Identity area
Reference code
Posener - Černý MSS 21.118-19, 1622-725, 2201-16, 2420-1
Title
Posener, Georges - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1946-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 113 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
110 letters from Posener, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Posener.
2 letters from Posener to Marie Černý.
Research:
- renewal of the Deir el-Medina ostraca project after the Second World War (WWII)
- Posener's publication plans, work on Kemit (later published as Posener, G., Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el Médineh ii (Nos 1109 à 1167), (1951) & (1991) (OEB 3065))
- Posener's research on execration figures, literary ostraca, translations of various texts
- Černý's research on supposed consanguineous marriages in Egypt
- book exchange and mutual help in obtaining rare volumes in Britain, Egypt and France
Personal and family matters - some remarks on the situation in Czechoslovakia after the communist coup on 25 February 1948
After Černý's death, Marie Černý consulted options for Černý's posthumous publications with Posener, especially the Late Egyptian grammar and the involvement of S. Groll in the grammar project.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Some of the letters are not in chronological order within the archive numbering sequence. Some letters are not dated.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- French
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
After G. Posener married P. Kriéger, the later Kriéger-Poesner communications with Černý are combined with her husband's correspondence and are filed under 'Posener, G.'.