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Clark, Kenneth Mackenzie, 1903-1983 (Baron Clark, art historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1903 - 1983

Legal status / Nationality

British.

Sphere of activity

Art historian. Director of the National Gallery, 1934-45.

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence about postage stamps 1954, 1954

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/E11/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Kenneth Clark, Council of Industrial Design (Gordon Russell), and GPO (Dudley Lumley).

Dates: 1954
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence and accounts, 1936-02 - 1939-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/11/7/2
Scope and Contents

Includes 1 ALS to Margery Fry from Kenneth Clark (23 Dec 1936).

Dates: 1936-02 - 1939-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondence between E.M. Forster and Kenneth and Jane Clark, 1944 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/112
Scope and Contents

3 autograph letters, signed, 2 autograph postcards, signed, and 1 newscutting to E.M. Forster. 1962, 1965 and undated.
Photocopies of 14 autograph letters, signed, and 3 autograph postcards, signed, from E.M. Forster. 1944-69 and undated.
To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 18/Clark

Dates: 1944 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondence between J.M. Keynes and Ivon Hitchens, 1941 - 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/147
Scope and Contents

4 autograph letters, signed, to J.M. Keynes. 1941-2.
3 carbon typed letters, signed, from J.M. Keynes. 1941-2.
This file also contains 2 carbon typed letters, signed, from J.M. Keynes to Kenneth Clark, 10 Dec. 1941 and 14 Jan. 1942; and 1 typed letter, signed, from Kenneth Clark to J.M. Keynes, 10 Jan. 1942.

Dates: 1941 - 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Correspondence between Kenneth Clark and NGA, 1969-06-30 - 1976-04-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/NGA/5/1/169
Scope and Contents

This file comprises:-
2 typed letters signed from Kenneth Clark to NGA. 30 Jun. 1969 and 14 Apr. 1976
1 carbon typed letter from NGA to Kenneth Clark. 23 Oct. 1974.

Dates: 1969-06-30 - 1976-04-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some files are closed because they contain personal information. Most files which are marked as restricted access can be read with the written permission of the author. All other files may be consulted in the Archive Centre following the standard registration procedures.
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Correspondence from Kenneth and Jane Clark to Vanessa Bell, 1959 - 1960

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/AG/1/16
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed, and 2 autograph postcards, signed.

Dates: 1959 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Letters by persons still living may only be read with the written permission of the author. The correspondence between Mrs. Garnett and her late husband, David Garnett, may only be read by permission of the family. For further information, please contact the Archivist.
 Series

Files on individual people

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9815/A
Scope and Contents John Dreyfus's files consisting principally of correspondence, but also clippings, examples of printing (if the person was a printer or engraver), compositions by the person, and in some cases Dreyfus's research notes and compositions relating to the person. Some files have the name of a press or other corporate body rather than a person. The contents of this series are as follows: Box 1 = Abacus Typographers, Olive F. Abbott, George Abrams, Elmer Adler, Alexander Alexieff, Greer Allen,...
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Kenneth Clark, 1945-08-20

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/ANLM/1/Clark
Scope and Contents

1 typed letter signed from Kenneth Clark of the National Gallery.

Dates: 1945-08-20
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Kenneth Clark to Desmond MacCarthy, 1936-01-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/14/4
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed.

Dates: 1936-01-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letter from Kenneth Clark to J.M. Keynes, 1943-03-07

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JMK/PP/45/69
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter, signed.

Dates: 1943-03-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Kenneth and Jane Clark to various recipients, 1930 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/BLM/11
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of letters from the Forster, Charleston and Lehmann collections.

Dates: 1930 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Kenneth Clark to GHWR, 1948 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/93
Scope and Contents

3 autograph letters signed and 1 autograph postcard signed. The file also contains a roneo typescript speech by Clark 'The Immortal Memory' at Stratford-upon-Avon, 23 Apr. 1955.

Dates: 1948 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
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Letters from Kenneth Clark to GRB, 1957-09-07 - 1959-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/1/1/1/9
Scope and Contents

2 autograph letters signed.

Dates: 1957-09-07 - 1959-06-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Kenneth Clark to JEHS, 1949-11-07 - 1949-11-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/STE/3/2
Scope and Contents

1 autograph letter signed and 1 copy typed letter.

Dates: 1949-11-07 - 1949-11-22
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from Sir Kenneth Clark to Clive and Vanessa Bell, 1933 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/1/128
Scope and Contents

16 autograph letters signed, 5 typed letter signed and 2 autograph postcards signed to Clive Bell. 1933-61.
2 autograph letters signed to Vanessa Bell. [Jul. 1937] and [1941].

Dates: 1933 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters from the National Gallery to Edward Dent, 1945-07-16 - 1945-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EJD/4/286
Scope and Contents

2 typed letters signed by Kenneth Clark.

Dates: 1945-07-16 - 1945-07-18
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters of condolence to Anne Barnes on the death of GRB, 1960-09 - 1960-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/GRB/2/1/12
Scope and Contents

The file includes letters from Noel Annan, John Betjeman, Benjamin Britten, Kenneth Clark, E. M. Forster, Hugh Gaitskell, Stanley Morison, Dennis Proctor, W. J. H. Sprott, R. H. Tawney and Leonard Woolf.

Dates: 1960-09 - 1960-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Letters to Vanessa and Clive Bell on the death of Virginia Woolf, 1941-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/CHA/1/697
Scope and Contents Photocopies of 60 autograph letters signed from: Colin Agnew, Barbara Bagenal, Margaret Balchin, Col. Cory Heward Bell, Mrs. H. T. Bell, Nellie Boxall, Nelly Cecil, Bishop of Chichester, 'K' [Kenneth Clark], Marie Collett, [?Violet Dickinson], Margaret Duckworth, Sophia Farrell, Lettice Fisher, E.M. Forster, Ethel Grant, Edward Lewis, Ruby Lindsay, 'Topsy' Lucas, [Molly MacCarthy], Violet Mannering, Beatrice Mayor, Raymond Mortimer, Victor Pasmore, Patricia Preece, Claude and Elsie Rogers,...
Dates: 1941-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
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Listed letters, 1948-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/HB/L/7/b
Scope and Contents This file includes letters from the following (listed in alphabetical order by last name):1. Clive Bell2. Kenneth Clark3. Cyril Connolly4. Douglas Cooper5. C. Day Lewis6. Una Ellis-Fermor7. Frederick Etchells8. E. M. Forster9. Michael Hamburger10. L. C. Knights11. E. V. Knox12. Earl of Lytton13. Sir Eric Maclagan14. John Masefield15. Henry Moore16. Eric Partridge17. William Plomer18. Anthony Powell19. J. B....
Dates: 1948-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: HB/M/21 is reserved (not available to researchers) under the Data Protection Act.

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