Ashbee, Charles Robert, 1863 - 1942 (architect, designer and romantic socialist)
Person
Dates and places
1863-1942 KCC 1883
Legal status / Nationality
British
Sphere of activity
Architect, Designer, Romantic Socialist
Admin / Family structure
Married to Janet Elizabeth Ashbee (nee Forbes)
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
File
25 letters from members of the Ashbee family to Oscar Browning, 1884 - 1911
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/OB/1/50/C
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the files contain five or more letters. Some files include letters from more than one member of a family, and the larger correspondences occupy two or more files.
Dates:
1884 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Fonds
Ashbee: The Papers of Charles Robert Ashbee
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/CRA
Scope and Contents
This collection contains several documents concerning C.R. Ashbee and his work with the Guild and School of Handicrafts, as well as several additional items on the Ashbee family. The heart of the collection is in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, with the journals and memoirs of Charles Ashbee and his wife, Janet. The collection also contains a small number of pieces of creative writing - essays, reports, plays and poems - as well as a number of published volumes written by...
Dates:
1689 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
File
Charles Robert Ashbee to REF, 1886 - 1887
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/3/4
Scope and Contents
4 autograph letters signed and 1 autograph postcard signed.
Dates:
1886 - 1887
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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File
Correspondence relating to Storrs's time in Jerusalem, 1922-01-10 - 1922-12-16
File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/STR/III/3/1
Scope and Contents
The file consists mainly of correspondence: original letters from Bertha Spafford Vester, Victoria Mitford Haven, Sirri Pasha, Rose Deedes, Violet Milner, Gertrude K. A. Bell, M. Weiner, Annie Landau, Reginald Patterson, Lady Clomfield, ?G. Haddad, Lord Northcliffe, E. Shelley, William Knight, Marjorie Vernon, F. G. Kenyon, Gladys Bellville, [Alfred] Milner, Frederick Anthony White, Florence V. Edwin-Brown, Fathy [?Fathi] Pasha, Mary Berenson, A. ?Saroid, Christine Hamlyn, E. Hilda White,...
Dates:
1922-01-10 - 1922-12-16
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Storrs papers are open for consultation.
Item
C.R. Ashbee, 'From Whitechapel to Camelot' (Essex House Press: London, 1892)
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REF/9/1
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by REF 'To my dear Mother from the Illustrator'.
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Letters from Charles Robert Ashbee to E.F. Bulmer, 1926-06-20 - 1932-03-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EFB/3/19
Scope and Contents
2 autograph letters signed.
Dates:
1926-06-20 - 1932-03-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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File
Letters from Charles Robert Ashbee to JTS, 1936-03-09 - 1937-04-24
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JTS/2/4
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed and 1 typed letter signed.
Dates:
1936-03-09 - 1937-04-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.