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Brotherton Collection14
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Leeds Poetry12

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correspondence14
english poetry2
queries (authorship)2
art and war1
authors as teachers1
bibliographical citations1
biography reviews1
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books reviews1
clippings (books, newspapers,1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Brown, Wayne2
Amey, Michael1
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)1
Silkin, Jon, 1930-19971

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Archive File

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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In Search of Diligence

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1983-1988

This file contains items relating chiefly to Geoffrey Hill's critical articles 'Common Weal, Common Woe', and 'Of Diligence and Jeopardy'. Includes: - 1 ts letter from Peter Walker to Geoffrey Hill ...

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Correspondence and Personalia

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1956-2000

Correspondence, both personal and relating to Kirkup's literary work; and miscellaneous items collected by Kirkup.

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Scripts 1526-1528 and 1726-2021

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains the following: - 1 transcript of an interview with Edna Manley, discussing her work from 1923 onwards. - 1 letter from the author George Campbell to Edna Manley, undated. - 1 le...

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Scripts 1000-1051

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains transcripts of general correspondence. These copies of letters include the following: - 2 letters from Mike Smith, dated 12 July 1928 and 31 January 1961. - 1 letter from Salvado...

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Queries and Bibliography

December 1977

Ms letter to Silkin from Lucy Pinney (5 December 1977), accompanying ms and photocopied lists of queries relating to the Introduction to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry,' and a carbon copy...

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Editorials from The New Republic

February 1988

Word-processed letter from David Levy (University of Oklahoma) to Jon Silkin, accompanying photocopies of editorials from the first edition of 'The New Republic' (both 7 November 1914) by Walter Lippm...

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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...

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Card Index

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1962-1970

Set of 455 6 x 4 inch ms and ts index cards with slips of paper inserted, comprising notes on themes and ideas in the poetry of war and bibliographic references. The themes include comradeship, courag...

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Second and Later Editions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979-1984

Papers relating to the second and later editions of the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes typescript and ms lists of poems to be added to the anthology, including further translations...

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Drafts: Contents and Introduction

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1977-1978

Papers relating largely to the content selection for the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry' and the Introduction to the anthology. Includes a carbon copy typescript precis of the anthology and b...

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John Heath-Stubbs Archive

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1948-2007

This collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts and poems, examples of published works, an audio recording and correspondence by John Heath-Stubbs. The majority of the poems and drafts are a...

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