Photographs or calling cards of members of Newberry's extended family. Some are named on the back by Newberry with a note on genealogy. Includes photographs of: Newberry's mother Sarah Newberry, 1905; Newberry's Uncle F.J. Newberry; Newberry's Grandfather F.W. Newberry; Mrs Sarah Pine born Kenward (1790-?); Mrs Thomas Kenward; William Munk; James Newberry (1781-); Elizabeth Newberry (1791-); Thomas Kenward (1788-); Mrs James Newberry born Dixy. Also includes receipt for 12 calling cards, 1867.
Genealogical material including correspondence relating to genealogy, family trees, notes on members of the family.
Includes:
Financial summary of the late Mrs Newberry's estate, 1871.
Newspaper clippings relating to a court case between a Mr. Newberry (possibly Newberry's father Henry James Newberry) and his neighbour over the death of two of the neighbour's horses after they ate Yew tree cuttings from the latter's garden, March 1872.
Order for the burial of the dead for Caroline Newberry, 4th January 1919.
Sale catalogue for the property of the late Mrs Newberry, 1871.
Letter of probate relating to the estate of Caroline Elizabeth Newberry (-1863), 16th October 1866.
Reprint from The Parmaceutical Journal, 24th February 1906, on the history of Francis Newbery Sons Limited -Wyatt family trees
Typed article on Ralph Newbery (1560-1605) and correspondence relating to a children's book called Dives pragmaticus - the Great Marchant Man - a book in English Metre written by Thomas Newbery in 1563 and reprinted with an introduction by Percy Newberry in 1910.
Newspaper cutting on the funeral of Robert S. Johnston
Photograph of a woman and child, c.1855-1880
Bill for funeral arrangements for the late Amy Louisa Newberry, April 1859
Financial details relating to the division of the late Mrs Newbery's estate
Remembrance cards
Copy of an indenture relating to the sale of property
Document relating to the sale of land at Binfield, Berkshire by Humfrey Newbery, Francis Broughton, Richard Radish and William Hawthorne to Alexander Hayes, 1629.
Typed and handwritten lecture on foreign relations during the 18th Dynasty
Typed lecture on the debt of western civilisations to ancient Egypt
Handwritten lecture on the Delta as the origin of Egyptian culture delivered to the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Brighton, 1948
Typed lecture possibly given at the opening of the Institute of Archaeology established by the University of Cairo, c.1925
Typed introductory lecture given in Cairo two years after the Institute of Archaeology was established by the University of Cairo on history and archaeology, c.1930
Typed lecture on the history of ancient Egypt and ancient Egyptian culture
Folder titled by John Harris 'PRESS CUTTINGS' with newspaper cuttings glued or fastened on to each page.
Newpaper cuttings are on a range of topics relating to ancient Egypt and Egyptology including congresses taking place, exhibitions such as the exhibition of Egyptian Art at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, book reviews, news relating to Percy Newberry, current research, obituaries, Sudan, Libya and the Libyan Desert.
Album of newspaper cuttings relating to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, excavation of the tomb and finds. The album includes a partial index. Roughly half of the album has been filled.
Folder has been labelled 'German Publication (1924) of photographs from Tutankhamuns Tomb. (found amongst the material of the late Percy E. Newberry)'.
Folder contains a German publication titled Tutanchamon - Sonderheft Der Woche or in English Tutankhamun - Special Weekly Issue (OEB 151539) on the tomb of Tutankhamun. The pages of the publication are not in order within the folder. There are also two newspaper or magazine cuttings of an image of a buckle in the form of a leopard's head from a Sem Priest's robe, copyright 1923.
Folder including versions of a bibliography of Newberry.
Includes:
Reprint, proof copy, typed draft and photocopy of Magee, Diana, 'The Egyptological Bibliography of Percy Edward Newberry (1869-1949), in JEA 76, 1990 (OEB 32075).
Correspondence relating to the bibliography of Percy Newberry, 1989.
Numbered list 1-61 of Newberry's publications under the title 'Extracts from my Note-books'.
Photocopy of Newberry, Percy E., 'Notes on the History of Medicine in Ancient Egypt', in The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, 24 November 1888, p. 405-408.
Newberry's correspondence was sorted and listed after his death by Warren Dawson and donated along with the rest of his material to the Griffith Institute Archive in 1950. The correspondence was arranged alphabetically by surname, with the exception of Arabic names which were arranged by first name. In the new numbering system these Arabic names have also been arranged by surname. A few letters have also been added to this series which were previously among the research material.
Dawson's reference codes have been included as alternative identifiers and his catalogue of correspondence has been included as the first item in this series.
Towards the end of his life Newberry began to organise his papers including listing and numbering some of his correspondence. These numbers have been included in the description of items. The letter lists are in items NEWB1/03 and NEWB1/04.
Notebook containing the catalogue of correspondence written by Warren Dawson. A note on the first page states that it was presented to the Griffith Institute by Mrs Newberry in 1950. The letters are organised alphabetically by the correspondent's surname, and appear to have been subsequently numbered, possibly on accession to the Archive. Arabic names have been sorted according to the first name.
Also includes a description of the biographical and diary notes in the collection (NEWB1/03-06), and calling cards which have been glued into the notebook.
Correspondence from Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie relating to a joint press publication scheme, Liverpool University Press Association, and negotiations with Sir Ernest Hodder Williams.
Letter from John George Adami (Vice Chancellor, Liverpool University, 1919-1926) thanking Newberry for a gift and discussing an article by James Breasted and the development of religion in Ancient Egypt.
Letter from Percy Stafford Allen (1869-1933) relating to a paper, letter is headed Third International Congress of the History of Religions, Oxford, September 1908.
Correspondence from Miss Alicia Margaret Amherst (1865-1941; 5th daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; married 1898, Sir Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil) mainly relates to research for her book on the history of gardening. Correspondence 1907 relating to the need to raise money, the sale of books, and asking Newberry to seek an interview with Carnegie on the family's behalf.
Correspondence from Miss Florence Amherst (b. 1857; 3rd daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) writing on behalf of her Mother, Lady Margaret Susan Amherst, relating to the publication of an article by her Father and on his death.
Dates of letters: 10 September 1898 January 1909 26 August 1922
Correspondence from Lady Margaret Susan Amherst (d. 1919) (wife of Lord Amherst of Hackney) relating to:
Newberry's work at Tel el Amarna and Beni Hassan;
the purchase of items, including requests that Newberry purchase certain items on their behalf;
Howard Carter's appointment;
fraud and sale of house and belongings (1906);
Newberry's divorce trial.
Note: MSS 2/47a is also numbered 2/61 MSS 2/47b is also numbered 2/62 and 255 MSS 2/18, 2/24, 2/26, 2/28, 2/35 and 2/36 have been moved to NEWB2/14A (Miss Margaret Amherst).
Correspondence from Miss Margaret Mitford Amherst (b. 1864; fourth daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) on topics including receipt of the proofs of Newberry, Percy E. 1899. The Amherst Papyri, being an account of the Egyptian papyri in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, F.S.A., at Didlington Hall, Norfolk: with an appendix on a Coptic papyrus (OEB 146343); visit of HRH Edward VII to Didlington Hall; work on the publication produced by Lady Amherst of Hackney 1904. A sketch of Egyptian history from the earliest times to the present day (OEB 133461); invitations to Diddlington Hall to meet Lord Percy.
Note: Previously miscatalogued as part of NEWB2/014 (Lady Margaret Amherst). Previously numbered as 2/18, 2/24, 2/26, 2/28, 2/35 and 2/36.
Correspondence from Miss Mary Rothes Margaret Amherst (1857-1919; eldest daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; marriage 1885, Lord William Cecil; in 1909 succeeded her Father as 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney) on topics including relating to the purchase of items in Egypt; the sale of the family's book collection to Liverpool; the identification of museum papyri.
Correspondence from Miss Sybil Margaret Amherst (1858-1926; 2nd daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) on topics including relating to the purchase of items in Egypt, the sale of the family's book collection to Liverpool, the identification of museum papyri.
