Notes, correspondence, photographs, etc., of Thomas May, FSA (d.1931), relating mainly to Roman pottery
May was a leading authority on Roman sigillata wares. His main publications were Excavations on the site of the Romano-British Civitas at Wilderspool (1901); The Pottery found at Silchester (1916), The Roman Forts of Templebrough near Rotherham (1922) and the Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Colchester and Essex Museum (1930). For further bibliography see the detailed description kept with the collection.