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Total number of records: 17409

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items15510
Archives1895
Objects3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Herbert Read Collection17409
Brotherton Collection17239
English Literature201

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art921
art, modern538
english poetry393
sculpture, modern258
anarchism239
modernism (art)225
aesthetics193
painting177
artists108
painting, modern105

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain91
France38
China33
Spain27
United States23
Europe22
Greece22
England20
Soviet Union18
Yorkshire (England)18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1095
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum442
Amsterdam (Netherlands)400
Arts Council of Great Britain182
Read, Herbert177
Jodie Edwards175
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)154
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)118
British Council95
Tate Gallery93

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest1
From 170022
From 1800853
From 190015523
From 200029

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 991
Up to 179921
Up to 1899237
Up to 199916025
Up to latest146

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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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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Archive Sub-sub-series

Notes: bibliography

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...

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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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Art works and reproductions

c.1914-1968

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

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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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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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Personal, including family correspondence

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...

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Domestic and financial paperwork

1929 - 1968

This series contains 7 boxes of Herbert Read’s domestic and financial paperwork, including correspondence, bank statements, receipts, invoices and other assorted material.

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Archive Series

Legacy

c. 1968

This series contains material relating to Herbert Read's legacy, including notes by Benedict Read on his life and work, paperwork relating to exhibitions on Herbert Read, memorial notices, obituaries,...

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Archive Series

Inserts

c.1914-1968

This series lists material inserted into books in the Herbert Read Library. Inserts bridge the archival and printed books collections of Herbert Read. They are listed here, but remain within books in ...

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Writing and research by Herbert Read

c.1914-1968

This series contains material relating to Herbert Read's writing and research. It has been divided into four sub-series: 1. Project files and prepublication material 2. Notes and notebooks 3. Book...

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