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Total number of records: 62

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Leeds Poetry62
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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)17
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lectures and lecturing england leeds5
autobiography4
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television adaptations3
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lectures and lecturing2
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)23
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)9
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn9
Andre Deutsch Ltd5
Crossley-Holland, Kevin5
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Brown, Wayne2
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)2
British Broadcasting Corporation1
Gallet, Rene1

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Photographs

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1986

Black and white, and colour photographs taken during rehearsals (?) for the Alec (Dave) Bell/Pentameters production of Gurney, Hampstead, January-February 1986. Includes: - 14 x 17.5cm x 23.5cm blac...

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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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Notebook 48: Speech! Speech!

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1997-1998

Black hardback notebook with ms label on front cover, '17: Work in Progress 28-10-97 - 4-4-98 - Drafts & Jottings'. A child's drawing with 3 figures is pasted to the inside front cover. The notebook p...

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Notebook

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1984-2000

Black hardback notebook with red spine, and ms label 'Clark Lecture 1986 Notebook II' (scored through) and 'Lecture - Sketches'. The first 8 pages of the notebook are numbered in ms. Only the first [6...

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World War II: Poets

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1980s

Ms lecture 'Poets of the Second World War' (17 ff; photocopied excerpts pasted on versos of ff. 10, 12 and 14); lecture notes 'Sidney Keyes Etc' (5 ff; photocopied excerpts pasted on versos of ff. 2-3...

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Television Scripts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1990-1991

These files contain research notes and draft typescripts for a BBC School Television programme based on Crossley-Holland's 'Tales from Europe', and broadcast by the BBC in 1991. The contents of the fi...

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Notebook 37

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Notebook including critical notes on Shakespeare's 'Richard III', Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and the following poem drafts: - Billions Attack(fol. 8-9) - I will be looking through our cotta...

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Withdrawal from Comparative Studies

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1994-1995

10 items of correspondence (17 September 1994 - concerning Hill's decision to resign from teaching on the Comparative Studies programme (UNI HU 712) at Boston University. Includes Hill's typescript no...

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The Living Poet

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1965-1979

3 photocopies of the script as recorded for the BBC's Third Network programme 'The Living Poet', written and read by Geoffrey Hill (14 ff), and broadcast on 5 September 1965. One copy includes ms anno...

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British Council - Returns of Tapes Held (2)

University of Leeds - Poetry Room

9 December 1968 - 15 December 1978

Papers relating to the stock of British Council tapes held in the Leeds Poetry Room. Includes notices of despatch from the British Council; ms and typescript lists of recordings held in the Poetry Roo...

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Alan MacCormack

1973

1 ms letter from Alan MacCormack to Geoffrey Hill (n.d.), and 1 cc typescript letter from Hill to MacCormack (17 October 1973). The correspondence concerns MacCormack's wish to set Hill's 'The Penteco...

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TV Programme

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1992-1993

These 4 files contain papers relating to the television production of Crossley-Holland's children's book 'The Labours of Herakles', broadcast by Channel 4 in 1993. Includes the Agreement contract, ms...

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