WEBB, Sir Aston (1849-1930)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0098 B/WEBB
Held at	: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/recordsandarchives ›
Full title	: WEBB, Sir Aston (1849-1930)
Date(s)	: Created 1908-1920
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Webb | Sir Aston | 1849-1930 | Knight | architect

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, London,1849; President, Architectural Association, 1884; President, Royal Institute of British Architects, 1902-1904; Knighted, 1904; Royal Gold medallist, Architecture, English, 1905, American, 1907; President, Royal Academy, 1919; works included Buckingham Palace, Admiralty Arch, Victoria and Albert Museum, Royal College of Science and Imperial College; died, 1930.
Publications: include: London of the Future editor (London, 1921).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sir Aston Webb, comprising general correspondence relating to Imperial College buildings, 1908-1920.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Finding aids:

A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Records relating to the Buildings of Imperial College (H), held at Imperial College.

Correspondence and papers relating to work for Imperial War Graves Commission, held at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (reference: passim); letters to Marion Harry Alexander Spielmann, held at Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department.

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1947, volume III); National Register of Archives; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
December 2000