Correspondence from Lady Alicia Margaret Amherst (5th daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; married 1898, Sir Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil) mostly relating 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 families behalf.

Correspondence from Lady Margaret Susan Amherst (d. 1919) (wife of Lord Amherst of Hackney) relating to: Newberry's work at Tel el Armana 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

Letter from F. Gerald Apthorpe mainly describing his work and giving his new address.

Letter from Charles George Arbuthnot (1846-1928) relating to a forthcoming visit by Newberry.

Letter from John Jacob Astor arranging a meeting and thanking Newberry for proposing Astor as a Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Society.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 21

Correspondence from Mohammed Aswad including arranging to visit Newberry and regarding a student wishing to study at the University of Oxford.

Correspondence from Mohammed Ab Del Aziz, a student of Newberry's, relating to visiting Newberry.

Correspondence from Herbert Brereton Baker (d. 1935) relating to Newberry giving a lecture to a Science Society and relating to a picture from a tomb possibly of glass blowing.

Correspondence from Henry Balfour (1863-1939) thanking Newberry for his interpretation of an inscription on a cup and relating to fans.

Note:
MSS 4/30 is also numbered A 356
MSS 4/31 is also numbered A 365

Two letters, including one from D.H. Bangham to Professor Oliver, regarding the appointment of Newberry to the Egyptian Education Office.

Letter from R. W. Barnett (British Museum) regarding a slate palette.

Letter from Elsie T. Baumgartel referring to research.

This group of material relates to Newberry's research on texts and publications including papyri, hieratic texts and publications by classical authors.

Handwritten copies and translations of papyri. Notes by Diana Magee suggest that these are second hand copies or copies of copies done by somebody else.

Includes:

-Handwritten copy of the text and translation of 'The Destruction of Mankind' (PEN/G.II/E.G.)

-Handwritten translation of Papyrus Berlin 9784

-Handwritten copy of British Museum Medical Papyrus mentioning name of Khufu and tracing (PEN/G.II/E.F.)

-Handwritten copy of the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant

-Handwritten notes and extracts including chronology from 'Obeliscus pamphilius' by Athanasius Kircher (1650).

-Extract in Coptic titled 'Sections of Acts of Apostles missing in Hosner supplied by the MS of Chester Beatty'.

Letter from Georges Aaron Bénédite (1857-1926) [in French].

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.52

Letter from E. Benson including request for information about British administration in Kenya.

Correspondence from Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing relating to Newberry's excavations and other finds and seeking Newberry's opinion on texts and articles.

Note:
MSS 5/4 is also numbered 46
MSS 5/5 is also numbered 26
MSS 5/6 is also numbered 27
MSS 5/6A is also numbered 24

Correspondence from Thomas Bodkin (Birmingham University) seeking Newberry's advice on an Egyptian head purchased for the Barber Institute.

Note:
MSS 5/39 is also numbered 7

Letter from Alfred K. Bovill to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer relating to gum labdanum.

Correspondence from Sir Rubert Boyce (d.1911) including letter relating to the education of his child.

Letter from Sir William George Bertram Boyce (1868-1937) relating to embroideries for sale.

Letter of thanks from Margaret R. C. Boyd.

Letter from George C. Brackett (Secretary of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences) relating to a possible lecture by Newberry in America.

Invitation from R. Brocklebank to dinner.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.90

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 neswpaper 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>