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),...

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This sub-series comprises material relating to ES's work to catalogue various collections, including Lord Melchett's collection of Greek and Roman antiques at Petworth House, the Chatsworth Library, the Devonshire Collection of Gems, fine art and Old Master drawings at Chatsworth, and related projects ES worked on. It includes catalogues (both drafts and proofs), lists, working papers, research and reference notes, photographs, plates, correspondence, and related records.

Scope and Contents This sub-series comprises material relating to ES's time as Librarian to the Dukes of Devonshire (1904-1909) and, before that, her husband S. Arthur Strong's time in the post (1895-1904, his death). It also includes a small amount of correspondence which predates Arthur's librarianship, including periods in the 1880s in which the 7th Duke of Devonshire's daughter Lady Louisa Egerton (1835-1907) was acting as librarian and family archivist. The materials in this sub-series include...

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This sub-series comprises three boxes of photographs and photographic prints, relating to archaeological sites and landscapes in Malta (ES-PH/06/01), Ancient Greek and Roman architecture, sculpture, architectural elements, and decorations from ancient Roman provinces in Italy, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Germany (ES-PH/06/02).

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Box containing photographs relating to the minor arts, featuring objects such as art & crafts, reliquaries, ivory objects, gold objects. Many photos come from collections held in Sicily, at the Louvre, and at the Ville de Bourges.

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...

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;...

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...