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 2025-07-09
Parent Collections (2)
Subcollections (1)
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Works (382)
71. Letter from Wassily Kandinsky to Herbert Read, November 18, 1933
- Title:
- Letter from Wassily Kandinsky to Herbert Read, November 18, 1933
- Description:
- Part of a collection of letters from Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky to Sir Herbert Read. A letter in German from Kandinsky to Read.
- Subject:
- Art historians, Authors, English, Poets, Poets, English, Painters, Anarchists, Artists, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944, and Authors
- Creator:
- Kandinsky, Wassily, 1866-1944
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- ger
- Date Created:
- 1933-11-18
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/WK-1-2
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Germany--Berlin
- Coordinates:
- 52.52437, 13.41053
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Typewritten.
- 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: 9.4
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
72. Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read [01], [1934?]
- Title:
- Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read [01], [1934?]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Adrian Stokes and Herbert Read spanning from 1934-1962. Stokes was a painter and art critic who also had an interest in psychoanalysis. It was largely due to his efforts and work that the small fishing port of St. Ives became a centre of modernist art culture. In this letter Stokes thanks Read for a published review, and invites Read and his wife to the ballet.
- Subject:
- Psychoanalysis, Poets, English, Art historians, Authors, Art critics, Poets, Anarchists, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English, Painters, and Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Creator:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/AS-1-3
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Hampshire
- Coordinates:
- 51.05819, -1.2854
- 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:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.62
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
73. Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read [02], [1934?]
- Title:
- Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read [02], [1934?]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Adrian Stokes and Herbert Read spanning from 1934-1962. Stokes was a painter and art critic who also had an interest in psychoanalysis. It was largely due to his efforts and work that the small fishing port of St. Ives became a centre of modernist art culture. In this letter Stokes praises one of Read's poems.
- Subject:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972, Painters, Poets, English, Authors, Poets, Authors, English, Psychoanalysis, Art historians, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Art critics, and Anarchists
- Creator:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/AS-4
- Extent:
- 1 page
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in pencil.
- 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: 9.62
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
74. Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, January 10, [1934-1962?]
- Title:
- Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, January 10, [1934-1962?]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Adrian Stokes and Herbert Read spanning from 1934-1962. Stokes was a painter and art critic who also had an interest in psychoanalysis. It was largely due to his efforts and work that the small fishing port of St. Ives became a centre of modernist art culture. In this letter, Stokes congratulates Read on his book, and discusses other contemporary authors.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Authors, Painters, Psychoanalysis, Poets, Anarchists, Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972, Art historians, Poets, English, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, and Art critics
- Creator:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934/1962?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/AS-5-7
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--St. Ives (Cornwall)
- Coordinates:
- 50.19681, -5.47874
- 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:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 9.62
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
75. Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, July 03, [1934-1962?]
- Title:
- Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, July 03, [1934-1962?]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Adrian Stokes and Herbert Read spanning from 1934-1962. Stokes was a painter and art critic who also had an interest in psychoanalysis. It was largely due to his efforts and work that the small fishing port of St. Ives became a centre of modernist art culture. In this letter, Stokes expresses this thoughts on some contemporary new releases and Read's autobiography.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972, Art historians, Authors, English, Poets, English, Authors, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Painters, Psychoanalysis, Art critics, and Poets
- Creator:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934/1962?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/AS-14-17
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Berkshire
- Coordinates:
- 51.5, -1.25
- 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: 9.62
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
76. Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, [1934-1962?]
- Title:
- Letter from Adrian Stokes to Herbert Read, [1934-1962?]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Adrian Stokes and Herbert Read spanning from 1934-1962. Stokes was a painter and art critic who also had an interest in psychoanalysis. It was largely due to his efforts and work that the small fishing port of St. Ives became a centre of modernist art culture. In this letter, Stokes gives his feedback on a book of Read's and discusses Freud, psychoanalysis, and mythology in relation to it.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Painters, Psychoanalysis, Art historians, Art critics, Authors, English, Poets, Authors, Poets, English, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, and Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Creator:
- Stokes, Adrian, 1902-1972
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934/1962?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/AS-8-13
- Extent:
- 6 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--St. Ives (Cornwall)
- Coordinates:
- 50.19681, -5.47874
- 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: 9.62
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
77. Letter from Paul Nash to Herbert Read, January 21, 1934
- Title:
- Letter from Paul Nash to Herbert Read, January 21, 1934
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence between Herbert Read and Paul Nash (British surrealist painter, printmaker, war artist, and older brother to Paul Nash).
- Subject:
- Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Nash, Paul, 1889-1946, Artists, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Modernism (Art), Authors, and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Nash, Paul, 1889-1946
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934-01-21
- 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/PN 5-9
- Extent:
- 5 pages ; 13.5 x 17.5 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London--Hampstead
- Coordinates:
- 51.55334, -0.17192
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten, signed, light blue paper, vertically folded.
- 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: 9.28
- 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:
- 2021-10-21
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 DPI TIFF, images cropped & resized for Vault to be under 35MB by PD. Metadata by KD.
78. Letter from Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Herbert Read, January 24, 1934
- Title:
- Letter from Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Herbert Read, January 24, 1934
- Description:
- One of a pair of letters from Hungarian photographer and painter László Moholy-Nagy to Sir Herbert Read. Moholy-Nagy was also a member of the Bauhaus school and experimented with a number of artistic mediums including: sculpture, writing, film, and theatre. This letter is in German from Moholy-Nagy to Read.
- Subject:
- Artists, Art historians, Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946, Authors, English, Anarchists, Painters, Poets, Authors, Poets, English, and Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Creator:
- Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- ger
- Date Created:
- 1934-01-24
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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/LM-N
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Germany--Berlin
- Coordinates:
- 52.52437, 13.41053
- 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: 9.22
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
79. Letter from Edith Wharton to Herbert Read, June 20, 1934
- Title:
- Letter from Edith Wharton to Herbert Read, June 20, 1934
- Description:
- One of a pair of letters to Sir Herbert Read from American novelist and short story writer Edith Wharton. Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature for her most well-known novel “The Age of Innocence”. In this letter, Wharton praises a book of Read's and writes that she may see him in London soon.
- Subject:
- Poets, English, Anarchists, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Novelists, American, Poets, Authors, English, Authors, Art historians, Women novelists, and Novelists
- Creator:
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934-06-20
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- France--Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
- Coordinates:
- 48.99861, 2.35694
- 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: 9.78
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
80. Letter from Edith Wharton to Herbert Read, July 20, 1934
- Title:
- Letter from Edith Wharton to Herbert Read, July 20, 1934
- Description:
- One of a pair of letters to Sir Herbert Read from American novelist and short story writer Edith Wharton. Wharton was the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in Literature for her most well-known novel “The Age of Innocence”. In this letter, Wharton thoroughly expresses her thoughts and appreciation for Read's autobiography "The Innocent Eye".
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Novelists, American, Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Poets, Poets, English, Women novelists, Art historians, Authors, Anarchists, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, and Novelists
- Creator:
- Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1934-07-20
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- 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
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- France--Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt
- Coordinates:
- 48.99861, 2.35694
- 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: 9.78
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022/2023
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.