Item Carter MSS vi.2.10 - 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

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
  • ... »

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.

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"

Allied materials area

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.

Related units of description

  • For an earlier draft of:
    • Pages 87-102 (The Tomb of the Horse), see Carter MSS vi.2.14.
    • Pages 102-111 (The Tomb of the Horse), see Carter MSS vi.2.12.

Notes area

Note

Formerly Carter notebook 16.