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Total number of records: 29

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Brotherton Collection29
Leeds Poetry29
English Literature28

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
correspondence4
books reviews2
diaries2
english poetry2
degrees, academic1
english drama1
english fiction1
folk songs, arabic translations into1
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)10
Crossley-Holland, Kevin4
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)4
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)3
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn3
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)1
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1

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Archive File

Archive File

Poems

c.1965-1967

This file contains typescripts (2 ff.) of the following poems by Jon Stallworthy: - The Postman - A rose is not a rose... - Sword Music - By Rule of Thumb - On the Road

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Uncle Joe's notebook

c. 1908

Uncle Joe was Harrison’s uncle who was unable to speak. Small black notebook dated 1908. Has numbered pages but blank apart from address: 40 St Luke’s Road. Notebook is untitled.

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Memoir

1992-2008

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's memoir writing that includes 'The Hidden Roads: A Memoir of Childhood' (2009) and a short autobiographical memoir written by Cros...

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Poems and Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1958-1961

Typescript and carbon copy poems and drafts published in 'The Re-Ordering of the Stones,'including all but 2 of the poems that appear in the published work. Some of the poems are autographed; some of ...

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The Wildman: Act One

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

c.1993

These files (originally numbered '2' by Crossley-Holland) contain drafts for Act One of 'The Wildman', including an 'Ms version' (252 ff.), typed versions with revisions (252 ff.), and ts and ms 'Song...

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Leeds: Miscellaneous

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

November 1956 - October 1965

Miscellaneous items relating to Jon Silkin's time in Leeds. Includes ticket to a Staff Dramatic Society performance of Uncle Vanya (Nov 1956); a circular for the University's Institute of Education Da...

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Poems and Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1968-1970

Ms and typescript poems, drafts and preliminaries. Includes a ts list of poem titles, headed 'Amana Grass' in ms (contents differ from the published collection); ts and ms notes on groupings of poems,...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

Pybus, Rodney (1938-)

12 September 1977 - 15 October 1997

Correspondence between Rodney Pybus and Jon Silkin. Includes 17 typescript letters, 16 ms letters, 11 word-processed letters, 1 fax, 6 ms postcards and 1 birthday card sent by Rodney Pybus to Jon Silk...

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Letters to Herbert Ronson

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1999-2000

1 ms postcard (14 December 1999), 4 ts letters and 1 ms letter (March 2000-June 2000) from James Kirkup in Andorra to Herbert Ronson in Merseyside. Letter dated 24/3/00 is accompanied by 2 ts poems, '...

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Press Cuttings

1964-1983

Press cuttings from various newspaper sources, principally with reviews of Northern House publications. Works reviewed include Jon Silkin's 'Flower Poems' (1964), Ken Smith's 'Eleven Poems' (1964), Ge...

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Notebook 28

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1985

Brown hardback A4 notebook, labelled in ms on spine 'Poems 1985-'. Only the first 21 pages of the notebook are used; these pages are numbered in ms.The notebook contains an ms transcription of Patrick...

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