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Gardner, Robert, 1889-1972 (British classicist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1972

Nationality:

English.

Role within the BSR

Craven Fellowship student, 1912-1914.

Gender

  • male

Occupations

Places

Topics

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Robert Gardner, 1919 August 4

 Item

Letter from Robert Gardner, 1919 August 4

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/286-EJF.103
Scope and Contents

Gardner is writing to Forsdyke about his submission to the Papers (the articles on the Via Valeria and Via Claudia Valeria). He gives practical information as to the size of these potential submissions, the number of photographs he would like to include and the maps.

Dates: 1919 August 4

Letters sent to various recipients, 1923 - 1924

 Record Group

Letters sent to various recipients, 1923 - 1924

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/284
Scope and Contents The materials comprise approximately 450 individual sheets of correspondence arranged in alphabetical order by name of sender/recipient into a series of denoted sections (A-B, B-C, etc.) presented in chronological order (from most recent to oldest) from the years 1923 to 1924. The materials have a number of overarching thematic threads. First, there are the various documents and correspondences between Strong, the BSR administrators, Ashby, Miss Tardieu and the BSR students, concerning the...
Dates: 1923 - 1924

Robert Gardner Collection

 Collection

Robert Gardner Collection

Reference number: PA-RG
Abstract

Private collection of photographs and negatives by Robert Gardner (1889-1972), British classicist and academic.

Dates: 1913-1925?

Slides 'B': 00062-00150

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 00062-00150

Reference number: SPRS/LS/1
Scope and Contents

Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.00062 to B.00150. Subjects include aqueducts, tombs and sepulchral monuments and building structures across various Italian regions - Basilicata, Campania, Puglia - and Roman roads, such as the Appian Way and the Via Traiana. Images of Rome, the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill, Campagna di Roma and Tivoli are also comprised in this set.

Dates: 1890 - 1950

The Via Appia, 1923

 Item

The Via Appia, 1923

Reference number: SPRS/LB/9
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Roman Society image library was primarily conceived as a teaching collection and mirrors the formation of similar lantern slide collections in the first half of the twentieth century, including that of the British School of Rome. Lectures were available for loan or purchase with accompanying sets of fifty lantern slides. These “ready-made” lectures were written by experts in the fields of archaeology, history, and architecture, many of them members, faculty, and staff of the BSR (Thomas...
Dates: Issued: 1923

Thomas Ashby Photograph Collection

 Sub-Fonds

Thomas Ashby Photograph Collection

Reference number: PA-TA
Abstract

Photographs, negatives, portfolios and photographic albums assembled by Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), archaeologist, topographer, bibliophile and collector.

Dates: 1890 - 1931