Richard Goodchild's collection of Richard Norton's Cyrene Site and Small Finds photographs, 1911-1967

File

Reference Code: GBR/3437/JMRD/5/3

Scope and Contents

Original photographic prints from the 1910-1911 Amercian archaeological expedition to Cyrene in Libya, many are annotated on the back by Arthur Sladden. The photographs begin with views of the site, in particular the northern necropolis, and some pictures of members of the team: the leader Richard Norton, the medical officer Arthur Sladden and the photographer Lawrence Mott.
The site photographs include one print annotated with a cross indicating the exact spot where the epigrapher Herbert De Cou was assassinated.
Photographs of small finds range from stelae that feature inscriptions, statues (mainly of draped females no longer in possession of their heads), and small terracotta figurines, all excavated during the 1910-1911 season.
A letter from Richard Goodchild to Joyce Reynolds, dated 4 May 1967, describes his study leave in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he read the Norton-Kelsey correspondence.

Dates

Creation: 1911-1967

Creator

Goodchild, Richard George, 1918-1968 (archaeologist) (Person)

Extent

1 file(s) : photographs, paper

Additional Description

Bibliography

Norton, Richard, 'The excavations at Cyrene: First campaign, 1910-1911,Bulletin of the Archaeological Institute of America. New York ; London ; Washington: The Norwood Press : The Archaeological Institute of America : Macmillan Company : Macmillan and Co., Vol. 2, No. 4, 1911,
Goodchild, Reynolds, and Reynolds, Joyce., 'A hole in the heavens', pp. 290-297 in Libyan Studies : Select Papers of the Late R. G. Goodchild. London: P. Elek, 1976.
Thorn, James Copland. The Necropolis of Cyrene : Two Hundred Years of Exploration. Roma: L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2005. Print. Monografie Di Archeologia Libica ; 26.
Santucci, Anna and Uhlenbrock, Jaimee. (2014). Cyrene Papers: The Final Report. Richard Norton's Exploration of the Northern Necropolis of Cyrene (24 October 1910 – 4 May 1911): From Archives to Archaeological Contexts. Libyan Studies. 44. 9-55. V

Physical Description

2 leaves of typescript, a letter
75 unique images, 77 monochrome silver gelatin photographic prints, handwritten annotations on the verso in ink and pencil