Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.1
Title
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): An Autobiographical Sketch (Preface)
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's autobiography, drafts, manuscript and annotated typescript, with the following section/chapter headings:
- The Beginning
- 7 manuscript pages
- Handwriting not identified, edited and annotated by Carter, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- Original title "An Autobiographical Preface" is crossed through
- Incorporated into the following typescript
- An Autobiographical Sketch
- 72 pages, annotated typescript and manuscript
- 61 typescript pages, numbered 1-61, edited and annotated by Carter, most pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- 11 manuscript pages, not numbered, notes to typescript pages
- Original title "An Autobiographical Preface", "Preface" is crossed through and replaced by "Sketch"
- Incorporated into the preceding manuscript
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Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.