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Cockerell correspondence in WR Lethaby Archive

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Cockerell correspondence in WR Lethaby Archive

Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Medium: paper, ink
Object number: MIS.2018.536.M.1-140
Description1. GR notes on subjects in letters GR list of letters 1898 -1930 handwritten
2. GR no 0 October 1894 on receiving 'the Romance' typed & carbon
2. GR no 0 October 1894 pushing for head of Central School typed & carbon
3. GR no 1 May 1896 on not being good at holidays typed & carbon
3. GR no 1 1898 to the Orkneys typed & carbon
4. GR no 2 3 April 1900 Boer War typed & carbon
5. GR no 3 9 Sept 1901 just married typed & carbon
6. GR no 4 Nov 1905 on the question of the new LCC building (county hall); and the new Central School typed
7. GR no 5 1906 on Westminster typed
8. GR no 6 Jan 1906 A&C exhibition society, Labour in Parliament typed
9. GR no 7 Mar-Apr 1906 on Romanesque foliage; typed
10. GR no 8 May-Jul 1906 Cottonian Bible; Jenny Morris typed
11. GR no 9 Sep 1906 about the Powells, Webb, Lady Burne-Jones, untidyness typed
12. GR no 10 Sep-Oct 1906 about paintings of medieval kings and queens typed
13. GR no 11 Oct 1906 Froissart typed
14. GR no 12 Oct 1906 on identifying images at Westminster Abbey typed
15. GR no 13 Oct 1906 on identifying images at Westminster Abbey typed
16. GR no 14 Oct 1906 on identifying images at Westminster Abbey typed
17. GR no 15 Oct 1906 on identifying images at Westminster Abbey typed
18. GR no 16 Oct 1906 on identifying images at Westminster Abbey typed
19. GR no 17 Nov 1906 in doubt about raking on Westminster Abbey job typed
20. GR no 18 Jan 1907 Burns meeting, losing WRL's brother typed
21. GR no 19 Feb-Jul 1907 on Giacomo Boni, Roman architecture typed
22. GR no 20 Aug-Oct 1907 Cockerell's engagement, Powells, Gimson, wishing he could have learned engineering typed
23. GR no 21 Jan-Jun 1908 in France, Cockerell's move to Cambridge typed
24. GR no 22 Jul-Sep 1908 about candlestick in MSS, Cockerell's daughter, paper on Lincoln typed
25. GR no 23 Sep 1908-Jan 1909 at Ramsgate, George Jack teaching wood carving, cheque to Rooke, thinking of resigning CSAC typed
26. GR no 24 Feb-Jun 1909 on Matthew Dawson (possibly having a hand in building Central School), in Normandy typed
27. GR no 25 Oct-Dec 1909 Rooke's new drawings of mountains, Webb, Embroidered English Copes typed
28. GR no 26 Jan-Apr1910 Nat Gal not interested in 14th century English central panel picture, on onerousness of Slade professorship typed
29. GR no 27 17 Mar 1910 application to Slade Professorship typed
30. GR no 28 Apr-May 1910 Slade Professorship typed
31. GR no 29 Jun-Sep 1910 Cockerell's new son; Royal Academy show typed
32. GR no 30 Oct-Nov 1910 Webb running out of money typed
33. GR no 31 Nov 1910 on stained glass designing typed
34. GR no 32 Nov-Dec 1910 about a Greek head for BM or Fitzwilliam typed
35. GR no 33 Jan 1911 on Fry, Canterbury windows, women and post-impressionists, MR James typed
36. GR no 34 Mar-Jul 1911 to Berlin typed
37. GR no 35 Sep 1911-Mar 1912 Berlin culture capital of the world, Webb 81 typed
38. GR no 36 Mar 1912 working on Morris MSS typed
39. GR no 37 Apr-Aug 1912 Octavia Hill died, Burnet a possibility for Fitzwilliam extension typed
40. GR no 38 Sep-Oct 1012 more on Burnet typed
41. GR no 39 Feb-Mar 1913 Webb asking if WRL could do a summing up of Norman Shaw typed
42. GR no 40 Apr-Dec 1913 on writing about Webb, typed
43. GR no 41 Jan-Feb 1914 Stephen Gooden, Jane Morris' death typed
44. GR no 42 Mar-Jun 1914 Genius Loci in Cambridge Magazine, from Ruskin's study, Kate Kingsford Cockerell's work on show in Paris typed
45. GR no 43 Jun-Oct 1914 Rooke's mountains, back from France on day of mobilisation typed
46. GR no 44 Oct-Apr 1915 Webb's dying typed
47. GR no 45 April 1915 Webb's dying typed
48. GR no 46 May-Jul 1915 Serbian sculptors, more about Webb typed
49. GR no 47 Jul 1915 collection of letters from Webb typed
50. GR no 48 Jul-Aug 1915 men in terms of cathedrals: Morris was Lincoln, Webb Durham, Burne-Jones Well and Brown Peterborough, Rossetti will not fit into this scheme typed
51. GR no 49 Aug 1915 collection of letters from Webb typed
52. GR no 50 Aug 1915 collection of letters from Webb typed
53. GR no 51 Aug 1915 collection of letters from Webb typed
54. GR no 52 Sep-Oct 1915 Webb drew the birds in the Morris designs, Clouds typed
55. GR no 53 Oct-Dec 1915 York Minster, Malmesbury, Rooke typed
56. GR no 54 Jan-Apr 1916 from Alfriston, Alfred (Powell?) in Holland doing work at some of the Belgian camps, setting up furniture making, WWI and pacificism, socialism, typed
57. GR no 55 Sep 1916 about various psalters typed
58. GR no 56 Sep-Oct 1916 about a sculpture at Jesus college chapel typed
59. GR no 57 Oct-Dec 1916 the sculpture was at St Johns chapel moved to the local archeology and Ethnology Museum typed
60. GR no 58 Dec 1916-Jan 1917 Lady Burne-Jones frail, School of Art idea (in Cambridge?), Matthew Parris Psalter typed
61. GR no 59 Jan 1917 WR James on the Lindsay Psalter, comparisons with St Albbans psalter at the British Museum typed
62. GR no 60 Jan 1917 Guthlac Roll, & other MSS typed
63. GR no 61 Feb-Mar 1917 Mss, Muirhead Bone, Gerald Brockhurst, JR Holliday letter typed
64. GR no 62 Feb-Mar 1917 definition of art - Clive Bell, Berenson, Tolstoy typed
65. GR no 63 Mar-Apr 1917 Art versus Work and Workmanship typed
66. GR no 64 Jul-Dec 1917 still on MSSs typed
67. GR no 65 Jul-Dec 1917 still on MSSs typed
68. GR no 66 Jan-Mar 1918 Blake at Christies (many went to Fitzwilliam) typed
69. GR no 67 May 1918 retirement at South Kensington typed
70. GR no 68 June-Oct 1918 Elsie Henderson, Henry Rushbury typed
71. GR no 69 Oct-Dec 1918 taken on a house in Hurtley Wintney Hants., Lion paper, Joan Kingsford typed
72. GR no 70 Jan 1919 Armada tapestries, on Webb book next step to find publisher typed
73. GR no 71 Jan-Feb 1919 Mammillans versus Longmans typed
74. GR no 72 Feb-Jul 1919 in London, MS typed
75. GR no 73 Aug-Dec 1919 after staying in Cambridge, Gimson death, typed
76. GR no 74 Jan 1920 Ruskin and Morris typed
77. GR no 75 Jan-Dec 1920 Keynes' book, architecture teaching going backwards typed
78. GR no 76 Jan 1921 American production, Metropolitan Museum typed
79. GR no 77 Jan 1921 Boston Museum, America going dry, corruption, WRL fear of America, Show of Mss at South Kensington Museum typed
80. GR no 78 Apr-Dec 1921 visit to Westminster, Edward the Confessor typed
81. GR no 79 Dec 1921-Jan 1922 Lady Burne-Jones' letters, Tolstoy typed
82. GR no 80 Jan-May 1922 Webb memoir typed
83. GR no 81 Jan-May 1922 Webb memoir typed
84. GR no 82 Aug-Dec 1922 Life of the Confessor, Griggs, E News, Alfred Powell typed
85. GR no 83 Dec 1922 Eileen Power's Medieval English Nunneries, Black Prince's relics at Canterbury typed
86. GR no 84 Jan 1923 English art is booming, reminiscing typed
87. Jan 2 1923 Lethaby on SPAB hand written
88. GR no 85 Jan 1923 glad to hear it was you Anti Scraped me typed
89. GR no 86 Jan-Feb 1923 sway of Gothic body due to shape of elephant's tusk? typed
90. GR no 87 Feb 1923 English versus French/Dutch medieval typed
91. GR no 88 Feb 1923 St Stephen's Chapel, Norwich retable, etc typed
92. GR no 89 Feb 1923 French or English heraldry motifs in the Durlacher triptych (The Burlington Magazine
Vol. 139, No. 1135 (Oct., 1997), pp. 668-675) typed
93. GR no 90 Mar 1923 Durlacher triptych typed
94. GR no 91 Mar 1923 Durlacher triptych typed
95. GR no 92 Mar 1923 Durlacher triptych typed
96. GR no 93 Mar-Apr 1923 Durlacher triptych typed
97. GR no 94 Apr 1923 Durlacher triptych - medieval art in Germany typed
98. GR no 95 Oct 1923 Morris' death day, Cockerell's visit to Kelmscott, Webb biography typed
99. GR no 96 Oct 1923 Durlacher triptych typed
100. GR no 97 Oct-Dec 1923 Webb biography typed
101. GR no 98 Jan-Mar 1924 Medieval chalice typed
102. GR no 99 Jan-Mar 1924 Medieval chalice typed
103. GR no 100 Jan-Mar 1924 Medieval chalice typed
104. GR no 101 Feb-Jun 1924 Medieval chalice, Webb biography typed
105. GR no 102 Jun-Nov 1924 new galleries at Fitzwilliam, Webb MS typed
106. GR no 103 Nov-Dec 1924 Webb MS for 'The Builder', St Faith at Westminster typed
107. GR no 104 Dec 1924-Jan 1925 Medieval coates of arms, Webb in 'The Builder' typed
108. GR no 105 Dec 1924-Jan 1925 Medieval coates of arms, Webb in 'The Builder' typed
109. GR no 106 Mar 1925 FP Chamber's paper; lights in Leicester Square typed
110. GR no 107 Apr 1925 on Philip Webb and Holliday typed
111. GR no 108 Dec 1925-Jan 1926 potential publishers for Webb book typed
112. to Cockerell Feb 27, 1926 finished clearing A&C exhibition photocopy - University of Texas at Austin
113. GR no 109 Feb-Aug 1926 WRL to give a talk at South Kensington on William Morris, complaints about modern architecture, holiday in Norfolk typed
114. GR no 110 Feb-Aug 1926 WRL to give a talk at South Kensington on William Morris, complaints about modern architecture, holiday in Norfolk typed
115. 22 August 1926 extract of a letter about lack of craftmenship in architecture typed
116. GR no 111 Oct-Nov 1926 tribute to Sidney Barnsley, visit to Felbrigg Hall and Graeco-Roman sculpture typed
117. GR no 112 Nov 1926-Jan 1927 on Byzantine, Coptic, etc influences, Edith dies typed
118. GR no 113 Jan 1927 on Edith and WRL typed
119. GR no 114 Jan-Mar 1927 on Westminster paintings typed
120. GR no 115 Mar 1927 Ethel Lindgren visit typed
121. GR no 116 Mar-July 1927 Westminster retable and its connections typed
122. GR no 117 Aug 1927 Holliday dies, missed journey to Cambridge, bestiaries typed & carbon
123. GR no 118 Aug 1927 Holliday dies, missed journey to Cambridge, bestiaries typed & carbon
124. GR no 119 Oct 1927-Jan 1928 Potting at the RCA, Roxburghe book, Morgan book typed
125. GR no 120 Jan-Mar 1928 SCC called away from Thomas Hardy funeral, typed
126. GR no 121 Mar-Jul 1928 trying to persuade WRL to visit typed
127. GR no 122 Jul-Sep 1928 WRL has been, comments on Roman tomb of woman & dog typed
128. GR no 123 Oct-Nov 1928 Westminster, Brailes typed
129. GR no 124 Nov 1928-Jan 1929 Brailes monk or trade artist? typed
130. GR no 125 Oct-Dec 1929 about trip to Sussex and SCC's to Dalmatian coast, Tozers to Sicily typed
131. GR no 126 Jan-Apr 1930 Anna Simons (German designer, former pupil of Johnston at RCA) visit typed
132. GR no 127 Apr-June 1930 trip to Cornwall, Cockerell on Honours list at Cambridge, Loyd Haberly (American illustrator, printer, binder) typed
133. GR no 128 Jun 1930-Feb 1931 worried about Westminster report typed
134. GR no 129 Feb 1931 on Miss Clarke's paper typed
135. GR no 130 Mar-May 1931 WRL not well typed
136. GR no 131 May-July 1931 WRL has heart attacks, his sister dies typed & carbon
137. GR no 132 May-July 1931 WRL has heart attacks, his sister dies typed & carbon
138. GR no 133 Jul 1931 WRL dies typed
139. 19 July 1931 Letter of condolence from Beresford Pite to Sydney Cockerell handwritten
140. to Grace from Cockerell 1950 Florence flood, Rooke, Churchill, Freya Stark photocopy