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Total number of records: 9

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Brotherton Collection9
English Literature9
Leeds Poetry9

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correspondence9
interviews9
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
books reviews1
documentary films1
jamaica politics and1
photographs1
poetry readings1
poetry translating1
poets as teachers1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Brown, Wayne2
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)2

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Hill Interview: WBUR

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1994

Papers relating to an interview with Hill conducted by George Preston for radio station WBUR for the programme Boston University's World of Ideas. Includes 1 typescript letter to Hill from George Pres...

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Swithenbank Papers

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This series contains files of information collected by Wayne Brown from members of the Swithenbank family for his biography of Edna Manley. Includes the following: - 1 file containing 1 manuscript a...

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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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Artists of the North: Jon Silkin, Poet

1981

Documentary film made by Carlise firm Aidanvision in conjunction with Northern Arts, directed by Roy Thompson and produced by Rodney Pybus. Recorded on location in Newcastle and Carlisle.Rodney Pybus ...

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Interview on Translation

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1983-1992

Typescript letter to Silkin from Lyuben Lyubenov, accompanying a list of 22 questions on translating poetry [late 1983?]; carbon copy typescript of Silkin's responses (3 December 1983); and a photocop...

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T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1988

This file contains the text of Geoffrey Hill's T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture, delivered at the University of Leeds on 8 December 1988, and related items. Includes: - ms lecture (17 ff; untitled); - ...

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Italy

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca. 22 June 1987 - 9 April 1990

Papers, chiefly comprising correspondence, relating mainly to arrangements for lecturing and reading trips to Italy by Silkin between ca. 1987 and 1990, including visits to the Universities of Aquila,...

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Mixed Criticism (1)

1976-1984

This file contains critical articles and notes on Silkin by various authors. Includes a photocopy of Jon Glover's article 'The Voice in the Peaceable Kingdom,' from 'Bananas' (April 1980), ms intervie...

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Scripts 30-59

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains the following items: - 5 page transcript of a modern art catalogue containing works by Edna Manley. - 7 page transcript of notes from the book The Arts of an Island by Ivy Baxter...

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