Crossley-Holland's 'Tales from Europe' (231 ff.), grouped together as follows: - Contents - The King of the Bears - With My R...

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Manuscript Poem Drafts

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1977

These items were taken from a folder marked 'Poems'. The file includes the following: - 1 A4 sheet of notepaper with the title These poems are not being used - An Unexpected Guest (a shopping list ...

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Manuscript drafts of Paul Mills Poetry

1999-2000

This folder contains Paul Mills' pre 'Dinosaur Point' material, including a first manuscript draft for the poem 'When Rivers Walked', produced in a workshop in York run by Ian Duhig.

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Letters to Jon Silkin, Manuscripts, Etc.

Smith, Ken (1938-2003)

December 1965 - 10 January 1994

Correspondence and other items sent to Jon Silkin by the poet Ken Smith. Includes 10 typescript letters and 7 ms letters/notes from Smith to Silkin. Letter dated 'Aug 12' [1971?] accompanied by an ann...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for Nine Psalms (1978)

1978

This folder contains a small notebook and working manuscript and typescript drafts for poems of the 'Nine Psalms' collection published in 1978. Paul Mills describes his collection as a cantana with mu...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for Dinosaur Point (2000)

1999 - 2000

This folder contains various material in relation to Paul Mills collection of poems 'Dinosaur Point', published in 2000, including: a working manuscript draft of 'Christmas Day; early typescript draft...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for North Carriageway (1976)

1970 - 1976

This series contains items related to Paul Mills' first published poetry collection, 'North Carriageway.' Includes three Folders containing typescript and manuscript drafts of the poems 'Motorway', 'C...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts The Folkton Drums (1983)

1983

This item is a pamphlet of the Paul Mills collection 'The Folkton Drums' (1983) as published.

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for 'A Celtic Head' (1980)

1978 - 1980

This folder contains working manuscript drafts and typescript draft for the Paul Mills poem 'A Celtic Head', which was published in PN Review 14, vol. 6, no. 6 (1980).

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for 'The Heat Age' (2008)

2007 - 2008

This folder contains working manuscript and typescript drafts of the Paul Mills poem 'The Heat Age', which was commissioned by the British Council to be published in the anothology titled 'Feeling th...

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