The business correspondence in the E.H. Shepard Archive sometimes refers to illustrations which accompanied the individual letters. Sadly, these items are no longer kept with the letters. So, a little like Bagpuss and the chocolate digestive, I catch sight of an illustration only to have it whisked away almost immediately. So how has this come […]
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Stag Hill has changed substantially since the University of Surrey was established here in 1966, but our green campus has always been an important part of our identity. The University of Surrey is located in what was, in medieval times, the Royal Park of Guildford. The park was created by Henry II shortly after he […]
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Rudolf Laban (1879-1958) was a dancer, choreographer, and pioneering movement theorist. Students today still learn about his life and work. Laban was born in Bratislava and studied architecture in Paris before moving to Munich and focussing on the movement arts. It was here he began teaching and theorising dance and movement. Laban moved to Berlin […]
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Thomas Henry Farrer (1819-1899) was an English civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade from 1867 to 1886 and was given the title of Baron in Queen Victoria’s 1893 Birthday Honours. We hold Farrer’s personal library. The library is made up of over 2000 books, some of which date as far […]
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Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976) is perhaps best known for illustrating A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books, but he also illustrated another much-loved children’s book, Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. The Wind in the Willows tells the story of Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger. The setting for their adventures takes inspiration from the pastoral countryside […]
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Nature is richly represented in our collections. Trees, plants, landscapes, and animals can all be found in the myriad of drawings, writings, and photographs we hold. Whilst illustrations by E.H. Shepard might be an obvious first place to look, our dance archives also offer a glimpse of the natural world, our university archives document the […]
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