About the Winifred Lamb Personal Papers
The Winifred Lamb Personal Papers largely cover the life and work of the pioneering British female archaeologist during her time in Greece and Turkey between 1918 and 1952.
The collection contains letters, a travel diary, essays, offprints, photographs and photograph albums, created by Winifred during her academic career. They especially relate to her travels and excavations at Greek sites such as Sparta and Mycenae, where she first worked as a BSA Student, and then others such as Thermi on the island of Lesvos and Kusura in Turkey, where she became the Director of the excavations- the first female BSA Student to do so. The papers also include descriptions of Winifred's time at the BSA, Greek life and significant events during this period.
Depicts ceramic cup, similar to kylix. Annotated reverse.
Depicts lid of cermaic vessel [possibly LAM/3/3/1/2/19] from above. Annotated reverse.
Depicts unidentified ceramic figurines.
An envelope of 7 photographs of unidentified ceramic wears and vases (WL/300 – WL/306).
Depicts unidentified fragmentary ceramic figurines.
Depicts unidentified ceramic vessel. Same vessel as LAM/3/3/1/3/4.
Depicts unidentified unidentified object.
The collection contains letters, a travel diary, essays, offprints, photographs and photograph albums, created by Winifred Lamb during her academic career, between the years 1918 and c.1952. These relate to her travels and excavations at Greek sites, such as Thermi on the island of Lesvos, Sparta and Mycenae, and Turkish sites, such as Kusura. It also includes descriptions of her time at the BSA, Greek life and significant events during this period.
Depicts the square and the Venetian fountain in Iraklion, Crete. Handwritten caption: “The Square with Venetian fountain – Candia”. Also known as 'The Lion Square'.
Typewritten transcripts (with annotations/corrections) of some correspondence covering the years 1920 –c.1936, comprised of letters sent by Winifred Lamb. These contain details regarding her archaeological work and her life during this period. She mentions several colleagues, friends and people she met during her that time.