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Thomas Ashby Notes and Notebooks

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Abstract

Thomas Ashby's manuscript and typewritten notes and notebooks on archaeological and topographical subjects. Notes on various manuscipt collections are also present, including Asnby's research on the dal Pozzo-Albani drawing collection at Windsor Castle.

Reference number

TA-MSSNBS

Dates

  • 1890 - 1931

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Ashby´s notes and notebooks are accessible by appointment with the archivist.

Extent

45 Boxes

8 Boxes

15 Notebooks (in 2 boxes)

9 Boxes

Language of Materials

English

Italian

Additional Description

Arrangement of manuscript and typewritten notes

Ashby's archive of notes and notebooks was basically sorted out in the 1990s and arranged by topographical subjects or subject matter (topical or geographical). Not all the content was described at the item level with the exception of a few boxes, which were renumbered.
  1. Box 1 (new numbering): Via Ardeatina and Via Laurentina (252 sheets)
  2. Box 2 (new numbering): Via Appia (328 sheets)
  3. Box 3 (new numbering): Abruzzo (98 sheets)
  4. Box 4 (new numbering): Sardegna (70 sheets)
  5. Box 5 (new numbering): Via Prenestina (193 sheets)
  6. Box 1 (old numbering): No content description provided
  7. Box 2 (old numbering): No content description provided
  8. Box 3 (old numbering): No content description provided
  9. Box 4 (old numbering): No content description provided
  10. Box 5 (old numbering): No content description provided
  11. Box 6 (old numbering): No content description provided
  12. Box 8 (old numbering): 16th-19th Century
  13. Box 9 (old numbering): No content description provided
  14. Box 10 (old numbering): 16th-19th Century
  15. Box 11 (old numbering): I.G.M. Palombara Sabina
  16. Box 12 (old numbering): Holste, maps, collections
  17. Box 13 (old numbering): 16th-19th Century, which includes notes on Revillas diary
  18. Box 14 (old numbering): 16th-19th Century
  19. Box 15 (old numbering): Classical Topography
  20. Box 16A (old numbering): Cuttings, Folklore, Amulets, Festivals
  21. Box 17 (old numbering): No content description provided
  22. Box 18 (old numbering): Villa Giulia/Ricci, Franzini Lauro and others
  23. Box 19 (old numbering): Music miscellanea
  24. Box 20 (old numbering): Music miscellanea
  25. Box 21 (old numbering): Original manuscripts, 17th and early 14th
  26. Box 22 (old numbering): Appunti Roma
  27. Box 23 (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Salaria
  28. Box 24 (old numbering): Via Tiburtina
  29. Box 25 (old numbering): Via Nomentana
  30. Box 26A (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Cassia and Via Clodia
  31. Box 26B (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Cassia and Via Clodia
  32. Box 26C (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Cassia and Via Clodia
  33. Box 28 (old numbering): Via Latina
  34. Box 29 (old numbering): Via Labicana
  35. Box 30 (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Appia, Via Aurelia, Via Collatina, Via Cornelia
  36. Box 31 (old numbering): Boccapaduli, Campidoglio
  37. Box 32 (old numbering): Notes, maps, aqueducts
  38. Box 33 (old numbering): Maps, acqueducts
  39. Box 34 (old numbering): No content description provided
  40. Box 35 (old numbering): The Campagna, Via Flaminia, Via Salaria
  41. Box 36 (old numbering): Various unsorted, including Carta d'Etruria, Campagna lecture
  42. Box unnumbered: May Ashby Correspondence, 1931-1933
  43. Box unnumbered: Ashbyana, notices of the Ashbys of Staines, Malta cartography
  44. Box unnumbered: Original manuscripts
  45. Box unnumbered: First World War, 1915-1918

Arrangement of notebooks

Ashby's notebooks are currently stored in two boxes and have been described according to their original location in the manuscript boxes.

Arrangement of the Cassiano dal Pozzo Series

Ashby's manuscript notes as well as a selection of photographs on the dal Pozzo-Albani drawing collection at Windsor Castle are organised in 9 boxes.

Physical Location

Thomas Ashby Notes and Notebooks are located in the Archive Office and in the New basement (Photographic Archive, cupboard n. 3 and cupboard n. 10).

Other Finding Aids

An inventory providing descritpions at the item level is available upon request for boxes 1 to 5 (new numbering) and 35 (old numbering).

Provenance

This archive was formally acquired by the BSR in 1933, when Thomas Ashby's wife, Caroline May, decided to donate it to the BSR to complement the purchase of his private Library and photographs.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
In Progress
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

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

https://bsr.ac.uk/
Contact:
Via Gramsci, 61
Rome 00197 Italy

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