Correspondence from Frances Jeckyll relating to plants.

Correspondence from Vera Jeyes relating to attending lectures by Newberry.

Letter from E. Alfred Jones seeking a photograph of an Egyptian goldsmith's workshop.

Letter from M.W. Keen (District Commissioner, Wadi Halfa) relating to Newberry's research on the olive and obtaining specimens.

Correspondence from Dirkran Kelekian including relating to the purchase and sale of Egyptian antiquities and the publication of his collection of scarabs and cylinders. Includes letter to Sidney Smith (British Museum) relating to the sale of cylinders and seals. Also includes draft reply from Newberry referring to the condition of his collection of antiquities after the war, 30 June 1947.

Also includes postcard of a statue of King Chefren.

Correspondence from Pahor Labib to Newberry and Mrs Newberry relating to his study. One letter is also signed by Badawi and Abo Baker.

Letter from Terrien de Lacouperie asking for information on the sesame plant in ancient Egypt.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 15

Correspondence from Charles Tandy Lamacraft (British Museum) relating to the conservation and mounting of items including glass and papyri. Also includes enclosed bills for materials and work done and letter from Thomas Cook & Son relating to the shipment of papyri (no reference number).

Correspondence from Winifred Lamb including relating to scarabs and gardening.

Correspondence from Carl Johan Lamm including relating to horticulture and photographs of Newberry's wool embroideries.

Correspondence from Ambrose Lansing (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) including inviting Newberry to visit, reference to Georg Steindorff, dating scarabs, and in response to an enquiry from Newberry on standards on predynastic pots.

Also includes draft reply from Newberry relating to his research on standards as featured on predynastic red-on-buff pottery (1948).

Correspondence from Hugh Last (Honorary Secretary, Egypt Exploration Society) relating to meeting Newberry in Cairo, pictures of Tell el Amarna and Beni Hasan, and Mary Jonas' retirement.

Letter from Jean Leclant relating to protodynastic vases at the Louvre Museum, Paris [in French].

Correspondence from Gordon Ambrose de Lisle Lee (1864-1927) (Heralds' College, London) relating to a Newberry family coat of arms.

Correspondence from Carl Ferdinand Friedrich and Therese Lehmann-Haupt including relating to the Chair in Greek at the University of Liverpool.

Also includes letter of thanks from Lehmann-Haupt's wife Therese to Mrs Newberry.

Note:
MSS 29/15 is also numbered A.195
MSS 29/16 is also numbered 273
MSS 29/17 is also numbered 37 (38 crossed out)
MSS 29/18 is also numbered 39

Letter from E. R. Lindsay relating to two pieces of glass sent by him to Newberry.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.353

Correspondence from Reverend David Goodwin Loveday (Headmaster, Cranleigh School) inviting Newberry to tea.

Letter from Edwin Ernest Lowe (Secretary, The Museums Association) relating to adding Newberry to the list of associates of The Museums Association.

Folder contains biographical notes which appear to have been written based on diary entries including: autobiographical notes; diary notes 1893-1930 including information on travel, work and names of people Newberry saw or was in touch with; lists of correspondence; cuttings of journal 1900-1902; sketches of scarabs, 1902; autobiographical notes on first meeting Reginald Stuart Poole and Flinders Petrie, 1941; bibliography.

Also includes numbered lists of correspondence received 1888-1935 with a brief summary of contents. Lists do not appear to be in any order, although some are sorted by year. These numbers correspond to numbers written on letters held in this collection.

Large newspaper cutting from The Sunday Times, Australia, 1885 on some of Lord George Carnarvon's 'treasures' coming to Australian museums.

Folder titled 'Deforestation : Dessication' containing research notes on deforestation, dessication and climate changes in Egypt.

Includes

• Notes on the Libyan Desert or Sahara including on deforestation

• Notes in preparation for a lecture titled 'Taming the land and interpretation of nature'

• Notes on articles by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker

• Notes on deforestation

• Notes on the former fertility of Egypt

• Newspaper cutting on soil erosion in Africa by Elspeth Huxley from The Times, 10 June 1937

• Notes on the geology of Egypt

• Typed lecture notes on deforestation, flora and fauna in Egypt

• Notes on desiccation or drying up of lakes and rivers

• Typed draft titled 'Deforestation of Mediterranean Lands'

• Notes on deserts

Research notes on the Hatshepsut inscription at Speos Artemidos (TopBib iv.163(1-2)) including copy, transcription and translation of part of the text.

Also includes Golenischeff / Golenishchev copy of inscriptions from tomb of Istabl 'Antar at Speos Artemidos (TopBib iv.164(17)) copied from Rougé, J., Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques copiées en égypte pendant la mission scientifique de M. le Vicomte Emmanuel de Rougé, (1877) (OEB 148962).

The Percy Newberry Collection has been listed thanks to a cataloguing grant from the The National Archives in 2015. The collection comprises a wide range of material on topics including Predynastic Egypt, Theban tombs, Egyptian flora and fauna, early Egyptian travellers, ancient Egyptian religion and culture, as well as Newberry's genealogy. Formats include notebooks, research notes, photographs, tracings, rubbings and newspaper clippings.

The collection has been divided into 5 series: Biographical Material; Correspondence; Research Notebooks; Subject Files, and Research Material.

The following key subject terms collate material on the same subject, which have been listed in different series:
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/nome-ensigns-percy-newberry-collection">Nome Ensigns</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/flora-and-fauna-percy-newberry-collection">Flora and Fauna</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/predynastic-egypt-percy-newberry-collection">Predynastic Egypt</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/scarabs-and-seals-percy-newberry-collection">Scarabs and Seals</a>