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Total number of records: 8

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Brotherton Collection8
English Literature8
Leeds Poetry8

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autobiography1
verse drama1

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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)8
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn8

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The Outer Darkness

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1951

This series comprises a single file containing the following typescripts of poems with annotations, later published in Blackburn's collection 'The Outer Darkness' (1951): - The Beast - Lazarus - T...

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A Darker Purpose

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1960

This file contains 3 typescript drafts of a one-act (incomplete) play by Thomas Blackburn, titled 'A Darker Purpose.' Includes: - 1 x 14 page typescript, - 1 x 8 page typescript, - 1 x 10 page typ...

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Notebook 53

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1948

Notebook containing drafts of the following poems: - The Return(Front inside cover and fol. 1. Published in In the Fire(1958) - In Memoriam(fol. 1) - Manic(fol. 2) - Aftermath(fol. 2-4 and 5-6. S...

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Untitled Scrapbook

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1954-1955

Copy of the periodical 'English,' VIII:48 (Autumn 1951), used as a scrapbook for newspaper cuttings. Cuttings include Thomas Blackburn's poems, reviews and some pictures, poems and articles cut from n...

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Notebook 51

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1951

Notebook containing drafts of the following poems: - Consciousness(fol. 1) - J.A.B(fol. 1) - Morning turns the event between subtle fingers (untitled poem, fol. 2) - His head rolled forward on hi...

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Notebook 59

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1951

Notebook containing drafts of poems and a short story. The contents are as follows: - Down dusty corridors she goes to court (front inside cover. Published as Scenes from Childhood VI in The Outer D...

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Notebook 52

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1951-1954

Notebook labelled '1951 Post 'Outer Darkness' ', containing drafts of the following poems: - Jacob(Inside front cover) - The Newcomers(fol. 1-2) - Samson(fol. 2-3) - Jacob(fol. 3-4. Revision of ...

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Letters from unidentified correspondents

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1952-1977

This file contains letters, poems and manuscripts sent to Thomas Blackburn from unidentified correspondents. Where possible, forename, geographical location and the date have been given. - 1 letter ...

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