12 letters from Leibovitch, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Leibovitch. 1 carbon copy of a letter by Černý to Miss Keeves of the Egypt Exploration Society concerning copies of Inscriptions of Sinai i & ii (OEB 3261 and OEB 4432) for J. Leibovitch (Israel Exploration Journal).
exchange of publications
obtaining Annales du Service des Antiquités Egyptiennes [ASAE]
publishing in ASAE
new posts and research plans of both correspondents
25 letters from Moss, 2 copies of letters from Černý to Moss. 6 letters from Moss to Jean Tudor-Pole (Černý's secretary at University College London), 4 letters from Tudor Pole to Moss. Materials and data for the Topographical Bibliography:
especially sites in Sinai
objects in Brooklyn Museum and other US museums
objects in Turin, Museo Egizio
statue of Queen Karomama in the Louvre, TopBib i2.681-2
travel information
contacts with the international Egyptological community
10 letters from Newberry, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Newberry. Personal matters and research:
reading the name of king Khendjer, South Saqqâra, TopBib iii2.434
Rosellini memorial volume, see Scritti dedicati alla memoria di Ippolito Rosellini nel primo centenario della morte (4 giugno 1943) (1945) (OEB 149922)
news on other Egyptologists, particularly E. Iversen and G. Steindorff
12 letters from Parker, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Parker, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary) to Parker sent in Černý's absence. Mainly professional matters with a few personal references:
invitations extended to Černý to visit Brown University, the earliest sent in 1950
exchange of offprints
students from Brown University in the UK (Richard Pierce)
assessments of students and colleagues (H. Goedicke)
the consequences of the Suez crisis for institutions in Egypt, particularly IFAO, 1956
110 letters from Posener, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Posener. 2 letters from Posener to Marie Černý. Research:
renewal of the Deir el-Medina ostraca project after the Second World War (WWII)
Posener's publication plans, work on Kemit (later published as Posener, G., Catalogue des ostraca hiératiques littéraires de Deir el Médineh ii (Nos 1109 à 1167), (1951) & (1991) (OEB 3065))
Posener's research on execration figures, literary ostraca, translations of various texts
Černý's research on supposed consanguineous marriages in Egypt
book exchange and mutual help in obtaining rare volumes in Britain, Egypt and France Personal and family matters
some remarks on the situation in Czechoslovakia after the communist coup on 25 February 1948 After Černý's death, Marie Černý consulted options for Černý's posthumous publications with Posener, especially the Late Egyptian grammar and the involvement of S. Groll in the grammar project.
13 letters from Roeder, 8 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Roeder. 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to a pharmaceutical company on behalf of Roeder's pupil Mrs Berger.
the situation of German Egyptology after the Second World War (WWII)
exchange of publications established despite difficulties
Roeder's research on statuary
Černý saved food from his own rations in the UK and sent it to Roeder
27 letters from Sauneron to Černý. 2 letters from Sauneron to Marie Černý, 1 letter (with multiple drafts) from Marie Černý to Sauneron. Professional and personal matters:
Sauneron's research and news of research-based travelling
Egyptian philology, palaeography
studies in hieratic
book exchange and purchases
occasional news of family Marie Černý consulting Sauneron regarding posthumous publications of J. Černý, as well as the use of Černý's notebooks.
6 letters from Scott, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Scott.
Deir el-Medîna material in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, finds relating to the workman Khabekhnet and his family (Thebes, TT 2, TopBib i2.6-9)
7 letters from Till, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Till, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Jean Tudor-Pole (secretary) to Till, sent in Černý's absence.
Egyptian books, written culture, Coptic and Coptic etymologies
exchange of news on the work on grammars, see Till, W. C., Koptische Grammatik (Saïdischer Dialekt) mit Bibliographie, Lesestücken und Wörterverzeichnissen (1955) (OEB 49O12); and Černý, J. and Groll, S. I., A Late Egyptian Grammar (1975) (OEB 18215) published posthumously
18 letters from Yoyotte. Professional and personal matters:
exchange of offprints and publications
QV 53 publication by Yoyotte, see Yoyotte, J., 'The Tomb of a Prince Ramesses in the Valley of the Queens (No. 53)', in Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 44 (1958), 26-30 (OEB 6811)
Vocabulary, some from Černý, Ostraca hiératiques (Cat. Caire) (OEB 136749).
Palaeography of hieratic signs from Abusir.
Texts from mummy wrappings. See Daressy 'Les cercueils des prètres d'Ammon (deuxième trouvaille de Deir el-Bahari)', in ASAE 8 (1907), 3-38 (OEB 137609).
9 copies of texts and transcriptions, handwritten. Mostly transcriptions of Middle Kingdom graffiti (rock inscriptions), from Hieroglyph Hill, Abd el-Qadir, West Bank, Nubia. See TopBib vii.140.
A series of proofs of plates for graffiti nos. 1424-2067, incomplete, printed. Including original cover in which the plates were stored, with a handwritten caption by Anna Allott.
38 groups of records and notes on graffiti, including tracings, transcriptions and maps. Notes and indexes mainly for Theban graffiti and the Nubian graffiti. A set of proofs for a part of Graffiti de la montagne thébaine. The Theban material largely covers work on the Theban mountain in the 1960s and includes preparation of graffiti lists for publication. There are also some graffiti Černý consulted for A. J. Arkell in the late 1940s/early 1950s.