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Correspondence
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1970-1997
Correspondence relating to attempts by Silkin to publish a volume of Amir Gilboa's poetry in translation. Includes letters from Natan Zach to Silkin concerning the translations (July-September 1970); ...
Anthology Plan (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1977
Set of ms index cards with Silkin's plans for an anthology of First World War poetry. Includes title ('Standing in the Way: Poetry of the First World War') and quotation, ms notes outlining the introd...
Anthology Plan (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1976
Ms list of poets and poem titles headed 'Anthology of 1st War Poetry.'
Resource Material, Etc. (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1945-1980
Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose.' Includes ms notes on writers to include (on back of an envelope); a carbon copy typescript of...
Letters to Jon Silkin and Anthology Plan
3 September 1980
1 ms letter from Angus Calder to Jon Silkin, accompanied by a draft introduction and contents outline for an anthology [provisionally?] titled 'British Poetry 1900-1980.'
Letters to Jon Silkin
2 March 1979 - 7 April 1995
Letters between various correspondents at publishers Routledge/Routledge & Kegan Paul and Jon Silkin. The correspondence relates to works by Silkin including 'The Psalms With Their Spoils,' 'Selected...
Mixed Correspondence (1)
5 March 1964 - 18 February 1994
File of mixed correspondence relating to Northern House business activities. Includes letters relating to funding (Northern Arts and the Arts Council of Great Britain), and a cc ts letter from Silkin ...
Mixed Correspondence (3)
October 1989 - 2 July 1996
File of mixed correspondence relating to Northern House business activities. Includes a typescript letter to Silkin from Roger Garfitt offering further poems for publication, and Silkin's cc ts respon...
Dumfries Residency
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1990
This file contains items relating to Silkin's time as Writer in Residence for the Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council. As well as working with members of the...
Publishers, Etc.
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1992-1997
Typescript correspondence between Silkin and potential publishers of the anthology including Christopher Everett at the Japan Foundation (March 1993), Ralph Cassell at Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co....
Anthology Plan
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980
Typescript outline plan for the anthology of First World War prose including issues to be represented, and an annotated typescript list of themes and possible sources. The outline plan includes an ms ...
Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1980-1983
Ms and annotated typescript drafts of an essay on David Gascoyne, with Gascoyne's comments in a letter dated 9 September 1981; typescript essay 'Sidney Keyes: the scroll and its distinctions,' and a p...