Newspaper cuttings.

This series includes material created by Newberry and material related to Newberry created by others. It includes newspaper cuttings, letter lists, diary notes, photographs, and material relating to Newberry's genealogical research.

This series also includes Newberry's excavation diary during his work for Lord Northampton from 1898 to 1899.

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.

Percy Newberry's series of notebooks includes notebooks on single subjects, indexed notebooks on a range of subjects and research journals. Many of the notebooks have been numbered (in the form NB followed by a number) by Newberry and are referenced elsewhere in his research notes. As such it appears that these notebooks were used as reference books by Newberry, and they often include lists of bibliographic references for a subject.

Unfortunately it is evident that this series of notebooks is not complete and there are numbered notebooks referred to in Newberry's research material that do not appear to be in the collection.

In a letter relating to the accession of Newberry's collection to the Griffith Institute Archive in 1951 Dr I. E. S. Edwards (Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum) lists 'Files containing notes on individual subjects (mainly in filing cabinets)'. This series is made up of files which are all consistent in appearance and contain notes on individual subjects. Each file tab is labelled with a subject heading and contains research notes. Some of the files contain research that has evidently been done at different times but subsequently gathered together. For example files contain pages cut from notebooks.

Some organisation of this material was done during previous archival processing. Unfortunately it is not possible to know whether the contents of the files are as they were when received or whether related material has been added to these files from elsewhere in the collection.

There is evidence in Newberry's correspondence that in the period after the Second World War to the end of his life in 1948 Newberry was organising his research material in preparation for a general publication on ancient Egyptian history and archaeology. It is possible these files were created by Newberry in preparation for this publication and as such form a distinct series within the collection.

Along with the subject files and notebooks is a large body of research material that does not have any apparent order. It includes several draft manuscripts, card indexes, research notes, tracings, drawings, and photographs. Topics include predynastic Egypt, Egyptian antiquities including scarabs and seals, ancient Egyptian religion as well as relating to research on sites in Egypt including copies of inscriptions, plans and drawings.

In a letter on the transfer of the Newberry collection to the Griffith Institute Archive in 1951 Dr I. E. S. Edwards (Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities at the British Museum) lists: Tracings of tomb inscriptions and decorations (packed in brown trunk); A group of texts and other material dealing with the Second Intermediate Period; and a large collection of "scholar's notes" on various subjects for the most part classified but in some cases merely labelled "Miscellaneous notes". It is this material which now constitutes this series. This material was arranged during previous archival processing according to subject and evidence of this work is still visible by the grouping and labelling of material.

It has been difficult to determine the date of much of this research material. Where a date range is provided it is often based on publications referenced by Newberry in his notes.

The Journals, or more correctly journal-letters, cover 38 seasons, with a date range of 1880-1 to 1928-9, which cover Petrie’s first season in Egypt (measuring the Pyramids at Giza) through to 1928-9 (Petrie’s excavations at Tell Fara in Palestine). There are approximately 5,000 journal pages.

The earlier handwritten Journals are by Petrie, then following his marriage in 1897, much of the writing was compiled by his wife, Hilda.

Material associated with Petrie's journals (Petrie MSS 1) including copies of journals, transcripts, correspondence and notes.

Photographs taken by Petrie at the Giza Museum in Cairo.

Photocopies of excerpts from selected notebooks with notes on Petrie excavations, compiled by Petrie, J. E. Quibell and H. W. Price.
Microfiches of Petrie notebooks and tomb cards in the archive of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College, London.

Squeezes made in 1895-1896 of some Theban Tomb scenes:

• TT 11 (Djehuty) - "Northampton Stela" [TopBib i2.22(5)A];
• TT 12 (Hery) - Funeral procession and funerary banquet scenes, with letter from Spiegelberg and note about the acquisition [TopBib i2.24(1)-(2), (3)-(4)A];
• TT 20 (Mentuhirkhopshef) - Deceased and mother in top register [TopBib i2.35(4)-(5)A];
• TT 50 (Neferhotep) - (2) May and governors of Upper and Lover Egypt before Haremhab; (3) Parents in top register [TopBib i2.95(2), (3)A];
• TT 157 (Nebwenenef) - Scene, includes one unidentified sheet [TopBib i2.267(8)A]
• TT 163 (Amenemhet) - Scene [TopBib i2.276A].

Squeezes of some scenes and texts in the Island of Biga and Philae (Dodecaschoenus):

• Island of Biga - no. 1 [TopBib v.257A];
• Philae - nos 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11-13, 24, 36-7, 41, 43-5, 66, 71, 77-8, 86, 91 (part, and unpublished), 213-15, 244, 249, 252, 255-7, 289-90, 301-4, 324, 365, 369-72, 376, 402, 408-12, 416, 436, 441, 449 [TopBib vi.206A].

[Note: The numbering corresponds to that in Griffith's publication (see "Publication note" below)]

Two diaries (with continuous pagination) compiled between 7 November 1898 and 9 February 1899 during the Marquis of Northampton's excavations at Thebes [TopBib i2.607-609]:

• Diari I: p. 1-94 (7 November 1898 - 27 January 1899)
• Diari II: p. 96-115 (27 January 1899 - 9 February 1899).

Excavation records compiled by Howard Carter and members of the Tutankhamun excavation team, primary material

16 journals, diaries and notebooks.