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 the ruins of Phaistos. Handwritten caption “Phaistos”. Also written at the top left corner of the page.
Depicts the ruins of Phaistos with the landscape at the background. No caption.
Depicts some stairs of the ruins of Phaistos. No caption.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the Hagia Triada and an unidentified man, with “64.- Fouilles d’Hagia-Triada (Côté Nord du Palais). – Mission italienne. – Crète” typed at the top of the image. Handwritten caption “Hagia Triada” by Lamb below the image.
Depicts the prim sisters, a group of four women and a child, Greek local people. Handwritten caption “Vori – the Prim Sisters”.
Depicts ruins (stairs), possibly Phaistos or Knossos, or Vori?. No caption.
Depicts ruins (vessel), possibly Phaistos or Knossos, or Vori? No caption.
Depicts a line of pots within the ruins on Knossos, Crete. Handwritten caption “Knossos – 3.4.21”
Depicts the staircase within the palace on Crete. Handwritten caption “Knossos. The Staircase”.
Depicts an unidentified person inside an old kiln. Handwritten caption “Thrapsano. Potter in kiln”.
Depicts a miniature painting of an older lady, possibly family of Lamb. No glued into the album.
Print (commercial) showing the views of Viannos, Crete, with " Άποψις Βιάννον χωμοπόλεωσ Κρήτησ." and “Vue de Viannos (petite ville de Crete).” (View of Viannos (little village of Crete)) typed at the top of the image. No handwritten caption.
Depicts children and the buildings in a street of Candia, Crete. Handwritten caption in black ink “Street in Candia”.
It shows a street and buildings of Candia, Crete. Handwritten caption “'The Blue House'” (but the image is in black and white, so we cannot tell which of the houses is the blue one).
Depicts the buildings in the street of Candia. Handwritten caption “Street in Candia”.
Depicts boats and the sea at Iraklion. Handwritten caption “Candia harbour”.
It shows the floor of the road to Megaspelion, through the forest. Handwritten caption “Diakophto to Megaspelion. 12.4.21”. At the top right corner of the album page, Lamb wrote “PELOPONNESE, 12-27 Ap”.
Depicts the way through a forest within the Peloponnese, on their way to Megaspelion. No caption.
Depicts the monastery in Megaspelion, in the mountains. Handwritten caption “Megaspelion 13.4.21”.
Depicts the monastery of Megaspelion with the mountain at the background. Handwritten caption in black ink: “Megaspilion”.
Depicts the Peloponnese hills looking south from Megaspelion. Handwritten caption in black ink: “The Gorge – Looking south from Megaspelion”.
Depicts the person (probably Lilian Chandler) on a horse. Handwritten caption on the top of the image, in pencil: “Colonel Chandleiopoulos of the -th Arcadian Rangers”. Above the image is written “12/4/21".
Depicts buildings in the village with the trees. Handwritten caption under the image: “Manika 14.4.21”.
Depicts a local Greek man and a plough at Manika. Handwritten caption “Manika to Langadia”.
Depicts the Greek mountains and landscape. Handwritten caption “Chetmos” with an arrow pointing to this image.
Depicts ruins in the forest near Slanitsia, Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “Greek fortress nr Slanityia”.
Depicts the landscape, with a tree at the foreground. No caption.
Depicts a view of the town in the background, and the forest in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “Dhimitsana 15.4.21”.
Depicts a view of the town (Dhimitsiana) in the Peloponnese. No caption.
Depicts a view of the Peloponnese landscape. Handwritten caption “Karytaina to Megalopolis 16.4.21”.
Depicts a view of the Peloponnese landscape. Handwritten caption “The wood on to Megalopolis road".
Depicts three people at the ruins in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “The theatre – Megalopolis 16.4.21”.
Depicts the ruins of the theatre in the Peloponnese from above. Handwritten caption “Theatre – Megalopolis”.
Depicts the ruins of the Temple of Apollo Epicurius in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “Bassae – 17.4.21”.
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the Temple of Apollo (Bassae), with “Bassae, Temple of Apollo. 285 Bassae, Temple of Apollo” inscribed on the bottom of it. No further caption.
Depicts the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “Bassae”.
Depicts Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) filling her water bottle from a spring under a plain tree. Handwritten caption “Andritsaina to Zaccharo. 18.3.21. The plain tree with the spring- H. filling her water bottle”.
Depicts the Hill of Kronos. Handwritten captions below the image “Olympia 19-22 april.” and “Hill of Kronos” with an arrow pointing to the image.
Depicts the wood on the hill at Olympia. Handwritten caption “Hill of Kronos”.
Depicts the ruins of the temple of Hera. Handwritten caption “T. of Hera. Olympia”.
Depicts the ruins of the temple. No caption.
Depicts the ruins of the temple of Hera. Handwritten caption “Temple of Hera”.
Depicts the ruins of the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Handwritten caption “Temple of Zeus. Olympia”.
Depicts the ruins of a fallen capitol at the temple of Zeus. Handwritten caption “T. of Zeus. Fallen capitol”.
Depicts the ruins of an arch at Olympia. Handwritten caption “Entrance to stadium”.
Depicts the ruined arch at Olympia in more detail. No caption.
Depicts the ruins at Olympia of a church and the workshop of Phridios. Handwritten caption “Byzantine church. Workshop of Phridios etc”.
Depicts a detail of a decoration from the ruins of the Byzantine church (?) at Olympia. Handwritten caption “Byzantine carving”.
Depicts hillside ruins with the landscape at the background. Handwritten caption “Samikon & the Lagoon. 22.4.21”.