Art history
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Correpondence between Sir Geoffrey Keynes and Iain Bain
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10302
Scope and Contents
88 letters and cards from Sir Geoffrey Keynes to Iain Bain, with 42 draft autograph letters or copy typed letters from Bain to Keynes. The subject-matter of the correspondence principally concerns William Blake, with some discussion of Thomas Bewick.With three letters from Keynes to Reynolds Stone, and related items, including diary notes by Bain, a letter from Peter Summers to Keynes, 1969, news-cuttings of David Garnett’s 90th birthday article on Keynes for The Times, 1977,...
Dates:
1968-1982
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Macpherson: Papers Associated with R. E. Macpherson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/REM
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises personal papers found among the papers of R. E. Macpherson, associated with him through his Bursarial office. They include sketches by Duncan Grant, personal papers of John Tresidder Sheppard, and notes by John Maynard Keynes.
Dates:
1850 - 1971
Fonds
Personal Papers of Eugenie Strong, 1877 - 1965
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Strong
Scope and Contents
The papers include personal and biographical records, academic and personal correspondence, family correspondence, and working papers concerning publications and lectures. Correspondents include literary figures, archaeologists, Roman Catholic dignitaries, diplomats, artists and academics. Perhaps the most striking feature of the papers is the almost complete chronological series of 44 files of general correspondence [chiefly in-letters], 1879-1943, at GCPP Strong 2/1. The catalogue entry...
Dates:
1877 - 1965
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Personal Papers
Fonds
Records of the Cambridge University Victorian Society, 1967 - 1976
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.79
Scope and Contents
Much of the manuscript material is in a calligraphic hand, probably that of Gavin Stamp, and has been decorated with scrolls and cartouches.
Dates:
1967 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Series
Sylvester Harding watercolours commissioned by Sir Busick Harwood, 1790 - 1952
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/HAR/4
Scope and Contents
Miniatures of members of Cambridge University, 1790s, formerly mounted in a large volume but removed and remounted on individual pages following conservation work in 2013. The portraits have original annotations on their reverse, with details of the name and College of the sitter and, often, the date of the painting. This information was then used to create captions underneath each on the original mounts in the volume and has been copied across to the new conservation mounts. Portraits...
Dates:
1790 - 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.