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Total number of records: 14

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Brotherton Collection13
English Literature12
Leeds Poetry12
Herbert Read Collection1

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correspondence6
biography reviews3
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
books reviews1
interviews1
periodicals1
photographs1
poets as1
poets as teachers1
press releases1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)14
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)1
Creffield, Dennis (1931-2018)1
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)1
Hamilton, Ian (1938-2001)1
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)1
Lynton, Norbert1
Rothenstein, John (1901-1992)1

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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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Review of Liddiard Biography

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1975

Items relating to Silkin's review of Jill Liddiard's 'Isaac Rosenberg: The Half Used Life' (1975). Includes an annotated typescript draft of the review; a largely clean carbon copy ts of the review; a...

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Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1975-1986

Annotated typescript drafts and proof of Silkin's review of Paul Fussell's 'The Great War and Modern Memory' (1975) and postcard accompanying the review copy of Fussell's work (postmarked 4 November 1...

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The Peaceable Kingdom/Heron Press (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

early 1970s

Items relating to the revised edition of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' published by the Heron Press in 1975. Includes a bound notebook with photocopies of pages from the 1954 edition pasted in, and with Sil...

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Belgium and Luxembourg

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974-1975

Papers relating to a British Council-sponsored visit by Jon Silkin and Lorna Tracy to Belgium and Luxembourg. Includes cuttings from newspapers in Belgium and Luxembourg; a cc ts itinerary for the vis...

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Poems in Periodicals, Etc.: 1970s

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1970-1979

This file contains one copy of 'Lines Review,' no. 33 (July 1970) with Silkin's poems 'Reclaimed Area,' 'Jaffa, and Other Places,' 'Bull-God'and 'Five Cemetery Poems;' two copies of 'Stand,' v. 16, ...

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A Reply to Dominic Hibberd

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1981

Typescript and carbon copy drafts of Silkin's letter/article 'Owen: Elegist, Satirist or Neither; A Reply to Dominic Hibberd,' (publication details unknown; possibly the 'Times Literary Supplement') d...

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The People

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1968-1983

This subseries comprises papers relating to Jon Silkin's long poem/verse drama 'The People.' Includes extensive drafts; revisions; and a festival programme. 'The People' was published as part of the c...

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Australian Fellowship Papers 1

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974

Papers relating to the arrangements for Jon Silkin's 1974 lecture tour of Australia. Includes a copy of the 'University of Sydney News' (19 June 1974); ts letters to Silkin from the Australian Council...

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Poem Drafts (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1971-1975

Ms and typescript drafts, workings and poems published in 'The Little Time-keeper'. The poems include: - Gifts Against Time - Borrowing Light - In the Place of Absence - The Hungers of Commerce ...

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Poem Drafts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1975

Typescript (including carbon copy and photocopied) drafts and poems published in 'The Little Time-keeper'. The poems include: - In the Place of Absence - Weighing Out Loss - Jarapiri - Honey and ...

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Response to Karl Miller

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1975-1976

Items relating to Silkin's response to an article (possibly a review) on Rosenberg by Karl Miller that appeared in 'The New York Review of Books' (16 October 1975). Includes 3 annotated typescript dra...

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