Papers of Kenneth Clark

[c.1876–1984]

This collection consists of the papers of Kenneth Clark, from which one file of correspondence relating to interned refugees has been digitised. This file has been highlighted as it sheds light on Kurt Schwitters' time at the Hutchinson Internment Camp and his role in appealing for release from the camp, alongside other artists, with the aid of Kenneth Clark.

Items also digitised include letters and postcards from Henry Moore to Kenneth Clark dating from the 1930s to 1970s.

Further information on this collection is available on the archive catalogue.

Collection Owner: Kenneth Clark 1903–1983
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: The material was presented to the nation (as a gift in lieu) and allocated to the Tate Archive in 1988.
Reference: TGA 8812

120 objects in this collection

Papers of Kenneth Clark

120 Objects
- Correspondence of Kenneth Clark
  
  120 Objects

Title: Correspondence files
Date: 1928–83
Description: This group of 472 files contain official or business correspondence which largely post-dates Clark's employment at the National Gallery. The files originally formed three basic sequences. The first covered mainly the 1940s, and the other two ran, in many cases, parallel during the 1960s and 1970s. This may have been due to Clark having two secretaries, one at Saltwood Castle and one at his London base in the Albany. The Saltwood secretary tended to open files for most correspondents, which meant that many files contain only a few pieces
Reference: TGA 8812/1/4

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120 objects in this collection

Showing 1–20 of 21 objects

List of correspondents and items

Press cutting featuring an article about interned aliens

Letter from the Artists’ Refugee Committee

Letter to Kenneth Clark from Helen Roeder

Document listing artists supported by the Artists’ Refugee Committee who have been interned and deported

Letter from the Refugee General Aid Committee

Copy of a letter written to Osbert Peake from the British Home Office

Letter to Kenneth Clark from Osbert Peake at the British Home Office

Home office document entitled, ‘Civilian internees of enemy nationality’

Copy of a letter sent to Mr Asquith at Scotland House

Copy of a letter sent from Kenneth Clark to the artists at Hutchinson Internment Camp

Letter written to Kenneth Clark from Mrs Fred Uhlman

Letter written to Kenneth Clark from a friend

Letter written to the private secretary to Kenneth Clark, from the private secretary of Lord Cranborne with White Paper enclosed

Letter written to Kenneth Clark from the Advisory Committee on the Internment of Aliens, Scotland Yard

Letter written to Kenneth Clark from Helen Roeder at the Artists’ Refugee Committee

Copy of a letter written to Helen Roeder at the Artists’ Refugee Committee from Kenneth Clark

Letter to Kenneth Clark from Helen Roeder at the Artists’ Refugee Committee

Letter to Kenneth Clark from Ian Liddendale at the Artists’ Refugee Committee, with related letter enclosed

Letter to Kenneth Clark from Osbert Peake at the Home Office

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