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Total number of records: 32

Count of Collection group

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Leeds Poetry32
Brotherton Collection29
English Literature29

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
interviews32
correspondence9
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
poetry readings4
books reviews3
poets as teachers3
universities and colleges united3
creative writing scholarships,2
poetics2
autobiography1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)7
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)6
Brown, Wayne5
British Broadcasting Corporation1
British Council1
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)1
Various1

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The Poet Speaks (Various)

Various

c.1964-1966

Audio recordings of interviews with 8 poets conducted by Hilary Smith and Peter Orr as part of the British Council's 'The Poet Speaks' series.[Side1; Interview 1]: Hilary Smith interviews Martin Bell ...

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Swithenbank Papers

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This series contains files of information collected by Wayne Brown from members of the Swithenbank family for his biography of Edna Manley. Includes the following: - 1 file containing 1 manuscript a...

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Interviews

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1964-c.1981

Papers relating to interviews conducted with Geoffrey Hill, including radio interviews broadcast by the BBC on programmes Poetry Today and The Living Poet, and interviews conducted by Blake Morrison a...

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Interview Transcripts

Brown, Wayne

1969-1972

This subseries contains transcripts of interviews conducted by Wayne Brown with Edna Manley, Ralph Swithinbank and Mona Swithinbank.

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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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Scripts 30-59

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains the following items: - 5 page transcript of a modern art catalogue containing works by Edna Manley. - 7 page transcript of notes from the book The Arts of an Island by Ivy Baxter...

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Script 1052

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1972

This file contains transcripts of audio recordings supplied by Edna Manley, containing interviews of Norman Manley by the poet Basil McFarlane.

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Hill: Poets on Poetry

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1986

This file contains items relating to reviews and interviews by Hill. Includes: - an offprint of Hill's review article Robert Lowell: Contrasts and Repetitions, from Essays in Criticism, vol. 13 no. ...

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Hill Interview: WBUR

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1994

Papers relating to an interview with Hill conducted by George Preston for radio station WBUR for the programme Boston University's World of Ideas. Includes 1 typescript letter to Hill from George Pres...

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Hill: Readings and Interviews

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1967-1981

This file chiefly contains items relating to readings and interviews by Geoffrey Hill. Includes: - a clipping of an interview with Hill conducted by Eunice de Souza (The Times of India, 25 February ...

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The Poet Speaks: Interview Transcripts

British Council

November 1963

Copy of 'The Poet Speaks: A Series of Twenty Recorded Interviews with Contemporary Poets', issued by the British Council, Recorded Sound Section, November 1963. Comprises transcriptions of interviews ...

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Mixed Criticism (1)

1976-1984

This file contains critical articles and notes on Silkin by various authors. Includes a photocopy of Jon Glover's article 'The Voice in the Peaceable Kingdom,' from 'Bananas' (April 1980), ms intervie...

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