Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Observations in reply to the County Surveyor's report to the County Council Works Committee regarding the outline scheme for the city prepared by the City Council's Town Planning Consultant.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Re-development Plan for Central Stockholm. Submitted to an international competition, 1932.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Photograph of the plan for the Re-development Plan for Central Stockholm. Submitted to an international competition, 1932
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Copy of a letter to A. Trystan Edwards.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Handwritten letter concerning the dispute between Thomas Sharp and Mr. Clough Williams-Ellis.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Typescript copy of a letter to Oxford University Press.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Letter concerning the book: Town and Countryside.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Typescript copy of a letter to Oxford University Press.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Letter concerning the book: Town and Countryside.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Copy of a letter to Oxford University Press.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Letter concerning the publication of the book: Town and Countryside.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Copy of a letter to Oxford University Press.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Letter concerning the publication of the book: Town and Countryside.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
The papers held at Newcastle are a substantial repository of the personal papers and plans of Sharp. The major part of the collection consists of papers collected from Sharp's Oxford house on his death by the now-retired Professor Brenikov of this University. The papers were subsequently put into storage. Their significance realised they were deposited with the University Library Special Collections. The principal elements of the collection are as follows:
• Files of information and correspondence relating to individual texts, including unpublished works
• Files of information and correspondence relating to individual plans. This includes, for example, work on historic cities, new villages, new towns and overseas commissions and competition entries
• Original plans for many commissions
• Extensive documentation on key planning cases where Sharp appeared as a witness at public inquiry e.g. Oxford Roads, Kepier Power Station Durham, Clarendon Hotel Oxford
• Extensive books of press-cuttings on all of the above
• Typescript of an unpublished autobiography and manuscript autobiographical notes
• Typescripts of government information films, radio talks, lectures
• Documentation on unsuccessful commissions
• Correspondence regarding the formation of the Civic Trust
• Lecture slides
• Miscellaneous personal correspondence
• Creative writing i.e. poetry, novels, radio plays etc., largely unpublished
Collectively these resources demonstrate the evolution of Sharp's thinking both in terms of individual commissions and over the course of his career. They illustrate important issues about the process of undertaking planning commissions in the period e.g. fees charged, numbers of staff employed, briefs set etc. They provide a rich source of information on how commissions were received both by clients and professional and local audiences. Additionally they are a rich source of material on how competing arguments and ideologies of urban evolution were advanced.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Typescript copy of a letter to Oxford University Press.
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Letter concerning details of the publication of the book: Town and Countryside.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Part of Thomas Sharp papers
Notebook of Press cutting with the different reviews published of this book:
Passages from reviews and notices of the book: "Town and Countryside" and "The Future Development of South-West Lancashire"
Oxford University Press publicity leaflet for the book: Town and Countryside.
News Chronicle review, dated 18.11.32
The Observer review, dated 18.12.32.
Weekend review by John Dower, dated 10.12.32.
Times Literacy Supplement review, dated 15.12.32.
Morning Post review, 30.11.32.
The Times review, 16.12.32
Estate gazette review, 24.12.32.
The Star (London), dated 29.12.32.
Great Thoughts review, March 1933.
Leletworth Citizen, dated 30. 12. 32.
Country Life review, 31.12.32.
Broadcast, 2.1.33.
The Listener, 11.01.33.
CPRE. Journal, Dec. 1932.
Commons and Footpaths Society, January 1933.
The New English Weekly review, 12.01.33.
Welwyn Times, 05.01.33.
Southport Visitor, 18.02.33.
Manchester Evening Chronicle, 16.01.33.
National Trust Bulletin, Feb. 1933.
Dundee Evening Telegraph, 18.02.33.
Sunday Times, 12.02.33.
Town Planning Institute Journal, Dec.'32 and Feb.'33
Town and Country Planning Journal, Feb.'33.
Journal of Institution of A. and Country Engineers, 14.02.33.
RIBA Journal, 11.02.33.
Western Marl, 2.2.33.
Manchester Guardian, 6.3.33.
Architect and B. News, 19.02.33.
Middlesex Advertiser, Country Gazette, 10.07.36.
The New Statesman, 11.03.33.
Architects' Journal, 1933-1934
Land Agents Record, May 13.05.33.
Town Planning Review, May 1933.
The Nation (American), March 15, 33.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner