Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS i.J
Title
Thebes. Carnarvon-Carter Excavations
Date(s)
- c. 1907-1922 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 boxes and 1 enclosure (journal)
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This material was sent to the Griffith Institute by Mr Walter Hauser from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1955.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's records on excavations at Thebes, including Asasif, Valley of the Kings, and temples.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- See Carnarvon, Earl of and Howard Carter (eds) 1912. Five years' explorations at Thebes: a record of work done 1907-1911.
- Carter MSS i.J.319-385 (photographs), i.J.386-387 (two notebooks), see http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4search.html
- 'Excavations at Thebes: the Earl of Carnarvon and The Metropolitan Museum of Art at Carnarvon Tomb 62 and Surrounds', see https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/individual-scholarship/individual-scholarship-christine-lilyquist [accessed 11/04/2022].