Reports and Correspondence relating to the Preservation of the Dome Piers, 1913-1936

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Sir Mervyn Edmund (1853 - 1932) Macartney, Walter Godfrey (1891 - 1986) Allen

Notes relating to Mervyn Macartney and Walter Godfrey Allen; press cuttings; letter (from Macartney?) to Sir Aston Webb with recommendations for dealing with the preservation of the dome piers and a proposal to replace the piers with stone of a uniform quality instead of grouting, 24 Nov 1924; Surveyor's annual reports to Dean and Chapter, 4 Sept 1914, 4 Nov 1916 (annotated draft), and 1936; report by William Dunn on the buttesses at the base of the drum, 30 July 1915; interim reports to Dean and Chapter, 24 Jan 1914, 19 Dec 1913; report by Sir Francis Fox, 6 Feb 1914; reports to Dean and Chapter signed by Mervyn Macartney, RJH Davison and Francis Fox, Sept 1913

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