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.
Reprinted from Sonderabdruck Gnomon Kritische Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesamte Klassische Altertumswissenschaft, 11 Band Heft 12
Reprinted from Sonderabdruck aus dem Jahrbuch Des Deutschen Archaologischen Instituts.
These are Winifred Lamb’s personal and professional collection, which she took in various locations throughout Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey during the course of her work and travels. These include Thermi and Kusura.
These 18 volumes were created by Winifred Lamb and document her travels, excavations, friends and colleagues such as Lilian Chandler and Bernard and Dorothy Ashmole. The spines were labelled in roman numberals by Lamb; volume V was not received from the Lamb estate. Some of the photographs may have been taken by some of her colleagues and later given to her. It seems that if a photograph has initials in the bottom corner it was a way to record who took/gave those photographs to her. Winifred Lamb captioned the images in black ink (fountain pen). Helen Waterhouse later added identifications on the pages of these albums in black ball point pen, as well as on pieces of paper. Lesley Beaumont also did these identifications in pencil.
The album contains various images and postcards of Athens, the B.S.A., Delphi, Marathon, Spata, Aegina, Parnes, Phyle, Sounion, Greek life and colleagues. Spine reads "I 1920"
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the Acropolis and the Ancient Agora in Athens with, “9. The Acropolis with the Theseion”, inscribed at the bottom of it. “ATHENS” is handwritten in black ink, at the top right corner of the album page.
Depicts a view of the city, the temple of Zeus Olympion, Hadrian’s Arch, the Zappeion, the Panathenaic Stadium from the Acropolis. On the bottom of the image is typed "Panorama d'Athenes". Commercial print?
Depicts the ruins in Athens. Handwritten caption: “Asklepieion”.
Print (commercial) depicting the ruins of the Temple of Zeus with, “74. View from the Acropolis. Athens”, inscribed on the bottom of it.
Shows a street with a ruined building near the Acropolis. Handwritten caption in blank ink for this image, “Street-north side, Acropolis”.
Depicts the BSA Hostel, tennis court and grounds from the south East. Handwritten caption in black ink, “British School. SE”.
Depicts an unidentified woman at the school (possibly W. Lamb) standing in the tennis court shared by the British School and the American School of Classical Studies at Athens next door. No caption.
Depicts two unidentified men (possibly Francis B. Welch and Bernard Ashmole) in deck chairs, probably on the School grounds. No caption.
Shows the back of the BSA Hostel from the garden. An unidentified woman is standing on the Finlay balcony. Handwritten caption: “School (W.) Window of Finlay Library & balcony”.
Depicts the building in Athens where Winifred Lamb probably stayed and is from a poster. Handwritten caption in black ink: “The Marlin” (the house where the women of the school stayed before 1920).
Print (commercial) showing the landscape of Delphi, with “312 View of Delphi from Itea” inscribed in white at the bottom of it. “DELPHI 23-27 oct 1920” is handwritten in black ink at the top right corner of the album page.
Shows the ruins of Delphi. Handwritten caption in black ink “Delphi. T. of Apollo (…)”.
Shows the ruins of a temple in Delphi. Handwritten caption in black ink, “Athenion. The s. way (?)”.
Print (commmercial) showing the ruins of the sacred way in Delphi, with the landscape of the mountains at the background, with “287. Sacred way. Delphi” inscribed in white at the bottom of it. Handwritten caption in black ink, “Sacred way”.
Depicts the ruins of the Stoa of the Athenians at Delphi. Handwritten caption in black ink “Stoa of Athenians”.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the Stoa of the Athenians with the landscape and mountains in the background, with “Stoa of the Athenians” inscribed in white at the bottom of it. No caption.
Depicts the ruins of the stadium of Delphi. Handwritten caption in black “Stadium”.
Depicts the landscape, a tree, probably near Delphi. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb on a donkey, with a washerwoman and Georgi, possibly near Delphi. Handwritten caption in black ink “By the fountain at Kastu – washerwoman. W. L. Georgi”.
Depicts Winifred Lamb on a donkey with a local man in Greece, possibly near Delphi. No caption, but Helen Waterhouse wrote W Lamb and an arrow pointing to her to the side of the photograph.
Print (commercial) showing the landscape of Marathon and the sea at the background with inscribed “The Bay of Marathon. Greece” at the bottom of it. Captioned by Lamb “MARATHON, SPATA (…) 5-7 Nov.” at the top right corner of the page.
Depicts a family of local Greek people (6) in front of their home. Handwritten caption in black ink “The family at Spata”.
Depicts a family of local Greek people (9) in front of their home. No caption.
Depicts a couple of local Greek girls in the doorway of their house at Spata. Handwritten caption in black ink “The two youngest daughters”.
Print (commercial) showing a man sitting on the road, showing also the landscape and probably the sea at the background, with inscribed “Sacred way for Eleusis. 137” at the bottom of it. No further caption.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the temple of Demeter, with the sea at the background, with inscribed “143 Eleusis temple of Demeter” at the bottom. No further caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb being rowed with two more people in a boat at Piraeus. Handwritten in black ink below the image “Peiraeus. W. L. comes aboard”. Captioned by Lamb “AEGINA 25-27 Nov. 1920” at the top right corner of the page.
Depicts Winifred Lamb (W.L.), Lilian Chandler (L.C.), Mr and Mrs Hondius (The Hondii), Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) (M.R.B.H.) and Dorothy Ashmole (D.A.) (the theatrical company) on a boat. Handwritten caption in black ink “On board for Aegina – or the Theatrical Company on tour. LC. D.A. WL. The Hondii. MABH”. "The theatrical company on tour" is also written in pencil on the photograph itself.
Depicts Winifred Lamb, Lilian Chandler, Mr and Mrs Hondius, Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) and Dorothy Ashmole (the theatrical company) on board a boat. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb, Lilian Chandler, Mr and Mrs Hondius, Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) and Dorothy Ashmole (the theatrical company) on board a boat. No caption.
Depicts a group of sailors fixing the boat. Handwritten caption in black ink “A hitch in the machinery”.
Depicts a woman and boats in the harbour, looking towards Agios Nikolaos on Aegina. No caption.
Depicts some boats at Aegina port, probably Perdika. No caption. **not glued anymore
Depicts the boats and buildings, probably at Perdika. Handwritten caption in black ink “The harbour – Aegina”.
Print (commercial) depicting the ruins of Aphaia and a view of the island’s coast, with “Aegina. View from the temple of Aphaia” inscribed on the bottom of it. No further caption.
Depicts the Temple of Aphaia ruins at Aegina from an east view. Handwritten caption in black ink “Temple looking E.” **not glued anymore
Depicts the ruins of the temple of Aphaia, at Aegina. No caption.
Depicts the ruins of the foundations of Eliptical building under the temple of Aphaia at Aegina. Handwritten caption in black ink “Foundations of Eliptical Building under temple”.
Depicts the ruins of the Temple of Aphaia at Aegina looking to North West. Handwritten caption in black ink “Looking N. W.”
Depicts Lilian Chandler, Mr and Mrs Hondius, Bernard and Dorothy Ashmole and Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) sitting on the ruins of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Handwritten caption in black ink “Lunch: LC. Hondii. Ashmoles. MABH”.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the temple of Aphaia, at Aegina, and landscape, with “Aegina temple of Aphaia distant view” inscribed in white at the bottom of it.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina with “Aegina temple of Aphaia” inscribed in white on the bottom of it. It’s a little bit unglued and beneath can be seen that it’s a written postcard.
Depicts the ruins of the temple of Aphaia, Aegina. No caption. **not glued
Depicts the ruins of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Handwritten caption in black ink “Lion (?) SE. Looking W.”
Depicts the ruins of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina. Handwritten caption in black ink “S. Side”