Tutankhamun's tomb and tomb plan. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's 12-page annotated typewritten discussion on Tutankhamun's tomb and 18th Dynasty royal tomb types.
• Comparisons with other royal tombs and notes on tomb plans from the Turin Papyrus, with the names for the various parts of the tomb.
• Suggestion as to the identity of the architect of Tutankhamun's tomb.

Weapons. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's manuscript notes on offensive and defensive weapons, their form and use.
• Four pages.

Tutankhamun documentation: Nina de Garis Davies' notes on boxes (21) and (540)+(551).

• Nina de Garis Davies's manuscript notes on the decoration of two boxes:
  • Carter object (21), the "Painted Box" with battle and hunting scenes.
  • Carter objects (540)+(551), with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun in a garden on the lid.
• Includes two small watercolour sketches and a line drawing, all created by Davies.
• This material was created in January and February 1951 when Davies visited the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Davies's paintings of box (21) were subsequently published. See below for details.

Chair (351). Howard Carter's collected notes for intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's typescript description of chair (351).
• 3 pages.
• Carbon copies of originals filed with object cards for (351), annotated by Carter.

Chemistry. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• H. J. Plenderleith's typescript report on:
  • i. The pigments contained in the palettes from the toy chest found in the Annexe;
  • ii. The paint used on the Burial chamber walls;
  • iii. The metal tongues from the second shrine;
  • iv. The thickness of gold on shrines (also see Gesso notes);
  • v. On animal skin found with gesso. Plenderleith suggests this is to provide a resilient cushion beneath gold for tooling;
• Typescript for a lecture given in 1926 by H. Bunker on 'Scientific Aspects of Tomb'.

Tutankhamun Excavation. Howard Carter's notes on various subjects.

• i. General note on tomb robbery.
• ii. Jewellery. References to pectoral (261P(2)), docket from box (267), etc.
• iii. Three pages of manuscript notes on 'The last and final season's work in the Tomb of Tutankhamun', including references to the sarcophagus, shrines, etc.
• iv. A note on the contents of rooms and disturbance by ancient robbers.
• v. Two handwritten notes concerning tomb plan development in the New Kingdom.

Penelope Fox's notes on furniture from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Perhaps for a planned publication.

• Photographs of six cubit rods from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• All rods are made of wood.
• Carter object numbers:
  • (50dd'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61315.
  • (50dd''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61316.
  • (50ee'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61317.
  • (50ee''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61318.
  • (50ff'), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61319.
  • (50ff''), now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61320.

Rainbow McLean's photographs of box (21), from the tomb of Tutankhamun, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 61467.

• Copies of notes and photographs for boxes from Tutankhamun's tomb.
• The measurements of the boxes, etc., were copied from the original Tutankhamun Archive documentation by A. H. Gardiner for Myrtle Broome.

• Photographs and colour transparencies of a scale model of the tomb of Tutankhamun, created for a display in Highclere Castle in 1988.
• Model created by Orchard Brothers, Historical model makers.

• Professor H. Beinlich's photographs and his transcription of its texts
• Innermost coffin (255) of Tutankhamun, gold, in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 60671.
• TAA ii.14.1-56 (photos), 57 (transcriptions).

• Fourteen postcards, many feature Harry Burton's photographs taken during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• Some were produced by Lehnert & Landrock.
• Others produced by Bruce Co., London.
• Showing various objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

A set of lithographs made for the Tutankhamun exhibition held in the British Museum, London, in 1972.

• Set of contact prints made from The Times Tutankhamun photographs.
• Most of the photographs were taken by The Times photographer.
• There are also a significant number of copies of Harry Burton's photographs within this group.
• Many of the contact prints are made from 35mm film, as well as a variety of larger prints.

Restricted access file.

• P. E. Newberry's copy of The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: Statement with documents, as to the events which occurred in Egypt in the Winter of 1923-24 leading to the ultimate break with the Egyptian Government.
• "Published for private circulation only by Cassell and Company, London, etc. 1924."
• Incorporates Howard Carter's original documentation, see TAA ii.21.

• Letters and documents relating to Howard Carter's dispute with the Egyptian Government after the European team members' wives were barred from entering the tomb to view the contents of Tutankhamun's sarcophagus after the lid had been lifted (12 February 1924).
• The dispute on the following day, 13 February 1924, eventually resulted in Howard Carter and the rest of the team being locked out of the tomb until 13 January 1925.
• Includes correspondence between Sir Alan Gardiner and the Foreign Office, Egyptologists and others in 1924.
• Referred to as the "Carter Affair" or "Tutankhamun Affair".

Documentation and correspondence regarding the planned Tutankhamun publication project by the Griffith Institute.

Letters sent to Howard Carter at the time of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. These letters were almost immediately passed on by Carter to A. C. Mace to deal with.

Correspondence between Howard Carter, A. H. Gardiner, P. Lacau, and P. Engelbach, concerning a whm amulet from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Photographs showing the transport of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Laboratory tomb (KV 15), Valley of the Kings.
• Taken by anonymous photographers.
• None of the photographs in this group were taken by Harry Burton.

Twelve photographs, all black and white, of various objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun. All made by the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Perhaps created in the 1940s or 1950s.

• Four photographs of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
• Produced by Lehnert & Landrock, part of their 'Tut Ankh Amun Series' photographs.

• Tutankhamun documentation: five photographs:
  • Three photographs show objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
  • Two photographs show floral collars, probably not from Tutankhamun's tomb, in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Newspaper cuttings.
• Articles relating to the tomb of Tutankhamun.

35mm black and white transparencies made from some of the Burton photographs.