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Total number of records: 11

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Archives10
Books and printed items1

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Brotherton Collection11
Herbert Read Collection11
English Literature10

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sculpture, modern11
anarchism10
art10
art, modern10
english poetry10
modernism (art)10
sculpture, french1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Aarons, Anita1
Burke, Joseph1
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)1
Idemitsu, Sazo (1885-1981)1
Jianou, Ionel1
Kellogg, Rhoda1
Mannin, Ethel (1900-1984)1
Mountford, Charles P (1890-1976)1
Munz, Peter (1921-)1
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)1

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Archive File

Margery Cooke (nee Ludwig)

1964 - 1966

This file contains 2 exuberant letters from Margery (Maymay) Cooke, one of Margaret Read's sisters. Regards family news and finances.

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Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]

c. 1960 - 1962

Correspondence between Read and Frank McEwen regarding Read's proposed attendance at the First Biennial International Congress of African Culture held at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (then the Rho...

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New Zealand and Australia

Mountford, Charles P (1890-1976); Aarons, Anita; Burke, Joseph; Munz, Peter (1921-); Kellogg, Rhoda

c.1962 - 1968

Substantial file containing correspondence and associated material regarding a lecture tour in New Zealand and Australia in April - May 1963, where Read had also been a visitor at the Australian Unesc...

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Charles Ludwig

5 Jul 1933

1 manuscript letter to Herbert Read from Charles Ludwig, Margaret Read's (nee Ludwig) father.

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Barry Harmer

22 Feb 1967 - 3 Oct 1967

This file contains 5 letters to Herbert Read from Barry Harmer, with carbon copies of responses from Read. Harmer writes from the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester and would l...

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Archive Print Item

Zadkine

Jianou, Ionel; Zadkine, Ossip (1890-1967)

1964

Half-title: Ossip Zadkine. Catalogue of Zadkine's works: p. 75-109.

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Art works catalogue and insurance paperwork

1950 - 1968

This file contains correspondence and associated material including statements, cheques, receipts and lists of art works relating to various insurance, including of art works, taken out by Herbert Rea...

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Japan

Read, Piers Paul (1941-); Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996); Idemitsu, Sazō (1885-1981); Francis, Sam (1923-1994)

c.11963 - 1965

Material concerning a visit made by Herbert and Piers Paul Read to Japan in 1965, and broader correspondence concerning publication of Read's works in Japan. Files include correspondence and one bo...

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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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Correspondence relating to Knighthood

Richards, Vernon (1915-); Mannin, Ethel (1900-1984)

1952 - 1953

This file contains correspondence from anarchist friends and colleagues relating to Herbert Read's Knighthood. It includes 2 short letters from Ethel Mannin and 2 letters from Vernon Richards (Vero Re...

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Correspondence: organisations and institutions

c.1914 - 1968

This series contains correspondence and associated material chiefly addressed to Herbert Read from 170 organisations and institutions with some letters, carbon copies and manuscript drafts by Read. Ca...

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