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Under the Eildon Tree (Audio)
[c.1955-1960?]
Copy of an audio recording made by the British Council of Sydney Goodsir Smith reading his poem 'Under the Eildon Tree' (1948).
Appointments, Teaching and Educational Publications
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
1940-1973
This subfonds contains items concerned with Blackburn's employment and educational work aside from his role as poet and author. After the war, Blackburn became an English Literature teacher and worked...
St. Marylebone Grammar School
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
1954-1960
This file contains items concerned with Blackburn's career as English master at St. Marylebone Grammar School, London 1948-1960. It includes 2 letters of reference from the headmaster and 1 Ministry o...
Other Published Poems, Reviews, Etc
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1948-1956
This series comprises a single file containing publications, poems and clippings accumulated by Blackburn, in part during his time as Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds. It includes t...
Early Poems: Clippings and Small Publications
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
c.1948-1955
This file contains early poems by Geoffrey Hill as they appeared in print, including: - a copy of Poetry 1948-1954 ([Bromsgrove?]: High School Press, [1955]), with slip of paper with ms signature G....
Poems and Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1948-1955
File of ms and ts poems and drafts. The file includes both poems that were published in 'The Two Freedoms', and poems that appear to have been considered for the collection but were not included. The ...
Bromsgrove County High School
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1944-1999
Items relating to Hill's time as a pupil at Bromsgrove County High School, his subsequent contact with fellow pupils and teachers, and a school reunion in 1994. Includes: - 2 Joint Matriculation Boa...
Paul Mills literary archive
Mills, Paul (1948-)
1971-2008
This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, critical works and plays by Paul Mills, including 3 notebooks with drafts of plays and poetry. There are also examples of...
For the Unfallen: Poems
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1953-1956
Largely clean copies of 11 poems, 9 of which were published in 'For the Unfallen'. Many of the poems are dated. - Gideon at the Well, 1953 (published in Oxford Poetry 1954; not collected in For the ...
Vernon Scannell, literary papers together with an autograph letter
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)
1962-1967
Comprises: Literary papers of Vernon Scannell dated 1963-1966, including autograph manuscripts and revised typescripts of eight poems, together with a press cutting from the Sunday Times for 29 Januar...