Herbert Read Collection
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Sir Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was a poet, art historian, anarchist, literary critic, philosopher, prolific author, and champion of modern artists in Britain.
This collection consists of his correspondence with many important and influential individuals including Barbara Hepworth, T. S. Eliot, George Orwell among many others.
For more information and a complete list of correspondents, please visit the Special Collections fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
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Collection Details
- Items 383
- Last Updated 2025-08-05
Parent Collections (2)
Subcollections (1)
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Works (382)
191. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [03]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [03]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine confesses to Read that she feels she has failed him and is unhelpful with nothing left to provide.
- Subject:
- Philosophers, Anarchists, Modernism (Literature), Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, Philosophers, Modern, Art historians, Literature, Modern, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English--Correspondence, Authors, English, Critics, Scholars, Poets, and Poets, English
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 21-24
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
192. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [04]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [04]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine writes that she has made no friends at Cambridge but believes she has made some enemies, which she describes as "invigorating". She references C.S. Lewis, and discusses William Blake's mythology.
- Subject:
- Poets, English, Modernism (Literature), Philosophers, Modern, Literature, Modern, Philosophers, Critics, Authors, English--Correspondence, Scholars, Anarchists, Poets, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, Authors, English, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, and Art historians
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 46-49
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
193. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [05]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [05]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter, Raine recalls her recent visit with Read and asks if he knows of any literary opportunities for Scottish poet Edwin Muir who is coming to London.
- Subject:
- Scholars, Literature, Modern, Poets, English, Authors, English--Correspondence, Philosophers, Modern, Poets, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Philosophers, Authors, English, Critics, Art historians, Authors, Anarchists, Modernism (Literature), and Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 50-51
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
194. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [06]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [06]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine discusses Edwin Muir and a new book by Robin Skelton.
- Subject:
- Philosophers, Modern, Art historians, Authors, English, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Scholars, Authors, English--Correspondence, Philosophers, Authors, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Modernism (Literature), Literature, Modern, Poets, Critics, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Anarchists, and Poets, English
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 52-53
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cambridge
- Coordinates:
- 52.2, 0.11667
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in black ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
195. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [07]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [07]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter, Raine expresses her thoughts on a book sent to her by Read, as well as another book.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Philosophers, Scholars, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English--Correspondence, Critics, Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Art historians, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Philosophers, Modern, Anarchists, Poets, English, Authors, and Poets
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 56-57
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cambridge
- Coordinates:
- 52.2, 0.11667
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in black ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
196. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [08]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [08]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter, Raine discusses poetry and the metaphysical, her progress on the William Blake manuscript, and another recipient of the Bollingen Fellowship.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Authors, English--Correspondence, Scholars, Literature, Modern, Philosophers, Poets, Art historians, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, Modernism (Literature), Authors, English, Poets, English, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Philosophers, Modern, and Critics
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 58-61
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cambridge
- Coordinates:
- 52.2, 0.11667
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
197. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [09]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [09]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine announces that her manuscript on William Blake is finished, and expresses her concerns about it's length of roughly 300 000 words.
- Subject:
- Poets, Poets, English, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Authors, Art historians, Authors, English, Philosophers, Modernism (Literature), Scholars, Critics, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English--Correspondence, Philosophers, Modern, Literature, Modern, Anarchists, and Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 62-63
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cambridge
- Coordinates:
- 52.2, 0.11667
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink on Girton College, Cambridge letterhead.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
198. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [10]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [10]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine discusses the symbols of poets.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Authors, Philosophers, Poets, English, Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, English--Correspondence, Critics, Scholars, Art historians, Philosophers, Modern, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Poets, and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 66-67
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
199. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [11]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [11]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter Raine is recently back from a trip to America and expresses her surprise to see people still reading poetry. She shares some anxiety about how Bollingen will receive her manuscript, and asks if and how Read might support the project of another writer.
- Subject:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, English--Correspondence, Poets, English, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, Scholars, Poets, Philosophers, Modern, Critics, Modernism (Literature), Girton College (University of Cambridge), Philosophers, Authors, English, Literature, Modern, Art historians, and Anarchists
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 74-75
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cambridge
- Coordinates:
- 52.2, 0.11667
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
200. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [12]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, [1949?-1965?], [12]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read. Raine was a British scholar and poet who was awarded the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1992. The correspondence here follows Raine’s work on a book about William Blake’s mythology. Other topics include discussion of philosophical and metaphysical subjects, and references to acquaintances in literary and arts circles. In this letter, Raine discuss the philosphy of the laws of cause and effect.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Authors, Modernism (Literature), Poets, English, Literature, Modern, Philosophers, Modern, Poets, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Scholars, Authors, English--Correspondence, Critics, Art historians, Anarchists, and Philosophers
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949/1965
- Rights Statement:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- HR/KR 90-91
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Swaffham Prior [Cambridgeshire, England]
- Coordinates:
- 52.25389, 0.29633
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Herbert Read Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.