Item Carter MSS vi.2.13 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): [An Account of Myself]

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Carter MSS vi.2.13

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Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): [An Account of Myself]

Date(s)

  • c. 1930-1939 (Creation)

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1 notebook

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(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.

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Scope and content

Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook with enclosed notes, containing Carter's annotated manuscript recording his archaeological training with Sir W. M. F. Petrie

  • 43 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
  • Carter's annotated page numbers, "28"-"70"
  • All pages are crossed through (cancelled)
  • Earlier draft of Carter MSS vi.2.9 (pages 36-72): [Sketch II: An Account of Myself]

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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

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      • Grey card cover
      • Ruled pages
      • 20.3 x 16.4 x 0.3 cms
      • Printed on front cover:
        • The "Ludgate"
        • Excercise
        • Book
        • "REKARTS" | (Regd.) | SERIES | No. 6 Ex.
        • Name.......................
        • Class........................
        • School......................
        • Date.........................
      • Printed on back cover:
        • [Tables]
        • Sterling Money Table; Avoirdupois Weight; Capacity
        • Length; Time; Area
        • Multiplication Table (Extended)
        • Days in the Month; Numeration Table; Arithmetial Signs
        • Troy Weight; Metric System; Metric System
        • W. STRAKER LTD.,
        • STATIONERS & PRINTERS
        • LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, E.C. 4, AND BRANCHES.

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      Archived scans in Griffith Institute.

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      Later draft, see Carter MSS vi.2.9, pages 36-72.

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      Formerly Carter notebook 19.

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