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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 6 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
 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
 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
 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'.

 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
 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