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- 1941-1990 (Creation)
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0.07 linear metres.
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Biographical history
These sketches and photographs were taken by Sylvia Turtle in the 1980's and 1990's as part of a photography course and also because of her interest in the Clerkenwell area and its development over the years.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 LMA/4313 1941-1990 Collection 0.07 linear metres. Turtle , Sylvia , fl 1980-1990 , amateur photographer
These sketches and photographs were taken by Sylvia Turtle in the 1980's and 1990's as part of a photography course and also because of her interest in the Clerkenwell area and its development over the years.
Gifted to the Archive in November 2001.
Photographs and sketches of the Clerkenwell area by Sylvia Turtle, showing the development of the area including images of storm damage in Charterhouse Square in 1987 and a poster produced during office developments in the 1990's showing a skull formed out of buildings and the words 'Death by Development'.
The collection also includes a letter written in 1941 to Sylvia Turtle's aunt from Simpkin Marshall Book Centre regarding their old fashioned service and their 'Dickensian Staff' and displaying War time spirit '... to show the Germans that they cannot part old friends with their bombs, and fires, and bloody murder.'
Collection divided into two sections: LMA/4313/A: Photographs and Sketches; LMA/4313/B: Correspondence.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. Urban environment Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Open spaces Urban spaces History Local history Photography Architectural photography Urban areas Photographs Visual materials Artists Photographers Clerkenwell Islington London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gifted to the Archive in November 2001.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photographs and sketches of the Clerkenwell area by Sylvia Turtle, showing the development of the area including images of storm damage in Charterhouse Square in 1987 and a poster produced during office developments in the 1990's showing a skull formed out of buildings and the words 'Death by Development'.
The collection also includes a letter written in 1941 to Sylvia Turtle's aunt from Simpkin Marshall Book Centre regarding their old fashioned service and their 'Dickensian Staff' and displaying War time spirit '... to show the Germans that they cannot part old friends with their bombs, and fires, and bloody murder.'
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Accruals
System of arrangement
Collection divided into two sections: LMA/4313/A: Photographs and Sketches; LMA/4313/B: Correspondence.
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Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English