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Total number of records: 62

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Books and printed items36
Archives26

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection29
English Literature9
Leeds Poetry9
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive7
Leeds Russian Archive4
Herbert Read Collection2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2
Quaker Collection2
Ripon Cathedral2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
schools62
education11
poets as teachers7
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)4
creative writing scholarships,4
sermons, english4
correspondence3
crime3
poor3
boys2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom4
Great Britain2
Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France1
Enfield, United Kingdom1
Grossbritannien1
Horsham, United Kingdom1
Leeds, United Kingdom1
Radley (England)1
Scotland1
Washington Dc, Usa1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)7
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4
Church of England4
Vaughan, C J (1816-1897)4
Bayley, Robert Slater (1859)3
Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1850)3
Mackintosh, James3
Mackintosh, Sir James (1765-1832)3
Illingworth, William Norman (1902-1980)2
Moncrieff, A R Hope (1846-1927)2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17003
From 180025
From 190034

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17993
Up to 189922
Up to 199937

Archive Sub-collection

Papers of Professor John Wilfred Harvey on philosophy and religion

Harvey, John Wilfred (1889-1967)

19--

These papers were received in February 1975 from Mrs Sarah G Graham, a member of the Harvey family acting under the will. In the main, they consist of manuscripts (or typescripts with manuscript emend...

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PEARCE, H S (died c. 1970)

1937, 1984

Wooden figure of member of Corps des Pages, used as place marker at annual ball, Brussels (1937) /1/. Newspaper cutting about Corps des Pages meeting (1977) /2/. Anne Purvis, Notes about H S Pearce /3...

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LYONS, Marvin

1984, 1990

Marvin Lyons "Biographical Dictionary of the Corps of Pages: Outline of the Project" (1984 & 1990) /1-2/.

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King's College

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1981-1985

This file contains items relating to Jon Silkin's Writer in Residence post at King's College, Taunton. Includes a press cutting from 'The Guardian' (26 May 1983) on Silkin's post and the play; corresp...

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Photographs of a sketch of Enfield School

26 Mar 1876

Three mounted photographs of a sketch of Enfield School by Mario Gigliucci, drawn for his uncle Charles Cowden Clarke. Clarke was born and taught at the school, where he met John Keats.

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Press and Publicity

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1976-1986

Mixed papers relating to press and publicity for readings, lectures and appointments held by Jon Silkin. Includes press cuttings relating to visits to UK schools by Silkin (ca. 1983-1985), and his inv...

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School exercise books, principally containing verse, compiled by Sarah and John Mould, of Gildersome, Yorkshire, and Ackworth School.

Mould, Sarah Ann

1852-1858

Items M/1, M/3 and M/4 are verse compilations partly in the hand of Sarah or John Mould but also added to by others, principally fellow-pupils or members of staff at Ackworth School. M/2 contains note...

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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...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

9 August 1963 - 17 October 1963

4 letters to Jon Silkin from the Ministry of Education, including 2 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Carson J. Read, and 1 ts letter from K.T.V. Humberstone. The correspondence relates to a 'Po...

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C. Day Lewis Fellowship

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1976-1978

Papers relating to Jon Silkin's tenure of the C. Day Lewis Fellowship at Aylestone High School, Brent, London. Includes a copy of the Greater London Arts newsletter (September/October 1976), including...

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Residencies, Readings, etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1974-1987

Mixed papers relating to readings, residencies and teaching by Jon Silkin. Includes duplicated handout issued in advance of a visit by Silkin to Eaton Hall College of Education (ca. 1974; programme fo...

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