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Total number of records: 486

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items285
Archives197
Objects3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection464
Herbert Read Collection239
English Literature202
Leeds Russian Archive11

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
anarchism486
art201
art, modern201
english poetry201
modernism (art)201
sculpture, modern201
anarchists50
communism15
socialism14
press, anarchist6

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Soviet Union2
Spain2
France1
Nottingham Region (England)1
Pima County (Ariz.)1
Sicily (Italy)1
Tucson (Ariz.)1
Ukraine1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anarchy Collective (Great Britain)87
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)32
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich Kn︠I︡Azʹ (1842-1921)19
Peter Kropotkin19
Anarchos Productions, Inc7
Carr, Edward Hallett (1892-1982)7
Leeds Anarchist Group7
Namazu Collective (Osaka, Japan)5
Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1814-18764
Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180023
From 1900328
From 20004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189913
Up to 1999324
Up to latest18

Archive Series

Publishing correspondence, agreements and sales

1915-1977

This series contains the correspondence and administrative paperwork relating to Herbert Read's published writing and proposals for publication. The series is divided into the following sub-series:...

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Editorial and advisory work

c.1933 - 1968

Series documenting Read's editorial and advisory work on a range of publications. Files are arranged by publisher and then project where appropriate. Files include often substantial correspondence wit...

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Writing by others

c.1914-1968

Substantial series of work by others which had been sent to Read. The series contains both material dedicated to or concerning Read and texts sent to him for comment.

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Events

1944 - 1951

This brief series contains invitations and and papers relating to events to which Herbert Read was invited or with which he was involved. It includes typescripts written by Read for the Helmsley Play,...

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Travel

c, 1930s - 1968

Series documenting Read's extensive international travels. Files are grouped by country/countries visited, and often document multiple trips. The files cover lecture tours, British Council visits and ...

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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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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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Correspondence with publishers

c.1914-1968

Correspondence between Read and a range of publishers concerning publication of Read's work, editorial and introductory work, rights and associated financial concerns.

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Bollingen Series

c.1964 - 1968

Substantial series of files documenting Read's work as a member of the advisory board for Bollingen Foundation programmes, and as an occasional consultant editor for the Bollingen Series. Files are gr...

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Bollingen Series: Jung

c.1964 - 1967

Substantial series of drafts, correspondence, notes and associated material relating to the Bollingen Series Collected Works of Carl Jung. Material is separated into two groups: correspondence and rel...

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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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Reproductions of art works by artist

c.1914-1968

Reproductions of artworks arranged alphabetically by artist. Reproductions were made in a range of media, including photographs and prints.

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