Album of black and white photographs
Including photographs of Sir Winston Churchill and Lord Tedder at the initial appeal launch at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, 1958; the Appeal Committee; the winning architectural design by Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners and those of the three other finalists in the competition (Chamberlin, Powell and Bon; Howell, Killick and Partridge; and James Stirling and James Gowan); Sir Winston and Sir John Cockcroft at the tree planting ceremony in Oct 1959; the first postgraduate students matriculating at the Senate House in 1960 with Dr Richard Hey, Praelector; early stages of the building work, early 1960s; and advanced students 1966.