Griffith Institute Archive

TAA
Sammlung
1922-2014

Notebooks, negatives, photographs, maps, and drawings made during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun. For other material, refer to the catalogue.

Carter, Howard

Dr Ferdinand Platt, with his wife May (left) and her sister Lily (right), at home in London, 18 Hall Road NW8.
© Julian Platt and the Platt family.
Reproduced: Wilkinson, Toby and Julian Platt 2017. *Aristocrats and archaeologists: an Edwardian journey on the Nile*. Cairo; New York: The American University in Cairo Press.

Arthur Ferdinand Rowley Platt Collection

Platt MSS
Sammlung
1896

Ferdinand (Ferdy) Platt's correspondence relates to two excursions to Egypt, in 1896 and 1907-1908.

First group: eighteen letters and postcards, sent during Platt's first independent visit to Egypt in early 1896, when he initially travelled with a friend. Dating between 26 January and 19 April, the letters are addressed to Platt's mother and brother Erny. They record meeting Flinders Petrie and other notables.
Second group: thirty-one letters sent during Platt's second trip to Egypt in 1907-1908, when he accompanied the eighth Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, their relations Lord and Lady Gosford with their daughter Lady Theo, Sir Charles Cradock-Hartopp. Dating between 4 November 1907 and 8 February 1908, they are addressed to Platt's wife, Mabel (May). They record Platt's encounters with Winston Churchill, Alan Gardiner, James Quibell, George Reisner, Archibald Sayce and Arthur Weigall, among others. The letters also mention a meeting with Howard Carter when the latter was still earning a living as an artist, producing paintings for tourists; the letters provide important insights into Carter's life just before he began his partnership with Lord Carnarvon.

Arthur Ferdinand Rowley Platt

Vladimir Semionovich Golenishchev Collection

Golenishchev MSS
Sammlung
Not known

Copies of texts, mostly from Theban tombs.

Golenishchev, Vladimir Semionovich

Paul Cecil Smither Collection

Smither MSS
Sammlung
c.1939-1943

Notebook containing the transcription and notes on papyrus Reisner I.

Smither, Paul Cecil

Bertha Porter Collection

Porter MSS
Sammlung

Copies of some stelae in the British Museum. Within Sir A. H. Gardiner MSS Collection.

Porter, Bertha

Walter Bryan Emery Collection

Emery MSS
Sammlung
Probably 1920s

Plans, tracings, and photographs made in TT 55, 92, and 97.

Emery, Walter Bryan

Alexander Scharff Collection

Scharff MSS
Sammlung
1935

Typescript in 12 folders with a complete synopsis of Theban tomb scenes, as well as three letters.

Scharff, Alexander

Griffith Institute Casts Collection

GI Casts
Sammlung
c.1950s-1970s

Plaster casts of objects in Edinburgh, Royal Museum of Scotland, 1956.144 (lower part of block statue of Pedehor, Late Period), and 1961.439 (stela of Anakht, New Kingdom); Reading, The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (copper mirror of Henuiti (woman), Dyn. XII), inked in by J. Černý; Samos, Archeological Museum of Vathy (inscription from bronze mirror of Antiuzashu, Dyn. XXV-XXVI), cast sent by J. Penrose Barron of Balliol College to J. Černý, kept with copies of the texts made by J. Černý and J. Harris.

Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Berlin Academy Photographs Collection

Berlin MSS
Sammlung
c. 1912

Photographs of Abû Simbel, Amâda, Bîga, Dâbôd, el-Dakka, Dendûr, Edfu, Gammai, Gebel Addala, Kalâbsha, Konosso, el-Maarraqa, "Meschek", Philae, Qar Ibrîm, Saqqâra, el-Sebua, and Tâfa (Gardiner MSS 9, 12, and 14). Photographs of foreigners (Meyer photographs in Gardiner papers).

Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Colin Christopher Walters Collection

Walters MSS
Sammlung
1960s-late 1990s

Complete papers, including notes, drafts, lectures, annotated photocopies and notebooks.

Walters, Colin Christopher

Karl-Heinz Kuhn Collection

Kuhn MSS
Sammlung

Notes, negatives, transcripts, photographs and photostats of Coptic documents.

Kuhn, Karl-Heinz

John Mason Harden Collection

Harden J. M. MSS
Sammlung

Fifteen notebooks on Ethiopic.

Harden, (Rt. Revd) John Mason

Griffith Institute Postcards Collection

GI Postcards
Sammlung

Antique and modern postcards from various sources.

Griffith Institute Film and Media Collection

GI Film & Media
Sammlung

Film and media from various sources.

Alexander Colvin Ainslie Collection

Ainslie MSS
Sammlung
1853

Album of drawings and watercolour sketches made in Italy, Greece, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in 1853.

Ainslie, (Revd) Alexander Colvin

Joseph Grafton Milne Collection

Milne MSS
Sammlung
1895-1896

Two albums of photographs compiled following Milne's visits to Egypt in 1895-6 and 1905-6. One includes photographs taken during W. M. F. Petrie's expedition to Sinai. The other album contains photographs of various sites, including some 19th-century studio photographs.

Milne, Joseph Grafton

Hilda Mary Isabel Petrie Collection

Petrie H. MSS
Sammlung
Probably early 1900s

Two albums. One labelled 'Scraps', which contains mainly photographs, only one of which shows Egypt (Pyramids and Great Sphinx at Gîza); the rest are British churches and historic buildings. The other album is labelled 'Post Card Album' and contains postcards showing French Prehistoric stone circles, megaliths, and chamber tombs, as well as excavations in progress.

Petrie, (Lady) Hilda Mary Isabel

Rosalind Frances Emily Paget Collection

Paget MSS
Sammlung

Coloured drawings of hieroglyphs.

Paget, Rosalind Frances Emily

John Phillips Slides Collection

Phillips MSS
Sammlung
Probably 1960s to early 1970s

2,500 slides (35 mm), taken in 1962 and 1963 at sites in Egypt and in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Folder containing typewritten and handwritten lists/catalogues.

Phillips, John

Günther Roeder Collection

Roeder MSS
Sammlung

Photographs, tracings and squeezes of Dodecaschoenus graffiti.

Roeder, (Ernst) Günther

Griffith Institute Lantern Slides Collection

GI Lantern Slides
Sammlung

Lantern slides from various sources.

Alfred Lucas Collection

Lucas MSS
Sammlung
1922-1933

Notebook on 'Archaeology, Register of samples, and analyses. Tutankhamen and others.' (TAA i.2.11). Notebook on 'Examination of Materials: (a) Tutankhamen. (b) Various.' (TAA i.2.12).

Lucas, Alfred

Heathcote Negatives Collection