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Drafts
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1966-1968
Includes draft material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's limited edition poetry anthology 'Alderney, the Nunnery' (1968).
Letters to Jon Silkin
18 March 1991 - 25 March 1993
3 word-processed letters and 1 ms letter from James McKinley, editor of 'New Letters' magazine (University of Missouri - Kansas City), to Jon Silkin.
Simon Armitage Archive
Armitage, Simon (1963-)
c.1984-2015
The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...
Thomas Blackburn Archive
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1893-1988
The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...
Draft Typrescripts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains two draft typescripts of Bread For the Winter Birds. One is annotated for the printer.
Poetry Collections and Published Poems
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1951-1988
This subfonds contains items concerned with Thomas Blackburn's poetry collections and published poems. It includes corrected proof copies of published volumes of poetry collections, typescripts of col...
The Outer Darkness
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1951
This series comprises a single file containing the following typescripts of poems with annotations, later published in Blackburn's collection 'The Outer Darkness' (1951): - The Beast - Lazarus - T...
Post Mortem
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1976-1977
This series contains items relating to Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977), including poem drafts, a letter and a review.
Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1976
This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems published in Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977): - Post Mortem - Phoebe, Helen, Angela
Letter
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
6 May 1976
This file contains 1 letter to Thomas Blackburn from Trevor Kneale concerning the editing of 'Post Mortem' in preparation for publication.
Review
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
23 July 1977
This file contains 1 newspaper cutting of a review of 'Post Mortem' from 'The Tablet' 23 July 1977. The review is by David Wright.
Bread For the Winter Birds
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1980
This series contains items relating to Blackburn's posthumous collection 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980), including poem drafts. The volume was a joint project between Blackburn's brother, John, a...