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Total number of records: 258

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Archives254
Books and printed items4

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Brotherton Collection258
Herbert Read Collection251
English Literature21
Leeds Poetry1

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anarchism18
art18
art, modern18
english poetry18
modernism (art)18
sculpture, modern18
catholic church1
english fiction1

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)258
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)2
Read, Piers Paul (1941-)2
Richter, Hans (1888-1976)2
Alfred Richard Orage1
Alley, Ronald1
Belgion, Montgomery (1892-1973)1
Beny, Roloff1
Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)1

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Leeds University verse anthology 1924-1948

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); University of Leeds

1949

Introduction by Herbert Read. Jacket design by Henry Moore.

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Herbert Read : a memorial symposium

Skelton, Robin (1925-1997); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1970

Originally published as the ninth (Jan. 1969) number of 'The Malahat Review'.

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The parliament of women : a drama in three acts

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Boulton, Reg

1960

"One hundred copies printed and published... by Peter Foster and John Peters at the Vine Press".

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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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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

31 October 1964 - 6 May 1966

1 ts letter from Herbert Read to Jon Silkin; 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Read.

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Further archives of Herbert Read

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Read, Benedict (1945-2016)

1915-1966

Archival material received in further tranches, often closely relating to other parts of the Herbert Read archive.

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Selected essays and critical writings

Orage, A R (1873-1934); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Saurat, Denis (1890-1958)

1935

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Piers Paul Read Archive

Read, Piers Paul (1941-)

1950s-2001

Manuscripts and typescripts of his novels (Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx, The Junkers, Monk Dawson, The Professor's Daughter, The Upstart, Polonaise, A Married Man, The Villa Golitsyn, The Free Frenc...

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Leonie Cohn

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

1950 - 1965

This file contains 13 manuscript postcards and 6 signed typescript letters to Leonie Cohn (Mrs Paul Findlay) from Herbert and Margaret Read, as well as one letter from Herbert Read to Paul Findlay. ...

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Montgomery Belgion

Belgion, Montgomery (1892-1973); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

16 Aug 1965 - 20 May 1968

This file contains 18 signed typescript and 3 manuscript letters from Montgomery Belgion to Herbert Read. 1 letter from the literary agent Hanns Fischer to Read, requesting a few words to publicise ...

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Roloff Beny

Beny, Roloff; Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

6 Oct 1965 - 26 Oct 1967

This file includes 3 typescript letters to Herbert Read from the photographer Roloff Beny, along with carbon copy responses from Read, and correspondence with the journal Canadian Art, edited by Paul ...

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Edmund Blunden

Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974); Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1942

This file contains 1 manuscript postcard to Herbert Read from Edmund Blunden. The postcard is headed Merton College, Oxford. It thanks Read for sending a copy of his review of Blunden's book on Thomas...

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