Archaeology
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Academic and personal correspondence, 1880 - 1990
Sub-Series
Academic and personal correspondence, 1880 - 1990
Reference number: ES-PP/01
Scope and Contents
This sub-series comprises correspondence, both personal and professional/academic (though primarily the latter), from a wide array of senders and organisations. Some of the major recurrent institutions represented herein include the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Rom (DAI), the British Museum (particularly the Department of Printed Books and the Department of Manuscripts, which merged with the Department of Oriental Manuscripts & Printed Books in 1973 to form the British Library),...
Dates:
1880 - 1990
Arndt-Amelung Collection, 1885 - 1895
Sub-Series
Arndt-Amelung Collection, 1885 - 1895
Reference number: ES-PH/01
Scope and Contents
12 boxes of photographs and iconographic material complementary to the publication 'Photographische Einzelaufnahmen Antiker Sculpturen' (1897) by Paul Arndt and Walther Amelung [with which Eugénie assisted]. The BSR Library call number for this book title is 1461.A. 2/1-16a.
Dates:
1885 - 1895
Drawer Collection
Sub-Series
Drawer Collection
Reference number: ES-PH/02
Scope and Contents
21 boxes of photographic materials spanning a wide range of subjects, places, and organisations. This sub-series is so called because during Strong's lifetime, its constituent records were originally housed in 2 chests of drawers (total 8 drawers). The bulk of materials in this collection relate to Roman art, sculpture, and antiquities in or originating from Italy, but it also features material from/relating to the Melchett Collection (UK; see also ES-PP-03.01., ES's draft...
Dates:
1870 - 1943
Eugénie Sellers Strong Papers
Fonds
Eugénie Sellers Strong Papers
Reference number: ES
Abstract
This archive includes Eugénie Sellers Strong's academic and personal correspondence, cartes de visite, personal and biographical materials, catalogues, working papers, publications alongside an extensive collection of photographic prints and postcards.
Dates:
1846 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1943
Papers, 1846 - 1990
Series
Papers, 1846 - 1990
Reference number: ES-PP
Scope and Contents
This series comprises Eugénie Sellers Strong's personal papers, including her correspondence, records relating to the administration and the Library of the BSR, catalogues of private collections and libraries (by ES and others), records relating to ES's time as Librarian to the Dukes of Devonshire (1904-1909), working papers, lectures, research notes, publications, works-in-progress, and a number of unpublished works and translations by ES. The correspondence in this series is...
Dates:
1846 - 1990
Photograph Collection, 1870 - 1943
Series
Photograph Collection, 1870 - 1943
Reference number: ES-PH
Scope and Contents
This series comprises Strong's personal collections of photographic and related visual materials, spanning 13 sub-series. It covers a vast range of subjects, artistic schools and styles, artistic / architectural / archaeological paradigms, and geographical locations. The material contained herein includes: images for publications, including Paul Arndt and Walther Amelung's 'Photographische Einzelaufnahmen Antiker Sculpturen' (1893); Roman and Greek sculpture and statuary; artworks;...
Dates:
1870 - 1943
Postcard Collection, 1880 - 1943
Series
Postcard Collection, 1880 - 1943
Reference number: ES-PC
Scope and Contents
This series comprises Eugénie Strong's personal collection of postcard albums and loose postcards, generally arranged geographically and/or in some instances, by subject matter. Many of the postcards have been used and feature messages to Strong overleaf. A prolific collector of postcards throughout her life, and particularly during her Roman years, Eugénie Strong's collection of postcards serve as a snapshot of both her own travels and those of her extensive network of friends...
Dates:
1880 - 1943
Russell Meiggs Papers
Fonds
Russell Meiggs Papers
Reference number: RM-PP
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal papers and photographs of historian and archaeologist Russell Meiggs. The papers include letters, other types of correspondence, and autograph copies of lectures on Pompeii and other archaeological subjects. There are also manuscript copies of publications by Meiggs, including his manuscript (typescript draft) on Roman Ostia, published in 1960, with annotations. The majority of photographs and film negatives are of the port city of Ostia,...
Dates:
1920 - 1989