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Herbert Read Collection10
Brotherton Collection5
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anarchism2
art2
art, modern2
english poetry2
modernism (art)2
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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)4
Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989)1
Bridges, Edward Ettingdene Bridges Baron (1892-1969)1
Derham, Frances (1894-1987)1
Drew, Jane (1911-1996)1
Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959)1
Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985)1
Moore, Henry (1898-1986)1
Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982)1
Pailthorpe, Grace Winifred1

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Notes on form

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1960 - 1964

File titled 'Notes on Form'. This file contains manuscript and typescript excerpts from books on subjects including the formless self and Chinese archaic jades. It also includes typescripts and ...

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Gulbenkian Foundation

Bridges, Edward Ettingdene Bridges Baron (1892-1969)

5 Feb - 8 Jul 1959

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Australian Society for Education through Art

Derham, Frances (1894-1987)

16 Jul 1964 - 17 Feb 1965

This file contains 3 manuscript letters and 2 typescript notes relating to the Australian Society for Education through Art. The 3 manuscript letters are to Herbert Read from Frances Derham of the A...

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Morris Gallery

Moore, Henry (1898-1986); Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982)

8 Oct 1955 - 3 Sep 1959

This file contains correspondence relating to the Morris Gallery. Correspondence includes 5 signed typescript letters to Herbert Read from Morris Weisenthal, owner of the Morris Gallery, dated 8 Oc...

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Herbert Read Archive

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c.1908-1977

Papers and correspondence of Sir Herbert Read (1893 - 1968). The collection is divided into 17 series and reflects Read's broad interests, connections and activities: 1. First World War service 2...

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Committee of 100

Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)

16 Sep 1960 - 8 Aug 1962

This file contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and associated material relating to the Committee of 100, a British anti-war group set up in 1960 by Bertrand Russell and others. Herbert Read ...

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Art File

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

File titled 'Art', contains typescripts and proofs, some with manuscript notes or corrections. File contains: A nest of gentle artists, typescript A note on Expressionism, typescript, 3ff, two ...

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Miscellaneous articles

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1929-1969

This file contains clippings and offprints of published articles, letters, poems and plays by Herbert Read. In most cases the articles have been cut from their original context, but where an entire co...

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Catherine Aldington

c. 1962

1 signed typescript letter to Herbert Read from Catherine Aldington, the daughter of Richard Aldington,1f. The letter is dated 17 August, but the year is not given. Aldington mentions her father in th...

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

Gregory, Eric Craven (1888-1959); Penrose, Sir Roland (1900-1984); Pailthorpe, Grace Winifred; Sweeney, James Johnson (1900-1986); Grigson, Geoffrey (1905-1985); Drew, Jane (1911-1996); Alloway, Lawrence (1926-1989); Richman, Robert

1946 - 1969

This file contains correspondence, minute meetings and associated material relating to the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA). Herbert Read co-founded ICA in 1947 alongside Roland Penrose, Eric C....

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