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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
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Silkin, Jon, 1930-19971

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Archive File

U.S. Visits - Miscellanea (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1968 - 1986

Miscellaneous papers relating to visits to and tours of the United States by Jon Silkin. Includes items relating to the reading tour by Silkin and Jessica d'Este in 1978, including posters; ms notes o...

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Somewhere is Such a Kingdom

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1975-1977

This series comprises of a single file of papers relating to 'Somewhere is Such a Kingdom', a volume of Geoffrey Hill's collected poems covering the period from 1952 to 1971, published in the United S...

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Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1987

Correspondence relating to Jon Silkin's search for theatres in which to stage 'Gurney,' financial assistance and agents, and other 'Gurney-'related correspondence, covering the period from around the ...

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Literary papers and correspondence of Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 1947-2003

Jon Silkin, the writer and editor, was born in 1930 in London. He was educated at Wycliffe and Dulwich Colleges before being expelled for truancy, and did National Service as a Sergeant Instructor in ...

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Personalia

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1947-1997

2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...

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American Civil War Lit.

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1986

This file contains Geoffrey Hill's ms lecture 'Literature and the American Civil War' (14 ff), and 2 ff ms notes. The versos of ff. 3-5, 9, 11 and 12 include further ms notes. The folder in which thes...

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Canaan: US Edition

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1997

This file contains papers relating to the American edition of Geoffrey Hill's 'Canaan', published by Houghton Mifflin in 1997. Includes 1 ts letter from Christopher Carduff to Hill (28 April 1997), ac...

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Canaan: US Edition

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1997

This file contains papers relating to the American Edition of Geoffrey Hill's 'Canaan', published by Houghton Mifflin in 1997. Includes 2 typescript letter from Christopher Carduff to Hill (19 Novembe...

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Correspondence from F.T. Prince

13 Dec 1962 - 6 Nov 1967

Contains eight letters from F.T. Prince to James Kirkup commenting on Prince's contribution to an anthology edited by Kirkup and enclosing signed typescript drafts of three poems for inclusion: 'I'll ...

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Mixed Prose, Criticism and Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1980

This file contains ms and typescript drafts of critical essays/articles, reviews and other prose by Jon Silkin. Includes ts and copy drafts of reviews of poetry collections by Patrick Galvin (ca. 1979...

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