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Total number of records: 230

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Brotherton Collection227
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Leeds Poetry216
Herbert Read Collection1

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correspondence87
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)230
Silkin, Jon4
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)3
Bomford, Philip2
Brown, Merle E (1925-)2
Tracy, Lorna2
Alderson, David1
Arthurs, Jack1
Astley, Neil1
Ayton, Michael1

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Archive File

Letter to Mr Harding

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1966

Photocopied typescripts drafts of a letter addressed to Mr Harding, dated 12 May 1966, in which Silkin responds to points he raises in response to an essay on Rosenberg written by Silkin. Details of t...

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1958-1959

1 letter from Jon Silkin to Thomas Blackburn discussing his opinions on the city of Leeds. Silkin held the Gregory Fellowship in Poetry at the University of Leeds after Blackburn.

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Letters from Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

13 March 1991

1 carbon copy typescript letter from Jon Silkin to Vanessa Redgrave, outlining his views on Israel and Palestine.

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1950s-1990s

Box containing unsorted Silkin correspondence, and/or letters to Silkin from unidentified correspondents.

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Jon Silkin letters to Connie Wieneke

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996 - 1997

Letters by Jon Silkin addressed to Connie Wieneke who was then living in Wyoming. Letters principally concern Stand Magazine, particularly sales in the USA and more general difficulties with funding.

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Letters to Merle Brown from Jon Silkin and Lorna Tracey

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); Tracy, Lorna; Brown, Merle E (1925-)

1965 - 1978

Letters from Jon Silkin to the teacher, critic, and founder of the Iowa Review, Merle Brown over a period of ten years from 1965 to 1978. These letters offer an insight into the personal and profes...

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Anthology Correspondence: Kenkyusha

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

20 January 1993 - 13 February 1994

Copies of 2 contracts between Jon Silkin and Kenkyusha publishers; a fax to Yoshiaki Hamamatsu at Kenkyusha from Reed Book Services; 1 word-processed letter and 1 ms letter from Kayoko Kuroiwa at Kenk...

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Anthology Correspondence: Kawaguchi

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

14 January 1992 - 5 January 1994

2 word-processed letters from Kyoichi Kawaguchi to Jon Silkin, and 4 carbon copy and photocopied typescript letters from Silkin to Kawaguchi. The correspondence largely concerns the Kenkyusha antholog...

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Blunden, Sassoon and Jones

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1963-1965

Items relating to Jon Silkin's contact with First World War poets Edmund Blunden, Siegfried Sassoon and David Jones during his research for 'Out of Battle'. Includes 1 cc ts letter from Silkin to Blun...

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Silkin Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1950-1997

This subfonds comprises Silkin's correspondence, chiefly comprising letters sent to Silkin, but including some of Silkin's carbon copy replies. The letters relate to all aspects of Silkin's life and w...

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Response to a Review

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1972

Carbon copy of a typescript letter from Jon Silkin to the Editor of 'Outposts' magazine, in response to a review of 'Amana Grass' by Anne Tibble ( 'Outposts' 92, spring 1972). The letter discusses the...

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Permissions, Introduction, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1987-1988

This file chiefly comprises correspondence and other papers relating to permissions and fees for extracts used in the 'Penguin Book of First World War Prose'. Includes 1 ts letter from Susan Piquemel ...

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