Collection GB 0096 MS 974 - Burton, Esmond

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS 974

Title

Burton, Esmond

Date(s)

  • c1955 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

7 plaster miniatures and fourteen photographs

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

No information was available at the time of compilation.

Archival history

Unknown

GB 0096 MS 974 c1955 collection 7 plaster miniatures and fourteen photographs Burton , Esmond , fl 1930-1955 , sculptor

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Papers of Esmond Burton, c 1955, comprise seven plaster miniatures of working men and women prepared by sculptor Edmond Burton, relating to the bas-reliefs on the three frontages of Bentham House, residence of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. The buidling was originally the headquarters of the General and Municipal Workers' Union (now part of GMB), and was designed by Hubert Lidbetter. Fourteen black and white photographs of the bas-reliefs and construction of the building. Note that the right-hand figure in the 'group of five' photograph is Hubert Lidbetter.

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Closed due to the fragility of the miniatures.

Please contact the University Archivist for details.

English

No addional finding aids exist.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

April 2008 General Municipal Workers Union Burton , Esmond , fl 1930-1955 , sculptor Construction engineering Fine arts Sculpture Artists Sculptors University College London , Faculty of Laws

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Esmond Burton, c 1955, comprise seven plaster miniatures of working men and women prepared by sculptor Edmond Burton, relating to the bas-reliefs on the three frontages of Bentham House, residence of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. The buidling was originally the headquarters of the General and Municipal Workers' Union (now part of GMB), and was designed by Hubert Lidbetter. Fourteen black and white photographs of the bas-reliefs and construction of the building. Note that the right-hand figure in the 'group of five' photograph is Hubert Lidbetter.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Closed due to the fragility of the miniatures.

Conditions governing reproduction

Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

No addional finding aids exist.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

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