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Herbert Read Collection5
Brotherton Collection4
English Literature1

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anarchism1
art1
art, modern1
english poetry1
modernism (art)1
sculpture, modern1

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Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979)2
Anderson, Sir Colin (1904-)1
Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991)1
Greene, Graham (1904-1991)1
Reid, Norman1
Rothenstein, John (1901-1992)1

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Education

1953 - 1966

This file contains assorted statements, correspondence and carbon copies relating to education, including statements of school fees for Herbert Read's children Thomas Reid, Piers Paul Read, Sophie Rea...

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Arthur Segal

Jun - Jul 1968

Letters addressed to Read with copies of Read's responses. The file includes letters from Marianne Segal, widow of Arthur Segal, concerning attempted donations of Segal's work. The file also includes ...

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Peggy Guggenheim

Guggenheim, Peggy (1898-1979); Reid, Norman

1959 - 1967

This file contains 7 letters to Herbert Read from Peggy Guggenheim. The letters are brief but some refer to Guggenheim's alternating wishes for her collection after her death: one option being the...

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Graham Greene

Greene, Graham (1904-1991)

1918 - 1968

This file contains 11 letters to Herbert Read from Graham Greene, and 2 from his secretary Josephine Reid. The letters chiefly regard travel advice and arrangments. In the letters from 1966 Greene ...

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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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