Identity area
Reference code
Drioton - Černý MSS 21.397-402
Title
Drioton, Étienne - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1949-1961 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 5 letters and draft
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(1898-1970)
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Scope and content
5 letters from Drioton, Černý's draft for his obituary for Drioton.
Professional and personal matters, the situation in Egypt after the Second World War (WWII). A draft of Černý's obituary for Drioton.
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- English
- French
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Note
Drioton and Černý were in professional and personal contact from at least the time of Černý's first trip to Egypt in Winter 1925. It is likely that a part of the correspondence preceding WWII was lost.