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 and the Temple of Apollo at the background. Handwritten caption in black ink “Corinth”. Also, “CORINTH 13-16 March” is handwritten in black ink at the top left of the page.
Depicts the Greek Landscape. Handwritten caption in black ink “Nauplia from Tiryns”. “TIRYNS and NAUPLIA. 21-24 March” is handwritten at the top right corner of the page.
Depicts Alan Wace, Carl Blegen and Alexander Capps. One of them (Wace?) seems to be looking for something at the ground. Handwritten caption in black ink “Wace, Blegen and Alec Capps looking for pot-sherds”.
Depicts ruins and the landscape. Handwritten caption: "Tiryns".
Depicts the three men on a boat. Handwritten caption in black ink “Blegen, Wace, Alec Capps”.
Depicts a port from a boat. Blegen (?) is looking at the camera behind the rudder. Handwritten caption in black ink “Off Poros”.
Depicts the port and the city from the sea. Handwritten caption: "Cania Harbour". Handwritten at the top right corner of the page “CRETE, March 26 – April 7”.
Depicts the square and the Venetian fountain in Iraklion, Crete. Handwritten caption: “The Square with Venetian fountain – Candia”. Also known as 'The Lion Square'.
Depicts a view of Crete from a window. Handwritten caption: “From the staircase window (Candia)”.
Depicts the Morosini fountain in the square in Iraklion. No caption. This Fountain is at the Venetian/Lion Square.
Depicts at Iraklion square and Mr. Eliadie and Helenitza (Lilian Chandler)??? Handwritten caption “Mr Eliadis and Helinitza”.
Depicts Winifred Lamb, Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) and two attendants with a donkey. Handwritten caption: “H. Barbara to H. Deka. 29/3/21." [to right of image] and "W.L., M.H., Attendant briggands.”
Print (commercial) showing the ruins of the Cathedral of Saint Titos at Gortinos, with that description typed in Greek "Μητροπολιτιχός ωαός Τίτου έν Γόρτυνι" and French "La Cathédrale de St Titos à Gortinos". Handwritten caption in black ink: “Hagii Dika”.
Depicts Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) riding a donkey and a local boy and man with goats. Handwritten caption in black ink “Hagii Dika to Phaistos. 30.3.21. M.H.”
Depicts either Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) or Winifred Lamb riding a donkey. No caption.
Depicts Winifred Lamb riding a donkey on the way to Faistos, Crete with an unidentified man. Handwritten caption in black ink: “Unsuspecting traveller about to be murdered by Cretan briggand”.
Depicts Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) riding a donkey and a boy with goats in Crete. No caption.
Depicts the ruins of Phaistos. Handwritten caption “Phaistos looking North”.
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".