Collection Leek MSS - Frank Filce Leek Collection

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Leek MSS

Title

Frank Filce Leek Collection

Date(s)

  • 1966-1985 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

8 folders in 1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1903-1985)

Biographical history

British dentist and Egyptologist. Born, London 1903. Died, London 1985. Trained as dentist at King's College Hospital Dental School, 1926-30. Spent his whole working life as a dentist. Interest in Egyptology led him to study with V. Seton-Williams at the Institute of Archaeology, London. Worked with the team that examined the mummy of Tutankhamun in 1968. Joined the Manchester Mummy project in 1975. Elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1966.

Archival history

Not known.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Mrs Phyllis M. Leek in 1986.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Notes and related correspondence concerning a prepared monograph on organic materials from the tomb of Tutankhamun. Two photographs showing F. F. Leek.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Kept as received. Arranged in three groups.

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions, except for access to correspondence, which is subject to prior approval by the Archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

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Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

No problems.

Finding aids

Catalogue.

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Existence and location of originals

These are the originals.

Existence and location of copies

None

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Not published.

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