Chambers, Isabel M., 1923 - 1925, 1923 - 1926
Scope and Contents
Documents from this file include: application form, CV and recommendation letters, being the proposed course of study 'The Civic design. Classic, Medieval, Renaissance' with regard to the squares of Italy; report issued by members of the Bernard Webb Committee on the applications; correspondence between Chambers and Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary) on various financial and administrative matters; correspondence with Thomas Ashby (BSR Director); correspondence about her Bernard Webb thesis; report by Thomas Ashby on Chambers' thesis; correspondence with Patrick Abercrombie, Professor of the School of Architecture, University of Liverpool; opusculum from 'The Town Planning Review' entitled 'Piazzas of Italy, by Isabel Chambers (vol. XI, n. 4, February 1926, pp. 221-236). and cv correspondence between Louis de Soissons and Evelyn Shaw (BSR Honorary General Secretary) on various financial and administrative matters; extract from 'The Builder' (16 January 1914) relating to the drawings submitted for the Rome Scholarship in Architecture competition; report of de Soissons's first half year tenure of the Jarvis Scholarship; correspondence between Evelyn Shaw and R.I.B.A.; request to resume his course of study interrupted by the outbreak of WW1; correspondence with R.I.B.A. regarding de Soissons's drawings; press cuttings from 'The Times' (8 August 1947, 16 September 1948 and 13 January 1949); press cutting from 'Herts Advertiser' (17 September 1948); press cutting from R.I.B.A. Journal (February 1949); obituary and extract from 'The Times' (24 september 1962).
Reference number
AR-01.03.04/125.01
Dates
- Academic Year: 1923 - 1925
- Record Keeping: 1923 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access
Materials in this sub-fonds are restricted until 40 years after creation. Some materials may not be available for data protection concerns.
Extent
73 Sheets
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Fonds: British School at Rome (Owner, Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the British School at Rome Archive & Special Collections Repository