Zone d'identification
Cote
Breasted photographs
Titre
Date(s)
- prints 1924-1957 - negatives 1905-1906 (Production)
Niveau de description
Collection
Étendue matérielle et support
11 photograph boxes and 1 folder
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
American Egyptologist and orientalist. Born, Rockford, Ill. 1865. Died, New York 1935. Educated at North-Western College, Naperville, Ill., then Chicago College of Pharmacy, 1882-6. Started a career in pharmacy before going on to study Hebrew at the Congressional Institute. Then Yale University, 1890-1. AM degree, 1892. Went to Berlin to study Egyptology with Erman, 1894. Assistant in Egyptology and assistant director of Haskell Oriental Museum, University of Chicago, 1895-1901. Director of Haskell, 1905. Instructor in Egyptology and Semitic Languages, 1896. Professor of Egyptology and Oriental History, 1905. Whilst working on the Berlin dictionary in 1990-4, he was also able to record many texts from monuments in various German museums which formed the basis of his publication Ancient Records. Director, University of Chicago Egyptian Expedition, 1905-7. Was awarded many honours during his career. Founded the Oriental Institute at Chicago which was financially backed by J. D. Rockefeller, Jnr.
Histoire archivistique
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Possibly part of Dr Moss' request forming part of the photographic exchange scheme between Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, and Chicago, Oriental Institute, 1950-7.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Photographs of Nubian Temples made during Breasted's expedition, 1905-6. Photostats of temple plans annotated with Chicago, Oriental Institute photograph numbers.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Kept as received.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
No problems.
Instruments de recherche
Typewritten catalogue kept with photographs on stack shelf.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
The originals are in Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Not known.
Unités de description associées
Note de publication
-http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/EGYPT/BEES/.
-Some used in Chicago, Oriental Institute publications.