Press cuttings and miscellaneous notes.

Howard Carter's annotated draft typescript, for an article titled 'Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation', not published and no mention of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter numbered most of the pages: "1" to "29"
• The typescript contains the following headings:
  • [title page] Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation
  • Introductory
  • Origin
  • Generation
  • Deterioration
  • History
  • The Art of the Middle Kingdom, 2160 - 1780 B.C.
  • The Art of the New Empire, First and Second Period - 1580-1350-1150 B.C.
  • Intention
  • Interpretation. Cause of certain effects in delineation
  • Renaissance

Howard Carter's annotated typescript, the draft for an unpublished article on art during the reign of Tutankhamun, with references to objects found in all four rooms of the king's tomb, including:

• Throne (Carter object 91)
• Small gold shrine (Carter object 108)
• Decorated casket or box (Carter object 540 and 551)
• Stick(s) with a figure of the king (Carter objects 235a and 235b)
• Painted box (Carter object 21)
• Statues of the canopic goddesses (Carter object 266)
• Statue(s) of the king on a leopard (Carter objects 289a and 289b)
• Ka statues (sentinel or guardian statues) (Carter objects 22 and 29)
• Mask (Carter 256a)

Howard Carter's manuscript draft(s) for a publication or lecture, or perhaps for his intended autobiography.
The draft contains the following headings:

• The District now known as Medinet Habou
• Notes Episodes to introduce [perhaps related to autobiography?]
• Luxor
• Ramesseum
• The temple of Qurna

An article, annotated by Carter, titled 'Egypt Calls' by Sir Evelyn Wrench and published in The Spectator, 6 September 1935, page 370, in which Wrench mentions his encounter with Howard Carter at Luxor.

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript drafts, unpublished articles and lectures.

Howard Carter's notebook, manuscript notes on glass and other subjects. The notebook forms part of Carter's records on glass.
Includes:

• Heading on the first page, "Notes on glass"
• 2 loose pages with notes on two magical figures, almost certainly from Tutankhamun's tomb
• Notes on general glass-making techniques and decoration, extracted from publications
• Notes on 'Red Jungle Fowl'
• Draft of Carter, Howard 1923. 'An ostracon depicting a red jungle-fowl (the earliest known drawing of the domestic cock)'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 9 (1/2), 1-4 (OEB 136396)
• Manuscript draft of a proposed article on glass, for the typescript of this article see Carter MSS vi.5.3

Manuscript letter from R. Bethell, dated 27 May 1921, to Howard Carter, regarding Carter's proposed article on glass (see Carter MSS vi.5.3), part of Carter's records on glass.

Howard Carter's proposed article on glass with references to pieces in the Carnarvon collection.
Includes:

• a 15-page typescript, with notes in pencil made by R. Bethell
• an accompanying colour plate illustrating a Cypriote vessel in Egyptian opaque glass, supplied by Mr White, The Studio (magazine), London
• 1 page of related notes

Howard Carter's notebook on glass vessels excavated at Enkomi, Curium and Amathus, titled 'Cameiros in Rhodes', contains manuscript notes and traced drawings copied from publications, part of Carter's records on glass.

Howard Carter's annotated typewritten lecture notes on 'The Contribution of Ancient Egypt to Progress of the World', part of Carter's records on glass.
Sections titled:

• The Calender
• Glass
• Linen weaving
• Liturgical vestments
• The Crosier
• The Wedding Ring

Howard Carter's notes on glass.

Howard Carter's manuscript notes on Haremhab, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• Carter's calculations noting the length of reigns for Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV; Akhenaton; Ikhnaton), Smenkhkare, Tutankhamun and Ay
• Note on Haremhab's reign

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Ay and Ankhesenamun, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• Letter from Percy E. Newberry regarding a ring with the cartouche of Ankhesenamun alongside the prenomen of Ay
• Ay's titlary from his tomb, KV 23, Valley of the Kings, Thebes

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• 4 pages of manuscript notes on inscriptions from Tutankhamun rings, and arguments for and against Tutankhamun being the son of Amenophis III (Amenhotep III)
• 4 pages of manuscript notes with the heading "Note re King Ay", discusses gold-leaf fragments with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ay, found in KV 58, Valley of the Kings
• 18 pages of manuscript notes, many of the pages are crossed through (cancelled), perhaps notes for a lecture, including extracts from Theodore M. Davis's publication for KV 57, Tutankhamun's marriage to Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's age at death, his parentage and succession, dated objects found in Tutankhamun's tomb, etc.
• Newspaper cutting with a report of this lecture titled 'Secrets of Tomb of Tutankhamen. Dr. Howard Carter on the end of a Dynasty'. No record of which newspaper this comes from.
• Howard Carter's notes for a lecture given at University College London, July 21, 1931.

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Amenophis III and Teye, , part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• Set of manuscript notes, all crossed through (cancelled)
• Later partial set of the manuscript notes
• Notes on Amenophis III (Amenhotep III), his reign, monuments, dated inscriptions, worship of the Aten, the establishment of Amarna (Akhetaten; Akhetaton), and relevant bibliography
• Typewritten notes on Amenophis III and Amenophis IV's co-regency

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Smenkhkare and Merytaten, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• Two sets of manuscript notes, both drafts of the same text, one set of draft pages all crossed through (cancelled)
• Notes on Smenkhkare's monuments, dated inscriptions, and relevant bibliography
• Photographs of two stelae in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 17813, 20716.

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV; Akhenaton; Ikhnaton), Nefertiti and princesses, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.
This group includes:

• Two sets of manuscript notes, both drafts of the same text, one set of draft pages all crossed through (cancelled)
• Notes including the skeletal remains of Amenophis IV, dated monuments, and relevant bibliography
• Newspaper cutting from Morning Post 5-05-1927, publishing a letter from Howard Carter on the excavations at el-Amarna

Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty.

Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches I-II, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.

• Sketches
  • 72 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
  • Carter's annotated page numbers, "1" to "72"
  • A Summary of Egyptian Chronology
  • Pages 1-2
  • Sketch I - Introductory
  • Pages 3-18
  • Contains one subsection, II, the title of this subsection, The Temporary Dwellings, is crossed through (cancelled)
  • Sketch II - An Account of Myself
  • Pages 19-72
  • Contains six subsections, I to VI

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript and draft manuscript, with the following headings:

• The Cemetery of the Queens
  • 23 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 22 typescript pages, numbered 215-236
  • [Sketch XII]
• January 1938 - A Sketch
  • 3 pages, annotated manuscript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • No page numbering
  • Carter's description of King Farouk's marriage to Safinaz Zulficar (after Queen Farida) on 10 January 1938, and the festivities celebrating their marriage

Howard Carter's autobiography, annotated draft typescript and some inserted draft manuscript pages:

• The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis the First
  • 42 pages, annotated typescript with some inserted manuscript pages, most pages, except title page and 3 inserted pages between pages 200 and 201, are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 34 typescript pages, numbered 186-214, and 3 inserted pages between pages 200-201 (Carter annotated these pages "15", "16" and "64")
  • 8 manuscript pages, notes to typescript pages
  • [Sketch X ?]

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft annotated typescript and draft annotated manuscript:

• Three Milk White Camels
  • 20 pages, annotated typescript, all pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 19 typescript pages, numbered [167]-185
  • [Discovery of the tomb of Tuthmosis IV]
• Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
  • 15 pages, annotated manuscript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • Carter annotated the page numbers "1-15"
  • [Discovery of the tomb of Hatshepsut]

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:

• El-Bab El-Hosân. "The Tomb of the Horse"
  • 31 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page, numbered here as [137]
  • 30 typescript pages, numbered [138]-166 (NB Carter annotated the first pages in this section "1-8", the page numbers [138]-[145] were assigned in Griffith Institute)
• The Rat and the Snake: Being a tale from the coffee hearth
  • 5 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • Typescript unfinished or incomplete
  • Carter annotated the page numbers "1-5"
• Sketch V [Summer life in Egypt]
  • Notebook containing draft manuscript ("LUDGATE" | EXERCISE BOOK)
  • 6 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
• [Summer life in Egypt]
  • 3 loose pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • Carter annotated the page numbers "1-3"
  • Draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding draft manuscript in the notebook

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:

• The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
  • 5 pages, annotated typescript, pages [59]-61 are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 4 typescript pages, numbered [59]-62
• A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
  • Decadence and Destiny: I to IX
    • "Sketch IX" (Carter's annotation on page [63]
    • 82 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title pages, are crossed through (cancelled)
    • 4 section/chapter title pages
    • 78 typescript pages, numbered [63]-136
• Notebook
  • 19 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 4 loose pages with additional manuscript notes, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding typescript
• Newspaper cutting
  • Egyptian Mail Jan. 5. 1937 (Carter's annotation)
  • "Mummies May Be Re-Buried In Valley Of Kings | Selim Bey Hassan's Proposal"
  • Cutting from a single page, page number not recorded

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript and manuscript with the following section/chapter headings:

• A Sketch of Thebes
  • 15 pages, annotated typescript, all pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 14 typescript pages, numbered 31-44
• The Theban Necropolis
  • 15 pages, annotated typescript, all pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 14 typescript pages, numbered 45-58
• A Sketch of Thebes
  • 8 pages, annotated manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • Carter's manuscript used for the preparation of the preceding typescripts

Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript with the following section/chapter headings:

• The Excavator and his Task
  • 15 pages, annotated typescript and manuscript
  • 1 section/chapter title page (annotated by Carter: "Add interpolations in "Three milk white camels"")
  • 8 typescript pages, numbered 1-8 and 1 rider
  • 3 unnumbered typescript pages
  • 2 unnumbered manuscript pages
• The Ancient Egyptian Dwelling, Tomb and Temple
  • 12 pages, annotated typescript, most pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 11 typescript pages, numbered 9-19
• Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment
  • 12 pages, annotated typescript, many pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • 1 section/chapter title page
  • 11 typescript pages, numbered 20-30

Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his discovery in 1898, and excavation of, in 1900, the tomb of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (Mentuhotp-Nebhepetre), Bâb el-Ḥoṣân (Bab el-Hosan), Deir el-Bahri (Deir el-Bahari).

• Titled El Bab El Hosân ["The Tomb of the Horse"]
• 13 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
• Carter's annotated page numbers, "1"-"23"
• All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
• Continuation, see Carter MSS vi.2.12
• Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.10 (pages 87-102): "Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse"