IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0098 B/WEBB
Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
Title: WEBB, Sir Aston (1849-1930)
Date(s): Created 1908-1920
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Webb | Sir Aston | 1849-1930 | Knight | architect
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, London,1849; President, Architectural Association, 1884; President, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1902-1904; Knighted, 1904; Royal Gold medallist, Architecture, English, 1905, American, 1907; President, Royal Academy, 1919; works included Buckingham Palace, Admiralty Arch, Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal College of Science and Imperial College; died, 1930.
Publications: include: London of the Future editor (London, 1921).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Aston Webb, comprising general correspondence relating to Imperial College buildings, 1908-1920.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 file
Conditions governing access:
Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A catalogue is available at the College Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Records relating to the Buildings of Imperial College (H), held at Imperial College.
Correspondence and papers relating to work for Imperial War Graves Commission, held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (reference: passim); letters to Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann, held at Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1947, volume III); National Register of Archives; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: December 2000