GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP94 - HILTON, John Robert (1908-1994)

3 boxes and 1 volume

GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP94 1934-1941 Collection (Fonds) 3 boxes and 1 volume Hilton , John Robert , 1908-1994 , architect and diplomat

John Robert Hilton: born 1908; educated at Marlborough College, Corpus Christi College Oxford (MA), and Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London (Diploma, ARIBA); Director of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1934-1936; architect to E.S. and A. Robinson, and in private practice, 1936-1941; Capt, Royal Engineers, 1941-1943; joined Foreign Office 1943; served in Istanbul Turkey, 1944; 2nd Secretary, Athens, Greece, 1945; 1st Secretary, Istanbul, 1956; awarded CMG 1965; Member of Council, National Schizophrenia Fellowship, 1977-81, 1983-94 (President, 1985-91); died 1994
Publications: Mind and Analysis, memoir on Louis MacNeice (as appendix to his MacNeice's autobiography, The Strings are False), 1965; articles in Architectural Review and other journals

Placed in the Archive by Dr T Papacostas, 2002

Papers of John Robert Hilton 1934-1941, comprising:
correspondence and papers on his appointment as Director of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1934 and his dismissal in 1935; correspondence with Sir George Hill, Director, British Museum, 1935; press cuttings and printed reports on the Cyprus Committee and the Department of Antiquities, 1935-1941; personal correspondence, 1934-1935; photographs of Cypriot antiquities, colleagues and family, 1934-1935; unpublished memoir A Camel Load of Woad

As described in scope and content

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London
Mainly English, some Greek and Turkish

Box list is available in the reading room of the College Archives.

Compiled by Alan Kucia  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.  Jan 2004 Ancient civilizations Ancient history Antiquities Antiquity Archaeological excavations Archaeological sites Archaeology Arts Cyprus Cyprus Committee Europe European history Greek history Hilton , John Robert , 1908-1994 , architect and diplomat Historical periods History National history Western Europe Works of art Movable cultural property Cultural property Cultural heritage

Placed in the Archive by Dr T Papacostas, 2002

Papers of John Robert Hilton 1934-1941, comprising:
correspondence and papers on his appointment as Director of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1934 and his dismissal in 1935; correspondence with Sir George Hill, Director, British Museum, 1935; press cuttings and printed reports on the Cyprus Committee and the Department of Antiquities, 1935-1941; personal correspondence, 1934-1935; photographs of Cypriot antiquities, colleagues and family, 1934-1935; unpublished memoir A Camel Load of Woad

As described in scope and content

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London

• inglês

• latim

Mainly English, some Greek and Turkish

Box list is available in the reading room of the College Archives.

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.

• inglês