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Total number of records: 13

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Herbert Read Collection13
Brotherton Collection9
English Literature4

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anarchism4
art4
art, modern4
english poetry4
modernism (art)4
sculpture, modern4

Top 10: People and organisations

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Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)4
Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989)1
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1
Drew, Jane (1911-1996)1
Flaherty, Frances Hubbard1
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)1
Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991)1
Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959)1
Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985)1
Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979)1

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From 190012
From 20001

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English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth

4 Sep 1961

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter to Herbert Read from Lady Jamieson, written on The English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth headed paper, dated 4 Sep 1961, 1f.

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Ronnie Duncan: A Meeting with Herbert Read

1978

Photocopy of 'A Meeting with Herbert Read' by Ronnie Duncan, with a covering letter addressed to Lady Read and Ben Read. Recollection taken from a letter written in 1953.

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Frances H. Flaherty

Flaherty, Frances Hubbard

30 Mar 1964

1 short signed typescript letter from Frances Flaherty to Herbert Read (1f). Flaherty looks forward to a visit from Herbert and Margaret Read, and remembers a previous visit writing, 'It was Lady Read...

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Herbert Cohn

8 Apr 1964

1 signed typescript letter to 'Lady' Sophia Read, 1f. Herbert Cohn asks for any response to a previous letter sent to Herbert Read re. 'chimpanzee paintings' to be sent to his permanent address in Isr...

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Official documents

1936 - 1964

This file contains official documents relating to Herbert Read and members of his family, including: Birth certificates or copies of birth certificates for: Herbert Read; Thomas Read; Piers Paul Rea...

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Japan

Read, Piers Paul (1941-); Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996); Idemitsu, Sazō (1885-1981); Francis, Sam (1923-1994)

c.11963 - 1965

Material concerning a visit made by Herbert and Piers Paul Read to Japan in 1965, and broader correspondence concerning publication of Read's works in Japan. Files include correspondence and one bo...

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Humanities Magazine of the Industrial University of Santander

13 May - 11 Aug 1969

This file contains 1 carbon copy letter to the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C. from Hernan Lozano H., Editor of the Humanities Magazine of the Industrial University of Santan...

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Letters: Margaret Ludwig to Herbert Read (1931-1933)

Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)

1931-1933

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Herbert Read from Margaret Ludwig.

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Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art

28 May 1962 - 9 Jul 1968

This file contains correspondence, minute meetings and associated material relating to the Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art (PMFBA) and related institutions including the Bollingen Foundation, O...

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959); Penrose, Sir Roland (1900-1984); Pailthorpe, Grace Winifred; Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985); Drew, Jane (1911-1996); Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989); Richman, Robert

1946 - 1969

This file contains correspondence, minute meetings and associated material relating to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Herbert Read co-founded ICA in 1947 alongside Roland Penrose, Eric C....

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Tate Gallery

Rothenstein, John (1901-1992); Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979); Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991); Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)

1955 - 30 May 1968

This file contains correspondence, meeting minutes and associated material relating to the Tate Gallery. Herbert Read was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery from 1965 until his death in 1968. File 1 ...

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Score: Professorische Geburtstages Musik

Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)

c.1932

Notebook containing three small manuscript musical scores. Professorische Geburtstages Musik, Drei Kleine Stucke fur Anfanger (Professor's Birthday Music, three smal pieces for beginners) is written o...

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