Notebooks of Eliot Curwen FSA
Reference code
CUR
Title
Notebooks of Eliot Curwen FSA
Date
mostly 1910-40
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Nine notebooks and unbound papers.
Scope and content
Ten field notebooks, etc., of Dr Eliot Curwen, MB, FSA (1865-1950).
As a young man, Dr Curwen accompanied Wilfred Grenfell on his journey to Labrador in 1893, compiling a journal and taking photographs of the expedition. Dr Curwen was also a keen amateur archaeologist. He compiled the notebooks in this collection while exploring the countryside of Great Britain and Ireland, but he had a particular interest in the county of Sussex, where he lived.
The material discusses ancient sites across Great Britain and Ireland. It includes information on their history, the artefacts associated with them (e.g. pots and coins), their geology and the languages that might have been spoken there. Detailed sketches, diagrams and photos are also included. There are indexes in CUR/01-03, 08, 09.
For Curwen's obituary, see The Antiquaries Journal, 30 (1950), 237.
As a young man, Dr Curwen accompanied Wilfred Grenfell on his journey to Labrador in 1893, compiling a journal and taking photographs of the expedition. Dr Curwen was also a keen amateur archaeologist. He compiled the notebooks in this collection while exploring the countryside of Great Britain and Ireland, but he had a particular interest in the county of Sussex, where he lived.
The material discusses ancient sites across Great Britain and Ireland. It includes information on their history, the artefacts associated with them (e.g. pots and coins), their geology and the languages that might have been spoken there. Detailed sketches, diagrams and photos are also included. There are indexes in CUR/01-03, 08, 09.
For Curwen's obituary, see The Antiquaries Journal, 30 (1950), 237.
Creator
Curwen, Eliot (1865-1950), surgeon, traveller, antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/803/1-10
SAL/MS/803
SAL/MS/803
Archival history
Presented by Dr E Cecil Curwen (1895-1967), son of the compiler, 1958 (two letters, 28, 31 Jan. 1958, with the collection).
Related units of description
Correspondence and papers of Eliot Curwen are held by the Sussex Archaeological Society (https://sussexpast.co.uk/research/library).
Correspondence between GP Burstow and Eliot Curwen is held in the West Sussex Record Office (https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/history-and-heritage/west-sussex-record-office/).
A report on Peking (Beijing) and Letters from Eliot Curwen are held by the SOAS Archives (http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/).
Correspondence between GP Burstow and Eliot Curwen is held in the West Sussex Record Office (https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/history-and-heritage/west-sussex-record-office/).
A report on Peking (Beijing) and Letters from Eliot Curwen are held by the SOAS Archives (http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/).
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