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Sketches/doodles drawn on scraps of paper and the backs of menus etc.

Sketches/doodles drawn on scraps of paper and the backs of menus etc.

Purvis Archive

Purvis Archive

(7/1) LMS design

(7/1) LMS design

Black and white photographs of Purvis, including one glass negative

Black and white photographs of Purvis, including one glass negative

Photographs of Tom Purvis with the Lancia car on permanent loan to him from Count Lancia, inscribed on the the rear

Photographs of Tom Purvis with the Lancia car on permanent loan to him from Count Lancia, inscribed on the the rear

114 bundles, 188 items

Proofs, cuttings and originals of commerical designs

9 bundles, 14 items

Newpaper cuttings of articles by and about Purvis

13 items

Personal documents

1 file, 1 volume

Letters written by Purvis to his wife Jane

15 files

Lecture notes

1 bundle, 1 folder

Unpublished

3 volumes, 3 items, 1 bundle

Sketch books and sketches

1 bundle

(6) National Society of Print Masters, (7) Cardiff Business Club

30 bundles, 21 items

Alphabetical

1 item

(1) Bradford Publicity Club

5 bundles

Personal photographs

bundle

Stong’s Pale Ale: Pencil sketches for Strong’s Pale Ale on tracing paper with annotations and two black and white photographs of finished poster

1 item

(11) Regent Club

1 item

(8) Birmingham Advertising Club

1 bundle

(14) Bristol Design and Industries Association, 09/12/1935; (15) Bristol Broadcast Talk, 09/12/1935 and (16) Birmingham Advertising Club, 15/10/1936

bundle

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: Papers covering Purvis’ work with Blackpool Pleasure beach South Shore Ice Rink, including: correspondence between Purvis and Leonard Thompson, Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach South Shore Ice Rink, Purvis’ notes regarding designs including sketches and drafts, letters from various printing companies including price lists and colour samples

2 items

(7/7) Colgate designs

6 items

(7/6) LMS designs

1 items

(6/21) Aquascutum design

3 items

(7/5) Gleneagles Golf Club design, LMS design

1 volume

Blue/green sketch book with nine pages of sketches/doodles

3 items

(7/2) LMS design

1 volume

Black sketch book with 45 pages of sketches/doodles

1 file

“A few of the letters of sympathy and others written to Brumas which I feel you might like to read”

1 item

RSA certificate in brown leather cylindrical case

1 item

(4/2) illustration from PAN

1 volume

Issue of ‘Hush!: An Unofficial Publication from the Shrewsbury School’ Vol.1, No.1

1 item

(3/14) illustration from PAN

4 items

(7/12) LMS, Gas Cooking

1 item

(7/13) The British Commercial Gas Association

1 item

(4/5) illustration from PAN

1 item

Cutting from The Picture Post showing pictures of Edward VII on one side and George V on the other

1 item

Obituary entitled, ‘Bristol Poster Artist Dies’, unknown publication

1 item

Signs and Outdoor Advertising

1 item

Christmas programme of events from Grosvenor Hotel

1 item

Newspaper clipping of obituary from the Times

1 item

Utgawa Kuniyoshi 1798-1861: Centenary Catalogue

13 documents

Biographical notes about Tom by Jane Purvis entitled ‘Chapter 1: Descriptions of a man’

1 item

Visa for entry into Belgium for Fred Purvis

1 item

(3/11) PAN front cover

23 items

Chronological order

1 item

Short obituary from unknown publication

1 item

Footlights program, signed by the cast: including Robert Atkins, Tim Brook-Taylor, Tony Buffery, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Tony Hendra, Chris Stuart-Clark [relationship to Purvis not known]

1 item

Short obituary from unknown publication

1 item

(3/3) PAN front cover