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Total number of records: 34

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Brotherton Collection34
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Leeds Poetry34

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)34
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correspondence13
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lectures and lecturing england leeds3
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universities and colleges united2
adult education1
book proposals1
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)15
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Andre Deutsch Ltd2
Various2

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Donne

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1971-1980

Photocopied excerpts from Wilbur Sanders's 'John Donne's Poetry' (1971); clippings of review article 'Denis Donoghue celebrates the quartercentenary of John Donne' ('Spectator', 18 November 1972), a l...

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Poetry Awards

Various

20 March 1961 - 9 October

30 items of correspondence and related items relating to poetry awards won by Geoffrey Hill. Includes: - 1 typescript letter from J.L. Wade at Wade and Co. solicitors regarding the E.C. Gregory Trus...

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Thomas (Edward)

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1970s

Ms lecture 'Edward Thomas' (7 ff); letter to the Editor regarding the Edward Thomas memorial stone ('New Statesman', 28 January 1972); and a photocopied excerpt from Lawrence Thompson's 'Robert Frost:...

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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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Auden: Cambridge Review

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1981-1982

This file contains items relating to Geoffrey Hill's review of Edward Mendelson's 'Early Auden', published in the 'Cambridge Review' (26 February 1982). Includes a compliments slip from the 'Cambridge...

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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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Duff Cooper Memorial Prize

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

29 November 1979 - March

13 items of correspondence (29 November 1979 - 25 January 1980) relating to the award of the 1979 Duff Cooper Memorial Prize to Geoffrey Hill for his poetry collection 'Tenebrae.' Includes letters of ...

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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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Bateson Memorial Lecture

Various

14 September 1981 - 17 May

17 items relating to Hill's Bateson Memorial Lecture on Ivor Gurney, delivered at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 15 February 1984. Includes: - 2 ms letters and 3 typescript letters to Hill from S...

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Radio Broadcast of Footsteps on the Downcast Path

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1984

Items relating to the radio broadcast of Jon Silkin reading 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path' on 18 October 1984. Includes ms and typescript drafts of Silkin's introduction to the poem; a copy of the s...

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Revisions, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Ms notes of titles to add to the Select Bibliography; ms list of sales of hard- and paperback copies of 'Out of Battle' worldwide (dated 27/6/97); ms list relating to permissions for Rosenberg text; c...

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Stallworthy Dispute (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1985-1986

Papers relating to the Chatto/Stallworthy dispute including a copy of the 'Times Literary Supplement' for 25 July 1986 with Silkin's article 'An Editorial Impasse;' a photocopied annotated typescript ...

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