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 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”.
Depicts the ruins of a wall? in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “Samikon”.
Depicts the Greek landscape in the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption “To Ithome. 22/4/21”.
Depicts the building and courtyard. Handwritten caption at the center of the page “Vourhano Monastery. 22-23/4/21”.
Depicts the building and courtyard, with the stairs of the building and the trees. No further caption.
Depicts the building and courtyard, from a different angle. No further caption.
Depicts the building with trees in the middle. No caption.
Depicts the building and courtyard, and a man at the corner. No caption.
Depicts the building’s courtyard. No caption.
Depicts the ruins of a tower, and someone standing there. Handwritten caption: “Messene- [????]”.
Depicts the ruins at Messene, and a woman from behind. Handwritten caption, with an arrow pointing to the image, “Arcadian gate”.
Depicts a local Greek man with his sheep, probably near Messene and Ithome. No caption.
The album contains various images and postcards of Longoia, Sparta, Achmetaga (Candili), Euboea, Athens, Nafplio, Tiryns, Velia, St Basil, Mycenae, Thebes, excavations, the B.S.A., her friends and colleagues, the Noel-Baker family and Greek life. Most of the images were taken by Winifred Lamb, but it seems like there are some made by Carl Blegen, Mary Herford (later known as Braunholtz) and Axel Boethius. Spine reads "III 1921"
Depicts Ladas’ Holy Church of the Taxiarchs and belfry. Handwritten caption “Langada pass – Lada – Church & belfry”
Depicts the Peloponnese landscape. Handwritten caption: “Looking N?. E” Between this image and LAM/3/1/3/3 there is the caption: “The Langada pass 25.4.21”
Depicts the road through the Peloponnese. Handwritten caption saying “Looking E.”
Depicts the Laconia landscape. Handwritten caption “The Road to Sparta”
Depicts the Laconia landscape. Handwritten caption “Sparta – Taygetos. 25.4.21”
Print (commercial) showing the town of Sparta with the mountains at the background, with “1 Panorama of Sparta” inscribed in white at the bottom of it
Depicts a donkey carrying branches, probably near Sparta. No caption
Depicts a couple of farmers cultivating a field probably near Sparta. No caption
Depicts the Noel - Baker house. “ACHMETAGA, 29 Ap -5th May” is written at the top right of the album page. No caption for the photo
Depicts a view of the island. Shows the vegetation of the landscape. No caption
Shows the landscape and the vegetation, mountains at the background. No caption
Depicts members of the Noel-Baker family, possibly Irene and his son Francis. No caption, but Helen Waterhouse wrote “ACHMETAGA Noel-Baker Family” at the top of this page.
Depicts a woman and Francis Noel-Baker. No caption
Depicts a woman and Francis Noel-Baker on a donkey. No caption
Depicts a road on the island and the landscape. No caption.
Depicts the Greek landscape probably on Euboea. Handwritten caption: “On the road to Drosi”.
Depicts the Greek landscape probably on Euboea. No caption.