SMGC 1/1 P-PE (Shaw) - Fred Shaw photos - 1890s-1940s

P-PE Shaw. A collection of glass negatives presented to the Gypsy Lore Society by Mrs Fred Shaw and deposited by the Society on permanent loan in the Scott Macfie Collection at the University of Liverpool Library in February 1950.

SMGC Shaw P1-289 and SMGC Shaw PA2-40 were listed by Doroth...

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Archive level description: File
Physical Description:21 boxes of glass plate negatives
Dimensions:P-PD are half-plate: 4¾ x 6½ inches (120 mm x 165 mm); PE are whole-plate: 6½ x 8½ inches (164 x 215mm)
Summary:

P-PE Shaw. A collection of glass negatives presented to the Gypsy Lore Society by Mrs Fred Shaw and deposited by the Society on permanent loan in the Scott Macfie Collection at the University of Liverpool Library in February 1950.

SMGC Shaw P1-289 and SMGC Shaw PA2-40 were listed by Dorothy Blair in January 1950, additional details, and details of missing items are taken from that list; SMGC Shaw PB1-6 originally from a box marked 'W. Ferguson personal'; SMGC Shaw PC originally from a box marked 'Negative of portrait of William Ferguson for J.[ournal of the] G.[ypsy] L.[ore] S.[ociety]'; SMGC Shaw PD; SMGC Shaw PE. Some negatives are noted as missing and not all sequences are complete. Almost all negatives have contemporary dated and localized captions describing the subject written by Shaw.

 

Date:1890s-1940s
Reference Number:SMGC 1/1 P-PE (Shaw)
Finding Aids:Owing to the amount of material, this section is described fully in a separate finding aid (see SMGC Shaw).