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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/SSPA020013/00001
Material Information
- Title:
- Donation to SOAS Library of 'Records of the Hajj: A Documentary History of the Pilgrimage to Mecca' by J. M. Denning
- Publication Date:
- 01/05/1993
- Language:
- English
- Technique:
- Colour prints
Notes
- General Note:
- Copyright note: This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license CC BY-NC 4.0 International, requiring attribution and restricted to non-commercial uses. Inquiries about commercial uses should be directed to the Archivist, SOAS University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, United Kingdom.
- General Note:
- Preferred Citation: SOAS University of London. Archives & Special Collections. SOAS Picture Archive. SOAS events, Box 1
- General Note:
- Item level information: Includes letter from Mary J Auckland, Librarian 1992-1998 to J. M. Denning
- General Note:
- Extent: 11 prints
- General Note:
- Europe -- United Kingdom -- England -- Greater London -- London -- Camden -- Bloomsbury
- General Note:
- SOAS is the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
- General Note:
- Archival Hierarchy: SOAS (Collection) -- SOAS Picture Archive (Sub-collection) -- SOAS events (Series)
- General Note:
- Sub-Collection description: The SOAS Picture Archive became an official collection in 1990, based on photographs and other visual media held by the School and the School photographer. As of 2016, it consists of over 1,400 images in a range of formats, including prints, negatives, slides, postcards, mounted and framed prints, display boards and printed materials. -- Exterior and interior views of the School of Oriental Studies, formerly the London Institution, at Finsbury Circus are available from its inception, including an engraving of the London Institution by Robert Wilkinson in 1820. A number of photographs record the preparation for and construction of the Philips Building, and the interior of SOAS Library from its first use to the present day is well-represented. -- There are early groups of staff and students with the first two Directors, Sir Denison Ross and Sir Ralph Turner. During the 1930s to 1970s there are few images of students, although staff are better represented (particularly in the 1930s and 1950s), and some staff group photographs outside the Bloomsbury Building exist from the 1980s. Several key events at SOAS are pictured, including the inaugural event at Finsbury Circus in 1918, the official opening of the Philips Building and the opening of the Special Collections Reading Room, as well as a number of other events both social (such as Sir Cyril Philips' 80th birthday party) and academic.
- General Note:
- Series description: This Series includes photographs and other images of scenes from events held at SOAS or concerning SOAS individuals. Notable SOAS events include the inaugural event for the Oriental Languages scholarships scheme at the School of Oriental Studies, 1918; the official opening of the Philips Building in 1973, attended by HRH the Queen Mother; the 80th birthday party of former Director Sir Cyril Philips; and the official opening of the Special Collections Reading Room in the SOAS Library in 1997, among many others. Important visitors are also recorded: the Dalai Lama, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, HRH Princess Anne, HRH Princess Maha Sirindhorn of Thailand, Japanese princes, former Prime Minister Sir James Callaghan, and various foreign state officials. A range of exhibitions, conferences, and other academic events as well as a selection of graduation ceremony scenes are included. As of 2016, this Series includes 652 images, of which there are -- Colour: 360 prints, 8 negatives -- Black and white: 258 prints, 20 mounted prints, 6 negatives -- only a selection have been digitised.
- General Note:
- UK Repository ID: GB 0102 (SOAS University of London)
- General Note:
- Denning, J.M.
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS University of London
- Holding Location:
- Archives and Special Collections
- Rights Management:
- © SOAS University of London, 1993
- Resource Identifier:
- SOAS/SPA/2/13 ( Archival reference )
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