Material relating to the sale of the Hood Collection.

Includes:

-Letter to Lord George Carnavon relating to his purchase of items from the Hood collection, 30 August 1913, and response 1 September 1913

-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood regarding the sale and value of her collection, 6 September 1913, and draft of same

-Photographs and postcards of objects identified as being from the Hood collection

-Handwritten (not by Newberry) extracts from Mrs Frankland Hood's diary, 1858-9

-Cutting titled 'The Hood Collection of Egyptian Antiquities' by Newberry, 1924

-Three letters from Mrs Grace Hood relating to the sale of her collection including the items sold to Lord Carnavon, 11-28 September 1913

-Letter from Sotheby's to Newberry relating to the sale of the Hood collection with lot valuations and a list of items and their estimated value, 3 November 1924

-Notes on items in the Hood Collection and their value

-Letter from Newberry to Mrs Hood relating to the sale and value of her collection with list of approximate value of items, 13 October 1913

Copies of inscriptions from objects as well as notes, tracings, drawings, and rubbings.

Includes:

-Copy of inscriptions from items in the Hood collection

-Rubbing of black granite fragment found at Borg el Arab

-Sketch of a bronze vase from El Bersheh (Cairo Museum, JE 30973)

-Pages from a notebook labelled by Newberry 'NB [Notebook] 1900-1' containing notes, drawings and copies of inscriptions from items in Cairo Museum

-Sketch of armlet from cemetery of 'Ahhotp (Cairo Museum, CG 52642) (TopBib i.600)

-Rubbing from naos of Kemwer of Athribis dedicated by Amasis (Cairo Museum, CG 70011) (TopBib iv.66)

-Rubbing from shrine (Cairo Museum, JE 43281)

-Paintings of leather tabs showing Yewepet adoring Amen-rec (TopBib i.666)

-Envelope containing material identified as relating to cartonnage of Pedemut (TopBib i.620)

-Rubbings from coffin of Amenemhet (TopBib i.607)

Includes:

• Cutting of an image of a clay sealing
• Notes on Morgan, J., 'L'Humanité prehistorique', Paris 1924 (OEB 145667)
• Notes on a bow from the tomb of Tutankhamun
• Notes on a chisel-ended arrowhead in Woolley, 'Excavations at Ur, 1929-30', (London, 1930) p.387
• Handwritten and typewritten notes on the Gebel el 'Arak knife handle (Louvre Museum, E 11517) (TopBib v.107).
• Typed and handwritten notes on types of predynastic pottery
• Notes on a model sarcophagus in the Museum of Cairo

Research notes on the Madaba mosaic or map.

Research notes on Hathor, Anukis, Satis and Sekhmet and their origins sorted into four paper folders.

Typed draft (3 pages) titled 'The Music of Ancient Egypt'.

Copy of the Hood-Hearst Papyrus.

Tracings of hieratic texts in a folder numbered NB 5 with a list of texts on the front cover which has been crossed out.Tracings most probably made form plates in publications.

Handwritten notes on the following egyptological publications:
-Edgerton, William F. 1933. <i>The Thutmosid succession</i>. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 8. Chicago: University of Chicago Press (OEB 138819).
-Kees, Hermann 1938. Die Opfertanzdarstellung auf einem Siegel des Königs Usaphais. <i>Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: Philologisch-Historische Klasse, Fachgruppe I, Altertumswissenschaft, Neue Folge</i> 3 (2), 21-30 (OEB 142358).
-Kees, H. 1954. Das Gottesweib Ahmes-Nofretere als Amonspriester. <i>Orientalia</i> 23, 57-63 (OEB 1725).
-Vogliano, A. (ed.) 1938. <i>Mostra delle antichità rinvenute nelle campagne d'Egitto condotte dalla Missione della R. Università di Milano, 1934-37 / organizzata a cura delle podesteria di Milano dalla soprintendenza dei Musei del Castello Sforzesco di Milano</i>. Milano: Bestetti (OEB 145697).
-1906. <i>Catalogue of the collection of Egyptian antiquities, formed in Egypt by R. de Rustafjaell: which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, the 19th of December, 1906</i>. London: Davy (OEB 136636).
-Drioton, Étienne 1933. Essai sur la cryptographie privée de la fin de la XVIIIe dynastie. <i>Revue d'égyptologie</i> 1, 1-50 (OEB 138351).
-Klebs, Luise, 1934. <i>Die Reliefs und Malereien des Neuen Reiches (XVIII.-XX. Dynastie, ca. 1580-1100 v. Chr.): Material zur ägyptischen Kulturgeschichte</i>. AHAW: philos.-hist. Kl. 9. Heidelberg: Winter (OEB 142537).

Letter from T. M. Abercrombie (brother of Sir Leslie Patrick) relating to a furniture project, 10 December (no year).

Letter from Reginald Adams relating to his family.

Letter from Carolina Amari referring to the flora of Libya and requesting information on Egyptian flora.

Correspondence from Lord William Amhurst Tyssen Amherst (First Baron Amherst of Hackney) (1835-1909) on topics including: travel in Egypt; purchase of items from Egypt; articles written by Newberry.

Note:
MSS 2/71A is also numbered 96
MSS 2/73 is also numbered 43
MSS 2/74 is also numbered 49
MSS 2/75 is also numbered 20
MSS 2/76 is also numbered 41
MSS 2/77 is also numbered A.222
MSS 2/78 is also numbered A.223
MSS 2/79 is also numbered A.221
MSS 2/80 is also numbered A.228
MSS 2/84 is also numbered 33
MSS 2/85 is also numbered 35
MSS 2/86 is also numbered 34
MSS 2/87 is also numbered 37a
MSS 2/93 is also numbered 46
MSS 2/75 is also numbered 20

Letter from Sarah Maclardie Amos (née Bunting; widow of Sheldon Amos) asking for a contribution to a charity.

Note:
MSS 3/1 is also numbered A.82

Correspondence from Mrs Emma B. Andrews (Associate of Theodore M. Davis) mostly referring to travel and books Newberry had sent.

Note:
MSS 3/3 is also numbered 39
MSS 3/4 is also numbered 32
MSS 3/7 is also numbered 33
MSS 3/9 is also numbered 14
MSS 3/11 is also numbered A.244
MSS 3/13 is also numbered 368

Letter from Edward H. Appleton relating to the loan of two tents.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 110

Letter from A. Archer-Betham thanking Newberry for the loan of a book and Newberry's reply (perhaps not sent) relating to his research on oils in the Amamu papyrus.

Letter from Edward Russell Ayrton (1882-1914) arranging to stay with Newberry.

Letter from W.E. Ball thanking Newberry for his 'History of Egypt'.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 268

Letter of thanks from Francis Pierrepont Barnard (1954-1931).

Letter from Alexander Beaumont inviting Newberry to dinner and of congratulations (for his forthcoming marriage).

Note:
MSS 4/48 is also numbered 1a
MSS 4/49 is also numbered A.208

Correspondence between Horace C. Beck and Newberry including relating to research on glass, beads and pendants.

Note:
MSS 4/53 is also numbered 202

Correspondence from C. F. Bell (Ashmolean Museum) on the Album of Hsiang Yuan Pien, Pyramidion of Geta (Teti, Ashmolean Museum E.3926) and the fragment of blue glaze from El Arabah.

Letter from Mabel Virginia Anna Bent (Wife of Theodore Bent) (d. 1929) inviting Newberry to see her embroideries.

Letter from A. H. Bingley inviting Newberry to fill the position of Chairman of the Management Committee at Cranleigh School, Surrey.

Letter from Henein Bishay requesting news from Newberry and asking for instructions for the dahabiyah.

Note:
MSS 24/8 is also numbered 25

Correspondence from Frederick J. Bliss including one letter with details of excavation work.

Notes:
MSS 5/37 is also numbered 98
MSS 5/38 is also numbered 99

Letter from Arthur Thomas Bolton (1864-1945) (Soane Museum, London) relating to research on Christopher Wren.

Letter from G. A. Bonner relating to a papyrus.

Correspondence between Alexander Bruce Boswell (Liverpool University) and Newberry relating to candidates for the Bremner Chair of Egyptology at Liverpool University.