Letter from S. Sherbul relating to requirements for a new building at the University of Cairo.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.159

Letter of thanks from Sir Charles Scott Sherrington.

Correspondence from Sir Henry George Lyons (1864-1944) including relating to his research on technical tools and requesting publication references from Newberry. On several letters Newberry has made a note of the relevant publication.

Also includes correspondence relating to: excavation work in Egypt; Lyons' position at the Science Museum, London; giving a lecture on Tutankhamun; reference to Newberry's work Cyprus; publication of an atlas of ancient Egypt with Francis Llewelyn Griffith; donation made by Newberry towards the museum purchasing 'Napier's Bones'; the effect of earthquakes in Egypt.

Note:
MSS 29/72 is also numbered 222
MSS 29/74 is also numbered 203
MSS 29/75 is also numbered A.188
MSS 29/76 is also numbered 17a
MSS 29/77 is also numbered 17
MSS 49/16 is also numbered A 364
MSS 49/17 is also numbered A 366
MSS 49/18 is also numbered 24
MSS 49/19 is also numbered 4
MSS 49/20 is also numbered A 329
MSS 49/21 is also numbered A 316
MSS 49/22 is also numbered 12

Correspondence from Dorothy Mackay (Assistant Keeper, Ashmolean Museum) and first page of a reply from Newberry relating to textiles donated to the Ashmolean Museum.

Letter from Sir Harold Macmichael relating to plant specimens.

Letter from J. F. Madden arranging to meet Newberry and referring to travel in the Red Sea hills.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 29

Letter from Mrs Sallie M. Marshall referring to a paper by Newberry.

Correspondence from F. R. Martin including arranging to visit Newberry and relating to purchases made by the dealer Benochi for a museum.

Note:
MSS 30/66 is also numbered 211a
MSS 30/67 is also numbered 211

Letter from W. Page May introducing a Dr. Myers and congratulating Newberry on his work on the Amherst papyri.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 47a

Correspondence from Marie Louise Dora McClure including relating to the Egypt Exploration Fund, social events and accommodation for Egyptologists visiting for a congress.

Note:
MSS 30/15 is also numbered A.247
MSS 30/17 is also numbered 17
MSS 30/18 is also numbered 22
MSS 30/19 is also numbered 16
MSS 30/20 is also numbered 30
MSS 30/21 is also numbered 30

Letter from G.K. Menzies (Secretary, Royal Society of Arts) inviting Newberry to read a paper at a meeting of the Royal Society of Arts.

Letter from Mohammed Mohasseb including relating to the purchase of a faisance bowl.

Letter from Alexandre Moret on hoping to see Newberry in Paris.

Letter from R.D. Morse (Ginn and Company Ltd., Publishers) relating to the production of colour blocks made from Newberry's Queen Tiy miniature and referring to the death of James Henry Breasted.

Correspondence from Henri Edouard Naville including arranging to meet Newberry and discussion of the plunder of tombs in Egypt, Egyptologists (Friedrich Bissing, Ludwig Borchardt, Francis Ll. Griffith) and the 'School of Berlin'.

Letter from Francis Giesler Newton relating to excavation work for the Egypt Exploration Society and discovery of a palace north of El-Til.

This letter includes notes by Newberry including a sketch possibly of a palace façade, and a name, possibly of a vizier, written in hieroglyhs.

Letter from F. F. Ogilvie on returning a book to Newberry and including reference to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff.

Letter of thanks from Jeanette Oppenheimer.

Correspondence from Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer relating to tumuli near Katsina, Northern Nigeria (1910) and ladanum and its collection (1936).

Includes memorandum on the collection and use of ladanum gum in Cyprus, a page of notes on ladanum in Cyprus (numbered 289a) and a draft letter from Newberry thanking Palmer for the information on ladanum and asking a question relating to olive trees in Cyprus.

Letter from Baron Erik Kule Palmstierna inviting Newberry to lunch.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.323

Correspondence from Eric Parker including relating to olive trees.

Correspondence from Humfry Gilbert Garth Payne (1902-1936) requesting Newberry's opinion on a scarab and fayence ring found in tombs at Knossos, with sketch drawings.

Correspondence from Harold T. E. Peake including relating to: publication of an article; visiting Newberry; research topics including wild barley, minerals in Armenia, pot forms, Egyptian chronology, Egyptian script; gardening; work during World War II.

Also includes letter of thanks from Mrs Newberry for the donation of a palm leaf book.

Note:
MSS 35/5 is also numbered 206
MSS 35/6 is also numbered 213
MSS 35/7 is also numbered 205
MSS 35/8 is also numbered 205a
MSS 35/9 is also numbered 298
MSS 35/12 is also numbered A106a
There is also a letter without a Dawson reference numbered A106b

Correspondence from Sarah M. Pier (wife of Garrett Chatfield Pier) relating to Egyptian antiquities and the publication of an inscription.

Note:
MSS 35/46 is also numbered A.333

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>

Correspondence from Gustave Lefebure (Service des Antiquités, Egypt) arranging to meet Newberry in Egypt.

Correspondence from George Francis Legge including news from Egypt and reference to James Henry Breasted, T. Eric Peet, and Henri Édouard Naville.

Note:
MSS 29/8 is also numbered A.348
MSS 29/9 is also numbered A.345
MSS 29/10 is also numbered A.346

Correspondence from J. Lister inviting Newberry to events at the Technical Institute, Tunbridge Wells.

Letter from Marie Little (Sister of Dora Little) sending birthday greetings.

Includes smaller letter in an envelope wishing Newberry a happy birthday.

Letter from Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) requesting information.