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Smith, A. H., (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 (British Museum curator and archaeologist)

 Person

Nationality:

English.

Role within the BSR:

Honorary Treasurer of the Faculty of Archaeology, History and Letters (FAHL), 1904-1920; Director, 1928-1930.

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

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

Memo to Arthur Hamilton Smith, 1923 November 28

 Item

Memo to Arthur Hamilton Smith, 1923 November 28

Reference number: AR-02.03.04/286-EB.04
Scope and Contents

Discussion of the balance sheet from auditors, with specific figures pertaining to general turn-over, Library expenditure, Publications and the Oxford Scholarship. E. Bullough voices his displeasure regarding the system of book-keeping.

Dates: 1923 November 28

Slides 'B': 02632-04096

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 02632-04096

Reference number: SPRS/LS/5
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.02632 to B.04096. Subjects include building structures, archaeological sites in North Africa - Tébessa and Timgad or Thamugadi (Algeria) -, excavations in the Roman Forum and architectural remains and monuments from the Forum of Nerva, Forum of Caesar and Forum of Trajan. The archaeological site of Pompeii, the whereabouts of Virgil's farm near Mantua (Lombardy) and other building structures and monuments in Verona and Rome are also...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

Slides 'B': 08004-08514

 Sub-Series

Slides 'B': 08004-08514

Reference number: SPRS/LS/11
Scope and Contents Contains lantern slides arranged in numerical order from B.08004 to B.08514. Subjects include building structures, Etruscan tombs, archaeological sites in Sicily (Valle dei Templi, Agrigento and Taormina) and Campania (Paestum and Cumae), excavations in Malta, views of the Campagna di Roma and photographs of monuments and sites in Sardinia. The Roman Forum and the Fora in Rome, the archaeological site of Ostia, as well as various photographs of places in Lazio (Falerii Novi, Fano,...
Dates: 1890 - 1950

The Market Buildings of Trajan at Rome, circa 1934

 Item

The Market Buildings of Trajan at Rome, circa 1934

Reference number: SPRS/LB/18
Scope and Contents

Lantern lecture by A.H. Smith written for the Roman Society around 1934, available for loan or purchase by society members and partner institutions.

Dates: Issued: circa 1934