| Description | Volume containing minutes of the Schweich Committee from 1932 to 1976, and a list of the Schweich Lectures from 1908 to 1977.
Also loose inserts comprising:
Declaration of Trust for the Leopold Schweich Fund, 6 Nov 1907.
Balance sheets for the Fund, 1958-1970.
Memorandum relating to the proposed revision and translation of the 1959 Schweich Lectures, Oct 1970.
Notes and correspondence concerning candidates to deliver Schweich Lectures, c1952-c1967. |
| AdminHistory | The Leopold Schweich Trust Fund, set up in 1907, was a gift from Miss Constance Schweich to the British Academy in memory of her father. It provided for three public lectures to be delivered annually (now triennially) on subjects related to 'the archaeology, art, history, languages and literature of Ancient Civilization with reference to Biblical Study'.
The first course of Schweich Lectures was given by Canon S R Driver in 1908 under the title, 'Modern Research as Illustrating the Bible'. The three papers given by each lecturer are published together by the British Academy in book form. |