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Total number of records: 50

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Brotherton Collection50
English Literature50
Leeds Poetry50

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proofs (printing)50
correspondence31
books reviews8
book covers7
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
authors and publishers3
english poetry jewish1
exhibition catalogs1
grants-in-aid1
hebrew poetry, modern translating1

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)14
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)11
Crossley-Holland, Kevin10
Penguin Books2
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1

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From 190048
From 20002

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Up to latest3

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Letters to Jon Silkin

14 May 1997

1 letter to Jon Silkin from Ella Harris of Cambridge University Press relating the inclusion of 'Taking Ourselves to Heart' and 'Printing Radio Stations on Glass at Lee Green' in 'Comparative Criticis...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

29 June 1979 - 30 April 1980

1 ts letter and 1 duplicated circular letter, completed in ms, from Tony Whittome at Hutchinson publishers to Jon Silkin; 1 cc ts letter from Silkin to Whittome. Ts letter dated 29 June 1979 accompani...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin, and Related Papers

3 January 1963 - 11 October 1985

6 typescript letters from 1963 festival organiser G.A.M. Wilkinson to Jon Silkin; 1 photocopied ts and ms letter, and 1 ms letter from [197-?] festival organiser P.J. Kavanagh to Silkin; 1 ts letter f...

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Houghton Mifflin: New and Collected Poems 1952-1992

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

30 January 1981 - 31 May

50 items of correspondence, chiefly between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at Houghton Mifflin publishers, regarding the publication of Hill's 'New and Collected Poems 1952-1992'. Includes: - 7 ty...

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Poems to Eimhir

8 March 1971 - 20 January 1988

Papers relating to Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean's [i.e. Somhairle MacGill-Eain] 'Poems to Eimhir'. Includes 7 typescript letters from Giles Gordon at publishers Goll...

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Penguin: Collected Poems Correspondence

Penguin Books

24 August 1984 - 18 September

36 items of correspondence, chiefly between Robin Robertson and other correspondents at Penguin and Geoffrey Hill, relating to Hill's 'Collected Poems.' Includes: - 13 typescript letters and postcar...

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Ben Dorain

1986-1990

Papers relating to the Northern House reprint of Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Duncan Ban Macintyre's 'Ben Dorain' (originally published by Akros in 1969). Includes 4 ms letters and 1 typescrip...

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Proofs of Canaan

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996

This file contains a set of corrected page proofs for Geoffrey Hill's collection 'Canaan'. The proofs are dated 16/5/96. The proofs are accompanied by a colour proof of the book cover; 1 typescript le...

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Agenda / William Cookson

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

31 March 1965 - 9 June 2002

105 items of correspondence relating to Geoffrey Hill's contributions to 'Agenda' magazine, comprising chiefly of correspondence between Hill and editor William Cookson. Includes: - 49 items of corr...

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The Sense On't

[1972] - 8 June 1983

Papers relating to Fred Reed's collection of Northumbrian dialect poems, 'The Sense On't' (Northern House Poets; 20). Correspondence relating to the collection includes 4 ms letters and 9 typescript l...

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Interview with Blake Morrison

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1980

Items relating to an interview with Geoffrey Hill conducted by Blake Morrison, and published in the 'New Statesman' on 8 February 1980. Includes an ms letter from Morrison to Hill concerning the inter...

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Riddles for Jack

1978-1981

Production papers and correspondence relating to Paul Hyland's 'Riddles for Jack' (Northern House Poets; 24). Includes 2 photocopied typescript copies of Hyland's draft collection titled 'Making a Tre...

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