Collection GB 0074 LMA/4313 - TURTLE, Sylvia (fl 1980-1990)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4313

Title

TURTLE, Sylvia (fl 1980-1990)

Date(s)

  • 1941-1990 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.07 linear metres.

Context area

Name of creator

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.

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

Fit

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.'

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Collection divided into two sections: LMA/4313/A: Photographs and Sketches; LMA/4313/B: Correspondence.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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