A year in the life: 1887

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Month

Day

Event

Source of information

Notes

January

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

January

28

Pitt-Rivers' assistant sketching St Kilda sheep at Rushmore

National Archives workbook 39/5 page 10

 

February

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

February

5

Tylor begins course of lectures about Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford [PRM]

Oxford Chronicle and Berks and Bucks Gazette
5 February 1887

 

February

7

Report on PRM published

The Times 7 February 1887

 

February

By 7

First section of PRM, Oxford displays open to public

Oxford Times, 12 February 1887; Times of London 7 February 1887

 

March

30

Pitt-Rivers attends reception of Marchioness of Salisbury

Morning Post 31 March 1887 p. 5

 

March

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

April

12, 14 or 15

Pitt-Rivers' 60th birthday

See 1827 for uncertainty about birthdate

 

April

No days

Pitt-Rivers excavating at Rotherley

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

May

 

 

 

 

June

28

Pitt-Rivers attends meeting of Anthropological Institute and reads paper about Rushmore excavations

JAI 17 (1888): 190-201

 

June

29

Pitt-Rivers attends Queen's Garden Party at Buckingham Palace

The Times 30 June 1887

 

July

 

 

 

 

August

2

Pitt-Rivers' inaugural address as President, Archaeological Institute, Salisbury

Thompson, 1977: 126; The Times 4 August 1887

 

August

2-9

Pitt-Rivers attends Archaeological Institute meeting. Visit Old Sarum on 3 August, guided by Pitt-Rivers. On 8 August AI visits Rushmore and Farnham, and also Woodcutts excavations

JAI, 17 (1888): 80; The Times 4, 6, 9 August 1887; Anthony Hamber

See above

August / September

29 August to 1 September

Pitt-Rivers visiting Derbyshire and South Yorkshire as Inspector of Ancient Monuments

Thompson, 1977: 126. National Archives Workbook 39/7 and 39/9

 

September

5

Pitt-Rivers pays for reprinting of Notes and Queries

The Times 5 September 1887

 

September

6

British Association for the Advancement of Science [BAAS] meeting at Manchester, Dr Garson reads paper about Pitt-Rivers' excavations at Rushmore

The Times 7 September 1887

Pitt-Rivers may not have attended meeting?

September

17

Pitt-Rivers visiting Dorchester for the Amphitheatre], Maiden Castle, Stone Circle at Winterbourne Abbas, Hell stone circle near Portisham [sic], Stone Circle at Poxwell, Grey Mare and Colts (Long barrrow)

National Archives workbook 39/9 

 

October

From 9 to around 15.10.1887

Pitt-Rivers in Scotland, tour as part of duties of Inspector of Ancient Monuments: London to Whithorn for Rispain, (Roman Camp), Whithorn Priory for stone crosses, St Peter’s Stone near Whithorn, Chapel at the Isle of Whithorn, Port William for Barsalloch Fort, Drumtrodden [sic] standing stones, Cup marked stones at Drumtrodden [sic] Farm, Blairbowie Stones, Druchtag Moat [sic], White Cairn of the Airelich [sic], Wigton for Torhouse Circle, Glenluce for Wells of the Rees, Cairni-na-gat [sic]

Thompson, 1977: 126. See National Archives workbook 39/5 and 39/8 PRM PR papers Box 3/1/1 account by PR of his travels as Inspector marked B5617/ 88

 

October

21

Moseley ill and unable to work on PRM displays; Acland asks Pitt-Rivers if he has any objection to Balfour remaining in post

Letter from H.W. Acland to Pitt Rivers, 21 October 1887, 1885/1 History of OUMNH 1874-1902 Box 2, OUMNH archives

 

November

4

Pitt-Rivers sends off Ancient Monument Report

National Archives workbook 39/8 page 34

 

December

from 13 to 21 January 1888

In letter dated 13 December Pitt-Rivers tells Henry Acland he is printing plates of items in his collection and suggests Balfour visits him at Rushmore to discuss their production. In further letter dated 21 January he refers to Balfour seeing the plates so he has presumably visited by then

PRM ms collections PRM papers Foundation volume letters

 

December

29

Pitt-Rivers copies information held by Rev Jenkins, Penmachno as part of duties as Inspector of Ancient Monuments

National Archives workbook 39/5 page 21

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers publishes first Cranborne Chase volume

Thompson, 1977: 126

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers publishes‘Inaugural Address at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institution held at Salisbury: Archaeological Journal 44 (1887),271; Presidential address at the Salisbury Meeting of the Royal Anthropological Institute Wiltshire Archaeological Magazine 24 (1887) 7-22

See relevant journal

 

No month

No day

BAAS recommends new edition of Notes and Queries be published by Anthropological Institute.

Petch, 2007: 22

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers elected president of the Archaeological Institute for 1887

Chapman, 1981: 131

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers decides to buy Hinton St Mary, on Cranborne Chase estate, later used for older son, often mentioned in catalogue of second collection as location for objects after 1900. Tenant not asked to leave until February 1888

Bowden, 1991: 38-9

 

No month

No day

Pitt-Rivers becomes Trustee of Blackmore Museum, Salisbury

Adrian Green, Director S&SWM

 

 

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