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Archive Series

Autobiographical Memoir

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1992-1995

This series contains papers relating to an autobiographical memoir written by Crossley-Holland for Gale's 'Something About the Author' autobiography series, including drafts and a small amount of corr...

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Notebook 21

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1960-1977

Notebook including draft chapters of Thomas Blackburn's novel 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971) . The text has autobiographical elements. The notebook also contains class reading lists and other teaching...

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Notebook 22

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1969-1970

Notebook containing drafts of Blackburn's novel 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971) .

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Notebook 23

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1969-1970

Notebook containing drafts of Blackburn's novel 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971) .

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Notebook 24

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1969-1970

Notebook containing drafts of Blackburn's novel 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971) . Also, notes on costs and estimates for a wall and chimney.

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Notebook 42

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1970-1977

Notebook containing autobiographical prose and drafts of poems, as follows: - Autobiographical prose (fol. 1-2) - My wife has returned from Sweden... (untitled poem, fol. 3-4) - In a brown coat an...

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Notebook 46

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1969-1970

Notebook containing drafts of a novel, published as 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971)

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Notebook 47

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1969

Notebook containing drafts of 'The Feast of the Wolf' (1971) alongside personal and critical notes and the following draft poems: - Notes and prose for novel (fol. 3-18) - 1969(fol. 14-18) - Indif...

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Notebook 49

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1975

Notebook containing autobiographical prose, draft poems and personal notes: - Autobiographical prose (fol. 1-8, 9-16) - Last Night (fol. 8) - Grandma Florence... (untitled poem, fol. 8-9) - Final...

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Notebook 50

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1976

Notebook containing drafts of poems, critical notes and fictionalized autobiographical prose: - Now that arth[r]itis conditions... (untitled poem, fol. 1) - Retired at Sixty - It was beginning tha...

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Notebook 51

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1951

Notebook containing drafts of the following poems: - Consciousness(fol. 1) - J.A.B(fol. 1) - Morning turns the event between subtle fingers (untitled poem, fol. 2) - His head rolled forward on hi...

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Autobiographical Writing

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1997

This series comprises items relating to autobiographical writing by Jon Silkin. Includes drafts towards semi-autobiographical novels; and drafts and copies of autobiographical essays, all of which dis...

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