| Description | The main part of the archive consists of over 200 photographs of Hermes and her sculpture, 1920-1990. These record her sculptures and architectural work, such as the fountain at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, 1931. There are also photographs of Hermes at exhibitions, in her studio and with friends and a drawing by Hugh Cromyn of Hermes working on her sculpture 'Two in One', c.1937, which is in Leeds Museums & Galleries' sculpture collection (Acc. No. 2000.0016). Further material includes sixteen press cuttings, 1928-1999
; over thirty exhibition catalogues and private view cards, 1932-1980; other printed material relating to Hermes, 1932-1997, including articles on her work and pamphlets associated with her sculptures; seven items of correspondence which include the discussion between Hermes and the Royal Academy about why women Academicians were not allowed to dine with the men, 1966; and notes on the sculptor made by her daughter, Judith Russell. |