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correspondence252
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authors and publishers34
proofs (printing)24
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)77
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)66
Crossley-Holland, Kevin54
Brown, Wayne17
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)10
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn10
Blackburn, Adelaide1
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire1
Macvean, Jean1
Various1

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Notebook 19

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1977

Teaching notebook including critical notes on the English method, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Percy Bysshe Shelley, tragedy and Thomas Hardy. Drafts by Blackburn contained in the notebook are as foll...

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Scripts 1483- 1525

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains 42 transcripts of correspondence between Edna and Norman Manley from 1923-1924.

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Ad Incensum Lucernae

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1973-1980

This file contains items relating to the cantata 'Ad Incensum Lucernae', composed by James Brown with words by Geoffrey Hill between 1973 and 1974. It was written for the University of Leeds' centenar...

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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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The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1969-1971

Ms draft letter from Jon Silkin to the Heron Press (?) following the issuing of a prospectus for the republication of 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' ca. 1969. The letter refers to the lack of permission to ...

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David Rokeah Translations

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1958-1961

Papers relating to Silkin's translations of poems by David Rokeah. Includes an ms letter from Rokeah to Silkin (6 November 1958), with comments on Silkin's typescript translation of the poems 'What Ca...

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King's College

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1981-1985

This file contains items relating to Jon Silkin's Writer in Residence post at King's College, Taunton. Includes a press cutting from 'The Guardian' (26 May 1983) on Silkin's post and the play; corresp...

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Contract, Etc.

8 April 1965 - March 1968

This file contains letters and a contract from Argo Record Company Limited concerning Blackburn's appearance in the 'The Poet Speaks' record series and his royalties.

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Introduction and Commentary: Drafts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1984

Ms and annotated typescript drafts of sections of the Introduction to 'Wilfred Owen: The War Poems;' ms letter from Bob Nunn accompanying a ts commentary on Owen's 'Strange Meeting' (headed West Notti...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1970-1978

This file contains the following correspondence, some of which includes letters concerning previous circulations of 'The Rain Giver,' under previous titles: - 3 letters from Oxford University Press ...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1975-1978

This file contains the following correspondence concerning 'The Dream-House' (1976): - 1 list of names, possibly a distribution list with 1 flier and 1 label from the Poetry Book Society - 5 letter...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1982-1985

This file includes material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's limited edition poetry titled 'Time's Oriel' (1983), containing: 12 letters from Hutchinson Books Limited concerning publication detail...

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