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Brotherton Collection3
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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)3
Read, Piers Paul (1941-)1
Read, Lady Margaret Ludwig (1905-1996)1

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Archive Collection

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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Piers Paul Read Archive

Read, Piers Paul (1941-)

1950s-2001

Manuscripts and typescripts of his novels (Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx, The Junkers, Monk Dawson, The Professor's Daughter, The Upstart, Polonaise, A Married Man, The Villa Golitsyn, The Free Frenc...

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Archive Print Collection

Herbert Read Library (Brotherton Collection)

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

Personal library of Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968), reflecting his career as art critic, theorist, advocate and administrator, poet, novelist and publisher, and much else. The contents range from the ra...

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