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Total number of records: 203

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Leeds Poetry203
Brotherton Collection202
English Literature202

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SubjectCount
universities and colleges united127
poetry readings united states121
poets as teachers25
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)17
correspondence9
authors and publishers8
books reviews7
creative writing scholarships,6
interviews6
community colleges united5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)20
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)17
Brown, Wayne2
Andre Deutsch Ltd1
Haffenden, John1
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)1
Kingsbury, Jack1
Mills, Paul (1948-)1
Robertson, Robin1
University of Notre Dame1

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Up to 1999197
Up to latest6

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Universities (United Kingdom)

24 April 1968 - 23 March

Correspondence between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at universities in the United Kingdom, including Bristol, Exeter, Sheffield and Southampton.

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Universities (United States)

10 March 1984 - 2 August

Correspondence between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at university in the United States including Cornell, Harvard, Montana, Notre Dame, Rochester, Seton Hall, Washington and Yale.

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Fulbright Association

20 September 1981

1 typescript letter to Geoffrey Hill from J.O.A. Herrington of the United States - United Kingdom Educational Commission concerning the establishment of an Association of British Fulbright Scholars.

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Houghton Mifflin

21 February 1974 - 3 December

171 items of correspondence chiefly between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at Houghton Mifflin publishers, including Jonathan Galassi, concerning the publication of Hill's poetry in the United State...

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Residencies, Fellowships, Teaching and Readings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1954-1997

This series comprises mixed papers relating to residencies and fellowships, teaching activity and poetry readings by Silkin in Britain and the United States.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

18 November 1997

1 word-processed letter to Jon Silkin from Dvora Ben-David on the end of her term of office as Israel's Cultural Attaché to the United Kingdom.

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Poems New and Selected

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1965-1968

Papers relating to the collection 'Poems New and Selected'. The collection draws on Silkin's four books of verse, The Peaceable Kingdom (1954), The Two Freedoms (1957), The Re-Ordering of the Stones (...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

8 July 1986 - 28 July 1986

2 typescript letters from Chris Willerton of Abilene Christian University to Jon Silkin concerning the possibility of Silkin's reading on the Texas Reading Circuit during a visit to the United States.

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Cobbett

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1974

Clipping from the 'Times Literary Supplement' (18 January 1974) of a review article on James Sambrook's biography of William Cobbett and Pierce W. Gaines's bibliography 'William Cobbett and the United...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

19 April 1985 - 14 May 1985

1 typescript letter and 1 ms letter to Jon Silkin from Jim Daniels at Carnegie-Mellon University (Pennsylvania). The correspondence concerns a reading by Silkin at the University during his 1986 tour ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

15 September 1977 - 20 July 1982

3 typescript letters to Jon Silkin from Beryle Williams concerning poetry readings and creative writing programs in the United States. Letter dated 15 September 1977 is addressed to Silkin and Jessica...

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Footsteps on the Downcast Path

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1986

This subseries contains papers relating to the long poem 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path', including ms and typescript drafts and workings, reviews, and items relating to its broadcast on radio.'Foots...

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