Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1915.
Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.
Month | Day | Event | Source of Information | Notes |
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February | 18 | Minutes of meeting of Delegates marking assignment of building which became 'Green shed' from Dept of Engineering Science | PRM ms collections PRM papers Box 1 Foundation of PRM | |
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Unspecified | Blackwood meets Czaplicka again, shortly after she returns from fieldwork in Siberia, she works preparing her fieldwork data for publication until Autumn 1916 and persuaded Blackwood to accompany her back to Oxford | PRM Manuscript Collections, Blackwood papers, box 33, letter to Antoni Kuczynskiy, 15 March 1971 | ||
Unspecified | Security in museum is strengthened with new locks being fitted | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 | ||
Unspecified | The 'Green shed' previously used by the Department of Engineering is taken over by the Museum. It remains in use until the 2000s. It is used as a working room and storeroom | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 | ||
Unspecified | Museum roof overhauled and repacked with asbestos | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 | ||
Unspecified | Wilfred Susan Blackman continues to volunteer at Museum working on the card catalogues | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 | ||
Unspecified | Arthur Maurice Hocart volunteers to catalogue head-rest series (he does not complete work) | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 | ||
Unspecified | Displays worked on during the year: Ornamental / decorative art, food / water vessels, smoking narcotics, shields / armour, spears. Clubs, stone implements | Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1915 |
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