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Artists of the North: Jon Silkin, Poet
1981
Documentary film made by Carlise firm Aidanvision in conjunction with Northern Arts, directed by Roy Thompson and produced by Rodney Pybus. Recorded on location in Newcastle and Carlisle.Rodney Pybus ...
UNESCO Meeting of Experts on Influence of Colonialism on the Artist Tanzania, July 1971
1971
Cover of Newcastle is Peru. Notebook including Harrison’s notes from the UNESCO Meeting of Experts, 1971. Copy of “Papers on Inter-Racial Problem” from the First Universal Race Congress, London...
"Fram 7"
2003 - 2005
Research material and drafts. Research material includes literary and artistic representations of the aurora, and the humanitarian concerns of Fridtjof Nansen.
Letters to Thomas Blackburn
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
c.1950-1970
1 letter from the artist Francis Bacon, who was a friend of Thomas Blackburn. Bacon's address is given as Monte Carlo.
Rosalie de Meric
De Meric, Rosalie (1916-1999)
c.1960-1962
This file contains items relating to exhibitions of Rosalie de Meric's artistic work, and a short account of her marriage to Thomas Blackburn.
Letters to Jon Silkin
[July] 1985 - 14 November 1986
3 ms letters from the artist Steve Dales to Jon Silkin; and 1 ms telephone message from Dales in the hand of Lorna Tracy.
Letters to Jon Silkin
[June 1985?] - 1 July 1988
2 ms letters, 1 ms postcard, and 1 poster with ms note (undated) from the poet and artist Judith Kazantzis to Jon Silkin.
Papers relating to UNESCO Fellowship.
1968
Publication list from UNESCO Fellowship. List of books acquired as UNESCO Creative Artist. Letter from Tony Harrison to Mr I.N. Jenkins, UNESCO (October 1969). Documents relating to the shipping of va...
Sketches
Various
c.1893-1977
This file contains 1 watercolour painting and 1 pencil sketch by Adelaide Blackburn, two ballpoint sketches by Julia Blackburn and 1 pencil sketch signed Arthur Boyd (possibly the Australian artist of...
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...
The Twelve Labours of Hercules
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)
c.1974
First edition of 'The Twelve Labours of Hercules' as published by the Arion Press in 1974. This edition is in folio size and includes twelve original etchings by Michael Amey. The edition was limited ...
Jude Kelly
c. 1989 - 2004
Letters addressed to Harrison, principally from Jude Kelly, then Artistic Director at West Yorkshire Playhouse. The file also includes correspondence addressed both to Harrison and Gordon Dickerson f...