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Correspondence with Albert J. Thomas, Sir Evelyn Shaw and Sir Edwin Lutyens, 1911 - 1915

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Scope and Contents

Documents included in this file are mostly relating to the construction of the British School at Rome building in Valle Giulia and comprise numerous (copies of) letters addressed to/received from Albert .J. Thomas, Sir E. Lutyen's officer. This correspondence concerns primarily the design of the building and the organisation of the work. A number of known Italian and British authorities are represented in this file: Sir Isidore Spielmann, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir Evelyn Shaw, William Squire and Albert J. Thomas. Two drawings by Lutyens were also included (see 'Separated materials' section in this record).

Reference number

AR-03.01.01/686.01-05

Dates

  • 1911 - 1915

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in this sub-fonds are restricted until 40 years after creation.

Extent

5 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

This file is organised in five folders and documents are presented in chronological order (from the most recent to the oldest letter) from from 30 June 1911 to 30 December 1915. Correspondence relating to years 1911 and 1912 is kept in one folder. Correspondence relating to year 1915 is divided over 2 folders. These are organised in five folders in chronological order (from the most recent to the oldest letter)

  1. Correspondence: 30 June 1911 - 16 December 1912.
  2. Correspondence: 17 January 1913 - 19 December 1913.
  3. Correspondence: 13 January 1914 - 29 December 1914.
  4. Correspondence: 7 September 1915 - 30 December 1915.
  5. Correspondence: 19 January 1915 - 6 September 1915.

Related Materials

This material is related to the BSR Architectural Drawings Collection (https://archive.bsr.ac.uk/repositories/3/resources/93) preserved at the BSR.

Separated Materials

Two architectural drawings, one small copy of an original by Lutyens, modified with colour pencil, and one original by Lutyens showing the design of the Library windows have been removed has been removed and transferred to the BSR Architectural Drawings Collection. See Librarians for more information.

Repository Details

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

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