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4th World Congress of Poets
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979
Papers relating to the 4th World Congress of Poets held in Korea in 1979. Includes correspondence relating to the Congress (23 letters - see below); ts drafts of Silkin's paper 'East and West in Moder...
Photograph of Celia Thaxter
1875
Photograph of the American poet Celia Thaxter, inscribed on the reverse.
Photograph of memorial to Keats in Rome
c. 1960
Fragment of a photograph of a memorial to the poet John Keats from the Protestant Cemetery in Rome, Italy.
Carte de visite of a sketch of Leigh Hunt
c. 1870
Carte de visite of a sketch of the poet Leigh Hunt, with an inscription on the reverse by Mary Cowden Clake.
Photograph of William Cullen Bryant
c. 1878
Photograph of the American poet, journalist and editor William Cullen Bryant, inscribed on the reverse to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.
Photograph of George Henry Calvert
1863
Photograph of the American editor, essayist, dramatist and poet George Henry Calvert, insribed in ink on the front. Likely to have belonged to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.
Belgium and Luxembourg
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1974-1975
Papers relating to a British Council-sponsored visit by Jon Silkin and Lorna Tracy to Belgium and Luxembourg. Includes cuttings from newspapers in Belgium and Luxembourg; a cc ts itinerary for the vis...
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...
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...
Keith Douglas Collection
Douglas, Keith (1920-1944)
1881-2000
The archives include the following: a large collection of photographs, drawings and paintings by Douglas; 94 books owned by him, 10 of which have autograph additions; 9 holograph poems by Douglas; pro...
Blue and red striped silk carte de visite album
1861-1879
Blue and red striped silk carte de visite album with a red velvet ribbon that contained 12 cartes de visite of members of the Novello Cowden Clarke family, poets, writers and composers, including two ...
Rockefeller Conference on Jewish Literature
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1982
Papers collected by Silkin relating to the Rockefeller Foundation conference Continuity and Transformation: Jewish Literature Since World War II, held in Bellagio, Italy, 29 November - 3 December 1982...