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Total number of records: 203

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Archives198
Objects3
Art items1
Books and printed items1

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection202
Herbert Read Collection202
English Literature201

Count of Subject

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art203
english poetry203
anarchism201
art, modern201
modernism (art)201
sculpture, modern201
albums1
artists, english1
autographs1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)18
Mcguire, William (1917-)4
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)3
Francis, Sam (1923-1994)2
Hull, R F C (1913-1974)2
Kellogg, Rhoda2
Linnenkamp, Rolf2
Rainbird, George (1905-1986)2
Raine, Kathleen (1908-2003)2
Read, Benedict (1945-2016)2

Count of Earliest date

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From 18003
From 1900196
From 20004

Count of Latest date

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Up to 18991
Up to 1999200
Up to latest2

Archive Print Item

Archive File

Album presented to Hannah Thurnam

Thurnam, Hannah

1841-1845

Contains a collection of drawings, paintings, and verses, inscribed with signatures and dates, by friends of Hannah Thurnam

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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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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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The Egoist

1916-1919

This file contains 15 issues of The Egoist, edited by Harriet Shaw Weaver, with T.S. Eliot acting as Assistant Editor and Dora Marsden as Contributing Editor. Excerpts from James Joyce's Ulysses appea...

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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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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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