Excavations (Archaeology) -- Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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of Devonshire (1904-1909), working papers, lectures, research notes, publications, works-in-progress, and a number of unpublished works and translations by ES.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
Thomas Ashby Photograph Collection
Sub-Fonds
Thomas Ashby Photograph Collection
Reference number: PA-TA
Abstract
Photographs, negatives, portfolios and photographic albums assembled by Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), archaeologist, topographer, bibliophile and collector.
Dates:
1890 - 1931