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Talks and Lectures in WR Lethaby Archive
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Medium: paper, ink
Object number: MIS.2018.568.M.1-31
Description1. The Study and Practice of Artistic Crafts 1901 talk to Birmingham Municipal School of Art printed
2. The Challenge 23 Feb 1917 The Foundation in Labour: about a lecture given at University College on The Work and the Worker printed
3. lecture notes given at RCA 10 Oct 1917 lecture I: collecting materials, study by copying pp.2-4 photocopy
4. lecture notes given at RCA 16 Oct 1917 lecture II: Design's experiment, complementary aspect pp.5-6 photocopy
5. lecture notes given at RCA 22 Oct 1917 lecture III: all ornamentation falls into certain branches that can be classified; it does not hurt the possibility of ornamentation, it is the nature of things pp. 7-7a photocopy
6. lecture notes given at RCA 30 Oct 1917 lecture IV: subject and construction in pattern pp.8-10 photocopy
7. lecture notes given at RCA 5 Nov 1917 lecture V: design as variation pp.10-11 photocopy
8. lecture notes given at RCA 12 Nov 1917 lecture VI: colour pp.11-14 photocopy
9. lecture notes given at RCA 26 Nov 1917 lecture VII: things to be learnt pp.15-17 photocopy
10. lecture notes given at RCA 3 Dec 1917 lecture VIII: design of monograms pp.18-20 photocopy
11. lecture notes given at RCA 10 Dec 1917 lecture IX: drawing pp.20-26 photocopy
12. lecture notes given at RCA 17 Dec 1918 lecture X: what is art, what is the purpose of art pp.26-30 photocopy
13. lecture notes given at RCA 14 Jan 1918 lecture XI: heraldry pp.31-33 photocopy
14. lecture notes given at RCA 4 Feb 1918 lecture XII: the use of models pp.33-37 photocopy
15. lecture notes given at RCA 1918 2 pages of sayings about art photocopy
16. Little Talks 1917 outlines of the 12 talks at the RCA typed
17. Report of Drapers' Chamber of Trade AGM 3 Feb 1916 Value of Quality and Design printed
18. Journal of Decorative art and British Decorator Nov 1913 Daub it on! [Professor Lethaby on decorative work] printed
19. Journal of Decorative art and British Decorator Nov 1913 House Painting, Ancient and Modern, afternoon session 24 Sep 1913 printed
20. notes of a lecture after 1918 ? By WRL, taken down by Fletcher, or more likely lecture by ?Fletcher quoting WRL handwritten
21. Journal of the RIBA 4 Apr 1925 The Corporate Spirit in Architecture: WRL vote of thanks photocopy
22. The Tradition of the Countryside 23 Jul 1920 read at AWG x2 typed
23. Birthday Party speech 1922 65th birthday pp.6-13 handwritten
24. The Times 21 Jan 1922 notice about the celebration printed
25. newspaper cutting 1922 photo of celebration at AWG printed
26. newspaper cutting notice about lecture at the RIBA: What architects may learn from Germany printed
27. Morning Post 22 Nov 1913 notice about lecture at Historical Association at UCL: The Architecture of Westminster Abbey printed
28. Lecture at Westerham, perhaps for a Women's Institute c. 1925 English Towns and Spirit of Locality 18 pages handwritten
29. talk probably given to teachers at one of the CSAC summer courses. It is a direct attack on DSA pedagogy On the Study of Design 8 pages handwritten
30. in part same as Handicrafts & Reconstruction ACES 1919 National Importance of the Handicrafts 16 pages typed
31. from a verbatim transcription lecture at Leicester 11 pages typed
2. The Challenge 23 Feb 1917 The Foundation in Labour: about a lecture given at University College on The Work and the Worker printed
3. lecture notes given at RCA 10 Oct 1917 lecture I: collecting materials, study by copying pp.2-4 photocopy
4. lecture notes given at RCA 16 Oct 1917 lecture II: Design's experiment, complementary aspect pp.5-6 photocopy
5. lecture notes given at RCA 22 Oct 1917 lecture III: all ornamentation falls into certain branches that can be classified; it does not hurt the possibility of ornamentation, it is the nature of things pp. 7-7a photocopy
6. lecture notes given at RCA 30 Oct 1917 lecture IV: subject and construction in pattern pp.8-10 photocopy
7. lecture notes given at RCA 5 Nov 1917 lecture V: design as variation pp.10-11 photocopy
8. lecture notes given at RCA 12 Nov 1917 lecture VI: colour pp.11-14 photocopy
9. lecture notes given at RCA 26 Nov 1917 lecture VII: things to be learnt pp.15-17 photocopy
10. lecture notes given at RCA 3 Dec 1917 lecture VIII: design of monograms pp.18-20 photocopy
11. lecture notes given at RCA 10 Dec 1917 lecture IX: drawing pp.20-26 photocopy
12. lecture notes given at RCA 17 Dec 1918 lecture X: what is art, what is the purpose of art pp.26-30 photocopy
13. lecture notes given at RCA 14 Jan 1918 lecture XI: heraldry pp.31-33 photocopy
14. lecture notes given at RCA 4 Feb 1918 lecture XII: the use of models pp.33-37 photocopy
15. lecture notes given at RCA 1918 2 pages of sayings about art photocopy
16. Little Talks 1917 outlines of the 12 talks at the RCA typed
17. Report of Drapers' Chamber of Trade AGM 3 Feb 1916 Value of Quality and Design printed
18. Journal of Decorative art and British Decorator Nov 1913 Daub it on! [Professor Lethaby on decorative work] printed
19. Journal of Decorative art and British Decorator Nov 1913 House Painting, Ancient and Modern, afternoon session 24 Sep 1913 printed
20. notes of a lecture after 1918 ? By WRL, taken down by Fletcher, or more likely lecture by ?Fletcher quoting WRL handwritten
21. Journal of the RIBA 4 Apr 1925 The Corporate Spirit in Architecture: WRL vote of thanks photocopy
22. The Tradition of the Countryside 23 Jul 1920 read at AWG x2 typed
23. Birthday Party speech 1922 65th birthday pp.6-13 handwritten
24. The Times 21 Jan 1922 notice about the celebration printed
25. newspaper cutting 1922 photo of celebration at AWG printed
26. newspaper cutting notice about lecture at the RIBA: What architects may learn from Germany printed
27. Morning Post 22 Nov 1913 notice about lecture at Historical Association at UCL: The Architecture of Westminster Abbey printed
28. Lecture at Westerham, perhaps for a Women's Institute c. 1925 English Towns and Spirit of Locality 18 pages handwritten
29. talk probably given to teachers at one of the CSAC summer courses. It is a direct attack on DSA pedagogy On the Study of Design 8 pages handwritten
30. in part same as Handicrafts & Reconstruction ACES 1919 National Importance of the Handicrafts 16 pages typed
31. from a verbatim transcription lecture at Leicester 11 pages typed
