Correspondence from William Max Müller relating to travel in Egypt.

Note:
MSS 32/4 is also numbered 22
MSS 32/5 is also numbered 25

Letter from Charles S. Myers requesting to visit Newberry at an excavation site.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 47

Correspondence from Oliver Myers including relating to a wazir statue, publication of Temples of Armant: A Preliminary Survey, reference to his work as a censor during the second world war and requesting Newberry's opinion on seals and scarabs.

One letter does not have a Dawson reference number.

Letter from T. J. O. Nash returning a book to Newberry.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 11

Correspondence from Walter Llewellyn Nash including relating to: photographs of a vase of Ptahmes and a heart amulet; photographing drawings by Newberry; requesting translation of an inscription on a gold ring found at Karnac; a proposal for a publication on 'Egyptian monuments as they existed in the 19th century'.

Note:
MSS 33/3 is also numbered 26
MSS 33/4 is also numbered 37 or 38
MSS 33/5 is also numbered 42
MSS 33/7 is also numbered 389

Correspondence from Erskine E. Nicol (husband of Cecile Nicol) including relating to the purchase of a picture and arranging to meet Newberry.

Also includes letters of thanks to Mrs Newberry including reference to travel and Howard Carter.

Note:
MSS 33/54 is also numbered A.350
MSS 33/55 is also numbered A.347
MSS 33/56 is also numbered A.347b
MSS 33/57 is also numbered A.347a
MSS 33/63 is also numbered A.325

Correspondence from Arthur D. Nock arranging to visit Newberry and a letter of thanks to Mrs Newberry.

Correspondence from Francis Oppenheimer including arranging to meet Newberry to discuss a historical work.

Letter from G. H. Palmer (VictoriaAlbert Museum, London) thanking Newberry for a donation of 27 fragments of ancient Egyptian glazed jewellery.

Correspondence from Nina K. Palmer including relating to the identification of shrubs and arranging to visit the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew with Newberry.

Correspondence from Emily Paterson (Secretary, Egypt Exploration Fund) relating to Newberry's work for the Egypt Exploration Fund including payment of his salary. Includes correspondence relating to the work of Naville at Deir el Bahari, publication of Beni Hasan, work at Tell el Amarna and communication with Jean-Jacques de Morgan, work by Howard Carter.

Also includes copies of letters from Newberry to Paterson reporting on his work. Includes letters relating to work at Sheikh Said and Gebel el Gebrawi, work by his brother John Newberry and Howard Carter.

Note:
MSS 34/69 is also numbered 28
MSS 34/70 is also numbered 26a
MSS 34/71 is also numbered 2
MSS 34/72 is also numbered 3
MSS 34/73 is also numbered 26

Letter from Salome Peet introducing her son Thomas Eric Peet.

Correspondence from Theophilus Goldridge Pinches (1856-1934) including referring to a list of Egyptian names (1903) and thanking Newberry for his notes on a lapis cylinder (1921).

Note:
MSS 35/48 is also numbered 64

Letter from W.J. Pythian-Adams including relating to a visit to England.

Note:
MSS 35/79 is also numbered 243

Correspondence from Bernard Rackham (Victoria & Albert Museum) relating to visiting Newberry (1923) and purchase of a lamp and mug (1928).

Correspondence from Louise Radziwill (Princess Blücher) including relating to Newberry's marriage, inviting Newberry to stay, publications by Newberry and refering to international politics.

Note:
MSS 38/34 is also numbered A.29b
MSS 38/35 is also numbered A.299
MSS 38/36 is also numbered A.29a
MSS 38/38 is also numbered 10
one letter does not have a Dawson reference but is numbered A.29

Correspondence from John Rankin including relating to the Archaeological Institute at the University of Liverpool, reference to the First World War and invitations to Newberry.

Note:
MSS 38/43 is also numbered A.93
MSS 38/44 is also numbered A.336
MSS 38/48 is also numbered A.242
MSS 38/49 is also numbered A.239
MSS 38/53 is also numbered 261
MSS 38/54 is also numbered 248
MSS 38/55 is also numbered 232
MSS 38/56 is also numbered A.311
MSS 38/57 is also numbered A.309
MSS 38/58 is also numbered A.310
MSS 38/59 is also numbered A.312

Letter from Ludovika Renouf (d. 1921) (Widow of Sir Peter le Page Renouf, née von Brentano) relating to getting a pension.

Correspondence from Ernest Tatham Richmond requesting permission to reproduce scarabs published by Newberry.

Newspaper cutting on the sale of Egyptian antiquities, 31 August 1922.

Includes: drafts on gold working, minerals and lapis lazuli; draft letter to Sir Henry George Lyons on gold beating, 27 May 1925; and notes on malachite used for eye paint.

Notes on the hieroglyphic symbol X1 and the composite symbol which Newberry believes to be a grindstone.

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'.

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>