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Total number of records: 68

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)7
Hogg, Jabez2
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Gordon, Colonel George Hamilton (1875-1961)1
Griffith, Richard Clewin1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1
Jones, Henry Bence1
Maude, Francis H1
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NEWTON, WILLIAM WATSON

1917-1918

13 sheets of photographs of East Africa taken from the photograph album of WW Newton [1917-1918]; bundle of 13 photographs or postcards, some with captions [1917-1918]; mounted portrait photograph (19...

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HOLDEN, CECIL ALEXANDER NALDRETT

1898-1919

Press cutting relating to service by Holden family members (Jan 1917); Field service postcard (Sep 1917); 11 photographs (1917-1919); Letter to his parents written the day before his death (26 May 191...

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MULLER, FRANZ JOHANN JOSEPH (HANS)

1914-1918, 1935

French-German dictionary (1821); 51 photographs, mostly from Alsace, with negatives and photocopies (1917-1935, nd); Programme for Kaiser's birthday at Charleville (27 Jan 1918); 58 photographic slide...

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HARRIS, J J

1917-1918

17 photographs (1918, nd); Photocopied notes, postcards, letters, press cuttings and miscellaneous service papers (nd); Typescript report (28 July 1917).

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ELLISON, WALLACE

1911-1919

Tourist map of Frankfurt (nd); Soldier's Prayer Card (Aug 1914); Christmas dinner menu (Dec 1914); Christmas card (Dec 1914); Letter written to his father from Ruhleben (10 Mar 1915); Letter from Raym...

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Leeds Press Cuttings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

24 September 1958 - 22 September 1960

File of press cuttings relating to Jon Silkin's Gregory Fellowship; the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition organised by Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez at the University of Leeds; promotional material relatin...

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Notebook

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1947-1949

1 exercise book containing manuscript notes, clippings, and black and white photographs. The clippings include images of paintings by Francis Bacon. The clippings and photographs are occasionally glue...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1970-1979

These files contain 141 items of correspondence relating to Crossley-Holland's travel book 'Pieces of Land', including letters to and from publishers Victor Gollancz (in particular Gollancz Director G...

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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...

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Blunden, Sassoon and Jones

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1963-1965

Items relating to Jon Silkin's contact with First World War poets Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon and David Jones during his research for 'Out of Battle'. Includes 1 cc ts letter from Silkin to Blun...

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Proof of Selected Poems

1987

Bound page proofs for 'Selected Poems' (1988), dated 9th September 1987, and with Jon Silkin's ms corrections. Inserted in the front are a proof of the index of first lines with Silkin's ms correction...

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