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Northern House Publishing Archive
1962-2006
This collection comprises papers relating to Northern House publishing venture established by Andrew Gurr and Jon Silkin at the University of Leeds, and its publishing activities. Includes papers rela...
Publications
1963-1992
This subfonds comprises papers relating to the publishing activities of Northern House. Includes draft poems and collections, production papers, correspondence, and reviews.
Administrative Papers
c.1963-1992
Papers relating to the administration and business affairs of Northern House. Includes correspondence from subscribers and donors; a copy of the Northern House 'Constitution'; and papers relating to N...
Andrew Gurr Papers
1962-2006
Papers relating to Northern House formerly in the possession of its co-founder, Andrew Gurr. Includes drafts relating to the first 5 Northern House publications (1964); press cuttings; samples of item...
John Barnard Papers
[January 1966?] - 1 June 1967
This subfonds comprises a single file of correspondence between John Barnard and others connected with Northern House. Includes 4 carbon copy typescript letters from Barnard to Jon Silkin; 3 ts letter...
Miscellanea
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1963-1981
This subfonds comprises 2 files of papers and small magazines found with other Northern House papers in Jon Silkin's possession. Includes 1 carbon copy ts letter from Jon Silkin to Jon Glover relating...
Those Other Growths
14 September 1963 - 5 March 1965
Papers relating to Ted Walker's 'Those Other Growths' (Northern House Poets; 5). Includes 6 ms letters and 1 ms postcard from Ted Walker to Jon Silkin, 6 ms letters from Walker to Ken Smith, and 1 ms ...
Property
1964-1966
Items relating to John Barrell's 'Property' (Northern House Poets, 10). Includes 4 typescript letters to Jon Silkin from John Barrell; and corrected proofs of the pamphlet with ms messages to Jon Silk...
Against Parting
Zach, Natan
[c. 1965-1967]
Carbon copy typescript English translations of poems by Natan Zach, translated jointly by Zach and Jon Silkin for the Northern House pamphlet, 'Against Parting'. The poems include all those published ...
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...
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...
Notes for a Survivor
1972-1973
Papers relating to Emanuel Litvinoff's 'Notes for a Survivor' (Northern House Poets; 21). Includes 1 ms letter to Jon Silkin from Jon Glover, accompanied by ts comments on Litvinoff's draft collection...