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Total number of records: 371

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Leeds Poetry371
English Literature364
Brotherton Collection364

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SubjectCount
correspondence371
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)57
authors and publishers40
proofs (printing)35
books reviews21
literary agents16
poets as teachers13
lectures and lecturing england cambridge13
manley edna11
photographs9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)99
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)96
Crossley-Holland, Kevin75
Brown, Wayne19
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)12
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn12
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire2
Various Publishers Etc1
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)1
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)1

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From 18001
From 1900367
From 20003

Count of Latest date

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Up to 1999351
Up to latest20

Archive Collection

Wayne Brown Archive

Brown, Wayne

1911-1980

Comprises: manuscript and typescript drafts of poems collected in Brown's first poetry collection, On the Coast (1972); manucript and typescript drafts of miscellaneous poems by Brown dating to the 19...

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John Heath-Stubbs Archive

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1948-2007

This collection includes manuscript and typescript drafts and poems, examples of published works, an audio recording and correspondence by John Heath-Stubbs. The majority of the poems and drafts are a...

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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.

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Personalia

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1947-1997

2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...

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Correspondence

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1951-2007

This subfonds is comprised chiefly of correspondence sent to Geoffrey Hill, but also includes some of his cc replies. The letters include correspondence with publishers, in particular André Deutsch a...

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Correspondence and Personalia

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1956-2000

Correspondence, both personal and relating to Kirkup's literary work; and miscellaneous items collected by Kirkup.

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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...

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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...

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Fiction

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

c.1974-1975

This subfonds comprises a single file, containing a typescript of the novel 'The Glass Cottage: A Nautical Romance,' written by Peter Redgrove with Penelope Shuttle during Redgrove's time as an Instru...

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Correspondence

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

13 November 1962

1 ms letter from Vernon Scannell to the poet David Tipton (13 November 1962).1 cc word-processed letter from Prof. Edward Larrissy (University of Leeds) to Vernon Scannell, and 1 ms letter from Scanne...

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Silkin Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1950-1997

This subfonds comprises Silkin's correspondence, chiefly comprising letters sent to Silkin, but including some of Silkin's carbon copy replies. The letters relate to all aspects of Silkin's life and w...

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Archive Series

Somewhere is Such a Kingdom

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1975-1977

This series comprises of a single file of papers relating to 'Somewhere is Such a Kingdom', a volume of Geoffrey Hill's collected poems covering the period from 1952 to 1971, published in the United S...

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