Identity area
Reference code
Uphill MSS 5.1.2
Title
Greatest builders in history
Date(s)
- c. 1980s-2000s (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
2 envelopes
Context area
Name of creator
(1929-2018)
Archival history
The estate of Eric Uphill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
"Greatest Builders in History"
72 pages (8 single-sided + 64 double-sided)
Two handwritten drafts, probably intended for a publication
- First draft, preliminary text and notes. For the second draft, see below
- 47 pages (6 single-sided + 41 double-sided)
- These are working notes which have an informal and sometimes irregular arrangement
- There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
- Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
- Pyramids
- Fortresses and forts
- Temples
- Palaces
- Volumes comparison continued. Mainly earth constructions
- City and town walls
- City sizes
- Great walls in history
- Funerary complex figures
- Royal tombs and burials in 'palace city' mounds
- Conspectus [of] great earthworks, mounds etc.
- Second draft, probably for a publication, this only a partial text and does not represent all of the sections in the first draft. For the first draft, see above
- 25 pages (2 single-sided + 23 double-sided)
- There are sections for different types of buildings, then sub-sections for each civilisation, usually beginning with ancient Egypt. Sub-sections are arranged chronologically. Monuments are listed at the beginning of a section, along with area measurements, then by building type
- Uphill's sections and headings include the following:
- [Pyramids]
- Tomb mounds for royal burials: sizes
- By period: world's greatest builders and constructors
- Greatest tombs and funerary monuments
- Tomb mounds and earth funerary constructions
- Earthworks & mounds
- Comparative early wall sizes
- Ramesses III conspectus of known constructions
- World's greatest builders and constructors: all-time greats - by period
- Great walls and defences
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
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Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.