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Herbert Read Collection10
Brotherton Collection8
English Literature3

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anarchism3
art3
art, modern3
english poetry3
modernism (art)3
sculpture, modern3

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)3
Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991)1
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)1
Richards, Frances (1901-1985)1

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Song

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Manuscript 8 line poem with correction, titled 'Song'. Begins 'So long my heart / My little polished ball of blood'.

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Helen Sutherland

3 Aug 1964

1 letter to Herbert Read from Helen Sutherland. Sutherland thanks Read for taking the trouble to come and open her 'little show of pictures.' She mentions that Nicolette Gray will also be supporting h...

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Gimpel Fils

1 May 1967

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter to Herbert Read from Kay Gimpel, wife of Gimpel Fils co-founder Charles Gimpel, dated 1 May 1967, 1f.

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Notebook 25: Loose pages incl. poems

c.1914-1968

Loose pages from a small notebook. Including poems, transcribed quotations and a page listing dates of lecture tours abroad (1946-1950).

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Lawrence Gowing

Gowing, Sir Lawrence (1918-1991)

11 Apr 1968 - 17 Jul 1969

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from the artist Lawrence Gowing, successor to Quentin Bell as head of fine art at Leeds. Gowing writes about feeling close to Read in Leeds. 'there is a ...

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Parliamentary Group for World Government

22 - 29 Dec 1967

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter, 1 carbon copy letter, 1 typescript booklet and 1 typescript note relating to the Parliamentary Group for World Government. The signed typescript letter...

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Associated notes

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1931 - 1962

This file contains papers associated with the correspondence and relationship of Herbert and Margaret Read. It includes: 1932 receipt for a grand piano which Read had installed in his house at Tip...

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Notebook: Le Diderot a la Sophie

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1932

Hardback patterned notebook with Le Diderot a la Sophie de nos jours written on the fly leaf in Herbert Read's hand, and Diderot and Sophie Volland written on the title page. Throughout the noteboo...

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Barbara Hepworth

Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)

1965 - 1968

This file contains 25 letters to Herbert Read from Barbara Hepworth. The letters are chiefly filled with friendly concern for Read, good wishes for Ludo (Margaret Read), and talk about Hepworth's he...

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Frances Richards

Richards, Frances (1901-1985)

11 Feb 1959 - 17 Feb 1964

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from Frances Richards (the wife of Ceri Richards) and 1 carbon copy of a response from Read. Richards writes to Read initially to thank him for the qual...

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