Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Breasted photographs
Título
Fecha(s)
- prints 1924-1957 - negatives 1905-1906 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Colección
Volumen y soporte
11 photograph boxes and 1 folder
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
American Egyptologist and orientalist. Born, Rockford, Ill. 1865. Died, New York 1935. Educated at North-Western College, Naperville, Ill., then Chicago College of Pharmacy, 1882-6. Started a career in pharmacy before going on to study Hebrew at the Congressional Institute. Then Yale University, 1890-1. AM degree, 1892. Went to Berlin to study Egyptology with Erman, 1894. Assistant in Egyptology and assistant director of Haskell Oriental Museum, University of Chicago, 1895-1901. Director of Haskell, 1905. Instructor in Egyptology and Semitic Languages, 1896. Professor of Egyptology and Oriental History, 1905. Whilst working on the Berlin dictionary in 1990-4, he was also able to record many texts from monuments in various German museums which formed the basis of his publication Ancient Records. Director, University of Chicago Egyptian Expedition, 1905-7. Was awarded many honours during his career. Founded the Oriental Institute at Chicago which was financially backed by J. D. Rockefeller, Jnr.
Historia archivística
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Possibly part of Dr Moss' request forming part of the photographic exchange scheme between Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, and Chicago, Oriental Institute, 1950-7.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Photographs of Nubian Temples made during Breasted's expedition, 1905-6. Photostats of temple plans annotated with Chicago, Oriental Institute photograph numbers.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Kept as received.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions. Consultation only.
Condiciones
Copyright Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
No problems.
Instrumentos de descripción
Typewritten catalogue kept with photographs on stack shelf.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
The originals are in Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Existencia y localización de copias
Not known.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Nota de publicación
-http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/PA/EGYPT/BEES/.
-Some used in Chicago, Oriental Institute publications.