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Jaroslav Černý Collection
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Žába, Zbyněk - correspondence

42 letters from Žába.
Professional and personal matters:

  • Žába's studies in Prague and his dissertation on Ptahhotep (later published as, Žába, Z., Les maximes de Ptaḥḥotep (1956) (OEB 5487))
    -Žába's plans to visit Oxford and study with B. Gunn
    -book exchange and purchases
    -the situation of the Egyptological seminar in Prague
    -Egyptian collections in Czechoslovakia
    -post-war Britain and Czechoslovakia
    -personal matters
    -the move of Černý's library to London

Wit, Constant de - correspondence

1 letter from de Wit, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to de Wit.
Studies and work of de Wit; decision to abandon plans to study in the UK after accepting a position in Musées Royaux in Brussels.

Williams, Evelyn M. - correspondence

2 letters from E. M. Williams, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to E. M. Williams.
Ostraca and other objects from collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in particular objects from the Theodore M. Davis excavations in the Valley of the Kings.

Williams, A. A. - correspondence

1 carbon copy of a letter from Williams to J. R. Harris, sent to Černý for reference.
A. A. Williams, Bursar of Queen's College, informing J. R. Harris, who had been recommended by Černý for a UNESCO project in Nubia, that the College supported Harris' participation in the project.

Wieder, F. C. - correspondence

2 letters from Wieder, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary).
Plans for a publication of J. R. Harris' research on lexicography of ancient Egyptian minerals, Brill publishers enquiring about the possibility of a subsidy for publishing. The book was eventually published elsewhere, see Harris, J. R., Lexicographical Studies in Ancient Egyptian Minerals (1961) (OEB 8464).

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