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Total number of records: 31

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Herbert Read Collection31
Brotherton Collection30
English Literature8

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anarchism8
art8
art, modern8
english poetry8
modernism (art)8
sculpture, modern8

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)8
Hudson, Tom2
Linnenkamp, Rolf2
Richter, Hans (1888-1976)2
Alley, Ronald1
Beny, Roloff1
Bihalji-Merin, Oto (1904-1993)1
Carline, Richard (1896-1980)1
Darracott, Joseph (1934-)1
Ghika (1906-)1

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From 190030

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Thames and Hudson

1956 - 1968

Correspondence and associated material with the publishing house Thames and Hudson. The file includes letters from Walter and Eva Neurath, who founded Thames and Hudson, Tom Rosenthal, Patricia Low...

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Tom Hudson

1893 - 1968

This file contains photographs or other reproductions of the work of Tom Hudson and includes 1 letter to HR 1968 & photographs of work, with letter and HR’s reply (carbon copy).

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Tom Hudson

Hudson, Tom

6 Mar 1963 - 23 Jun 1967

This file contains letters to Herbert Read from Tom Hudson, regarding his work in art education, and his career. Read agreed to act as a referee and to write supporting statements for Hudson, in relat...

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The Hudson Review

29 Dec 1966 - 2 Feb 1968

This file contains correspondence to Herbert Read from Irene Skolnick, Managing Editor of the Hudson Review and Frederick Morgan, Editor of the Hudson Review, dated 29 Dec 1966 - 2 Feb 1968, 6ff.

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Patricia Lowman

25 Sep 1967

Letter to Read from Lowman, who had worked at Thames & Hudson publishers. The letter concerns Walter Neurath's final illness, and asks that Read write him a short letter.

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Concise History of Modern Sculpture

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1963 - 1964

This file contains a book-length typescript carbon copy of 'The Concise History of Modern Sculpture' by Herbert Read and correspondence with galleries and Thames and Hudson, chiefly relating to illust...

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Cardiff College of Art

Hudson, Tom

17 Oct 1966

This file contains 1 signed typescript letter to Herbert Read from Priscilla M. Knapp, Secretary of the Cardiff College of Art on behalf of Tom Hudson, Director of Studies at the Cardiff College of Ar...

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Balance House

1966

Correspondence and associated material with Marshall Lee at the book producers Balance House, based in New Jersey. Letters refer to a proposed collection of essays on art titled Quality, to potentiall...

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Art and Alienation

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1966 - 1968

This file contains partial galley proofs enclosed in a dust jacket for Read's book Art and Alienation (London: Thames and Hudson, 1967).

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Gustav Metzger

11 Oct 1967 - 1 Nov 1967

One letter addressed to Read with Read's reply typed on reverse, and a copy of one letter from Read to Tom Rosenthal, then at Thames and Hudson. The letters concern a proposed book by Metzger based on...

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World History of Sculpture

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1967 - 1968

File titled 'World History of Sculpture', a series of 9 or 10 volumes proposed by Thames and Hudson, for which Read, prior to a period of ill-health, was invited to be General Editor. Chiefly contains...

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Eva Neurath

9 Oct 1967

Letter addressed to Herbert and Margaret Read thanking them for their condolences following Walter Neurath's death. The file also includes a copy of a letter from Neurath to Ben Nicholson on Thames an...

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