2nd/3rd Year Project, English Furniture 1600-1820, August 1958.
- TF-08878
- File
- 1958
Part of Farrell (Sir Terry) Archive
26 drawings on A4 presentation boards.
2nd/3rd Year Project, English Furniture 1600-1820, August 1958.
Part of Farrell (Sir Terry) Archive
26 drawings on A4 presentation boards.
Photograph albums and scrapbooks containing photographs of and ephemera relating to the Trevelyan family. Also includes content relating to Mary Katharine Trevelyan's relations, the Bell and Richmond families.
Many of the volumes feature annotations, mostly in Mary Katharine Trevelyan's hand.
The main series of numbered volumes is missing a Volume 4, however annotations in Volume 5 state that this was an error made during binding, and there was no Volume 4.
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Files of information and correspondence relating to individual texts, including unpublished works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Typescript of an unpublished autobiography and manuscript autobiographical notes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Creative writing i.e. poetry, novels, radio plays etc., largely unpublished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
Illustrate important issues about the process of undertaking planning commissions in the period e.g. fees charged, numbers of staff employed, briefs set etc.
Provide a rich source of information on how commissions were received both by clients and professional and local audiences
Provide a rich source of material on how competing arguments and ideologies of urban evolution were advanced.
Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner
Letters to Mary from various correspondents
Includes letters from Gertrude Bell at Rounton and in Baghdad, George Otto Trevelyan on family matters, Florence Bell, 'Aunt Kate' (Kate Marshall), Hugh Bell regarding health, George Macaulay Trevelyan regarding a piece of writing, 'Phillis' [Bicknell?] and from Winifred Jones about George Otto's health.
Letters to Mary from various correspondents
Includes letters from Herbert Samuel, Mary Booth, Florence Lister, Jessie Thomson, Knutsford, Mary Childers, Robert White, Edward Stanley in Nigeria, Ishbel Aberdeen regarding the Women's Liberal Federation, Lydia Mary Hughes with photographs on the beach, Lucy Whitley, a dictated letter from Rosalind Carlisle, Neville Lytton, Maggie McCall, Phoebe Kaye, Wattie Johnson, 'Cousin Florence' (Florence Spring Rice, née Lascelles) in Tehran, Dorothea Dixon and Marjorie Sinclair.
Collection of black and white photographs
Part of Williams (Ethel) Archive
Black and white photographs of Ethel Williams in later life. Includes pictures of the house 'Low Ridges' at Stocksfield, Northumberland built with Frances Hardcastle, garden, and friends. Also included is a greetings card, 'Greetings from a Northumbrian Garden.'
Portrait photograph [possibly Mabel Annie Burnip]
Part of Williams (Ethel) Archive
Black and white portrait photograph, It was initially thought this photograph was of Frances Hardcastle. However identification was assessed in August 2025 and it was re-identified as Mabel Annie Burnip in August 2025.
Portrait photograph [possibly Mabel Annie Burnip]
Part of Williams (Ethel) Archive
Black and white portrait photograph. It was initially thought this photograph was of Frances Hardcastle. However identification was assessed in August 2025 and it was re-identified as Mabel Annie Burnip in August 2025.
Portrait photograph [possibly Mabel Annie Burnip]
Part of Williams (Ethel) Archive
Black and white portrait photograph, possibly of Mabel Annie Burnip.
Trevelyan (George Otto) Archive
Comprising most of family correspondence, with some content relating to estate and property and George Otto Trevelyan's political career. Also includes autographs and cuttings of notable figures.
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto, 1838-1928, 2nd Baronet, statesman, historian