RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL UA/P/1b/7s-z
Date[1930s-1980s]
LevelSeries
Extent3 files plus glass plate negatives and oversize items
TitleUniversity photographs: Streatham campus: academic buildings S-Z
DescriptionPhotographs and glass plate negatives of academic buildings on the Streatham campus, with names beginning S-Z, comprising the following: Streatham Court and Washington Singer Laboratories (arranged individually by file). A detailed description of each file is given below:

i) Streatham Court
One file of exterior photographs [1980s]. Also glass plate negatives.

ii) Thornlea
Assorted glass plate negatives.

iii) Washington Singer Laboratories
One file of interior and exterior photographs, including various labs, the auditorium (a large multi-purpose hall suitable for gymnastics, plays, concerts and examinations) and the dynamo room [1930s-1980s]. Also glass plate negatives. One photograph shows the building floodlit on the occasion of the Faraday Exhibition in Dec 1931. The architect was E Vincent Harris and Mr Washington Singer gave £25,000 towards the cost. It opened in 1931.
FormatPhotograph
Access StatusOpen
ArrangementArranged alphabetically in files by name of academic building.
Creator_NameUniversity College of the South West of England
Univeristy of Exeter
Dart and Bernard; photographic studio
Grant; Henry; photographer
Western Times
Barber; D R; photographer
Frith; Francis; photographer
Arthur; Vosper; photographer
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