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 people at the excavation at a sondage, maybe Thermi. No caption.
Depicts Nine Six, Winifred Lamb and three workers, probably at their payday. No caption.
Depicts the workers of, probably, the excavation of Thermi (at Lesvos). No caption.
Depicts the workers of, probably, the excavation of Thermi (at Lesvos). No caption.
Depicts the landscape, with some houses at the background. No caption.
Depicts a car and a lot of people around him, probably loading (or unloading) some of the finds. No caption.
Depicts a boat at the sea, with some smaller boats around. No caption.
Depicts the harbour, with the city at the background. No caption.
Depicts the harbour with the city at the background. No caption.
Depicts a local man, probably selling things. No caption.
Depicts the tower of the winds at Athens, with some sort of fence around. No caption. Helen Waterhouse wrote “ATHENS” at the top of the page.
Depicts a view of the Acropolis, with a lot of vegetation around. No caption.
Depicts the square of Monastiraki and the Tzisdarakis Mosque. No caption. Helen Waterhouse wrote “Monasteraki” under the photograph.
Depicts Hutchinson, Winifred Lamb and two other men at a square, in front of a building, probably a Cathedral. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb and Nine Six, posing together. No caption, but Helen Waterhouse wrote “WL" and "NS” under each of them.
Depicts part of the excavation at Thermi. No caption. Helen Waterhouse wrote at the top of this page “Thermi”.
Depicts part of the excavation at Thermi. No caption. Loose. At the back of the photograph is handwritten “Thermi. May 6th 1931”
Depicts part of the excavation at Thermi. No caption. Loose. At the back of the photograph is handwritten “Thermi. May 6th 1931”.
Print (commercial) depicting three evzones, with their costume. At the back is written by Winifred Lamb. “15 VII 33 How do you like the greek kilt as compared with the Scotch one? This is the uniform of a famous regiment. W.L.”. It was sent to J. Ferguson.
The album contains various images and postcards of Pyrgi, Chios, friends and Greek life. Towards the end there are images of Turkey, especially Troy and Istanbul. The spine reads "XV" and "1932".
Depicts one of the squares at Pyrgi, Chios. No caption.
Depicts one of the streets of Pyrgi, and the houses. No caption.
Depicts two people (probably one is Winifred Lamb), having a break in the middle of nowhere, with rocks around them. No caption.
Depicts the windmills of the town of Chios, and the sea. No caption.
Depicts the small village, and their local people. No caption.
Depicts a village, at Chios, or near, with its local people. No caption.
Depicts the courtyard of the monastery of Nea Moni, at Chios. Caption "Nea Moni".
Depicts the landscape. Captioned "Genosese aqueduct": presumably the view from this bridge
Depicts the bridge known as “Maiden’s bridge”, near Chios town. No caption.
Depicts a house, probably near Chios, and four men standing outside of it. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb, James Brock, Nine Six and a dog. No caption. Helen Waterhouse wrote the initials of each one of them next to each person.
Depicts a building, property, with a fence around the field in front of it. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb, James Brock, Nine Six and a dog posing and smiling. No caption. Helen Waterhouse wrote their initials next to each one of them.