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Secretary's and Assistant Secretary's correspondence and papers conerning Stonehenge

Reference code
SAL/08/14/01
Title
Secretary's and Assistant Secretary's correspondence and papers conerning Stonehenge
Date
1886-1927
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Sub-series
Extent and format
1 file
Scope and content
Letters to the Secretary and Assistant Secretary concerning the protection, preservation and excavation of Stonehenge, including letters and report from Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 1886; letter from Cecil Chubb to C.R. Peers concerning his presentation of Stonehenge to the nation in 1918; and related papers including press cuttings, 1886-1927; draft article [by Dr W. Gowland] on the history and mythology of the site, c.1901; and printed National Trust appeal brochure for the 'Protection of Stonehenge', 1927.