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apartheid south africa1
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)9
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)2
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Heath, Sir Edward1
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)1
Penguin Books1
Potts, Paul1
Wright, David (1920-1994)1

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'Crossings' Notebook

c2002

Also titled 'Nightmail'. Notebook documenting work for the ITV1 South Bank Show 'Crossings', broadcast in 2002.

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Poems

c.1965-1967

This file contains typescripts (2 ff.) of the following poems by Donald Ward: - Sandpipers - Therapy - Evening in Gresham Street - South Bank - The Watchers - Encounter - Port

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Poems

c.1965-1967

This file contains typescripts (3 ff.) of the following poems by Elizabeth Cottle: - South Coast College - Out of Depth - Good Thief - Story - Praise for November

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Letters to Jon Silkin

20 May 1974

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Norman Talbot at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales. The letter concerns Silkin's 3-month lecture tour of Australia in 1974.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

7 June 1974

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Eugene D. Le Mire at Flinders University of South Australia. The letter relates to Silkin's 3-month lecture tour of Australia in 1974.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

16 September 1974

1 ms letter to Jon Silkin from Brian Opie at Wollongong University College, University of New South Wales. The letter relates to Silkin's 3-month lecture tour of Australia in 1974.

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Small Notebook

c. 1970

Notes referring to various subjects, including Lady Dorothy Mills; South Africa, West Africa The notebook also includes a press cutting of female Congolese troops (1970; inserted) and references to ?...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

25 November 1986 - 3 March 1987

Letters between Jon Silkin and correspondents at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. Includes 1 typescript letter from William E. Clarkson; 1 photocopied ms letter from Silkin to Dale Ric...

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How Not to be a Hero

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

2000

Typescript script of Geoffrey Hill's Shakespeare for the Millenium Lecture 'How Not to be a Hero' (10 ff), as broadcast on BBC Radio 3's Night Waves programme on 21 October 2000. The lecture discusses...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

12 June 1974 - 16 July 1974

Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents at Macquarie University, New South Wales. Includes 1 typescript letter from H.W. Piper; and 1 ms letter from Virginia Blair. The correspondence relates to Sil...

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Poems

c.1965-1967

This file contains typescripts (3 ff.) of the following poems by Rosemary Joseph, some with Kevin Crossley-Holland's ms comments: - My Cap - The Cobweb in the Kitchen - Sky lights, North and South...

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Spade: Drafts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 1970

Ms and annotated typescript drafts of the poem 'Spade' from the 'Killhope Wheel' sequence. Includes a draft titled 'Mine,' and drafts beginning 'Derek Blasier, Pierce Guiton? ...' The top draft is tit...

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