Topping Out Ceremonies
Description
This file contains items relating to topping-out ceremonies, a tradition in the building industry marking either the roofing-in of a building, or the half-way stage in the construction of a building. The file includes typed extracts on topping-out from G. W. Speth's 'Builders' Rites and Ceremonies: The Folk Lore of Masonry' (Margate: W. J. Parrett Ltd., 1951), [4] leaves; 'Appendix B: Ceremonial Procedures', from the 'RIBA Handbook of Architectural Practice and Management' (London: RIBA, 1967), pp. 07-08; mounted newspaper cuttings from 'The Guardian' on topping-out ceremonies at the University of Leeds and the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; and pages from the University of Leeds magazine, 'The Reporter', for 31 May 1974 and 30 July 1976, on topping-out ceremonies at the University. File arranged chronologically.
Metadata
| Identifier | scdvbq3f |
| IRN | 410610 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/FLF/3/7/7 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/scdvbq3f |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Crafts, Trades and Industries |
| Date | 1951-1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 file of typed and printed papers, and mounted newspaper cuttings. |