Reference number

2025-1

Dates

• 1939 - 1983
• Majority of material found within 1944 - 1976

Inventory

Additional materials presented to the BSR by Bryan Ward-Perkins in October 2019: 2025-1/1 (envelope): letter sent by Bruno Bonelli, BSR former Bursar, to Peter Wiseman about his recollections on BSR in June 1944, soon after the Allied occupation (24 July 1987); 2025-1/2 (envelope): correspondence relating to Directorship (1971 and 1973); 2025-1/3 (folder): Documents relating to JBWP's military service, Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm awarded by the US Foreign Service and Officers' Release Book (1939-1947); 2025-1/4 (envelope): correspondence relating the Exchange of British and Italian Learned Publications Project which was proposed soon after WWII (1945); 2025-1/5 (envelope): research notes on a Persian silver bowl and correspondence with the Brooklyn Museum (27 April 1966); 2025-1/6 (notebook): notebook on Bulgaria labelled X/70, annotations made during WP's visit to Bulgaria in October 1970 (1970); 2025-1/7 (folder): papers, documents and obituaries relating to WP's passing (1981-1983); 2025-1/8 (book): Venti anni del premio Cultori di Roma : 1955-1975 / a cura di Armando Ravaglioli e Lucio Felici, Roma : Ufficio Relazioni Pubbliche del Comune di Roma, 1975; 2025-1/9 (folder): 'History on Roman Architecture' for Pelican (1950s-1960s); 2025-1/10 (folder): correspondence relating to publications by WP and other authors, including Memoranda of Understanding with publishing houses (1960s-1970s); 2025-1/11 (1 folder, 3 sub-folders): it includes personal records such as WP's birth certificate, CBE papers, Army papers and certificate of election to Swedish Royal Academy; other folders are concerned with Malta (1939-1944) and the Leverhulme Fellowship (1952-1955); 2025-1/12 (folder); personal records relating to honors received and relevant newspaper cuttings; 2025-1/13 (folder): press cuttings about excavations and research abroad (North Africa and Asia Minor), Princess Margaret's visit to Rome in 1949 and issues of The Illustrated London News (1947, 1957, 1959); 2025-1/14 (photographic prints glued on card: 3 packs/sets: 1st set* 87 cards; 2nd set 123 cards; 3rd set 157 cards): photographs of sarcophagi, architecture, sculpture, material culture objects, Museum collections and architectural ornaments relating to France, from Classical Antiquity to Late Antiquity and Medieval. Photos of ampurias in Barcelona Museum are also included. This collection is arranged topographycally by place name but some cards are misplaced; 2025-1/15 (box): copies of printed articles, essays, reviews by WP's and newspaper cuttings arranged in chronological order (1947-1977), including a special edition on the Pompeii AD79 Exhibition (Evening Standard, November 1976); 2025-1/16 (box): Times Literary Supplement Reviews (1960-1973), newspaper cuttings glued on cards; extract of artcles and essays published on various journals, newspapers and magazines, including 'Antiquity', 'Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians', 'Harvard Studies in Classical Philology', 'The Time', 'The Illustrated London News', etc. (1937-1971); various newspaper articles and opuscula (1944-1973); 2025-1/17 (case): Serena medal, awarded in 1962; 2025-1/18 (loose materials): various diplomas of honours, 5 in total, from the German Archaeological Institute, Premio Cultori di Roma, Pontificia Accademia Romana di Archeologia, Università di Alberta and Presidente della Repubblica Italiana; 2025-1/19 (loose materials): 1 photograph depicting Hugh Last and Jocelyn Toynbee (Christmas 1946). A copy of this photograph is in the BS Collection; 1 letter relating to the Keats and Shelley Memorial House and the role of the Rome Committee, addressed to Roddy Cavaliero; personal correspondence; 'Camerone Ladies' cards.