Anarchist Archive Collection
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About this collection:
The Anarchist Archive Collection contains select digitized material from the Anarchist Archive.
The Anarchist Archive is devoted to the study of anarchism, with a special focus on the history of the movement in Canada.
History and mandate:
Founded in 2005 by Director Allan Antliff, the Anarchist Archive has a special mandate to collect and preserve anarchist-related materials, including posters, photographs, art work, videos, audio recordings, journals, pamphlets and zines, books, oral histories, correspondence (written and digital), organizational records, and other items.
Holdings include the papers of:
British anarchist and art critic Herbert Read
Activist and prison abolitionist Jim Campbell
Keith McHenry, founder of the international activist organization Food Not Bombs
Ann Hansen, author of Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla
Issues relevant to the collection include:
Indigenous struggles
Anti-war activism
Ecological militancy
Prison abolition
Decolonization
Feminism
Queer politics
Radicalism in the arts
Image from cover of Mob Against the State in the David Barbarash collection.
Permalink: http://vault.library.uvic.ca/collections/918a0ed9-717d-4322-af5e-aff77d66774b
Collection Details
- Items 711
- Last Updated 2023-09-08
Subcollections (5)
There are no visible subcollections.
Works (701)
211. Letter from George Orwell to Herbert Read, February 26, 1949
- Title:
- Letter from George Orwell to Herbert Read, February 26, 1949
- Description:
- A letter from novelist, critic, and essayist George Orwell, one of the most famous English writers of the twentieth century. In this letter, Orwell discusses the Freedom Defence Committee and his recent illness.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Orwell, George, 1903-1950, Art historians, Philosophers, Modern, Novelists, Novelists, English, Journalists, Critics, and Philosophers
- Creator:
- Orwell, George, 1903-1950
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-02-26
- 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:
- 1 page
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Cranham (Gloucestershire)
- Coordinates:
- 51.81212, -2.15461
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in blue ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- File: 7.11
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2023-04-18
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC
212. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March 01, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March 01, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 shares with Read that her manuscript on William Blake has been accepted and that she has been offered a lecture series.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Authors, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Philosophers, Modern, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Philosophers, Poets, Poets, English, Modernism (Literature), Anarchists, Literature, Modern, Art historians, Critics, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English--Correspondence, and Scholars
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-01?/1965-03-01?
- 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 80-81
- 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
213. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 about the poetry of Ned O'Gorman, comparing it to that of Dylan Thomas. She goes on to discuss other contemporary writers and their work.
- Subject:
- Poets, Authors, Critics, Scholars, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, English--Correspondence, Modernism (Literature), Philosophers, Philosophers, Modern, Anarchists, Art historians, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Poets, English, Literature, Modern, and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-03?/1965-03?
- 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 88-89
- 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
214. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March 09, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, March 09, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 optimistically reports on the progress of her manuscript on Blake. She also discusses Dylan Thomas.
- Subject:
- Anarchists, Poets, English, Literature, Modern, Authors, English, Art historians, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Modernism (Literature), Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Philosophers, Modern, Authors, Philosophers, Authors, English--Correspondence, Poets, Scholars, and Critics
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-03-09?/1965-03-09?
- 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 31-34
- Extent:
- 4 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:
- 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
215. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, April 17, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, April 17, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 the effects of her recent visit with Read.
- Subject:
- Critics, Poets, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Literature, Modern, Authors, Modernism (Literature), Art historians, Scholars, Authors, English, Anarchists, Authors, English--Correspondence, Philosophers, Modern, Poets, English, Philosophers, Girton College (University of Cambridge), and Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-04-17?/1965-04-17?
- 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 54-55
- 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
216. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, May 15, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, May 15, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 shares that she has been accepted for a research fellowship, writing that she is thankful for the academic status it will bring, as well as the opportunity to leave London.
- Subject:
- Art historians, Authors, English, Authors, Modernism (Literature), Philosophers, Modern, Critics, Scholars, Poets, Anarchists, Poets, English, Philosophers, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Authors, English--Correspondence, and Literature, Modern
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-05-15?/1965-05-15?
- 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 35-38
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Scotland--Kyle of Lochalsh
- Coordinates:
- 57.28387, -5.71117
- 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: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
217. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, June 05, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, June 05, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 her sudden decision to leave Cambridge at the end of the term, saying that being there at all was a gamble she lost and that she will never be a poet as long as she stays there. In closing Raine writes that she expects nothing now that she has "ceased to be a poet and has no claim on the world".
- Subject:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Authors, Scholars, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Literature, Modern, Art historians, Modernism (Literature), Girton College (University of Cambridge), Poets, English, Authors, English, Philosophers, Modern, Critics, Poets, Philosophers, Authors, English--Correspondence, and Anarchists
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-06-05?/1965-06-05?
- 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 76-79
- Extent:
- 4 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
218. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, June 08, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, June 08, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 thoroughly expresses her thoughts on a lecture by Read.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Poets, Authors, English--Correspondence, Philosophers, Authors, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Art historians, Literature, Modern, Scholars, Critics, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Modernism (Literature), Philosophers, Modern, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Poets, English, and Anarchists
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-06-08?/1965-06-08?
- 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 64-65
- 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:
- 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
219. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, July 01, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, July 01, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 reveals that she feels unpopular in certain parties for refusing to share their opinion. She also mentions her struggle to balance different aspects of Blake's writing.
- Subject:
- Poets, Literature, Modern, Authors, English, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Philosophers, Modern, Authors, English--Correspondence, Anarchists, Art historians, Critics, Scholars, Modernism (Literature), Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Philosophers, Authors, and Poets, English
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-07-01?/1965-07-01?
- 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 68-69
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- 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: 9.40
- Fonds Title:
- Sir Herbert Read fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC100
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.
220. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, July 22, [1949?-1965?]
- Title:
- Letter from Kathleen Raine to Herbert Read, July 22, [1949?-1965?]
- 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 is still working to edit and shorten her William Blake manuscript, but vows that she will not leave Cambridge until the book is done. She also responds to Read's thoughts about metaphysical archetypes. At the end, Raine wonders how much of her Blake manuscript Read might disagree with.
- Subject:
- Poets, English, Philosophers, Authors, Poets, Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003, Critics, Literature, Modern, Art historians, Anarchists, Philosophers, Modern, Read, Herbert, 1893-1968, Modernism (Literature), Authors, English--Correspondence, Girton College (University of Cambridge), Authors, English, and Scholars
- Creator:
- Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
- Contributor:
- Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1949-07-22?/1965-07-22?
- 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 70-73
- Extent:
- 4 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://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-10-11
- Technical Note:
- Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.