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Archaeology

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 11 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 Eugenie 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

Roman Society Collection

 Collection

Roman Society Collection

Reference number: PA-SPRS-BSR
Abstract

A photographic reference library and teaching collection assembled in the late 19th to the mid 20th century by the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (SPRS) that includes photographs, lantern slides, and lectures documenting early archaeological excavations and aiding in the study of ancient Roman culture.

Dates: 1890 - 1950

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 and other types of correspondence, as well as, autograph copies of lectures on Pompeii and other archaeological subjects. There are also manuscript copies of publications by Meiggs. The majority of photographs and film negatives are of the port city of Ostia, probably taken during excavations in the 1920s and 1930s, but also include personal...
Dates: 1920 - 1989