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Prichard Lecture


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS ADD 258

Held at: University College London

Title: Prichard Lecture

Date(s): Created 1915

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 folder

Name of creator(s): Prichard | Matthew S | fl 1915

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Following the outbreak of World War One in 1914, male English civilians living in Germany were interned at Ruhleben, a former race track situated between Berlin and Spandau. Within the prisoner of war camp an English 'colony' was created, including a school, dramatic and musical societies, library, sports leagues, shops, and an internal mail service.

No information on Matthew Prichard could be found at the time of compilation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript copy of lecture, given at the Ruhleben camp in Germany, on Greek and Byzantine art.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by S George H Phillips in April 1977.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The original essay is at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Source: website based on Frank Bachenheimer's pamphlet The Ruhleben POW Camp 1914-1918 (German Philatelic Society, 1980).

Date(s) of descriptions: 1999, revised Jul 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Antiquities | Works of art | Arts
Byzantine art | National art
War | International conflicts
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Movable cultural property

Personal names
Prichard | Matthew S | fl 1915

Corporate names
Ruhleben camp | internment camp

Places
Ruhleben | Germany | Western Europe | Europe