Dr Michael Kerney (1934-2022), geology lecturer at Imperial College: local collection containing research papers, drafts of lectures, maps, photographs, 35mm transparencies; detailed notes with plans on the compilation of Greenwich Council’s published catalogue of locally listed buildings; detailed notes on local buildings, brick and stonework, paving; framed anonymous watercolour view from Shooters Hill, 1845, also included late 20th cent (2023.7)
Brenda Robinson (fl1977-1984): collection of documents, poems and personal drawings and items rel to the construction of the Thames Barrier, collected during her time working on the project 1977-1984
Kathleen Dunn (fl1939-1945), of Eltham: small family collection, incl material rel to Reginald Dunn, a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and letters and papers rel to this and the time he spent in prison 1939-1945
May Victoria Davis (fl1915-1918): autograph book containing illustrations and short texts collected by the owner while working at the Royal Arsenal during the First World War. Many entries are by soldiers, some by other women. Davis eloped with a soldier from the Scots Guard in her lunch break in March 1918 1915-1918 (2023.11)
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