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Total number of records: 11
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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.
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...
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...
Charles Ludwig
5 Jul 1933
1 manuscript letter to Herbert Read from Charles Ludwig, Margaret Read's (nee Ludwig) father.
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...
Zadkine
Jianou, Ionel; Zadkine, Ossip (1890-1967)
1964
Half-title: Ossip Zadkine. Catalogue of Zadkine's works: p. 75-109.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...