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Total number of records: 6

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Leeds Poetry6
English Literature6
Brotherton Collection6

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tours6
poetry readings2
poets as teachers2
creative writing study and1
universities and colleges1
schools1
poets employment1
music and literature1

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People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)2
British Council1

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Appointments, Lecturing, Teaching, Readings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1997

This subfonds comprises papers relating to activities undertaken by Jon Silkin other than writing. Includes papers relating to his time at the University of Leeds (as Gregory Fellow in Poetry and then...

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British Council Tours

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974-1990

This series comprises papers relating to tours and visits undertaken by Silkin which were organised by or with the assistance of the British Council. Includes papers relating to visits by Silkin to Be...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 June 1963- 8 October 1963

5 typescript letters written by and on behalf of C.D. Butler of the Institute of Education, University of Exeter, to Jon Silkin. The correspondence concerns a 'Poets' Tour,' involving Patricia Beer, P...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

9 August 1963 - 17 October 1963

4 letters to Jon Silkin from the Ministry of Education, including 2 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Carson J. Read, and 1 ts letter from K.T.V. Humberstone. The correspondence relates to a 'Po...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

[May] 1963 - 12 February 1963

11 typescript letters, 2 ms letters, and 1 telegram from Alexander (Sandy) Dunbar, Arts Officer at the North Eastern Association for the Arts, to Jon Silkin. The letters mainly concern a Poetry and Ja...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

British Council

4 July 1957 - 25 November 1993

29 typescript letters from various at the British Council, notably the Specialist Tours Department, to Jon Silkin; 8 carbon copy ts letters from Silkin to various at the British Council; a letter from...

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