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Broadcasting
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1953-1990
This series comprises papers, chiefly drafts and copies of scripts, relating to broadcasts on BBC Radio of Silkin's poetry (read either by Silkin himself or by others), or talks and readings by Silkin...
Flower Poems
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1962-1978
Items relating to 'Flower Poems' as published by Northern House. Includes a proof copy of the first edition with ms markings for the printer; a copy of the first edition of 'Flower Poems' as published...
Poems and Drafts (3)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1968-1970
Ms and typescript poems, drafts and preliminaries. Includes a ts list of poem titles, headed 'Amana Grass' in ms (contents differ from the published collection); ts and ms notes on groupings of poems,...
Radio Review of The Principle of Water
c.1974-1975
Carbon copy typescript broadcast script for Marius Webb's programme 'Books and Ideas', featuring a review of 'The Principle of Water' by Kerry Macrae. The front page of the script is headed 'Australia...
Radio Broadcast of The Little Time-keeper
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1976
This file contains an annotated and corrected typescript draft of a radio broadcast script of nine poems from 'The Little Time-keeper' sequence; and a listings page extracted from the 'Radio Times' (?...
Radio Scripts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1977-1979
This file contains copies of typescript radio scripts for broadcasts of poems from 'The Psalms With Their Spoils' by the BBC. Includes an unmarked script for 'Joy Lined With Metal', including an intro...
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...
Drama and Radio
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1955-1960
This file contains drafts of short plays that may have been intended as radio plays, including an ms draft of a semi-autobiographical play based around Jon Silkin's school days and evacuation to Dolau...
Radio for Schools: First Fight
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)
1964
Items relating to Vernon Scannell's contribution to a series of radio programmes about poetry, broadcast as part of the BBC Radio for Schools progamming in summer 1964. Includes a copy of the 'BBC Rad...
Letters to Jon Silkin
14 June 1982 - 13 February 1983
3 typescript letters and 1 ms letter to Jon Silkin from Henry Lyman of radio station WFCR (based at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst). The correspondence relates to interviews/recordings of Si...