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Total number of records: 464

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items263
Archives197
Objects3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection464
Herbert Read Collection239
English Literature201

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
anarchism464
english poetry201
modernism (art)201
art, modern201
sculpture, modern201
art201
anarchists45
socialism14
communism14
press, anarchist6

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Soviet Union2
Spain2
Tucson (Ariz.)1
Ukraine1
Sicily (Italy)1
France1
Nottingham Region (England)1
Pima County (Ariz.)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anarchy Collective (Great Britain)85
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)31
Peter Kropotkin17
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich Kn︠I︡Azʹ (1842-1921)17
Anarchos Productions, Inc7
Leeds Anarchist Group7
Namazu Collective (Osaka, Japan)5
Mcguire, William (1917-)4
Goldman, Emma (1869-1940)4
Woodcock, George (1912-1995)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180020
From 1900316
From 20004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189910
Up to 1999312
Up to latest18

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 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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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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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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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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Articles about Herbert Read

c.1919 - 1973

This series contains photocopies and cuttings of newspaper articles that relate to Herbert Read and his work. The majority of items are reviews of Read’s books and essays including his critical wo...

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