Seward, Albert Charles, Sir, 1863 - 1941 (Knight, botanist and geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1863 - 1941
Dates and places
Born 1864. Died 1941.
Sphere of activity
Master of Downing College 1915-1936.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
File
Album of photographs taken on the British Association for the Advancement of Science trip to Australia, 1914, 1914
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/2/2
Scope and Contents
Front cover marked 'Photographs taken by members of the British Association, Prof. Seward, Dr Lauder'. Photographs include: T.S.S. Euripides in dock; multiple photographs of members of the trip on deck; Cape Town; Soerabaya, Java; Chinese temple, Penang; the Three Sisters and Blue Mountains (Australia) and the Ainsworth Royal Hotel, Mirrool; group photograph of British Association delegates (including Prof. and Mrs [Marion] Seward) on deck on the Euripides; large group of ostriches...
Dates:
1914
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Found in:
Downing College
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Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
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Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
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Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
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Family photographs (mainly copies)
File
Copies of family photographs including Hugh Hamshaw Thomas, 1913 - 1954
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/THO/2
Scope and Contents
Includes: 1) British Association for the Advancement of Science Botany (K) Section meeting at Birmingham, 1913, including (from online sources) from back to front, left to right M.J.Legoe, T. Whitehead, Miss Jepps, Dr. Darbishire / Dr. Gordon, Miss L.J. Clarke, Miss Bancroft, F.D. Farrow / Prof. Buller, Dr. Marie C. Stopes (Birkbeck student), Prof. M.J. Benson, F.T. Brooks, R.H. Compton, R.S. Adamson, Miss E.N. Thomas, C.G.P. Laidlaw, H.H. Thomas / Miss Mitchell, Miss Hume, Miss...
Dates:
1913 - 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open
File
Family photograph album including Walberswick, wartime and Downing College, 1902 - 1925
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/2/3
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of family life before A. C. Seward became Master at Downing, including at the family's Old Farm Cottage in Walberswick with family, visitors and friends, Seward's lab and the family home (at Westfield, Cambridge), including Marion's studio. Others pictured include: Frances Lupton; Arthur Rackham; Connie and Molly Scott; Bertram Priestman (painting with Marion) and Mrs Priestman; Professor Yapp; Taffy Giles and Betty Willis; Mr Rose and Dr Giles; Mrs Alexander and...
Dates:
1902 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Found in:
Downing College
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Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
/
Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
/
Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
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Family photographs (mainly copies)
Series
General papers and correspondence as Master of Downing College, 1879 - 1934
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/1
Scope and Contents
Envelope including letters from a variety of correspondents: extract from Governing Body minutes, May 1907, relating to Mrs Maitland's gift, in memory of F.W. Maitland, of her late husband's set of the Seldon Society journals and 'the fittings of the West Lodge Lecture room', including tables, shelving and a large bookcase from his rooms at Trinity; from Violet Marsh (widow of the former Master, Professor Howard Marsh), re her gift to the College in his memory of several pieces of silver -...
Dates:
1879 - 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Generally open.
Sub-Series
Letters from A. C. Seward to Dorothy, 1907-09 - 1908-02
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/1/3
Scope and Contents
Letters written to Dorothy (and Phyllis) at school in Godalming.
Dates:
1907-09 - 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Open to researchers (AC Seward letters closed until cataloguing completed). Permission needed from family for publication requests.
Found in:
Downing College
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Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
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Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
/
Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
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Letters from A. C. and Marion Seward and other correspondents, mainly to Phyllis Seward (copies only)
Fonds
Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936), 1879 - 1950
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers compiled in his capacity as Master of Downing College.
Dates:
1879 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Generally open.
File
Partial photograph album [compiled by Carola or Margery Seward], 1926
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/2/7
Scope and Contents
Only partially copied (without holiday photos and non-Downing groups). Includes: Lord Robert Cecil and Canon Raven with A. C. Seward at Downing; Margery at the pianola in the Drawing Room in the Master's Lodge; Mary Hayward and Miss Smuts; Dockerill in an Austin car in front of the Master's Lodge at Downing; Huon and Camilla Walton [Dorothy and John's children]; Helen and Ladybird Haslam; Dorothy Sampson [Phyllis and Michael's daughter]; Margery ('dressed for Princess Mary') and Carola in...
Dates:
1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Found in:
Downing College
/
Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
/
Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
/
Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
/
Family photographs (mainly copies)
File
Partial photograph album [compiled by Phyllis Seward?], 1919 - 1926
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/2/5
Scope and Contents
Includes; various family groups (including Phyllis and Michael Sampson's wedding, 1923, and the Walton family), Huon and Camilla as children; interior of Drawing Room at Downing, with Margery at her pianola; Marion, Phyllis and Mr Priestman sketching; 'Group at Downing' on Master's Lodge steps, including Seward women and Downing students (including John Walton); groups including Hugh Hamshaw Thomas and [Downing?] men Atkinson and Fuljames; A. C. Seward with Sir R. Cecil [Lord Robert Cecil?];...
Dates:
1919 - 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Found in:
Downing College
/
Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
/
Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
/
Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
/
Family photographs (mainly copies)
File
Photograph album compiled by Phyllis Seward, 1914 - 1921
File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/2/4
Scope and Contents
Includes: views of Cambridge Botanic Garden rock garden and pond, June 1914; interior and exterior of family home (before Downing) at Westfield, Cambridge, and various interior and external shots at Downing; May Races, 1914 (Seward family, Mr Blackman, Mr Kidd, Mr Price, Margaret and Mrs Tarsley); Cadets sports prize giving, 1917, including Col. Edwards and Cadet Stewart; 'Hospital Group', 1915 and various photographs of staff and patients (incl Pte Mansfield) at the Red Cross Wordsworth...
Dates:
1914 - 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Found in:
Downing College
/
Personal, Private and Academic papers of Downing members and associates
/
Papers of Sir Albert Charles Seward, Master of Downing College (1915-1936)
/
Family papers and photographs of Albert Charles Seward and Marion Seward and their children (mainly copies)
/
Family photographs (mainly copies)