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Total number of records: 776

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Archives675
Books and printed items101

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Brotherton Collection752
English Literature752
Leeds Poetry666
Herbert Read Collection3
Liddle Collection2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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correspondence99
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)42
proofs (printing)37
books reviews35
poets as teachers20
english poetry18
poetry readings14
notebooks13
photographs10
world war, 1914-191810

Top 10: People and organisations

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)776
Silkin, Jon31
Adcock, Fleur5
Brownjohn, Alan5
Brownjohn, Alan (1931-)5
Brown, Merle E (1925-)4
Glover, Jon4
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)4
Tracy, Lorna4
Zach, Natan4

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From 1900774
From 20001

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Up to 1999767
Up to latest8

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Uncollected Poems and Notebooks

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1954-1997

This subfonds comprises papers relating to poems by Silkin not included in his published poetry collections, and notebooks containing drafts and workings of poems. As such it includes extensive ms and...

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War Literature

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1915-1997

This subfonds comprises items relating to Jon Silkin's interest in and research into war literature, in particular the poetry of the First World War. Includes papers relating to Isaac Rosenberg, inclu...

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Drama

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1955-1990

This subfonds comprises papers relating to plays written by Jon Silkin, including his verse plays 'Gurney' and 'The Illiterates.' Includes drafts and scripts of plays; papers relating to the productio...

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Prose and Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1997

This subfonds contains papers relating to Jon Silkin's prose and critical work, including extensive drafts towards his critical volume, 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry...

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Appointments, Lecturing, Teaching, Readings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1997

This subfonds comprises papers relating to activities undertaken by Jon Silkin other than writing. Includes papers relating to his time at the University of Leeds (as Gregory Fellow in Poetry and then...

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Silkin Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1950-1997

This subfonds comprises Silkin's correspondence, chiefly comprising letters sent to Silkin, but including some of Silkin's carbon copy replies. The letters relate to all aspects of Silkin's life and w...

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Audio-Visual Items

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1981-2002

Videos of Jon Silkin reading from and talking about his own work, and that of Wilfred Owen. DVD access copies of these items are available for consultation. Reference numbers for the DVD copies are g...

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Literary Papers and Correspondence of Rodney Pybus

Pybus, Rodney (1938-)

1950-2001

The Literary Papers and Correspondence of Rodney Pybus held in Leeds University Library comprises 19 boxes of papers relating to Pybus’s poetry collections, translations and other writing, and to hi...

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The Peaceable Kingdom

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1950-1975

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including poems and drafts, reviews, and royalty statements.

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The Two Freedoms

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1948-1963

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Two Freedoms,'including poem drafts and reviews.The poems in this collection were first published in periodicals or anthologies, including ...

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The Re-Ordering of the Stones

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1958-1989

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Re-Ordering of the Stones', including poems and drafts, a review, and items relating to legal deposit at the Library of Congress.The poems ...

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Nature With Man

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1956-1978

Papers relating to the collection 'Nature With Man', including typescript and ms poems and drafts; and papers relating to the publication of Silkin's 'Flower Poems' by Northern House.The poems in 'Nat...

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