Colección Broome MSS - Myrtle Florence Broome Collection

Summaries of the lettersIndex of personal namesBroome letter 1Broome letter 2Broome letter 3Broome letter 4Broome letter 5Broome letter 6Broome letter 7Broome letter 8Broome letter 9Broome letter 10Broome letter 11Broome letter 12Broome letter 13Broome letter 14Broome letter 15Broome letter 16Broome letter 16ABroome letter 17Broome letter 18Broome letter 19Broome letter 20Broome letter 21Broome letter 22Broome letter 23Broome letter 24Broome letter 25Broome letter 26Broome letter 27

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Área de identidad

Código de referencia

Broome MSS

Título

Myrtle Florence Broome Collection

Fecha(s)

  • 1927-1937 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Colección

Volumen y soporte

4 boxes and 1 folder

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1888-1978)

Historia biográfica

British artist. Born, London 1888. Died, Bushey 1978. Studied Egyptology under M. Murray and W. M. F. Petrie, at University College, London, 1911-13. Worked for the British School of Archaeology at Qau, 1927, and with A. Calverley at Abydos, 1929-37.

Historia archivística

Formerly in the possession of Miss Broome's cousin, Miss K. M. Slater.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Miss K. M. Slater donated the letters in 1986.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

415 items of correspondence written by Miss Broome to her parents whilst working at Abydos between 1927 and 1937.

Fifteen items are groups of two letters (16, 35, 51, 55, 97, 111, 154, 198, 227, 268, 306, 319, 325, 363, 408, and 414, not all of them by ... »

Sistema de arreglo

Arranged chronologically.

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Condiciones

Copyright, Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. In Miss Slater's letter of donation, there was a condition that Mrs Sybil Rampen and Mr John Ruffle have permission to use the letters for publication, and will retain it after Miss Slater's death. ... »

Idioma del material

  • inglés

Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

No problems.

Instrumentos de descripción

Summaries of the letters and index of personal names (compiled by Miss Kay Lorimer).

Área de materiales relacionados

Existencia y localización de originales

These are originals.

Existencia y localización de copias

Transcripts of the letters were made by Mrs Rampen before the material was donated to the Griffith Institute. John Ruffle also has copies of these.

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

Other Archives:

Nota de publicación

  • Full publication on this website (completed in 6 October 2021).
  • Ruffle, John, "Myrtle Florence Broome", in: Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archeology, Providence, RI: Brown University, 2004. [https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Broome_Myrtle%20Florence.pdf (accessed 11/07/2020)].
  • Ruffle, John, "The Alternative to Growing Turnips: Myrtle Broome in Egypt 1927-1937", in: Frood, Elizabeth and Angela McDonald (eds), Decorum and experience: essays in ancient culture for John Baines, Oxford: Griffith Institute, 2013, p. 174-179 (OEB 205657).
  • Young, Lee, An Artist in Abydos: The Life and Letters of Myrtle Broome, Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2021 (letters from the first season mostly).
  • Blog posts by Susan Biddle on "Wonderful Things: The blog of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford" (https://blog.griffith.ox.ac.uk/).

Nota de publicación

See also:

  • Calverley, Amice M. and Myrtle F. Broome, The Temple of King Sethos I at Abydos, volume I: The Chapels of Osiris, Isis and Horus. Edited by Alan H. Gardiner. London; Chicago: Egypt Exploration Society; University of Chicago Press, 1933 (OEB 140
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Área de notas

Notas

  • Photograph: Myrte F. Broome (centre) with Mr and Mrs Roche at Nag Hammadi (Broome letter 279, photograph 4).

Notas

  • The letters have been transcribed by Lee Young. They have been proofread and prepared for publication on this website by a number of volunteers and the Griffith Institute Team (see individual letters for details). Jenni Navratil has digitized them all.

Notas

  • Cultural warning: Users of this material are warned that some records document observations of people and cultures using scientific research models and language from the early twentieth century in ways that may be considered offensive today.

Notas

  • If you spot any mistakes or can improve on the transcription, please email us at griffith.institute@ames.ox.ac.uk.

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