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Total number of records: 678

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Brotherton Collection202
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Letters Database48
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Herbert Read Collection40
South Bank Show Production Archive30
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture26
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Pitter, Ruth (1897-1992)16
Fainlight, Ruth13
Crossley-Holland, Kevin9
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)8
Ruth, Beryl8
Francken, Ruth, 1924-7
Francken, Ruth (1924-)6
Fry, A Ruth (1878-1962)6
Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Motte6
Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvieres De La Motte (1648-1717)6

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Ruth

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)

1856

"Publication de Ch. Lahure et cie" - cover.

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Ruth

Davis, Eliza

[1850?]

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Ruth

Davis, Eliza

[184-?]

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Archive Series

Ruth Steinberg

1995

UK government and quango reports, Beijing Conference on Women 1995

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Ruth Steinberg

1995

UN and ‘official’ papers of Beijing Conference on Women 1995 ‘Forum’ and ‘World Women’ – official newspapers, Beijing Conference on Women 1995 Papers given out at the NGO Forum, Beijin...

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Ruth Francken

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1956

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Ruth Francken', 3ff. The subtitle: 'at the Galerie Stadler May, 1956', has been crossed out.

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Ruth Francken

1893 - 1968

This file contains photographic reproductions of the work of Ruth Francken

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Ruth Francken

Francken, Ruth (1924-)

1952 - 1968

This file contains c.80 manuscript and typescript letters to Herbert Read from Ruth Francken, concerning her life and work. A few letters include poems or sketches, and a few carbon copy responses fro...

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Heiner Ruths

12 May 1962 - 18 Feb 1963

This file contains 10 letters to Herbert Read from Heiner Ruths, along with bulletins and other material relating to the Internationales Kunstzentrum of which Ruths was the Secretary. Carbon copies of...

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Ruth Scrivener

c.1941

Photocopies of one letter and one card from Read to Scrivener, concerning her artwork.

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Ruth Zollschan

Feb 1958 - Aug 1964

This file contains 3 letters to Herbert Read from Ruth Zollschan. The letters regard a festschrift for J.P. Hodin, in honour of his 60th brithday, for which Read agrees to be on the committee of honou...

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Ruth : a novel (v.3)

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)

1853

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