Coventry (England)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Coventry housing - press clippings, 1940-1944
File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/3
Scope and Contents
This file contains press clippings and journal articles by Sir Donald Evelyn Edward Gibson concerning Coventry City Council's experimental pre-fabricated housing and other new housing developments.
Dates:
1940-1944
Coventry housing - proposed nursery plans, 4 June 1940
Item
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2/4/2
Scope and Contents
2 manuscript plans in pencil on tracing paper by WGC Bell showing complete plans for a proposed nursery building for Coventry. The plans include an integral air-raid shelter in the basement of the pram-shed.
Dates:
4 June 1940
"Coventry of tomorrow" exhibition, 1940
Series
Identifier: PJM/ABT/E
Scope and Contents
"Coventry of Tomorrow" series consists of:
- flyers, programmes, black and white photographic prints (some mounted), press clippings and administrative details, 1940
- visitor's book for the exhibition, 1940
- administrative correspondence concerning the organisation of the exhibition, 1940
Dates:
1940
Keystone - the Association of Building Technicians Journal, 1938-1965
File
Identifier: PJM/ABT/F
Scope and Contents
This file contains a number of copies of Keystone - the Journal of the Association of Building Technicians February 1937 February and December 1938 March, April and July 1939 March 1940 July-August 1957 October 1948 December 1949 September 1950 June -July 1954 May-June, September-October and November-December 1955 Vol 38, No 2 and No 4, 1956 ...
Dates:
1938-1965
Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department, 1939-1944
Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs and plans from Coventry City Architect's Department consists of:
- general papers, photographs, press-clippings and plans, 1939-1945
- photographs, press-clippings and plans concerning housing development in Coventry, c1940-1944
- personal material concerning Percy Johnson-Marshall's employment, 15 March 1941
Dates:
1939-1944
Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department, 1931-1956
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/B/2
Scope and Contents
Plans from Coventry City Architectural and Planning Department consists of:
- The Coventry No 1 Town Planning Scheme, Map No 2, 1931
- City and Borough of Coventry, Development Plan 1951 - town map, 1951
- thematic maps of central Coventry, unknown
- Bell Green District Centre: general layout, 4 January 1956
Dates:
1931-1956
Redevelopment of Coventry - general material, 1939-1945
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1
Scope and Contents
Redevelopment of Coventry - general material consists of:
- general papers, c1945
- general photographs, 1939
- press clippings and articles, 1940-1944
- plans,c1941-1943
Dates:
1939-1945
Redevelopment of Coventry - general papers, c1945
File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1/1
Scope and Contents
File of papers relating to the redevelopment of Coventry. Includes an application under section I of the Town and Country Planning Act ( 1944) for the redevelopment of Coventry city centre, proceedings of the local public enquiry concerning this application for 25 June 1945 and captions to some missing photographs. There are also 2 pamphlets concerning Coventry's redevelopment and a contemporary street...
Dates:
c1945
Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs, 1939
File
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/1/2
Scope and Contents
Redevelopment of Coventry - general photographs consists of:
22 black and white photographic prints (9cm x 11.5cm) showing the first architectural model for the proposed redevelopment of the city centre. It was built by members of the Coventry City Architect's Department, under the direction of the City Architect Donald Gibson, during their spare time in, 1939
4 black and white...
Dates:
1939
Redevelopment of Coventry - housing, c1940-1944
Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/CCC/A/2
Scope and Contents
Redevelopment of Coventry - housing subseries consists of:
- material relating to the opening of the Canley Estate houses, 18 December 1941
- photographs of the Canley Estate,c1941
- press clippings and journal articles concerning Coventry's housing developments, 1940-1944
- plans for housing, a nursery and a panoramic view, c1940
Dates:
c1940-1944