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Total number of records: 35

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Archives33
Objects2

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Brotherton Collection35
English Literature35
Herbert Read Collection35

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anarchism35
art35
art, modern35
english poetry35
modernism (art)35
sculpture, modern35

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)9
Read, Benedict (1945-2016)2
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)2
Gropius, Walter (1883-1969)1
Moore, Henry (1898-1986)1
Raine, Kathleen (1908-2003)1
Read, Piers Paul (1941-)1
Richter, Hans (1888-1976)1
Tate, Allen (1899-1979)1

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From 190034
From 20001

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Up to 199934
Up to latest1

Archive Series

Personal, including family correspondence

1908-1968

This series relates to Read's early and family life. It has been divided into 3 main sections: 1. Personalia 2-15. Correspondence with family members and associated material 16. Photographs Thi...

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Distinguished Service Order

26 Jul 1918

Distinguished Service Order awarded to Herbert Edward Read M.C., Temporary Lieutenant (Acting Captain) 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion.

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Georgina Read

29 Jun 1951

1 manuscript letter (1f) to Herbert Read from Georgina Read, who thanks Read for his condolences on the death of his Uncle.

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Ernest William Read

1 Jan 1941

1 manuscript letter to Herbert Read from his uncle Ernest William Read, who writes to say how much he has enjoyed Annals of Innocence and Experience, and compares his own boarding school life with his...

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William Read

1933

This file contains 2 manuscript letters to Herbert Read from his younger brother William. The first thanks Read for sending him a copy of The Innocent Eye, and compares some of his own experiences at ...

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Unidentified: The Story of Narks

Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

n.d.

Manuscript children's story called The Story of Narks (4ff). A note that accompanied the manuscript to Special Collections suggested that the story may have been written for John Read by his father, H...

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Margaret Read (nee Ludwig)

c.1914-1968

Correspondence and associated material relating to Margaret Read (nee Ludwig).

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Benedict William Read

Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

1964-1966

This file contains 2 manuscript letters from Benedict Read to his parents while he was at Queen's College, Oxford. One includes an adaptation of a Horace Ode, which Benedict Read was revising at the ...

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Piers Paul Read

Read, Piers Paul (1941-)

c. 1951 - 1992

This file contains a partial typescript of a play called The Prince of Portofino, written by Piers Paul Read as a child, with drawn title page and cast list.

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Evelyn Read (nee Roff)

26 Oct 1934 - 25 Aug 1944

This file contains 5 signed typescript letters from Read's solicitors Le Brasseur & Oakley. 4 relate to Read's divorce from and maintenance payments for, his first wife Evelyn Read (nee Roff). The fin...

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Francesca Ludwig

6 Apr 1932

Photocopied letter from Herbert Read to Francesca Ludwig, one of Margaret Read's (nee Ludwig) sisters.

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