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Total number of records: 37

Count of Record type

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Archives30
Books and printed items7

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection37
Herbert Read Collection37
English Literature30

Count of Subject

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modernism (art)37
art, modern35
art32
anarchism30
english poetry30
sculpture, modern30
artists3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)25
Manceau, Simone2
Albers, Josef (1888-1976)1
Cairns, Huntington (1904-1985)1
Cohen, Robert S1
D'Harnoncourt, Rene (1901-1968)1
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)1
Gabo, Naum (1890-1977)1
Kellogg, Rhoda1
Mcguire, William (1917-)1

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From 18001
From 190036

Archive File

Posthumous correspondence

1968 - 1972

Correspondence sent chiefly to Benedict Read, from publishers, after the death of Herbert Read in June 1968. Correspondence relates to new editions and rights.

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Notebook 13: Blue notebook

c.1966 -1968

Blue lined notebook. Manuscript drafts of The Disintegration of Art (34ff) and Pragmatic Anarchism (30ff), later published as My Anarchism, the fifth chapter of The Cult of Sincerity (1968).

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Leeds Art Collections Fund

Rowe, Robert Stewart (2009)

17 Oct 1960 - 23 May 1968

This file contains correspondence and associated material relating to the Leeds Art Collections Fund. Herbert Read was a Trustee of the Leeds Art Collections Fund from 1960 until his death in 1968. ...

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Archive Sub-series

Royalty statements and earnings

1925 - 1977

This sub-series contains royalty statements, correspondence and associated material from publishers including Faber and Faber, Penguin, Thames and Hudson, Simon and Schuster, and Harvard University Pr...

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Bollingen Series: Max Raphael

Cohen, Robert S; Schaefer, Claude; McGuire, William (1917-)

c.1963 - 1968

Drafts, correspondence and planning material relating to Max Raphael's 'The Demands of Art'. Read had written the introduction to the English translation of the text, published in the Bollingen Series...

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Correspondence with literary agent

1933 - 1971

This file contains 3 boxes of correspondence, carbon copies and associated material between Herbert Read and his literary agent David Higham, mainly concerning foreign rights and translations for Read...

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Appointment diaries and contacts

1947 - 1968

This file contains the following items relating to Read's organisation of his professional and personal life and contacts: 1 ringbound brown address book. Read's addresses given at the front are St...

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Erasmus Prize

1965 - 1968

This file contains documents and correspondence relating to the Erasmus Prize. Herbert Read was awarded the prize in 1966 for his work in art history. He shared the prize with Rene Huyghe. Previous...

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Burlington Magazine

c.1933 - 1968

Material relating to Read's editorship of and involvement with the Burlington Magazine. The Burlington Magazine is a monthly periodical devoted to the fine and decorative arts. It was established in...

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Archive Series

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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Herbert Read Archive

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c.1908-1977

Papers and correspondence of Sir Herbert Read (1893 - 1968). The collection is divided into 17 series and reflects Read's broad interests, connections and activities: 1. First World War service 2...

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Correspondence: individuals

1922-c.1970

This series contains letters chiefly addressed to Herbert Read, with some letters, carbon copies, and manuscript drafts by Read. Carbon copies of Read's letters were often typed onto the verso of corr...

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