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Total number of records: 7

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Archives6
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Herbert Read Collection7
Brotherton Collection5
English Literature4

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

Top 10: People and organisations

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Albers, Josef (1888-1976)1
Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989)1
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1
Cairns, Huntington (1904-1985)1
D'Harnoncourt, Rene (1901-1968)1
Drew, Jane (1911-1996)1
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)1
Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991)1
Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959)1
Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985)1

Archive File

Carl Jung

Jung, C G (1875-1961)

17 Oct 1948 - 20 Mar 1970

File containing a letter addressed to Margaret Read from Gerhard Adler, and second copies of three letters from Carl Jung to Herbert Read (numbered 588, 589, 590 & dated between 17 Oct 1948 and 05 Sep...

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Archive File

Scrapbooks

1919 - 1964

This box contains 3 green leather-bound scrapbooks, with indexes, containing newspaper cuttings of reviews of Herbert Read’s work in chronological order. Book 1 covers the years 1919 – 1935 and ...

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Archive Object File

Medals and pins

1945 - 1968

This file contains medals and pins given to Herbert Read in association with awards or conferences. The file includes: 1 medal depicting a heron, on the reverse is written Quinzaine Anglo-Americain...

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Articles about Herbert Read

c.1919 - 1973

This series contains photocopies and cuttings of newspaper articles that relate to Herbert Read and his work. The majority of items are reviews of Read’s books and essays including his critical wo...

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United States

Cairns, Huntington (1904-1985); Wight, Frederick Stallknecht (1902-1986); Naumburg, Margaret (1890-); Albers, Josef (1888-1976); Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker (1902-1992); D'Harnoncourt, Rene (1901-1968); Francis, Sam (1923-1994); Kellogg, Rhoda

c.1948 - 1968

Substantial series of correspondence concerning Read's various visits to the United States, beginning with a lecture tour in 1948, followed by a fellowship at Harvard as Charles Eliot Norton Professor...

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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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