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Chambers, Isabel M., 1923 - 1925, 1923 - 1926

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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

Repository Details

Part of the British School at Rome Archive & Special Collections Repository

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