Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook with enclosed notes, containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his archaeological training with Sir W. M. F. Petrie
43 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "28"-"70"
All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.9 (pages 36-72): [Sketch II: An Account of Myself]
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), Thebes.
13 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "25"-"35"
All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
Continuation of Carter MSS vi.2.14.
Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.10 (pages 102-111): "Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse"
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches III-VII, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
76 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "73" to "149"
Sketch III - Thebes
Pages 73-86
Contains four subsections, I to IV
Sketch IV - The Tomb of the Horse
Pages 87-111
Contains three subsections, I to III
Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee-hearth
Howard Carter's drafts of his autobiography were intended for publication, but not completed or published. Carter referred to these drafts as "autobiographical sketches", and the manuscripts and typescripts were most likely composed in the 1930s.
Earlier annotated manuscript
6 notebooks
219 pages
Section/chapter headings within this group include:
Sketch I. Introductory
Sketch II. An Account of Myself
Sketch III. Thebes
Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse
Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee hearth
Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels
Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
Sketch VIII. The Valley and the Royal Tomb
Sketch IX. Tomb-Robberies and the Fate of the Royal Mummies
Sketch XI. The Finding of the tomb of Amenophis I
Later annotated typescript
8 folders
236 pages
Section/chapter headings within this group include:
Autobiographical preface
The Excavator and his Task
The Ancient Egyptian Dwelling, Tomb and Temple
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment
Sketch of Thebes
The Theban Necropolis
The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
A History of the Theban Royal Mummies Decadence and Destiny I-IX
El-Bab El-Hosân 'The Tomb of the Horse'
Summer life in Egypt
The Rat and the Snake
A Fortuitous Discovery [The discovery of Queen Hatshepsut's tomb]
8 letters from Sir Alan Gardiner to Howard Carter, mostly regarding Carter's copying of the Opet Festival scenes in the Processional Colonnade of the Luxor Temple, but also mention other subjects. The first letter is dated 24 August 1916 and the last in the group is dated 13 July 1918.
Howard Carter's manuscript index-card catalogue of Egyptian weights in museums, private collections and publications. Arranged by the size of weight. The data for each weight has been arranged by Carter under the following sections:
Transcriptions of royal attributes for Ramesses IV, from his tomb, KV 2, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Weight of Shepses, stone, Old Kingdom, from Edfu, bought by Carter in Cairo. [see TopBib v.205A]
Lion-hunt scarab of Amenophis III, blue glazed steatite, found during excavations in Luxor temple in 1917 and purchased by Carter "for C.". A very similar scarab, or the same one, in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 74392.
Howard Carter's manuscript notes on ancient Near Eastern measurements, including measuring rods, most in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The cubit rods are recorded as follows:
Carter MSS v.2 [a, b] - Cubit measuring rod, granite, Ptolemaic, found at Dendera, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 45933 [see TopBib v.116A].
Carter MSS v.2 [a, b] - Cubit measuring rod, granite, Ptolemaic, found at Dendera, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 45932 [see TopBib v.116A].
Carter MSS v.2 [a, b] - Cubit measuring rod of Panas, basalt, Ptolemaic, found at Dendera, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, JE 45931 [see TopBib v.116A].
Carter MSS v.2 [d] - Cubit measuring rod, wood, found in the tomb of Sennedjem, Dyn. XIX, TT1, Thebes, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, CG 1941 [see TopBib i2.4].
Carter MSS v.2 [i] - Cubit measuring rod of Osorkon I, schist, found at Karnak, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Temp. No. 31.12.22.2 [see TopBib ii2.300].
Carter MSS v.2 [j-k] - Cubit measuring rod of Nektanebos II, schist, found at Karnak, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum, Temp. No. 31.12.22.1 [see TopBib ii2.300].
Carter MSS v.2 [l-m] - Cubit measuring rod, schist, found at Karnak, now in Cairo, Egyptian Museum [see TopBib ii2.300].
Letter and photograph regarding a brick found at E. & W. Lake Ltd, Park Road, Newhall, near Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. These premises were formerly the site of a brickworks owned by Lord Carnarvon, that produced the bricks which were shipped to Egypt for the construction of Carter's house "Castle Carter" (Castle Carter II) at Dra Abu el-Naga, Thebes.
Photograph of a sample brick stamped "MADE AT BRETBY ENGLAND FOR HOWARD CARTER A.D. THEBES 1910".
Photocopy of the letter from Mr P. M. White to the Keeper of the Egyptian Antiquities, British Museum, dated 16 February 1985.
Howard Carter's notebook of hieratic palaeographic notes on individual signs, groups, royal names and a few longer texts, with hieroglyphic transcriptions. Perhaps compiled during Carter's excavations and explorations (graffiti and inscribed objects).
Howard Carter's documentation relates to the so-called "Saqqara affair" (Saqqara incident; Sakkarah incident; Sakkara) which led to Carter's resignation from the Egyptian Antiquities Service in 1905. Including:
44 letters, most addressed to Carter as well as copies of Carter's replies.
Copy of Carter's resignation letter.
Carter's manuscript report, 41 pages, contains his account of the event, extracts from the letters, and French newspaper reports on the incident.
Howard Carter's draft pencil sketches of the upper part of a musician holding clappers and various hands, details from the Festival of Opet scenes, Eastern Wall of the Processional Colonnade in Luxor Temple.
Two draft letters from Howard Carter to Alan Gardiner regarding Carter's copying of the Opet Festival scenes in the Processional Colonnade of the Luxor Temple, including a proposed schedule and Carter's description of the wall scenes. The earlier draft letter is not dated, the second draft letter is dated 1 May 1917.
Howard Carter's photographs numbered 14 to 16 with manuscript captions, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, trench 5 within the Great Enclosure wall, Tell el-Balamūn.
(14) View of trench no. 5, within the Great Enclosure, with excavation in progress.
(15) View of aqueduct in trench no. 5
(16) View showing stone slabs crossing the aqueduct in trench 5.
Howard Carter's photographs numbered 12 and 13 with manuscript captions, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, within the Great Enclosure wall, Tell el-Balamūn.
(12) Trench no. 6. A detached house within the Great Enclosure wall.
Howard Carter's photographs, views of a town on the Mediterranean coast, probably Damietta. The photographs are part of Carter's records for the Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Tell el-Balamūn.
Howard Carter's photographs, Carter's camp in the marshes, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Tell el-Balamūn. For other views of the camp, see Carter MSS iv.3 (1) and (2).
Howard Carter's photograph of pottery vessels found in trench no. 5, across the Central Approach, between two divisions of the Town, Temple and Palace area, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Tell el-Balamūn. Another photograph with a different view of the same group of vessels, see Carter MSS iv.19 (34).
Howard Carter's photograph of pottery vessels found in trenches nos. 3, 3a and 3b, across the Central Approach, between two divisions of the Town, Temple and Palace area, Carnarvon-Carter excavations, Tell el-Balamūn. These vessels were also photographed as part of a larger group, see Carter MSS iv.18 (31).
