Correspondence Charles Gabriel Seligman including relating to his and Newberry's research from research. Includes correspondence on: totemism and animal cults (1912); Faragab (1915); the Sed festival (1923 and 1933); iron (1924); wearing of the rahat and wedding ceremonies in Sudan (1927); milk customs (1927); E. E. Evans-Pritchard and his appointment as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Egyptian University, Cairo (1931); Ritchie's analysis of Newberry's collection of ancient Egyptian glass; gardening and sending seeds; Newberry's paper on olives and his reference to a camel stick (1938).
Also includes two letters from Seligman's wife, Brenda, on the practise of incision and the health of 'Sligs' (1926).
Note: MSS 39/66 is also numbered 39 MSS 39/67 is also numbered 249 MSS 39/70 is also numbered 247 MSS 39/73 is also numbered 207
Correspondence from Mary Stout Shaw including relating to travel, research on shabtis and persea wood, and requesting an article for inclusion in a book on Egyptian gardens with draft reply from Newberry.
Correspondence from Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937) including relating to research on Akhenaton and the 18th Dynasty.
Also includes correspondence relating to Newberry's wish to endow an annual lecture, administered by the Royal Society, on eugenics and the problems of inheritance including extract of a letter from Professor Elliot Smith and letter introducing Newberry to Dr. Dale (Medical Research Council).
Note: MSS 40/58 is also numbered A.377 MSS 40/60 is also numbered A.79 MSS 40/61 is also numbered 6 MSS 40/67 is also numbered A.110
Correspondence from Lady Sarah Isabella Spencer (d.1919) (Daughter of 4th Earl Spencer) including relating to a book she is writing on Thomas Carlyle, the health of her brother and asking about the source of various quotes.
Letter from Elizabeth Spiegelberg (Wife of William Spiegelberg) including thanking Newberry for a book and referring to Newberry's correspondence with her husband.
Correspondence from Flaxman C.J. Spurrell (1842-1915) relating to the analysis of fragments of colour for Newberry, research on sickles, and a collection of vegetable substances.
Correspondence from Iskander Assad, an Egyptian student, including arranging to meet Newberry in London and asking for help on his appointment to Keeper of the Ancient Egyptian Department of the Agricultural Museum, Cairo.
Letter from Mary Atkinson asking Newberry to give a friend, Brian Melland, an introduction at Tel el Amarna, and a following letter thanking him for his help.
Correspondence from Anthony E. Benaki relating to Newberry's sponsorship of Benaki for election to the Burlington Fine Arts Club and relating to travel plans.
Correspondence from Margaret Benson (1865-1916) (daughter of Mary Benson) including relating to squeezes of a big stone and finds from a temple [presumably the Temple of Mut].
Note: MSS 4/73 is also numbered A 229 MSS 4/77 is also numbered 43 MSS 4/80 is also numbered 41
Correspondence from Hon. Richard Bethell (1883-1929) relating to the purchase of items at auction including scarabs and rings; a quarrel Newberry had with Howard Carter over the sale of items; letter stating his intention to sell his entire Egyptian collection due to lack of money; letter about a prehistoric pot purchased by Bethell.
Note: MSS 4/101 is also numbered 7a MSS 4/103 is also numbered 7 MSS 4/104 is also numbered 15 MSS 4/106 is also numbered 287 MSS 4/110 is also numbered 233
Correspondence from Aylward Manley Blackman on topics including asking Newberry's advice in relation to employment; invitation to lecture; translations and other research interests; visits to Oxford.
Note: MSS 5/14 is also numbered 7 MSS 5/15 is also numbered 8 MSS 5/15a is also numbered A.91 MSS 5/16 is also numbered 26 MSS 5/17 is also numbered 341 MSS 5/19 is also numbered A 297 MSS 5/22 is also numbered A.38 MSS 5/24 is also numbered 16 MSS 5/26 is also numbered 45
Correspondence from Robert Carr Bosanquet (1871-1935) relating to donors to the Institute of Archaeology, Liverpool University; research interests; Oldbury Camp; family news.
Note: MSS 5/55 is also numbered 15 MSS 5/56 is also numbered 362 MSS 5/58 is also numbered 344 MSS 5/59 is also numbered 340 MSS 5/60 is also numbered 330 MSS 5/61 is also numbered 328
