Identity area
Reference code
PFE/5/1
Title
Book of magazine clippings 1947 - 1958
Date(s)
- 1947 - 1958 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume, typescript document
Context area
Name of creator
(fl. 1883-2009)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Opens with a photograph of four men in fencing kit, labelled 'SAVAGE SHIELD TEAM 1947' and 'E.F. MOWLAM. R. WATTS. A.J. PAYNE. E.B.KNOTT'. Contains clippings from the Poly Magazine, largely news of club events and the performance of members in competitions. Also includes articles: 'Some Notes on the History of the Polytechnic Fencing Club' by C. E. Crossland, May 1950; Profile of Barbara Mary Screech, international fencer and Captain of the Ladies' Fencing Club, May 1954; 'History of the Ladies' Fencing Club' by M. J. Kennedy, December 1954 and a profile of Edward Bowes Knott, international fencer and club member by J. Edmundson, January 1956.