Glastonbury Abbey Excavation Committee correspondence and papers
Reference code
SAL/08/05/01
Title
Glastonbury Abbey Excavation Committee correspondence and papers
Date
1909-1951
Level of description
Sub-series
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence and papers concerning the 'restoration' of Glastonbury Abbey, 1909-1910, and the joint Glastonbury Abbey Excavation Committee, 1923-1951, including typed report to the Council of SAL by Philip Norman, C.R. Peers and William St John Hope on the proposed restoration, c.1910; carbon copy of report by W.D. Caroe, c.1910; correspondence about SAL's involvement in excavations, 1923-1926; correspondence in a dispute between Frederick Bligh Bond and the Committee about the use of his plans, 1936-1937; and papers concerning the reconstitution of the Abbey Excavation Committee in 1951.