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Total number of records: 134

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Brotherton Collection134
English Literature133
Leeds Poetry133

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)134
correspondence51
books reviews25
lectures and lecturing england leeds13
poets as teachers7
lectures and lecturing england cambridge6
creative writing scholarships,5
proofs (printing)5
universities and colleges united5
photographs4

Top 10: People and organisations

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)67
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)21
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)4
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn4
Crossley-Holland, Kevin3
Andre Deutsch Ltd2
Brown, Wayne2
Various2
Harrison, Tony (1937-)1
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)1

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From 20001

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Letters to Jon Silkin

26 April 1962 - August 1997

Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents at the 'Jewish Chronicle.' Includes 1 typescript letter from Lionel Simmonds (features editor), 1 typescript letter and 1 ms letter from Tosco Fyvel (literary...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

c.1985-1987

3 ms letters from the Italian poet Giuseppe Conte to Jon Silkin, one of which is accompanied by a photocopy of an article by Conte published in an unindentified Italian newspaper on an international p...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

c.1956-1957

4 ms letters from the playwright and novelist Dedwydd Jones to Jon Silkin. One letter is accompanied by press cutting reviews by Elizabeth Jennings and Patric Dickinson of the P.E.N. anthology 'New Po...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

10 October 1986 - 15 April 1987

2 typescript letters from Elva McLin at Athens State College (Alabama) to Jon Silkin; 1 cc letter from Silkin to McLin; 1 ts letter from Mildred W. Caudle to Silkin, accompanied by a press cutting fro...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

7 October 1977 - 11 August 1986

Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents at the College of Idaho. Includes 1 ts letter to Silkin from Louie W. Attebury; 1 ts letter from Melinda Simmons, accompanied by a press cutting on Silkin fro...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

Harrison, Tony (1937-)

29 September 1980

1 typescript letter from the poet Tony Harrison to Jon Silkin. The letter is typed on a page from the 'New York Times' which features an advertisment using an American naive painting of a biblical the...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

c.1970s

Ms note on compliments slip from Peter Jay of Anvil Press Poetry, accompanied by a press cutting from a Romanian newspaper with a translation of Silkin's 'Caring for Animals.'

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Letters to Jon Silkin

20 November 1986 - 4 June 1991

3 typescript letters and 1 ms letter to Jon Silkin from Daniel Schenker of the University of Alabama in Huntsville; 1 ts letter from Ann W. Boucher to Silkin, accompanied by photocopy of an article fr...

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Letters Copied to Jon Silkin

28 September 1987 - May 1988

Photocopies of 17 letters, including open letters, written by the poet and artist Ian Hamilton Finlay, Sue Finlay and various other correspondents on Finlay's behalf, following accusations of Nazism a...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

13 November 1969 - 22 August 1986

2 typescript letters from Clive Wilson (artistic director of the Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences, and later director of the Harrogate International Festival) to Jon Silkin, and 2 carbon copy t...

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Letters to Jon Silkin and Press Cuttings

31 March 1977 - [June] 1984

1 typescript letter and 8 ms letters from the Israeli poet, author and editor Moshe Dor to Jon Silkin. 5 of the letters are accompanied by press cuttings and/or photocopies of Hebrew translations of S...

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David Wright

Wright, David (1920-1994)

6 February 1983 - 29 August 1994

15 items of correspondence between David Wright and Geoffrey Hill. Includes 8 typescript letters, 2 ms letters from, and 2 ms letters written on the backs of colour photographs from Wright to Hill (6 ...

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