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for the 1913/1914 session, Conway travelled widely in Greece and the Balkans in 1914 with a friend, Evelyn Radford, who had also attended Newnham. She published an account of the journey in 1917, titled "A Ride through the Balkans, on Classic Ground with a Camera". Her account placed photographs
235:. She was the curator of the Women's Work Section of the Imperial War Museum, and was named Honorary Secretary of the Women's Committee between 1917 and 1920. As part of these activities she took part in a March 1919 tour of France and Belgium with the photographer 285:. She published a paper corresponding to the talk with the same title, also the first publication of any archaeological excavation at Petra, co-authored with George Horsfield. She and Horsfield published reports on the site during the 1930s and 40s. 195:
until 1936, and then began to travel around the Mediterranean. Eventually, they returned to England and remained there until her death in 1950. She left her family papers to the medievalist and art historian
161:, who was, himself, an art historian, collector, explorer and politician, and Katrina Conway (nΓ©e Lombard). She attended Baker Street High School and Kings College before becoming a student at 295:
An archive consisting of hundreds of small personal photographs, some letters, postcards and excavation notes she and Horsfield produced while travelling and excavating is now kept at
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in Kent in 1905, and begun a lengthy restoration of the castle in the following years. In this period, Conway published several articles relating to the castle and the Wyatt family.
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Although Conway predominantly studied Ancient History for a History Tripos at Newnham College, Cambridge, she also studied Greek under
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Conway, Agnes (November 1930). "Historical and Topographical Notes on Edom: With an Account of the First Excavations at Petra".
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on the economic history of sixteenth-century England, a topic she returned to in later publications. Her father,
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for the first time in 1927, accompanying family friends on an extensive trip through the Middle East: Egypt,
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Carmichael, Jane (1989). "Olive Edis:Imperial War Museum Photographer in Fance And Belgium, March 1919".
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Horsfield, George; Horsfield, Agnes; Glueck, Nelson (1933). "Prehistoric Rock-Drawings in Transjordan".
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by 1907, Conway added to and catalogued her father's collection of photographs of objects, working with
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taken of refugees and the aftermath of the war alongside prose recounting her journey and encounters.
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Historical and Topographical Notes on Edom: With an Account of the First Excavations at Petra
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From 1917 to 1929, Conway worked on gathering materials representing women's work in the
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Conway, Agnes (1924). "The Wyatt MSS. In the Possession of the Earl of Romney".
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The Times, 29 January 1932. Marriages. The Times (Issue 46043, Col D), p 15.
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as the chair of the Women's Work Sub-Committee of the newly established
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Shortly after the war, Conway began studying in London at the
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A ride through the Balkans, on classic ground with a camera
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A Ride Through the Balkans, on Classic Ground with a Camera
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Henry VII's relations with Scotland and Ireland, 1485-1498
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Beyond the Battlefield, Women Artists of Two World Wars
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Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities of Palestine
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Quarterly of the Department of Antiquities of Palestine
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In 1932, Conway visited Kilwa along with Horsfield and
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Index

The Honourable
George Horsfield
Alma mater
Newnham College, Cambridge
Archaeologist
Petra
Kilwa
Allington Castle
Wyatt family
William Martin Conway
Newnham College, Cambridge
Tripos
Eugenie Sellers Strong
British School at Rome
George Horsfield
Jerusalem
Jerash
Joan Evans
Cambridge University Library
Jane Ellen Harrison
British School at Athens
First World War
Imperial War Museum
Olive Edis
Institute of Historical Research
Martin Conway
Allington Castle
Petra
Palestine
Transjordan

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