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.
Transcript of original letter by Lamb regarding her staff, and accommodation in Turkey. It also mentions her roommate Nini [Nine Six], as well as Macartney, Rachel, Miss Lesset, Miss Alexander and Miss Mackford.
Transcript of original letter by Lamb; the end of a letter possibly regarding her time in Turkey and refugees from Trebizond.
Transcript of original letter by Lamb; the second half of a letter which mentions the Directors of the German School Dorpfeld and Studniczka.
The files and notebook contain copies of essays and offprints, drawings, maps and notes written by Winifred Lamb during her academic career, which pertain to her life and work in Greece and Turkey.
Elis (Olympia), Messenia (Messene, Pylos), Laconia (Sparta Megalopolis), Arcadia (Megalopolis, Lyhosoura, Mandinia, Alea, Bassae), Achaea/Arcadia, Argolis (Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos, Epidauros, Calauria, Corinth), Attica (Athens, Piraeus, Sounion, Marathon, Oropos), Boeotia (Thebes, Eretria, Phocis), Crete (Faistos and Knossos) and Thasos.
The file contains copies of works by Winifred Lamb concerning her work and life in Greece and Turkey. In them she describes her travels, the people she met and worked with, their customs and unfortunate incidents.
A piece about her foreman Andonios Doungos during the excavations of Thermi in Lesvos. It includes mentions of Molyvo, her landlady Evtychia and her daughter Artemis, assistant foreman Akindynos, Thermiotes, Feast of St. Constantine, Athens, Mytilene and her pickman Manoli.
A piece about a widow in the village ‘The Towers of Thermi’ and Lamb’s troubles letting a house from her. It also mentions Mitilini, Molyvo and Andoni the foreman.
A piece about first aid at her excavation site of Thermi, near Mitilini, including Kosti’s fingertip being cut-off by Chresto and Michali Pandelis ‘The Major’ applying first aid, a stone being dropped on Photis Chatsigeorgiou’s foot and Aristomenes striking Michales Tsarakeles with a knife. It also mentions Ianni and Panagiotes
A piece about her memories of Mitilini, one her friends in Molyvo and an incident with the police regarding antiquities smuggling. It also mentions Thermi, Caique, trial excavation near Syngrion, Barba Stavros and her staff Andonios Doungos, Chresto, Hippokrates and Athanas.
A diary about her experience travelling through North West Greece and Turkey in May 1928. It includes references to S.S. Tasos, Piraeus, Levkas, Vonitsa, Anaktorion, Hagia Sophia, Panagia, Patras, Kavassers, Paliambela, Ruga, Palimbey, Loutraki, Spartos, Arta, Makinoros Pass, Bridge of Arta, the Petra incident, Preveza, Nikopolis, Exo Panagia, Iannina and Dodona.
A piece about a visit to a Turkish school in Sandikli to find an antique stone brazier on the 25th April c. 1935, and resulted in her first visit to Kusura. It also mentions Afyonkarahisar.
A piece concluding her recollections about her excavations in Kusura, time spent in Turkey and a visit 16 years later. It also refers to Afyonkarahisar.
The file contains published academic material by Winifred Lamb concerning her work in Greece and Turkey. She writes discourses on antiquities, reviews and details her excavations and archaeological finds.
Reprinted from the Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. XXXVIII
Reprinted from the Annual of the British School at Athens, No. XXVII.
Reprinted from the Annual of the British School at Athens, No. XXXIX and written in collaboration with H. Bancroft.
Reprinted from Sonderabdruck aus der Praehistorischen Zeitschrift XXII. Band Heft ½.
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.