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Brotherton Collection13
English Literature13
Herbert Read Collection13

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anarchism13
art13
art, modern13
english poetry13
modernism (art)13
sculpture, modern13

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)9
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)2

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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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Margaret Read (nee Ludwig)

c.1914-1968

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

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Notebook: poetry Buchlein

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1932

Patterned notebook with manuscript anthology of poems inside. Margaret is written on the front cover and on the title page is written A Book of Poems for Margaret Ludwig. Enclosed is a print portrait ...

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For Ludo, ms poem

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c.1931-1968

12 line manuscript poem in Read's hand, titled 'for Ludo in exchange for music.' It begins, 'Other faces are like lamps unlit'.

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Associated notes

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1931 - 1962

This file contains papers associated with the correspondence and relationship of Herbert and Margaret Read. It includes: 1932 receipt for a grand piano which Read had installed in his house at Tip...

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Notebook: Le Diderot a la Sophie

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1932

Hardback patterned notebook with Le Diderot a la Sophie de nos jours written on the fly leaf in Herbert Read's hand, and Diderot and Sophie Volland written on the title page. Throughout the noteboo...

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Score: Professorische Geburtstages Musik

Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)

c.1932

Notebook containing three small manuscript musical scores. Professorische Geburtstages Musik, Drei Kleine Stucke fur Anfanger (Professor's Birthday Music, three smal pieces for beginners) is written o...

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Letters: Margaret Ludwig to Herbert Read (1931-1933)

Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)

1931-1933

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Herbert Read from Margaret Ludwig.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Ludwig (1931-1932)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1931-1932

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Margaret Ludwig by Herbert Read.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Ludwig (1932-1938)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1932 - 1938

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Margaret Ludwig by Herbert Read.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Read (1945-1961)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1945 - 1961

This file contains letters sent to Margaret Read by Herbert Read.

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Letters: Herbert Read to Margaret Read (China, 1959)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1959

This file contains manuscript letters sent to Margaret Read by Herbert Read while he visited China in 1959.

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