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Total number of records: 9

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Art items1
Books and printed items1

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Brotherton Collection9
English Literature8
Herbert Read Collection8

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anarchism9
art8
art, modern8
english poetry8
modernism (art)8
sculpture, modern8
socialism1

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Albers, Josef (1888-1976)1
Cairns, Huntington (1904-1985)1
D'Harnoncourt, Rene (1901-1968)1
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)1
Gabo, Naum (1890-1977)1
Kellogg, Rhoda1
Naumburg, Margaret (1890-)1
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1
Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker (1902-1992)1
Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953)1

Archive File

Herbert Read discretionary trust

1953 - 1970

This file contains statements, correspondence and carbon copies relating to Herbert Read's discretionary trust. File 1 of 2 contains assorted material dated 1953 - 59.

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Archive Art Sub-series

Original art works

1952 - 1968

This file contains original lithographs by: Alfred Manessier (signed, no. 62 of 200, cover of an exhibition catalogue, Galerie de France, 1952). Massimo Campigli ("Deux Femmes assises”, signed, n...

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Archive File

English language articles

1924 - 1989

This file contains photocopies and cuttings of newspaper articles that relate to Herbert Read and his work.

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Archive Series

Awards

1938 - 1968

This series relates to honours and prizes awarded to Herbert Read. Herbert Read was the recipient of a number of high profile awards. In 1953 he was awarded a Knighthood for services to literature, ...

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Archive Item

Notes: Untitled black folder

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968); Gabo, Naum (1890-1977)

1919-1967

Diverse manuscript and typescript notes, excerpts from books, printed material and newspaper clippings collected together in an untitled black folder prior to arrival in Special Collections. Subjects ...

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Archive Series

Articles about Herbert Read

c.1919 - 1973

This series contains photocopies and cuttings of newspaper articles that relate to Herbert Read and his work. The majority of items are reviews of Read’s books and essays including his critical wo...

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Archive File

United States

Cairns, Huntington (1904-1985); Wight, Frederick Stallknecht (1902-1986); Naumburg, Margaret (1890-); Albers, Josef (1888-1976); Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker (1902-1992); D'Harnoncourt, Rene (1901-1968); Francis, Sam (1923-1994); Kellogg, Rhoda

c.1948 - 1968

Substantial series of correspondence concerning Read's various visits to the United States, beginning with a lecture tour in 1948, followed by a fellowship at Harvard as Charles Eliot Norton Professor...

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Scrapbooks

1919 - 1964

This box contains 3 green leather-bound scrapbooks, with indexes, containing newspaper cuttings of reviews of Herbert Read’s work in chronological order. Book 1 covers the years 1919 – 1935 and ...

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Archive Print Item

Anarchism or socialism?

Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953)

1952

Bibliography: p. 104-[107]

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