Material relating to the first four congresses of the British Archaeological Association
Reference code
BAA/01
Title
Material relating to the first four congresses of the British Archaeological Association
Date
1844-1847
Level of description
series
Extent and format
1 volume.
Half leather binding, green, with marbled boards. Label of Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, FSA, 1848, on the pastedown.
Half leather binding, green, with marbled boards. Label of Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, FSA, 1848, on the pastedown.
Scope and content
Material relating to the first four congresses, Canterbury, 1844, Winchester, 1845, Gloucester, 1846, Warwick, 1847; Including letters, poems, autographs of participants, press-cuttings, extracts from the Journal of the BAA, etc.
Includes references to the secession from the BAA in 1845-6 of the (Royal) Archaeological Institute. For the background to the dispute see JBAA, 1 (1846), prefatory statements; preface to the Report (1845) of the first congress; Archaeological Journal, 106 (1949), 1-12; see also the minute-book of the seceding party led by Albert Way (WAY/07).
E. Reginald Taylor, 'The Humours of Archaeology, or, the Canterbury Congress of 1844 and the Early Days of the Association', JBAA, N. S. 38 (1932), 183-234, gives a detailed account of the Canterbury Congress, participants, and the background to the secession of the AI, mostly derived from BAA/001.
Includes references to the secession from the BAA in 1845-6 of the (Royal) Archaeological Institute. For the background to the dispute see JBAA, 1 (1846), prefatory statements; preface to the Report (1845) of the first congress; Archaeological Journal, 106 (1949), 1-12; see also the minute-book of the seceding party led by Albert Way (WAY/07).
E. Reginald Taylor, 'The Humours of Archaeology, or, the Canterbury Congress of 1844 and the Early Days of the Association', JBAA, N. S. 38 (1932), 183-234, gives a detailed account of the Canterbury Congress, participants, and the background to the secession of the AI, mostly derived from BAA/001.
Creator
British Archaeological Association (fd 1843)
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/877/1