A year in the life: 1885
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January |
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Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 125-6 |
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February |
14 |
Pitt-Rivers attends wedding in Kensington |
Morning Post 16 February 1885 p. 5 |
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February |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 125-6 |
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February |
before 11 |
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford [PRM] founding collection still at South Kensington Museum [SKM] but packed into one room and no longer on display |
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March |
18 |
Pitt-Rivers lends object to exhibiton of works of art in Belgrave Square in aid of Girls Friendly Societies Club and Recreation Rooms for Factories |
Morning Post 18 February 1885 p. 5 |
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March |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 125-6 |
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Spring [no month] |
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Work begins on new extension to house PRM at Oxford |
Larson, 2007: 94 |
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April |
12, 14 or 15 |
Pitt-Rivers' 58th birthday |
See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate |
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April |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 125-6 |
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April |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers carries out inspection of Kit Coty House, Kent [exact date unknown] |
British Architect 23:16 17 April 1885 |
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May |
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June |
9 |
Pitt-Rivers at Natural History Museum, London for unveiling of Darwin memorial statue |
The Times 10 June 1885 |
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June |
mid on |
Displays of Pitt-Rivers' collection at SKM are closed. Transfer of objects from SKM to Oxford begins, action taken by Walter Baldwin Spencer and W.J. Hill. E.B. Tylor and H.N. Moseley also attend, Tylor staying at the Athenaeum as required. The collection is stored throughout Oxford on its arrival. |
OUMNH, E.B. Poulton mss. Letter from Moseley to Poulton; Larson, 2007: 94. University Archives, UC/FF/60/2/2 |
Spencer continues to work on transfer until he moves to Australia, latterly with Henry Balfour |
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July |
27 and on |
Pitt-Rivers carries out inspector's tour of Cumberland, Westmoreland, Orkneys and west coast Scotland. 31 July in Edinburgh visiting dealers |
National Archives workbook 39/ 16 page 12 |
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July |
2 |
Spencer confirms to friend that that day they had completed transferring Pitt-Rivers collection to Oxford |
PRM ms collections: Spencer papers Box 3 Goulty 66 |
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July |
28 |
Inspector's tour of Cumberland, Pitt-Rivers at Burn Moor Eskdale |
National Archives workbook 39/ 6 page 31 |
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July |
29 |
Inspector's tour of Cumberland, Pitt-Rivers at Shap |
National Archives workbook 39/ 6 page 31 |
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August |
7 |
Pitt-Rivers bestows land on incumbent of parish of Handley |
London Gazette (25498: 3654) |
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August - September |
14 |
Scotland, Inspector's tour, on Isle of Lewis Pitt-Rivers inspecting stone circle near 'Gary-na-line' Inn and sheiling near 'Bavin gail' |
National Archives workbook 39/16 page 117, 120 |
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August - September |
From around 4 August to Around 5 September |
Scotland, Pitt-Rivers on Inspector's tour |
Thompson, 1977: 126; CUL Volume 2 page 147 and on. National Archives workbook 39/6 page 37 confirms he was near Oban on 4.8.1885, 39/6 page 4 confirms he was at Culloden on 5.9.1885, page 1 dated August, page 46 dated 13.8.1885 on Isle of Lewis |
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September |
By 12th |
Pitt-Rivers at British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Aberdeen, reads paper on ancient remains and goverment plans to preserve them |
The Times 12 September 1885 |
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September |
No days |
First collections transferred from Ashmolean Museum to PRM |
Larson, 2007: 11 |
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October |
9 |
Pitt-Rivers attends interment of Earl of Shaftesbury at Wimborne St Giles, Dorset |
The Times 10 October 1885 |
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October |
11 |
Moseley writes to Balfour about employing him as his assistant to establish the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford |
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October |
28 |
Balfour begins work for PRM at Oxford |
Source unknown |
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November |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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November |
No days |
Further collections transferred from Ashmolean Museum to PRM |
Larson, 2007: 96 |
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November |
24 |
Bridport Waterworks Company wants to build reservoirs on Pitt-Rivers' land |
London Gazette (25533: 5535) |
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December |
9 |
Pitt-Rivers buys objects at auction, list published |
The Times 9 December 1885 |
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December |
No days |
Pitt-Rivers excavating Woodcuts |
Thompson, 1977: 126 |
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Pitt-Rivers meets up with Tylors in Scotland [presumably either August or September] |
University of California Tylor diaries |
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Pitt-Rivers employs Francis Reader as assistant on Cranborne Chase excavations |
Thompson, 1977: 94 |
Thompson calls him G.W. Reader, Bowden disagrees about this date and gives 1881 |
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Pitt-Rivers forms the West Bay Land & Building Company with Henry Edward Fox-Strangways, the 5th Earl of Ilchester |
This is the only reference so far to a Pitt-Rivers company or his business interests |
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Pitt-Rivers joins Zoological Society |
Chapman, 1981: 78 |
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Suggested tentative date for first opening of Farnham Museum |
Thompson, 1977: 119 |
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