Contains: Agenda of Annual General Meeting 30 May 1942; annual reports 1936-1983; publications of the Sheffield and Peak District Branch 1931-1978; pamphlets and leaflets in support of campaigns 1950-1960's; national CPRE publications entitled My Case for Preservation by Gerald Haythornthwaite 1967 and pamphlet on planning 1930's; article - Roads supplement to the Architectural Review, April 1937; publication A Motorway in a National Park (Voluntary Joint Committee for the Peak National Park) 1970's; poster - Respect the Life of the Countryside National Parks Commission 1959; Poster - Respect for the Countryside. Sheffield and District Ramblers Federation c 1936; display panels and papers concerning 'Save the Countryside' exhibition mounted at Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1937; posters for public lecture, 'Need the Countryside be destroyed' and 'The Preservation of our Countryside& 1936; photographs of Hanging Fell 1930's, wardens on Longshaw 1937 and unidentified outdoor meeting n.d.; samples of stationary; papers concerning Landscape Survey 1942-1943; press cutting 'National Parks' The Times 14 Februray 1948; circular letter entitled 'The CPRE in Wartime' 1939; leaflet entitled 'trees to commemorate the coronation' 1953
SHEFFIELD AND PEAK DISTRICT BRANCH OF THE CPRE COLLECTION
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- ReferenceGB 7 SR SHPK
- Dates of Creation1920s -1960s
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish.
- Physical Description144 documents
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Society was founded as the Sheffield Association for the Protection of Local Scenery in 1924, and became the area representative for the Council for the Preservation of Rural England in 1927
Arrangement
B Administrative Records
B II Annual General Meetings
C Publications and Publicity Material
CI Annual Reports
CII Publications of the Sheffield and Peak District Branch
CIII Pamphlets and leaflets in support of campaigns
CIV National CPRE Publications
CVI Other publications
CVII Posters
CVIII Exhibition Material
D Social and personal Material
E Miscellaneous
Access Information
Open for consultation
Acquisition Information
Accession number DX43
Note
Compiled by Caroline Gould, 19 December 2002
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