Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS v.107-148
Title
Saqqara affair: documentation
Date(s)
- 1905 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 Western Manuscript folder and 1 enclosure
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 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.
- The documentation includes letters from:
- A. Jouraud, on behalf of the French party
- Emile Brugsch
- Gaston Maspero
- James E. Quibell
- Theodore Davis
- William E. Garstin
- Édouard Naville
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
- Arabic
- English
- French
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.