Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1880s-1926 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
7 boxes, 27 notebooks, 11 parcels, 8 rolls, 1 album, and 1 CD
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
British architect and archaeologist. Born, Brighton 1841. Died, Mehamid 1926. Educated privately. His first architectural appointment was with Sir Gilbert Scott where he was responsible for church restorations. Surveyor of the Fabric, Sir Paul's Cathedral, 1897. Architect to the Dean and Chapter, Chichester Cathedral, 1900. Took up residence in Egypt in the early 1900s after retiring from general practice. Worked with J. J. Tylor at El-Kâb, and was involved with the publishing of some of the private tombs there. Assisted Quibell and Green at Hierakonpolis. Appointed to oversee the restoration of buildings in Egypt, including ancient monuments. Published several books relating to his work on excavations as well as architectural related works.
Historia archivística
The manuscripts were originally given to the Society of Antiquaries with the condition that the Keeper of the Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum and the Society of Antiquaries could extract and retain relevant information for their respective archives. Any residue would then be passed on to the Corporation of Brighton. In the event, all three bodies waived their claim on these papers, which were then subsequently offered to the Griffith Institute. The accession of the Somers Clarke MSS was announced at the Griffith Institute Committee meeting on 29-04-1948.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Via Mr A. J. Collins, Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, 1947. CD with digital copies of plan and photographs of S. Clarke's house at El-Kâb presented by Mr Nicholas Warner in 2008.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Notebooks, notes, maps, plans, drawings, photographs, and correspondence. There is a small amount of material amongst these papers relating to Westminster Abbey (correspondence).
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Presumably kept as received. Correspondence arranged alphabetically.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
No problems.
Instrumentos de descripción
Catalogue.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
These are originals.
Existencia y localización de copias
Not known.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Other Archives:
- His negatives of El-Kâb are in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum.