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Total number of records: 65

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Archives48
Books and printed items14
Objects2
Art items1

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Brotherton Collection65
English Literature51
Herbert Read Collection51

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anarchism65
art51
art, modern51
english poetry51
modernism (art)51
sculpture, modern51
socialism1

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Mcguire, William (1917-)4
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)4
Hull, R F C (1913-1974)2
Malatesta, Errico (1853-1932)2
Raine, Kathleen (1908-2003)2
Reclus, Elisee (1830-1905)2
Adler, Gerhard (1904-)1
Barrett, George1
Bihalji-Merin, Oto (1904-1993)1
Caserio, Sante Ieronimo1

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From 180012
From 190052
From 20001

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Up to latest1

Archive Item

Commission document

5 Jan 1915

Commission document for Herbert Edward Read as 2nd Lieutenant in the Land Forces. The commission is marked temporary, for the duration of the war.

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Bollingen Series: Blake and Tradition

Raine, Kathleen (1908-2003)

c.1914-1968

Files include one letter from Kathleen Raine to Read, and associated correspondence with the Bollingen Foundation concerning problems with the book. There are also photocopied annotated typescripts of...

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Education certificates and associated material

1907 - 1914

Read was educated at the Crossley and Porter Orphan Home and School in Halifax from 1904 until 1908. He registered at the University of Leeds in 1912 but gained a commission for the Yorkshire Regiment...

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Archive Series

First World War Service

c.1915-1919

This series contains material relating to Herbert Read's service during the First World War, including letters, certificates, and a scrapbook with cuttings of articles and poems by Read. Read was c...

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Bollingen Series: Jung Correspondence

McGuire, William (1917-); Fordham, Michael (1905-); Adler, Gerhard (1904-); Franklin, Norman

c.1964 - 1967

Substantial series of correspondence and associated material concerning Read's work on the Bollingen Series Collected Jung. The files cover discussions on the translation of texts into English, decisi...

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Archive Sub-series

Project files and prepublication material

c.1914-1968

This sub-series contains project files and prepublication material relating to books, articles and speeches written by Herbert Read. Included in the sub-series are manuscripts, typescripts, typescript...

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Yorkshire Regiment shoulder patches

c.1915-1919

4 shoulder patches of the Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards), 10th battalion.

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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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Statutes of the Distinguished Service Order

c.1915-1919

The Statutes of the Distinguished Service Order, printed booklet.

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Cards and letters to and from Herbert Read

1914-1933

This file contains cards and letters to and from Herbert Read written during and after the First World War. The file includes: 1 postcard, with photograph of soliders including Read on recto, sent...

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Mentioned in Dispatches certficate

1 Mar 1919

Mentioned in Dispatches certificate dated 1 March 1919.

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Printed poems and articles scrapbook

c.1915-1919

Scrapbook with cuttings of articles and poems by Herbert Read, as well as book reviews of books by Read. Clippings are from publications including the Gryphon and the New Age. Loose pages of the Egois...

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