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Poetry Room, University of Leeds School of English, correspondence and papers
University of Leeds. School of English
1950-1990
This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...
Ken Smith Archive
Smith, Ken (1938-2003)
1950-2003
The complete literary archive of Ken Smith. This substantial collection of material includes large series of correspondence, drafts of published and unpublished work, research material and publicatio...
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...
Jon Silkin Archive
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1947-2003
This collection represents the archives of Jon Silkin, the poet and founding editor of 'Stand' magazine. It comprises items relating to Silkin's career from the early days of 'Stand' (1952) and the pu...
Stand Magazine Archive
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); Baro, Gene; Smith, Ken (1938-2003); Lamb, Catherine; Brown, Merle E (1925-); Gardner, Raymond; Brunner, Edward; Rudolph, Anthony - Menard Press; Marshall, Brenda; Tracy, Lorna; Fink, Howard; Wilding, Michael (1942-); Ober, Robert; Gardner, Val; Heal, David; Wedde, Ian; Kureczko, Victor; Pybus, Rodney (1938-); Jones, Ag; Astley, Neil; Bradshaw, David C A; Wise, David; Keen, John; McDuff, David (1945-); Kates, Jim; Blackburn, Michael (1954-); Cleary, Brendan; Morgan, Richard; Joseph, Lawrence; Kingsbury, Jack; Evans, Lynn; Kingsbury, Pam; Alderson, David; Paterson, Evangeline; Emerson, Jessie; Schenker, Daniel; Kay, Amanda; Hinton, Brian; Robinson, Peter (1953-); Arthurs, Jack; Lewis, Peter; Ayton, Michael; Bennet, Peter (1942-); Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008); Quick, Margaret; Davies, Ioan; N Coe, Richard; Harrison, Tony (1937-); Matthews, Geoffrey (1920-1984); Rex, John
1952-2012
This collection represents the archives of Jon Silkin's Stand magazine, from early days in London from 1952 to 1957, through its relaunch from Leeds in 1960 and move to Newcastle in 1965, through to i...
Tony Harrison Archive
Harrison, Tony (1937-)
c. 1953 - 2009
Papers of Tony Harrison, documenting his work as a poet. The collection documents much of Harrison's published work and drafts relating to work as yet unpublished, forming an exceptionally detailed...
Paul Mills literary archive
Mills, Paul (1948-)
1971-2008
This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, critical works and plays by Paul Mills, including 3 notebooks with drafts of plays and poetry. There are also examples of...
Thomas Blackburn Archive
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1893-1988
The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...
Simon Armitage Archive
Armitage, Simon (1963-)
c.1984-2015
The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...
Kevin Crossley-Holland Archive
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1946-2011
This collection of the literary papers and correspondence of Kevin Crossley-Holland represents the wide range of his interests and achievements. It covers his own poetry, translations and re-tellings ...
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...
Bonamy Dobrée Archive
Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)
1912-1973
Comprises: (a) 19 boxes of Bonamy Dobrée's autograph manuscript correspondence arranged A-Z by the names of the correspondents and dated between 1912 and 1973, including a large number of letters fro...
Geoffrey Hill Archive
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1940s-2016
This collection represents the archives of the poet Geoffrey Hill. The archive comprises items relating to Hill's poetry from the late 1940s to 2016, in addition to items relating to his critical work...
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...
James Kirkup, literary papers and correspondence with related material
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1955-2000
Comprises: Material acquired in 1964, namely, autograph manuscript and typescript drafts and copies of poems composed by James Kirkup between ca. 1955 and 1964, including 8 letters and 8 press cutting...
William Price Turner, autograph manuscript drafts for the poem 'Train of thought' with a signed typescript of the final version and some correspondence
William P. Turner
c.1962-1964
Comprises: Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts for Turner's poem 'Train of thought', two of which are entitled 'Dark circles', with many manuscript revisions to the text, together with his sign...
Peter Redgrove Archive
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)
1961 - 13 Dec 1987
This collection comprises autograph manuscript notebooks, scrapbooks and other literary papers of the poet Peter Redgrove. Includes proofs and example of published works, papers relating to a student ...
Poetry and Audience, typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by various authors originally published in 'Poetry and Audence'
c.1954-1972
This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...
Vernon Scannell, literary papers together with an autograph letter
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)
1962-1967
Comprises: Literary papers of Vernon Scannell dated 1963-1966, including autograph manuscripts and revised typescripts of eight poems, together with a press cutting from the Sunday Times for 29 Januar...
David Wright, autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, with a letter to Paul Potts
Wright, David (1920-1994)
c.1947-1983
This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of seven poems by David Wright.
Jon Glover Archive
Glover, Jon
1961-1972
This collection contains items relating to the poet Jon Glover, and in particular his time as a student at Leeds University. It includes poem and short story drafts, correspondence, and administrative...
Rodney Pybus Archive
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)
c.1960-2010
Includes the literary papers of Rodney Pybus relating to his publications, draft poetry notebooks, papers relating to translations of Lautremont and Catullus; drafts and research materials for Pybus's...
Poetry Collections and Published Poems
Brown, Wayne
1964-1971
This subfonds contains items relating to Wayne Brown's poetry collection 'On the Coast,' published in 1972. It includes both drafts of poems included in the collection, and drafts of poems written aro...
Sixty-One: A Magazine of the Arts
Glover, Jon
c.1961-1966
This subfonds contains material relating to the student magazine 'Sixty-One: A Magazine of the Arts.' The magazine was edited by Glover from ca. 1964-1965, and he was involved as a member of editorial...