Meiggs, Russell (British historian and archaeologist)
Person
Nationality
British
Role within the BSR
Pelham Student, 1925-1926. Member of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters (FAHL), 1950-1954.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Meiggs, Russell, 1939 - 1984, Academic years: 1950 - 1951; 1951 - 1952; 1952 - 1953; 1953 - 1954
File
Meiggs, Russell, 1939 - 1984, Academic years: 1950 - 1951; 1951 - 1952; 1952 - 1953; 1953 - 1954
Reference number: AR-02.03.02/57
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: correspondence with Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary) about a tour in Italy in March-April 1939; letter from Shaw asking whether Meiggs would kindly distribute some copies of the Papers of the British School at Rome, vol. XI; correspondence about Meigg's stay at the BSR in September 1950; correspondence about a matter concerning the development on Roman housing, with Bernard Ashmole involved, and the relevant arguments presented in a report of one...
Dates:
Record Keeping: 1939 - 1984; Academic years: 1950 - 1951; 1951 - 1952; 1952 - 1953; 1953 - 1954
Ostia, circa 1927
Item
Ostia, circa 1927
Reference number: SPRS/LB/17
Scope and Contents
Lantern lecture by Russell Meiggs written for the Roman Society around 1927, available for loan or purchase by society members and partner institutions.
Dates:
Issued: circa 1927
Russell Meiggs Papers
Fonds
Russell Meiggs Papers
Reference number: RM-PP
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of historian and archaeologist Russell Meiggs. The papers include letters, other types of correspondence, and autograph copies of lectures on Pompeii and other archaeological subjects. There are also manuscript copies of publications by Meiggs, including his manuscript (typescript draft) on Roman Ostia, published in 1960, with annotations. The majority of photographs and film negatives are of the port city of Ostia,...
Dates:
1920 - 1989
Slides 'B': 04346-05010
Sub-Series
Slides 'B': 04346-05010
Reference number: SPRS/LS/7
Scope and Contents
Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.04346 to B.05010. Subjects include building structures and Roman roads, archaeological sites in North Africa (Tébessa, Algeria), the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from other locations in Rome, including aerial views of the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and other sites. The archaeological site of Ostia, various landscape photographs of places in Sicily (Mount Etna), Lazio (Tusculum and Alban Hills) and...
Dates:
1890 - 1950