Item DC 124/2/1/3 - A letter from Elizabeth Marion Harvey to the secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects regarding the External Intermediate Examination

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DC 124/2/1/3

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A letter from Elizabeth Marion Harvey to the secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects regarding the External Intermediate Examination

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  • 28 Dec 1950 (Creation)

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A typed letter from Elizabeth Marion Harvey to the secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. The letter is informing the secretary that Harvey has forwarded sheets of drawings which are to be regarded as testimonies of study for the May 1951 External Intermediate Examination. She states that she attended the Glasgow School of Architecture until December 1949 when she had to stop her studies due to a 'temporary indisposition'.

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(fl c1945-)

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Elizabeth Marion Harvey was born on 22 May 1927 at 48 Cartvale Road, Glasgow, the daughter of William Harvey, insurance clerk, and his wife Jessie Hubbard.

She was an architecture student at the Royal Technical College and the Glasgow School of Art, between 1945-1950, and was elected a student member of the RIBA in 1953. She was living in Glasgow around this time.

For a time she worked for the County Council of the County of Lanark as a Junior Architectural Assistant, Grade APT. II.

She married Norman Murray Henderson on 23 March 1959 in Glasgow Cathedral. She was still a student member of the RIBA in 1960 but is not listed in directories thereafter.

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(1834-)

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  • English

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Ink on paper.

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Catalogued by Ellie Smith, student work placement, Jul 2024

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