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Herbert Read Collection1045
Brotherton Collection883
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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)42
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)27
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)5
Hart-Davis, Rupert (1907-)4
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)4
Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)4
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)3
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)3
Greene, Graham (1904-1991)3
Hull, R F C (1913-1974)3

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Archive File

Letters from China

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1959

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Letters from China'. An abridged version of the letters sent by Herbert Read to his wife, Margaret Read during a trip to China in 1959.

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

22 Aug 1967 - 17 Apr 1968

This sub-series contains correspondence relating to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, including 15 letters from Graham Greene and 1 letter from Bertrand Russell.

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Cards and letters to and from Herbert Read

1914-1933

This file contains cards and letters to and from Herbert Read written during and after the First World War. The file includes: 1 postcard, with photograph of soliders including Read on recto, sent...

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American Academy of Arts and Letters: Graham Greene

Greene, Graham (1904-1991)

22 Aug 1967 - 17 Apr 1968

This file contains 15 typescript letters, some signed with manuscript annotations, and their associated attachments to Herbert Read from Graham Greene, both members of the American Academy of Arts and...

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American Academy of Arts and Letters: Bertrand Russell

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)

6 Sep 1967

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter to Herbert Read from Bertrand Russell, both members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, dated 6 Sep 1967, 1f.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Read (undated)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1931-1968

This file contains undated letters sent to Margaret Read by Herbert Read.

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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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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Ludwig (1931-1932)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1931-1932

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

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Ludwig (1932-1938)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1932 - 1938

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

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Read (1945-1961)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1945 - 1961

This file contains letters sent to Margaret Read by Herbert Read.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Read (China, 1959)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1959

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Margaret Read by Herbert Read while he visited China in 1959.

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Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Herbert Read, c 1966
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Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Herbert Read, c 1966

Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)

n.d. [c.1966]

Letter begins: 'Dearest Herbert. I would be so happy if you & Ludo could have dinner with me [...].'

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