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Fonds
Reference code: 394
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a variety of architectural drawings, including around 45 produced during Alec Daykin´s student years from 1935 to 1940. There are also drawings relating to the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the University of Sheffield in 1954 and to the conversion of Shearwood Road Baptist Church into the University of Sheffield´s Drama Studio in 1970. Also included are set and costume designs for theatre productions both at the drama studio and elsewhere, and also archaeological...
Dates:
1935 - 1983
Fonds
Reference code: 281
Scope and Contents
Drawings and photographs relating to the work of the 19th century architect George Devey.The collection is in two sections: the first, consisting of 95 loose but numbered items which are chiefly a selection of drawings in pencil, watercolour, and, in a few cases, ink, but also including some photographs. The second section consists of an album into which have been pasted 135 items which are almost all photographs but also include some pencil sketches. The drawings are...
Dates:
1840s - 1886
Scope and Contents
Research papers and other material on several topics: English language and literature, theatrical history, nursery rhymes, World War One battles in 1918, and Anglo-Saxon cross fragments of the Sheffield area.The archive is in several distinct sections, and consists of research material in manuscript, with some printed material, often with ms. annotations. The sections include:Hamer Research Collections on English language and literature (MS 62);
Manuscript notes on...
Dates:
c1930 - 1962
Fonds
Reference code: NFA0070
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a large selection of archives from the Orton and Spooner Company. The collection comprises photographs and cabinet card images showing carved work, structural work and classic painted work, 4 boxes of notes, invoices and clippings, 8 drawers of plans and blueprints, 2 folders of ride specifications and order forms, accounts books and a library of source books showing turn of the century art used by the artists in the company.
Dates:
c1870 - 1969
Fonds
Reference code: 490
Scope and Contents
The Peter Blundell Jones Archive is an extensive collection of both physical and digital material covering Professor Blundell Jones' entire career, from his training at the Architectural Association School in the late 1960s up until his death in 2016. The archive contains Blundell Jones’ professional correspondence, research notes, architectural drawings, photographic material and files relating to his writing and teaching, as well as his own architectural practice. The archive...
Dates:
1940s - 2016
Fonds
Reference code: SLI 4
Scope and Contents
A collection of glass-mounted slides relating to German history, literature, theatre and landscape. Ernest Arthur Seemann was a printer and publisher of art and history books, and these slides likely contain the images that were used in E. A. Seeman's publications.
Dates:
[1858 - 1948]
Fonds
Reference code: SLI 17
Scope and Contents
A collection of 234 photographic images of architectural features of Italian buildings, notably cathedrals, churches and castles created by the Sheffield Society of Architects and Surveyors.
Dates:
c1880 - c1950
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to Henry Clifton Sorby, Sheffield scientist and Fellow of the Royal Society, in the period 1845-1906.The collection consists of architectural photographs, diaries, a letter, and a set of reprinted papers by Sorby with his manuscript amendments. The eight boxes of architectural photographs taken by Sorby on his travels contain mostly examples from all over England (Prehistoric to modern) but there are a smaller number depicting styles in foreign countries...
Dates:
1845 - 1906
