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Total number of records: 379

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Brotherton Collection369
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Liddle Collection2
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)379
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)3
Bomford, Philip2
Brown, Merle E (1925-)2
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)2
Jacobs, A C2
Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008)2
Rety, John2
Rudolf, Anthony2
Rudolf, Anthony (1942-)2

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Archive File

Essay Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1996-1997

This file contains papers assembled by Jon Silkin ca. 1996-1997 with a view to publishing a collection of his critical essays. Includes a copy of 'Stand' 25:4 (autumn 1994), containing 'Gurney's Voice...

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Review of Collected Works

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979

Items relating to Silkin's review of 'The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg,' edited by Ian Parsons (1979). Includes 2 annotated typescript drafts of the review (one a carbon copy); a corrected proof...

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Review of Collected Works

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

20 April 1979

Copy of New Statesman, 20 April 1979, including Silkin's review of 'The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg,' edited by Ian Parsons (London: Hogarth Press, 1979).

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Draft New Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1996-1997

Single clean typescripts and photocopied tss of the following poems: - School - The Conduits - Los Borrachos (the drinkers) - The Pain of Your Breast - A Horse in the Pasture - In Fear of Loss ...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1948-1997

This subfonds contains papers relating to published collections of Jon Silkin's poetry. As such, it covers the period from prior to the publication of his first volume, 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' in 195...

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Peaceable Kingdom Essay Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1972-1973

This file contains ms and typescript drafts of 5 essays intended to form [part of] a collection of essays based around Edward Hicks' The Peaceable Kingdom. Includes ms and typescript drafts of essay 2...

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Archive Print Item

Collected poems & selected translations

Jacobs, A C; Rety, John; Rudolf, Anthony (1942-); Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996

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Archive Print Collection

Jon Silkin (Brotherton Collection)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

A large collection of books and periodicals owned by Jon Silkin, including some inherited from his father Joseph Silkin. The main emphasis is on poetry.

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Archive Print Item

Collected poems & selected translations

Jacobs, A C; Rety, John; Rudolf, Anthony (1942-); Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996

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Poems Towards a New Collection (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1992-1995

This file contains a typescript contents list (with ms draft) headed 'Projected Order for the Poems;' ms notes of poem titles and the publications in which they have been published or sent to for publ...

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Poems Towards a New Collection (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1993-1996

This file contains a typescript and ms contents list headed 'Poems in an Order;' and typescript copies and drafts of poems published in 'Making a Republic.' Includes: - Permission to Weep - The Inh...

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Archive Sub-series

The Principle of Water

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1970-1975

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Principle of Water,' including poem drafts; drafts of the collection; lists of corrections and changes; the rejection of the collection by ...

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