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Total number of records: 774

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	675
Books and printed items	99

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	751
English Literature	751
Leeds Poetry	666
Herbert Read Collection	3
Liddle Collection	2

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
correspondence	99
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)	42
proofs (printing)	37
books reviews	35
poets as teachers	20
english poetry	18
poetry readings	14
notebooks	13
world war, 1914-1918	10
photographs	10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)	774
Silkin, Jon	31
Brownjohn, Alan (1931-)	5
Adcock, Fleur	5
Brownjohn, Alan	5
Brown, Merle E (1925-)	4
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)	4
Tracy, Lorna	4
Glover, Jon	4
Zach, Natan	4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1900	773
From 2000	1

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1999	766
Up to latest	8

Archive Collection:
MS 1998

Letters to Merle Brown from Jon Silkin and Lorna Tracey

1965 - 1978

Letters from Jon Silkin to the teacher, critic, and founder of the Iowa Review, Merle Brown over a period of ten years from 1965 to 1978. These letters offer an insight into the personal and profes...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin

Jon Silkin Archive

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...

Archive Print Collection:
BC MS 20c Stand

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...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Pybus

Rodney Pybus Archive

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...

Archive Collection:
MS 2227

Jon Silkin letters to Connie Wieneke

1996 - 1997

Letters by Jon Silkin addressed to Connie Wieneke who was then living in Wyoming. Letters principally concern Stand Magazine, particularly sales in the USA and more general difficulties with funding.

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/1

Poetry Collections and Published Poems

1948-1997

This subfonds contains papers relating to published collections of Jon Silkin's poetry. As such, it covers the period from prior to the publication of his first volume, 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' in 195...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/10

Personalia

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,...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/11

Miscellaneous: Research and Interest

1956-1996

This subfonds comprises items collected by Silkin as research materials and/or for general interest, which cannot be directly connected with his work. The subject matter includes contemporary poetry, ...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/12

Jon Silkin archives

1950-1962

This sub-collection is a separate accrual. It includes books either owned by, or containing poems by, Jon Silkin, correspondence and audio recordings (78 rpm and reel to reel) of Jon Silkin reading h...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/2

Poetry Translations

1958-1998

This subfonds contains items relating to Jon Silkin's work on translating poetry into English from languages including Hebrew and Japanese. As such it includes ms and typescript drafts, workings and t...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Northern House/5

Miscellanea

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...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Silkin/3

Uncollected Poems and Notebooks

1954-1997

This subfonds comprises papers relating to poems by Silkin not included in his published poetry collections, and notebooks containing drafts and workings of poems. As such it includes extensive ms and...