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Total number of records: 60

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Leeds Poetry60
Brotherton Collection58
English Literature58

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)10
correspondence6
authors and publishers3
books reviews3
english poetry 20th century history and criticism3
lectures and lecturing england leeds3
poets as teachers3
adult education2
autobiography2
english poetry2

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)17
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)12
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)6
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn6
Brown, Wayne2
Glover, Jon2
Various2
Amey, Michael1
Andre Deutsch Ltd1
Barker, George (1913-1991)1

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Archive Series

On Approval

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1960-1961

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's collection 'On Approval' (1961). Includes 6 letters to Crossley-Holland from Howard Sergeant, editor of Outposts Publ...

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Scripts 1250- 1275

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains 25 transcripts of correspondence between Edna and Norman Manley from 1919 -1961.

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Contents Pages

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1961

This file contains 1 draft typescript of the contents page and acknowledgements for 'A Smell of Burning' (1961) .

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Time and Tide Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1961

Press cuttings of 2 book reviews by Jon Silkin for 'Time and Tide' magazine. Includes a review of poetry collections by G. Hough and I.C. Smith (20 April 1961); and a review of poetry collections by R...

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Contract

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1961

This file contains a copy of the contract for 'A Smell of Burning' (1961), signed on behalf of publishers Putnam & Co. Ltd.

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A Smell of Burning

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1957-1962

This series contains items relating to Blackburn's collection 'A Smell of Burning' (1961), including poem drafts, a contract and a sound recording.

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Sixty-One Correspondence

Various

20 September 1961 - 2 August 1965

14 items of correspondence concerned with the student arts magazine 'Sixty-One.' Includes 5 ts letters from representatives of Leeds University Union to the editors of 'Sixty-One' (20 Sept 1961 - 6 Fe...

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Drafts of The Re-Ordering of the Stones

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1960-1961

Two clean typescript drafts of the collection 'The Re-Ordering of the Stones', including title and contents pages. One draft is dated in ms to 1960-1961 in the hand of Ella Pybus.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

c.1960 - 14 September 1964

1 ts circular concerning the Joseph Cowen Memorial Prizes for 1960-1961; and 1 ts letter from Roger Sharrock of the School of English at the University of Durham inviting Silkin to speak at a weekend ...

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Two Poems

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1961

Copy of the literary magazine 'Outlook' (Autumn 1961), including 2 poems by James Kirkup: 'Dirge for the Young Angries' (pp. xviii-xix), and 'The Poet's Biographies' (pp. xix-xx). With Kirkup's autogr...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 April 1961 - 3 February 1962

3 typescript letters and 2 ms letters from Clive Jordan, editor of the student magazine 'Oxford Opinion,' to Jon Silkin. Letter dated 13 April 1961 accompanied by a copy letter from Jordan to the poet...

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Allan Seager

24 April 1961 - 14 November 1961

1 ms letter and 1 typescript letter from Allan Seager to Geoffrey Hill. The correspondence refers to the dedication of Hill's 'Locust Songs' to Seager, and the publication of 'Locust Songs' in 'Stand'...

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