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Editorials from The New Republic
February 1988
Word-processed letter from David Levy (University of Oklahoma) to Jon Silkin, accompanying photocopies of editorials from the first edition of 'The New Republic' (both 7 November 1914) by Walter Lippm...
Queries and Bibliography
December 1977
Ms letter to Silkin from Lucy Pinney (5 December 1977), accompanying ms and photocopied lists of queries relating to the Introduction to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry,' and a carbon copy...
Drafts: Contents and Introduction
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1977-1978
Papers relating largely to the content selection for the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry' and the Introduction to the anthology. Includes a carbon copy typescript precis of the anthology and b...
Card Index
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1962-1970
Set of 455 6 x 4 inch ms and ts index cards with slips of paper inserted, comprising notes on themes and ideas in the poetry of war and bibliographic references. The themes include comradeship, courag...
Great War Exhibitions
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979-1985
Photocopied information on Isaac Rosenberg and the Slade School of Art (for/from an exhibition?); catalogue for the Artists and the Great War exhibition of pictures from the Imperial War Museum collec...
Second and Later Editions
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979-1984
Papers relating to the second and later editions of the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes typescript and ms lists of poems to be added to the anthology, including further translations...
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 ...
Reviews
1979-1982
Reviews of and references to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes cuttings reporting on Silkin's residencies in County Durham and Peterborough (1979) and information about readings i...