SMA Archives

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The Society of Medieval Archaeology has a small archive of material held with the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BE. The archive is open to view by permission. Please note that some material may be restricted through the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). For questions about the archive and to request access, please contact medieval.archaeology@gmail.com with “ARCHIVES” in the subject line.

The following is a list of the items held, kept in paper folders within 13 archive boxes. The list was compiled by Oliver Creighton (then SMA Hon. President) and Michael Lewis (SMA Hon. Secretary) in October 2023.

Box 1 of 13

• SMA Minute Book, 1957-2014
• Correspondence, 1989 (red folder)
• Correspondence, 1990 (red folder)
• Correspondence, 1991 (yellow folder)
• Correspondence, 1992 (green folder)

Box 2 of 13

• Correspondence, 1983 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1984 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1984-85 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1986 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1987 (plastic folder)
• Correspondence, 1988 (yellow folder)

Box 3 of 13

• Correspondence, 1963-64 (green folder)
• Correspondence (including constitution), 1970-circa 1975 (green folder)
• Correspondence, 1975-1980 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1981-82 (brown folder)

Box 4 of 13

• Correspondence, 1991 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1993 (green folder)
• Correspondence, 1994 (blue folder)
• Programme, The Age of Transition conference, 1996 (booklet)
• Miscellaneous materials, 1998-99 (loose in box)
• Papers, The Archaeology of Reformation conference, 2000-01 (blue folder)
• Standing Conference of Portable Antiquities (red folder)

Box 5 of 13

• Correspondence, 1995 (blue folder)
• Correspondence, 1996 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, 1997 (blue folder)
• Correspondence, 1998 (blue folder)

Box 6 of 13

• DoE research priorities, 1977-81 (brown folder)
• House of Commons, 1982-86 (brown folder)
• SMA Precedents/Procedures, including list of AGM lectures and council officers and members, 1986-95 (green folder)
• Avebury in Danger, 1989 (green folder)
• HBMC ‘Managing Britain’s Heritage’, 1992 (red folder)
• CBA, 1993-94 (brown folder)
• Correspondence on Braunton Field, 1994 (green folder)
• Joint SMA and MSRG notes including list of written addresses, 1994-95 (green folder)
• SMA publicity leaflet, 1995 (brown folder)

Box 7 of 13

• The Tower of London, 1986 (brown folder)
• SMA policy document for HBMC, Archaeology in the Middle Ages, 1987 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, EH Research Frameworks, 1994 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, EH Research Frameworks, 1995 (blue folder)
• Reproduction permissions, mid-1980s-mid-1990s (brown envelope)
• British Archaeological Awards, 1990s (green folder)
• SMA proposals for HBMC, Medieval Archaeology in the 1990s (brown folder)
• Correspondence on Colchester AT, 1993-96 (loose papers)
• Period Societies Forum, late 1990s (blue folder)

Box 8 of 13

• Colt Fund, 1976 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1977 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1978 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1979 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1980 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1981 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1982 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1983 (brown folder)

Box 9 of 13

• Colt Fund, 1959-60 (green folder)
• Colt Fund, 1973 (green folder)
• Colt Fund, 1974 (brown folder)
• Colt Fund, 1975 (green folder)
• Fletcher Fund/donation, 1983-86 (brown folder)
• Correspondence, Medieval Europe conference, 1992 (UoY blue folder)
• Channel Islands Conference, 1993 (green folder)
• Bristol Conference, 1995 (brown folder)
• Medieval Europe conference, 1997 (blue folder)

Box 10 of 13

Large folder on SMA conferences:

• Sheffield, 1958 (brown folder)
• Southampton, 1959 (green folder)
• Spring, 1959 (green folder)
• Hereford, 1960 (green folder)
• Isle of Man, 1961 (green folder)
• Kings Lynn, 1962 (green folder)
• Caen, 1963 (green folder)
• Canterbury, 1964 (green folder)
• Bergen & Oslo, 1965 (green folder)
• Glasgow, 1966 (green folder)
• Rome, 1991 (green folder)
• Belfast, 1994 (green folder)
• Isle of Man, 1990 (brown envelope)
• London, 1994, with VAG (green folder)
• Medieval Europe, 1992 (yellow folder)
• List of conferences including programmes, 1958-87 (plastic folder)

Box 11 of 13

• Fletcher Fund, 1985 (brown folder)
• Research Applications, 1985–86 (blue folder)
• Grant Applications, 1986–87 (red folder)
• Sudreys Fund, 1990s (red folder)
• Reports on funded projects, 1990s (brown folder)
• Grant Applications, 1997–98 (red folder)
• Research Applications, 1999 (blue folder)
• Research Applications, 2000s (yellow folder)

Box 12 of 13

• Fletcher Fund, 1986 (brown folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1987 (brown folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1988 (yellow folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1989 (brown folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1990 (red folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1991 (brown folder)
• Fletcher Fund, 1992 (brown folder)

Box 13 of 13

• Correspondence on Burrell donation/fund, 1989 (brown envelope)
• Fletcher Fund, 1993 (brown envelope)
• Fletcher Fund, 1994 (brown envelope)
• Fletcher Fund, 1995 (brown envelope)
• Research Fund, 1991 (brown envelope)
• Research Fund, 1992 (brown envelope)
• Research Fund, 1993 (brown envelope)
• Research Fund, 1994 (brown envelope)
• Research Fund, 1995 (brown envelope)
• British Archaeology Awards, 1994 (brown envelope)