Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.10
Nadpis
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): Sketch III. Thebes; Sketch IV. The Tomb of the Horse; Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee hearth; Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels; Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 notebook
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1939)
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Loaned to the Griffith Institute in 1946-1947, and then returned to Miss Walker.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches III-VII, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
- 76 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
- Carter's annotated page numbers, "73" to "149"
- Sketch III - Thebes
- Pages 73-86
- Contains four subsections, I to IV
- Sketch IV - The Tomb of the Horse
- Pages 87-111
- Contains three subsections, I to III
- Sketch V. Summer life and a Tale from the Coffee-hearth
- Pages 112-121
- Contains one subsection, "The Rat and the Snake"
- Sketch VI. Three Milk White Camels
- Pages 122-141
- Sketch VII. A Fortuitous Discovery
- Pages 142-149
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
- Black leather binding
- Ruled pages
- 25.8 x 20.5 x 1.2 cms
- Stamped manufacturer's logo on the outer back cover:
- Positioned centrally, impressed/stamped/embossed square containing "C" enclosing the Earth (shows Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia)
- Positioned lower right corner, impressed/stamped/embossed text "No. 1028"
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
- Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
- Transcribed first in the late-1990s by Sue Hutchison (Griffith Institute Administrator), and again in 2006 by Dr Charlotte Booth. Both sets of transcription files are owned by the Griffith Institute.
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Notes area
Note
Formerly Carter notebook 16.