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Liverpool Merseyside England

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 60 Collections and/or Records:

John Lewis Partnership Prize , 1935, 1934-1935

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/A/4/5
Scope and Contents Architectural drawings (70cm x 100cm) by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst a fourth year student at the Liverpool School of Architecture, for the John Lewis Partnership Prize, 1935. The drawings are of the subject "a living-room with dining recess and a sun-terrace". There is one axonometric drawing, and one sheet of plans, sections and technical specifications which are painted. There is also a sheet of pencil furniture designs. In addition there are press clippings...
Dates: 1934-1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from The Music Guild, 25 July 1937

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L850
Scope and Contents

Letter, 25 July 1937, Liverpool, The Music Guild to Donald Tovey. Inviting Tovey to a supper in his honour. Typescript signed.

Dates: 25 July 1937

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Henry V. Whitehouse, c1905

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2749
Scope and Contents

Letter, [n.d], Liverpool, Henry V. Whitehouse to Sophie Weisse. Concerning the Moor duplex piano, the Aeolian company, and Tovey's involvement in the marketing of the new instrument. Holograph incomplete.

Dates: c1905

Miscellaneous University of Liverpool student assignments, 1931-1937

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/D
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous University of Liverpool student assignments consists of:


  1. poster designs, c1931-1937
  2. "A gymnasium and swimming bath", c1931-1937
  3. "Venesta vintry house", c1931-1937
  4. "An atelier", c1931-1937
Dates: 1931-1937

Postcard to Sophie Weisse from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, c1907

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L608
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 1907, Liverpool, Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse. List of musical works. Typescript copy.

Dates: c1907

poster designs, c1931-1937

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/D/1
Scope and Contents

Two posters (64cm x 90cm) by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst a student at the Liverpool School of Architecture. They are entitled "Swim and be fit" and "Cruises from Liverpool to the Scottish firths and fjords". The posters have similar depictions of people enjoying themselves in bathing outfits and are executed in bright poster colours.

Dates: c1931-1937

Prize competitions, 1936-1937

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/C
Scope and Contents Prize competitions series consists of: "HW Williams Prize -design for a church", 1935-1936 Owen Jones Studentship - design for a nursery, 1936 Honan Scholarship - design for a riverside café, 1937 competition for a glasshouse, 1937 design for an ice-rink, 1937 HW Williams Prize for the Promotion of Architectural Design...
Dates: 1936-1937

Proof copy of article on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History', 1881

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Identifier: Coll-74/8/4
Scope and Contents First proof copy of an article by Sir Archibald Geikie on 'The Geological Influences which have Affected the Course of British History' from printers Clay, Sons and Taylor, for Macmillan the publisher in 1881. This looked at ancient peoples and legendary figures, puting them in the context of the evolution of the natural world. Including elements such as the impact of the devlopment of commerce and the move from an agricultural to an urban industrial society, Sir Archibald Geikie mapped them...
Dates: 1881

Seaford statutory planning scheme town extension, 1935-1937

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Identifier: PJM/UOL/B/1
Scope and Contents

Plans and studies by Percy Johnson-Marshall, undertaken whilst a student studying for the Certificate in Civic Design at the University of Liverpool, for a project entitled "Seaford statutory planning scheme town extension". There are 2 sheets, one of current land-use (60cm x 80cm) and a plan for a development scheme for 2000 people (56cm x 60cm).

Dates: 1935-1937

Second year assignments, 1932-1933

 Sub-Series
Identifier: PJM/UOL/A/2
Scope and Contents Second year assignments consists of drawings for assessed architectural assignments, undertaken by Percy Johnson-Marshall as a second year student on the Diploma of Architecture at the University of Liverpool. "A sculpture museum on an Italian lake", 1932 "A restaurant on the Thames at Henley", 1932 "An assembly hall and shops", 1933 "A country inn",...
Dates: 1932-1933