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Total number of records: 22

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Herbert Read Collection22
Brotherton Collection18
English Literature12

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anarchism12
art12
art, modern12
english poetry12
modernism (art)12
sculpture, modern12

Top 10: People and organisations

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)6
Bell, Quentin (1910-1996)1
Berger, John1
Bold, Alan (1943-)1
Creffield, Dennis (1931-2018)1
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)1
Gabo, Naum (1890-1977)1
Greene, Graham (1904-1991)1
Hamilton, Ian (1938-2001)1
Hart-Davis, Rupert (1907-)1

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Ephemera

c.1914-1968

1 small file of ephemera including a bus ticket, stamps, and unidentified newspaper clippings.

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Notebook 20: Blue notebook

c.1965

Blue notebook which includes: a manuscript draft of Vico and the Genetic Theory of Poetry. Only 29ff of the book are written on.

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Jung's achievement

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1961

1 draft manuscript titled 'Jung's achievement', 7ff and 1 later typescript carbon copy. Newspaper clippings on the death of Carl Jung, including Read's published article inthe Observer, 11 June 1961, ...

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Notes: bibliography

c.1914-1968

Files of loose notes, typescripts, correspondence and printed material titled 'Bibliography' prior to arrival at Special Collections. Files include newspaper and journal clippings and printed materia...

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Notebook 1: Blue notebook

c.1914-1968

Small blue notebook. Contains notes and sketches of stained glass and objects under the headings of place names including: Basel, Zurich, Lincoln and Great Bricett. Approximately one third of the note...

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Hans Syz

Syz, Hans C

17 Dec 1957 - 15 Dec 1958

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from Hans Syz. Syz writes to thank Read for his Foreword to the Selected Letters of Trigant Burrow, a carbon copy of which is included the file.

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Disjecta Aesthetica

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c.1921 - 1931

This file contains cuttings from a typescript pasted onto paper, titled 'Disjecta Aesthetica' and signed by Herbert Read, with manuscript amendments.

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Notebook 16: Beige notebook

c.1914-1968

Beige lined notebook with General written on textured cover. Detailed notes with page references for a large number of books, from Milton and Ben Johnson to twentieth century authors including Wittgen...

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Printed poems and articles scrapbook

c.1915-1919

Scrapbook with cuttings of articles and poems by Herbert Read, as well as book reviews of books by Read. Clippings are from publications including the Gryphon and the New Age. Loose pages of the Egois...

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Collected Poems

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1965-1966

1 book-length typescript copy with 'Collected Poems 1965 by Herbert Read' written on the front. Contains directions to the printer and manuscript corrections.

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John Stewart

24 Jun 1964 - 10 Aug 1964

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from Rev. John Stewart and associated material. Stewart wrote to Read with concern following council plans to develop a major road in the vicinity of the...

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Phoenix Trust, The

Hart-Davis, Rupert (1907-)

7 Jan 1963 - 29 Oct 1964

This file contains 4 signed typescript letters, 1 carbon copy letter and 1 newspaper clipping relating to The Phoenix Trust. 2 signed typescript letters are to Herbert Read from Rupert Hart-Davis, C...

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