- NEWB2/247
- Unidad documental compuesta
- 1920
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from W.J. Elwes relating to cedar trees and trees in Syria and a request by Newberry to use one of Elwes' pictures in a lecture.
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Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from W.J. Elwes relating to cedar trees and trees in Syria and a request by Newberry to use one of Elwes' pictures in a lecture.
Encyclopaedia Britannica - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from the Office of the Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica requesting Newberry to write on the history of dress.
Note:
MSS 14/16 is also numbered 27 and 28
MSS 14/18 is also numbered 27
Engelbach, Reginald (1888-1946) - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Reginald Engelbach (1888-1946) including relating to expenditure on the clearance of the tomb number 15 of Tetaki at Thebes and his work at Cairo Museum.
Entwistle, P. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from P. Entwistle relating to the purchase of slipware.
Erman, Johann Peter Adolf (1854-1937) - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Johann Peter Adolf Erman (1854-1937) including relating to unpublished copy of insciptions from Siut and the Berlin Worterbuch, Newberry's publication of Rekhmara, and discussion of two hieroglyphic groups [in German].
Note:
MSS 14/26 is also numbered 29
MSS 14/27 is also numbered A.30
MSS 14/28 is also numbered A.31
Esdaile, W. Clement - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from W. Clement Esdaile relating to an article by Newberry on Tahuti (or Thoth) and arranging to visit.
Eumorfopoulos, George - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from George Eumorfopoulos (1863-1939) including relating to embroideries.
Evans, (Sir) Arthur John - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941) including relating to Evans' research, cylinder seals and arranging visits. Also includes letter relating to early Egyptian cults and their symbols which has the following note on the back by Newberry which appears to be an idea for an article: 'Primitive cults of Egypt as Illustrated by Nome Signs'.
Notes:
MSS 14/36 is also numbered 15
MSS 14/38 is also numbered 274
MSS 14/39 is also numbered A.33
MSS 14/40 is also numbered A.34
Evans, (Sir) John (1823-1908) - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Sir John Evans (1823-1908) relating to scarabs and a cylinder seal lent to Newberry.
Note:
MSS 14/50 is also numbered 14
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from C.G. Evans thanking Newberry on behalf of Sir John Brunner.
Evans-Pritchard, E. E. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from E. E. Evans-Pritchard referring to research and making arrangements to visit Newberry. Also includes correspondence and draft response relating to the use of the sistrum and Major Macpherson's letter on the subject.
Note:
MSS 14/51 is also numbered A.101
Extracts from and notes on classical authors
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Typed and handwritten extracts from and notes on classical authors.
Includes:
-Typed and handwritten extracts from Claudius Aelianus, 'De Natura Animalium' ('On the Characteristics of Animals'), a collection of seventeen books on natural history. Extracts are headed with book and verse numbers and there are handwritten notes in the margins.
-Extracts from Hellanicus Lesbius, Lucian and Porphyry of Tyre.
-Handwritten index, mainly of plants and animals, to the Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus of Naucratis
-Handwritten index to 'Bibliotheca Historica' by Diodorus Siculus
-Typed notes on Diodorus Siculus
-Handwritten index to work by Plutarch
-Handwritten index to Geographica by Strabo
-Typed notes on Clement of Alexandria
-Extracts from works by Lucian
Fahmy, Mansour - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Mansour Fahmy (director, Egyptian Education Office) relating to Newberry's appointment as Professor of Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology in Cairo. Also includes contracts of employment for 1929-1932 and 1932-1933.
Fairman, Herbert Walter - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Herbert Walter Fairman mainly relating to work and applications for jobs. Includes correspondence relating to: copying inscriptions for Newberry; his application for a job at the British Museum; copying work for Gardiner; work on the Beatty Papyri; the death of Peet; his application for the Cairo professorship; work on the Ay inscription; excavation work at Amarna; travel in Egypt; repeated applications to study at University College; his application for a post at Liverpool University.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from E. Fallaize (British Association for the Advancement of Science and Royal Anthropological Institute) including relating to a presidential address by Newberry, and funding the work of Miss Caton-Thompson in the Northern Fayum.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from L. Fammit (Museum Valletta, Malta) relating to the Has-Saflieni necropolis.
Note:
This letter has also been numbered A.55
Farbridge, Maurice H. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Maurice H. Farbridge relating to vacancies in oriental studies.
Note:
This letter has also been numbered A.292
Farcy, Louis de - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Louis de Farcy advertising two books.
Faulkner, Raymond O. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence between Raymond O. Faulkner and Newberry including on their research and publication of Newberry's article on the sacred pole in the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.
Topics discussed include: Hay and Bankes; sewn ships; the unification of Egypt and evidence including the Cairo slate palette, Narmer palette, and the Hierakonpolis ivory cylinder; Neith and Sais; Menes; Cottrell's broadcast on Akhenaton; the harpoon ensign in relation to publication by Baumgartel; the origin of hieroglyphic writing; Heliopolis; Onomartica by Gardiner; application for professorship at Liverpool University; drawings done by Myrtle Broome; olive trees.
Fejérváry, Dr Baron G.J. - Letters of recommendation
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letters of recommendation [in French] for Dr Baron G.J. Fejérváry from Dr G. Horvath, Dr Othenio Abel, Baron Francois Nopcsa, Dr J. Bethencourt Ferreira, and Dr C. de Papp.
Felton, Alice L. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Alice L. Felton (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) requesting an image of Winifred Brunton's portrait of King Menes.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Henry Field (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago) referring to his new position at the museum and expressing pleasure at meeting Newberry.
Note:
This letter is also numbered 2
Firth, Cecil Mallaby - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Correspondence from Cecil Mallaby Firth including asking Newberry to purchase an amethyst bead, on the effect of the war on the relationship between Great Britain and France, Pierre Lacau and the exploitation of Egyptian antiquities by foreign museums. Also includes letter written from Saqqara thanking Newberry for a plan.
MSS 15/65 also includes some sums on the back.
Fisher, Clarence S. - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Clarence S. Fisher relating to purchasing Newberry's dahabiyeh.
Fleming, Owen - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Owen Fleming relating to Ightham village.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Miss R. Fleming (Royal Anthropological Institute) accepting Newberry's offer to review an article. Letter from Newberry relating to his identification of two scarabs found in Wiltshire.
Flenley, Ralph - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Ralph Flenley relating to the publication of his book on the Welsh Marches.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Folder titled 'Flora - miscellaneous; Egyptian Gardens' containing two handbound notebooks titled 'Flora - Miscellaneous' and 'Egyptian Gardens'.
Notebook titled 'Flora - Miscellaneous' contains notes, tracings and drawings relating to Egyptian flora including on agriculture, storing of grain, labdanum and its collection, cistus, cypress, gossypium, and cinammon. Also includes handwritten draft on the pomegranate, c.1947.
Notebook titled 'Egyptian Gardens' contains material relating to Egyptian gardens including:
-Notes on Methen's garden and orchard
-Cuttings of inscription relating to and depictions of gardens
-Drawing of a myrrh tree from a bas-relief in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
-Photograph of the Libyan or Tehenu palette (Cairo Museum, CG 14238, JE 27434)
-Typed notes on gardening in Egypt, the pomegranate and cultivated olive trees
-Postcard showing Tutankhamen and his Queen in a garden
-Newspaper cutting of Newberry, Percy, 'Gardening 6000 Years Ago' in The Gardeners' Chronicle, no.678, 23 December 1899.
This folder was previously in a box labelled, during previous archival processing, 'Flora and Fauna 1'.
Foad, Boghdady - correspondence
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter of thanks from Foad Boghdady, Cairo Museum.
Parte dePercy Edward Newberry Collection
Letter from Eliot Foote thanking Newberry for sending a pamphlet and relating to travel in Egypt.
Note:
This letter is also numbered A.28