Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1932-1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Archive Collection
Extent and medium
4 linear metres approximately
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Sharp was a key figure in town planning in the mid-twentieth century. The concepts he developed in his writings and plans have been of enduring significance and influence on thinking about planning and design for both practitioners and academics ... Read more
Archival history
Rachel Sharp's sister gave the collection to the University and it was subsequently deposited in Robinson Library by John Pendlebury, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Recently acquire for the collection are copies of documents and original ... Read more
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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 ... Read more
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Permanent
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Law Applies
Language of material
- English
Finding aids
Handlist deposited in Robinson Library
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Publication note
A project titled ‘Town and Townscape: The Work and Life of Thomas Sharp’, funded by the Arts and Humanties Research Council (AHRC) between April 2006 - February 2008, created a website collating identified works of Thomas Sharp in addition to the ... Read more
Access points
Subject access points
- City planning Great Britain History 20th century
- Architectural drawing 20th century
- Landscape
- Landscape architects
- Land use
- Regional planning
- City planning and re-development law
- Urban policy
- Urban renewal
- Civic improvement
- Civic centers
- Architecture, Georgian
- British literature
- Maps Roads
- Roads
- Correspondence
- Government correspondence
- International correspondence
- Legal correspondence
- Poetry
- Prose literature
- Urban Planning
- Literature
Name access points
- Christ Church Meadow (Oxford, England) (Subject)
- Abercrombie, Sir Leslie Patrick, 1879-1957, Knight, architect, town planner (Subject)
- Betjeman, Sir John, 1906-1984, Knight, poet, writer on architecture, broadcaster (Subject)
- Holford, William Graham, 1907-1975, Baron Holford, architect (Subject)
- Trystan Edwards, Arthur, 1884 - 1973, architectural critic, town planner, amateur cartographer (Subject)
- Williams-Ellis, Sir Bertram Clough, 1883 - 1978, architect (Subject)
- Scott, Sir Leslie Frederic, 1869-1950, Judge, conservative politician, MP for Liverpool Exchange (Subject)
- Sharp, Thomas, 1901 - 1978, town planner (Subject)
Description control area
Description identifier
Archivist's note
Laura Fernandez, Project Archivist, Robinson Library