Area dell'identificazione
Codice di riferimento
Titolo
Date
- 1910s-1920s (Creazione)
Livello di descrizione
Consistenza e supporto
3 purpose made wooden boxes containing a total of 176 glass lantern slides
Area del contesto
Nome del soggetto produttore
Nota biografica
Theodora Eyton-Jones was born in China, the daughter of a missionary. In 1930 she undertook a visit to the Patriarchs of the Eastern Churches, which she described in her book Under eastern roofs (1931). She married the Revd Leonard Patterson, and after his death adopted the name 'Eyton-Patterson', although she used her maiden name for writing.
Storia archivistica
Presented by Mr P. Carter in 2002.
Modalità di acquisizione
Labels on each of the boxes indicate this material was the property of 'Theodora Eyton-Jones / Mrs Theodora Eyton-Patterson' and probably stored in a safety deposit box 'c/o Westminster Bank, 94 Kensington High St, London W8'.
Area del contenuto e della struttura
Ambito e contenuto
Consists of at least two sets of slides which have been combined. Made by a tourist(s), probably between 1910 and 1930. Views include Alexandria, Karnak, Luxor, Ramesseum, objects in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and scenes of daily life.
Valutazione e scarto
Incrementi
Sistema di ordinamento
Kept as received.
Area delle condizioni di accesso e uso
Condizioni di accesso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condizioni di riproduzione
Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
Lingua dei materiali
inglese
Scrittura dei materiali
Note sulla lingua e sulla scrittura
Caratteristiche materiali e requisiti tecnici
No problems.
Strumenti di ricerca
None.
Area dei materiali collegati
Esistenza e localizzazione degli originali
Esistenza e localizzazione di copie
Unità di descrizione collegate
Other Archives:
-<a href="https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/0115/RCMS%2015"><i>Under many flags: my pilgrimage</i></a>: typewritten account in three volumes of a journey undertook in 1953-1954 to Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Manila, North Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and the USA; the volumes are undated, but the last entry in the epilogue is dated 1957; in Cambridge University Library.
Griffith Institute Archive:
-Box containing a total of 103 stereoscopic views of Egypt and other countries. Presented at the same time by the same donor.
Nota bibliografica
Not published.