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Archive Collection:
MS 1343

c.1903-1961

Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read

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...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Kramer

1910-1988

Comprises: (1) Autograph correspondence, comprising 216 letters and postcards, written either by or to Jacob Kramer or between third parties concerning his work, dated 1913 to 1988, held in 21 envelop...

Archive Art Collection:
Elliott Collection MS Cocteau

1924

A series of thirty self-portraits created by Jean Cocteau during a melancholic period in a hotel in Ville-sur-Mer, many created under the influence of opium, including handwritten text in the margins,...

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1025

1897-1996, nd

T B Abel'son and Abel'son family: Zhenskaia gimnaziia Kniaginy Obolenskoi, Moscow: class V entry requirements, geometry syllabus, timetable, 1916-1918 /1-4/; Vserossiiskii Soiuz Gorodov, Otdel o voenn...

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1297

1960s-1970s

Souvenir slides of: Artek pioneer camp /1-20/; Brest /21-40/; Kazan' /41-52/; Lenino /53-54/; Moscow /55/; Saratov /56-59/; Sevastopol' /60-75/; Volgograd /76-95/; Soviet political posters, 1918-1938 ...

Archive Sub-sub-series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/2/2/29

c.1914-1968

Files of loose notes, typescripts, correspondence and printed material titled 'Bibliography' prior to arrival at Special Collections. Files include newspaper and journal clippings and printed materia...

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/1

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...

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/10

c.1914-1968

Series of original artworks and reproductions. Artworks were generally either gifted to Read or sent to him for comment or review.

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/11

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...

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/12

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...

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Herbert Read/13

1908-1968

This series relates to Read's early and family life. It has been divided into 3 main sections: 1. Personalia 2-15. Correspondence with family members and associated material 16. Photographs Thi...