Series List and Summary Descriptions


Series 1 Projects

Listed in the order given by Skempton: dams and reservoirs; foundations; cofferdams; harbour works; landslips; roads; other; then in chronological order.

See RES(GEN) for typescript reports on projects


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 2 Dams and reservoirs

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 3 Foundations

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 4 Cofferdams

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 5 Harbour works

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 6 Landslips

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 7 Other projects

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 8 Miscellany

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 9 Education

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 10 Imperial College

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 11 Outside/unidentified lectures

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 12 Correspondence

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 13 Publications

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 14 Skempton's published books and articles

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 15 Journals including Skempton's articles

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 16 Typed and bound copies of articles

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 17 Unbound typescripts

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 18 Items related to Skempton's publications

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 19 Manuscripts

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 20 Books, articles, etc in which Skempton features in bibliography or which were sent to him

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 21 Typescript theses and articles sent to Skempton

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 22 Research, general

Some relate to projects, some to research, but are kept together here as a series


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 23 Skempton's typescript reports

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 24 Research, soil mechanics

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 25 Research, industrial history

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 26 Rivers

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 27 Canals

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 28 Roads

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 29 Bridges

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 30 Fens, drainage and coastal defence

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 31 Dams and reservoirs

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 32 Docks and harbours

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 33 Railways

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 34 Buildings

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 35 Miscellaneous

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 36 Sources

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 37 Biographical research

See also SOC


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 38 Engineers, etc

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 39 Foreign engineers

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 40 Skempton's contemporaries

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 41 Sources and miscellaneous

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 42 Personal items

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 43 Maps and plans

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 44 Illustrations

 

Series 45 Negatives

Some boxes contain both glass and film negatives


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 46 Transparencies

Some overlap between soil mechanics/civil engineering and holidays


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 47 Prints (including some associated negatives)

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 48 Framed prints

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 49 Drawings

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 50 Miscellaneous illustrations

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 51 Exhibitions

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 52 Conferences, seminars, etc

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 53 Societies

Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton

 

Series 54 Personal items (Family)

Items returned to Skempton family


Provenance: Sir Alec Skempton
Access: Closed

 


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Listed by Anne Barrett and Kate Thompson
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Updated 22 February 2005

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