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Total number of records: 9

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Brotherton Collection9
English Literature9
Leeds Poetry9

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)1
correspondence1
great britain history 19th century1
programs1
publishers and publishing finance1

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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)2
Crossley-Holland, Kevin2
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)2
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn2
Brown, Wayne1
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)1

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Victorian Society

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1955-1973

This file contains press clippings collected by Hill relating to various aspects of Victorian Society. Includes clippings of a review article on works relating to Mark Rutherford / William Hale White ...

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Untitled Poem Drafts

Brown, Wayne

c.1970-1980

This file contains the following items: - 1 manuscript draft poem, first lineRust stiffens the louvres but we hook ... - 1 typescript draft poem, first line Old nursery, frayed shoestring ...

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Early Poems

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1950-1956

This file contains a heavily annotated typescript draft of a poem titled 'A Cheap Poem for an Expensive Magazine' (To John Clare). The sheet on which the poem draft is written is torn across the centr...

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Grants for Publishing

1975

1 ts circular letter from Trevor Royle of the Scottish Arts Council concerning book production grants, accompanied by an application form and guidance; 1 ts letter to Jon Silkin from Ray Gethin of the...

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Japanese Poems and Translations (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1993-1997

Silkin's ms notes on things to do for his 'critical book' (probably 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse'); typescript drafts and translations of Japanese poems by Silkin and collaborators including K...

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Programme

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1977

A programme for the 24th Stratford-Upon-Avon Poetry Festival. Thomas Blackburn appeared in a group of poets commissioned to write a poem in honour of Shakespeare.

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Poem Drafts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

October 1969 - June 1971

This file contains drafts of poems written during Crossley-Holland's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship at Leeds University, and includes drafts of poems published in 'The Rain-Giver'. Includes: - Sto...

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Manuscript Poem Drafts

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1977

These items were taken from a folder marked 'Poems'. The file includes the following: - 1 A4 sheet of notepaper with the title These poems are not being used - An Unexpected Guest (a shopping list ...

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Notebook 13

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

June 1969-1971

The period covered in this notebook coincides with Crossley-Holland's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship in Poetry at the University of Leeds. Many entries initially pasted into this book have become de...

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