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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)30
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poetry readings united states11
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)33
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)19
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)16
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn16
Crossley-Holland, Kevin11
Brown, Wayne5
Penguin Books3
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Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)2
Abse, Dannie1

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Poems and Drafts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1989-1990

Ms and typescript drafts of the following poems: - Abandoned (including drafts titled Daughter Abandoned and Abandoned Daughter) - The Gallovidian Martyrs Were Drowned For Their Faith, the Robin Te...

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1937

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains: - 21 page transcript copy of Norman Manley's diary from 1937. - 6 page transcript and 4 page transcript of a two-part Jamaica Gleaner article on Edna Manley's art, written by Es...

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Interview on Translation

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1992

Typescript letter to Silkin from Lyuben Lyubenov, accompanying a list of 22 questions on translating poetry [late 1983?]; carbon copy typescript of Silkin's responses (3 December 1983); and a photocop...

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Notebook 29

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1955-1956

Notebook with cover labelled 'Post Mortem', and 'Bacchae' crossed out, containing the following: - This day a proud man has stalked the halls of a lie... (untitled, possibly prologue to a play. fol....

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7 Last Poems from the Memoirs of Uncle Harry

1973-1974

Production papers and correspondence relating to Tony Connor's 'Seven Last Poems from the Memoirs of Uncle Harry' (Northern House Poets; 22). Includes a photocopied typescript draft of the collection ...

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Drafts and Revisions of The Illiterates (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1986-1987

Ms and typescript drafts and revisions of scenes and sections of 'The Illiterates,' and 2 almost complete drafts of the play (both lacking some of the final pages). Two sets of drafts/revisions of sec...

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Allen Tate

5 September 1953 - 16 February

7 items of correspondence between the poet Allen Tate and Geoffrey Hill. Includes 3 ms letters, 1 ms postcard and 2 typescript letters from Tate to Hill, and 1 cc typescript letter from Hill to Tate (...

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Scripts 1-29

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains the following items: - 7 page transcript of a conversation with Mrs Margaret Wyke - 8 pages of transcripts of articles from the Trinidad Guardian, 1954 - 1958. - 7 transcripts o...

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Poetry & Religion: 3rd Seminar Fall 92

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1992

Typescript 'Notes Arising From the Class-Discussion, Sept. 17 (Poems of Penitence) (for distribution Tuesday Sept 22)', dated at end 09/21/92 (9 ff); typescript 'Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374)' with q...

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Concerning Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1998

2 legal notepads, one with Hill's ms notes/draft of seminar paper with title'ID 500 Intrinsic/Extrinsic Value' ([15] ff); and one with an ms version of the seminar paper titled 'Concerning Intrinsic a...

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William Hayward

1968

4 items of correspondence between William Hayward (i.e. William Curtis-Hayward) and Geoffrey Hill, chiefly discussing the work of Ivor Gurney. Includes 3 typescript letters from Hayward to Hill (6 May...

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Notebook 57

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1977

Notebook containing drafts and notes for poems, including the following: - This is the hand that held the knife (untitled poem, fol.1) - You'll never find the place where it began (untitled poem, f...

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