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| John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History | 55 |
| Maurice de Sausmarez Archive | 29 |
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Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke, compiled papers
Dilke, Oswald Ashton Wentworth
c.1967-1980
Comprises photographs, plans and diagrams, lecture notes and notes for publication.
LACHMANN Collection
1989-
Invitations to and catalogues of exhibitions at Galerie Alex Lachmann, Köln: Moscow Nonconformists of the Sixties - Today /1-2/; André Lanskoy /3-4/; Contemporary Ukrainian Art, Valery Basanetz, Ana...
NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred
1824-1896
Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...
Villa Novello
c. 1860-1913
Photographs, cartes de visite and the visitors' book of Villa Novello in Genoa, in the Italian region of Liguria. Mary Cowden Clarke, her husband Charles Cowden Clarke and her brother (Joseph) Alfred ...
Villages
1971
This subseries, comprising one file, contains a two-part article by John Cornforth on the village of Old Deerfield, Massachusetts, extracted from 'Country Life' magazine (22 July 1971, pp. 214-217, an...
The Dwelling House
1966-1982
This subseries contains items relating to various aspects of the dwelling house and vernacular architecture, including types of houses and buildings, and interior architecture, fittings, equipment and...
Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum
Price, Sarah M
1978
A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...
The Mantelpiece
Cane, Rosemary
1971
A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...
A Survey of the Farm Houses and Their Yard Buildings in the Parish of Moretonhampstead, Devon
Denny, Elizabeth
1972
A survey of thirty-two farm houses and attached yard buildings which provides a description of the vernacular architecture of the parish of Moretonhampstead in Devon. The collector describes the area,...
A Survey of Urban Terrace Housing in Harehills, Leeds
Shirley, Lindsey
1975
A factual survey of the external features of the houses and gardens within part of the Harehills area of north-east Leeds . In addition to collecting and documenting this survey material, further fiel...
Examples of Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire
Wright, Fiona J
1980
A study of vernacular architecture in a Derbyshire parish containing the settlements of Dethick, Lea, Holloway and Lea Bridge. Sections cover methodology, a glossary of architectural terms, the backgr...
Vernacular Architecture in the Parish of Richards Castle
Reader, Karen
1982
A dissertation which records a number of buildings that are to be found within the bounds of the parish of Richards Castle, which straddles the Herefordshire/ Shropshire border. The village of the sam...