Held in the University of Reading's Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology. Records relate to the history of excavations mainly in Greece in the early 20th century. Includes correspondence to the Museum's founders, Percy Ure and Annie Ure, from various Greek archaeologists.

​More details on the Museum's holdings here.

Scope of collections: correspondence, letters, diaries, research notes and journals, excavation records, photographs, maps, museum records.

Email: [email protected]
Research blog: https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/ure-routes/
Website: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/ure-museum/
​Archive webpage: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/ure-museum/explore/collections-overview/archives/
Twitter: @UreMuseum

One of a large number of local archaeological societies in the United Kingdom, the Glasgow Archaeological Society was established in 1856  on the foundation of an earlier Society established over a decade earlier.  Its aims were to promote and research the archaeology of the city of Glasgow and the West of Scotland.  The GAS's association with the University of Glasgow began in 1906, and with the instigation of the Dalrymple Fund many important archaeologists were brought to Glasgow to deliver public lectures on European Archaeology.

Scope of Collection:
minutes, letters, reports, copies of Society Transactions and newsletters (1856-2006)
Further details on the material available in the GAS archive can be found via Archives Hub here.

Website: http://www.glasarchsoc.org.uk/

Relevant Contact:
University of Glasgow Archives Services

Further Reading:
Mearns, J. 2007. 150 Years of Glasgow Archaeological Society. Scottish Archaeological Journal 30 (1-2): vi-xvii.

Summary by Amara Thornton

Founded in 1707 for researching the antiquities and monuments of the British Isles, the Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) holds an important place in the history of archaeology as a supporter and campaigner for archaeology and heritage. It was a key venue for reporting discoveries through public lectures and hosted exhibitions of excavated artefacts from Britain and abroad.  Researchers will find relevant material in several collections at the SAL: in the Library, the Archives and Prints and Drawings.  The SAL also holds the records of the Society of Dilettanti and the Royal Archaeological Institute.

Scope of collections:
Administrative records (SAL Minute Books, SAL Executive Committee Minute Books, Council Books, Fellowship blue papers and lists), exhibition pamphlets, archaeological archives for excavations (including Old Sarum, Silchester, Stonehenge, Glastonbury), prints and drawings of antiquities and topography, photographs, correspondence

Website: https://www.sal.org.uk/
https://www.sal.org.uk/library/manuscripts-and-archives/
Twitter: @SocAntiquaries

Relevant Contacts:
Library email: [email protected]

Further Reading:

Evans, J. 1956. A History of the Society of Antiquaries. London: Oxford University Press. 

Gaimster, D. McCarthy, S. and Nurse, B. 2007. Making History: Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007. London: Royal Academy of Arts.

Pearse, S. 2007. Visions of Antiquity: the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1707-2007. London: Society of Antiquaries of London.

Summary by Amara Thornton

John Garstang (1876-1956) was a British archaeologist who directed excavations in Britain, Egypt, Sudan, Asia Minor/Turkey, British Mandate Palestine and British Mandate Transjordan.  As an Oxford student, he worked first on Romano-British sites under Professor Francis Haverfield.  He subsequently became a student under Flinders Petrie's Egyptian Research Account training scheme, and began working in Egypt.  He was first Honorary Reader in Egyptology at Liverpool University, and after Liverpool's Institute of Archaeology was set up he became Professor of the Methods and Practice of Archaeology at Liverpool.

The Garstang Museum at Liverpool holds records relating to the Institute of Archaeology at Liverpool, as well as records relating to the excavation activities of Garstang and a number of other archaeologists working primarily in Egypt, Sudan and Asia Minor during the 20th century.

Scope of collection:
Administrative records, excavation records, correspondence, museum records, photographs, lantern slides. For further details see the Garstang Museum Jisc/Archives Hub listing.

Twitter: @GarstangMuseum
Website: https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/archaeology-classics-and-egyptology/garstang-museum/
Pinterest page: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/garstangm/mero%C3%AB-africas-forgotten-empire/
Email: [email protected]