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Total number of records: 1076

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1068
Art items5
Books and printed items3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1038
Brotherton Collection34
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection32
Herbert Read Collection3
University Art Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
art education1076
letter writing286
art history223
lectures191
students84
employment70
exhibitions68
painting57
curriculum development47
higher education47

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom403
Leeds, United Kingdom136
Horsham, United Kingdom17
West Bretton, United Kingdom14
Nottingham, United Kingdom12
Oxford, United Kingdom9
Harrogate, United Kingdom7
Croagnes, France5
Sheffield, United Kingdom5
Bath, United Kingdom4

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Craven, Arthur Denby3
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)3
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)1
Lionel Maurice De Sausmarez1
Novello, Vincent1
Sas1
Sass1
Severn, Joseph1

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From earliest1
From 180033
From 19001027
From 200013

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189931
Up to 19991024
Up to latest19

Archive Sub-series

Art Education

1944-1980

Material relating to activity and writing on art education, including prospectuses for higher education institutions and short courses, notes on the development of art and design education, committee ...

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Willesden Polytechnic School of Art

1932-1939

Reports, correspondence, exhibition catalogues, stationary, a press cutting and testimonial related to Maurice de Sausmarez's time as a student at Willesden Polytechnic School of Art, which he attende...

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Royal College of Art

1933-1942

Exhibition catalogues; correspondence; a prospectus; a sketchbook; documents relating to scholarships, examinations and prizes and the Royal College of Art Students' Group. Maurice de Sausmarez attend...

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Reports from Willesden Polytechnic School of Art

1932-1933

5 reports from Willesden Polytechnic School of Art on Maurice de Sausmarez dating from Christmas 1932; Easter 1933; 12 April 1933; 18 July 1933 and 15 December 1933. His second year courses included e...

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Postcard from [?] to Maurice de Sausmarez

22 Jul 1933

Handwritten postcard from an unidentified sender to Maurice de Sausmarez (here given the nickname 'Sass'), postmarked 22 July 1933 and dating from his time as a student at Willesden Polytechnic School...

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Envelope with notes on style

Aug 1933

Handwritten envelope posted to Maurice de Sausmarez by an unidentified sender, postmarked 24 and 25 August 1933, during which time de Sausmarez was a student at Willesden Polytechnic School of Art. Th...

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Letter from William Clause to Maurice de Sausmarez

19 Oct 1933

Handwritten letter from the artist William Lionel Clause to Maurice de Sausmarez, asking him to come to tea on 22 October 1933 and to bring some of his work, so that they can take it to show Professor...

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Willesden Technical College postcards

c. 1935

4 blank postcards headed with Middlesex Education Committee, Willesden Technical College.

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Ministry of Education adhesive label

c. 1936

Ministry of Education blank adhesive label, for submission of tersimonies of study by applicants for admission to the Royal College of Art.

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Prospectus of the Royal College of Art

1935-1936

Prospectus of the Royal College of Art for the session 1935-1936, the year before Maurice de Sausmarez joined the college as a Royal Exhibitioner in Painting.

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Royal College of Art Diploma and Associateship Tests

May 1939

Royal College of Art Diploma and Associateship Tests for May 1939, including examinations in woven and printed textiles in the School of Ornament and Design. 1939 was the final year in which Maurice d...

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Calling card for Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1939

Printed calling card for Maurice de Sausmarez, with his home address and the address of the Royal College of Art, at which he studied between 1936 and 1939. On the reverse the address of the artist Ch...

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