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Total number of records: 15

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Brotherton Collection15
English Literature15
Leeds Poetry15

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animals in art1
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)1
correspondence1
criticism1
english drama1
english poetry1
human-animal relationships1
lectures and lecturing england leeds1
periodicals1
photographs1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)1
Ross, Alan (1922-2001)1
Watkins, Vernon1

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Watkins, Vernon

15 October 1956-21st February 1967

Correspondence from the poet and painter Vernon Watkins to Thomas Blackburn.

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Carmella Yager

21 April 1994

1 ms letter from painter Carmella Yager to Geoffrey Hill.

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Joe Glasco

c. 1981

Two postcards addressed to Harrison from Joe Glasco, an American painter, then based in New York who created murals for 'v.'.

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Beth Smith

1993

One card addressed to Harrison from Beth Smith, painter of 'Ah bloody can't ah've gorra Latin Prose'.

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Donald Hope

1970 - 1981

Letters and cards addressed to Harrison from Donald Hope, a painter then based in London. Harrison and Hope had known each other in Zaria.

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Rosenberg Exhibition Article

Ross, Alan (1922-2001)

24 November 1990

Copy of 'The Independent Magazine' for 24 November 1990, including Alan Ross's article 'From Painter to War Poet' (pp. 58-62), on Isaac Rosenberg and the Imperial War Museum's Rosenberg centenary exhi...

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Niki Marangou

c.1983 - 1988

Two letters and associated material addressed to Harrison from Niki Marangou, a Greek poet and painter. One letter is written on the reverse of a flier for an exhibition of her paintings. The file als...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

19 September 1984 - 1988

2 ms letters from the painter Patrick Hayman to Jon Silkin. Also held in this file are an invitation to a private view of an exhibition of works by Hayman and Helen Kedgley (26 September 1984), photoc...

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Prose and Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1997

This subfonds contains papers relating to Jon Silkin's prose and critical work, including extensive drafts towards his critical volume, 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse in Twentieth-Century Poetry...

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Poem Drafts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1982-1985

These files contain manuscript and typescript poem drafts (167 ff), including poems published in 'Waterslain' (1986). Includes: - The Ache - They look like toys ... - Happy Birthday, for Dominic a...

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Typescript and Manuscript Drafts for The Folkton Drums and Pre Half Moon Bay Poems (1978-1983)

1978 - 1983

This subseries contains working manuscript and typescript drafts for the Paul Mills poems written in the pre 'Half Moon Bay' period, including 'Goredale Scar', 'The Jet', 'Virginia', 'Barbados', 'Div...

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Hicks Source/Reference Material (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1978

These files contain items used by Silkin to inform his work on Edward Hicks. Includes 2 colour slides and 2 black and white photographs (ca. 8.8 x 8.8 cm) of versions of The Peaceable Kingdom held at ...

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