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Total number of records: 86

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Leeds Poetry86
English Literature44
Brotherton Collection43

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SubjectCount
correspondence12
english poetry5
poetry readings4
authors and publishers3
lists3
audiotapes2
autobiography2
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
committees2
forms, blanks, etc.2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Crossley-Holland, Kevin12
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)10
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)7
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn7
University of Leeds - Poetry Room7
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)5
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)2
Wright, David (1920-1994)2
British Council1
Haffenden, John1

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From 190085
From 20001

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Up to 199983
Up to latest3

Archive Series

The Painting-Room

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1987-1991

This series contains items relating to Crossley-Holland's collection 'The Painting-Room' (1988), including correspondence and proofs.

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New Poetry Room

2 July 1964 - 25 January 1979

Papers relating to the accommodation of the Leeds Poetry Room. Includes a copy of the provisional schedule for the School of English for 1966-68 pending; architectural drawings; and original and copy ...

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Poetry Room Miscellanea

1967-1982

This file contains papers described in a note from Alistair Stead as being 'leftovers from Poetry Room files.' Includes a typescript letter to John Horden from Martin Bell (2 Feb 1967); a ts list of d...

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Poetry Room Grant

14 October 1988-2 October 1989

Correspondence relating to the annual grant given to the Poetry Room from which poetry readings were funded. Includes 1 photocopied ts letter from Richard Brown to Inga Stina Ewbank, 1 ts letter from ...

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Poetry Room Correspondence

14 May 1962 - 22 November 1988

This series comprises correspondence relating to the Leeds Poetry Room, largely relating to the engagement of poets for readings and recordings, and their payment. There are also files of corresponden...

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Poetry Room Papers and Correspondence

University of Leeds - Poetry Room

1962-1990

This subfonds comprises papers to the functions and activities of the Poetry Room in the School of English at the University of Leeds. Includes minutes of the Poetry Room Committee; papers relating to...

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Poetry Room Papers (General)

University of Leeds - Poetry Room

1962-1990

This series comprises papers relating to the Poetry Room at the University of Leeds and its functions. Includes minutes of meetings of the Poetry Room Committee and related papers; correspondence and ...

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Poetry Room Committee (1)

28 January 1965 - 12 March 1981

These files contain mixed papers and correspondence relating to the functions of the Poetry Room Committee (PRC). Includes circular memos and agendas, and ms notes, typescript drafts, and clean copies...

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Poetry Room Committee (2)

[January?] 1989 - 31 January 1990

This file contains papers and correspondence relating to the functions of the Poetry Room Committee (PRC). Includes John Goodby's ms notes [taken at PRC meetings?]; copies of letters from Goodby to Au...

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Correspondence: Harvard Poetry Room

26 March 1963 - 1 September 1978

Correspondence relating to the exchange of recordings (and transcripts) between the Poetry Room at Leeds University and the Poetry Room at the Lamont Library, Harvard University. Includes 1 typescript...

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Poetry Room, University of Leeds School of English, correspondence and papers

University of Leeds. School of English

1950-1990

This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...

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Audio Recordings

University of Leeds - Poetry Room

c.1950-1988

This subfonds comprises audio recordings created and collected as part of the activities of the Poetry Room. The earliest recordings appear to predate the opening of the Poetry Room, but many relate t...

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