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Archives27
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Brotherton Collection39
English Literature37
Leeds Poetry26
Liddle Collection2
Herbert Read Collection1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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world war, 1914-191810
english poetry8
correspondence6
world war, 1914-1918 poetry6
books reviews5
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
world war, 1914-1918 literature history and3
exhibition catalogs2
lectures and lecturing2
military psychiatry2

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)42
Silkin, Jon4
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)3
Owen, Wilfred (1893-1918)3
Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918)2
Rosenberg, Isaac, 1890-19182
University of Leeds2
Abse, Dannie (1923-2014)1
Brown, Pete (1906-1963)1
Glover, Jon1

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Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918 : a catalogue of an exhibition held at Leeds University May-June 1959, together with the text of unpublished material

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918); Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); University of Leeds

[1959]

The exhibition and catalogue have been prepared by Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918 : a catalogue of an exhibition held at Leeds University May-June 1959, together with the text of unpublished material

Rosenberg, Isaac (1890-1918); Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969); University of Leeds

[1959]

The exhibition and catalogue have been prepared by Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Sassoon Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1983

Ms bibliographical references for reviews of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry dating between 1918 and 1930; and photocopies of reviews of Sassoon's 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' from the 'Times Literary ...

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Shell Shock in The Lancet

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1984

Photocopies of articles from issues of 'The Lancet' dating to the First World War. Includes David Forsyth's 'Functional Nerve Disease and the Shock of Battle' ('The Lancet,' 25 December 1915), F.W. Bu...

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Review of Cohen Biography

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1975

Items relating to Silkin's review of Joseph Cohen's 'Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918' (1975). Includes a ts letter from Douglas [Hill] at 'Tribune' requesting that Silk...

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Isaac Rosenberg

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1991

Items relating to Jon Silkin's interest in and research into the Anglo-Jewish poet Isaac Rosenberg (1890-1918). Includes papers relating to the Rosenberg Exhibition held at the University of Leeds in ...

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The Unresolved Conflict: Planning and Outline

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990

This file contains papers relating to early planning for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' Includes ms notes and plans for the book's scope and chapter outlines; a largely photocopied typescript ...

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War Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970s

Typescript list 'Poems to be used for 'War Poets' ' and photocopies; photocopies of published poems by Ivor Gurney, Wilfred Owen, Herbert Read, Wilhelm Kremm, August Stramm, Siegfried Sassoon and Isa...

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Chapter Drafts and Outlines

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1991

This file contains outlines, early draft chapters and reference material for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' at this stage provisionally titled 'The Unresolved Conflict: Free and Metrical Verse...

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Papers on War Literature

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1985-1986

Corrected typescript draft (partially a photocopy) of Silkin's essay 'Hebrew Visions of War,' including discussion of Old Testamant references to war by English war poets including Alun Lewis and Isaa...

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Resource Material, Etc. (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1917-1918

Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose,' and more generally relating to his interest in the War. Includes items purchased from an unkn...

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War Literature: Miscellaneous (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1986

Miscellaneous collection of items relating to Silkin's interest in war literature, originally held together in an envelope labelled '1st World War & War - Misc.' Includes a photocopy of Richard Tillin...

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