Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.2
Title
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Excavator and his Task; The Ancient Egyptian Dwelling, Tomb and Temple; Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment
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, draft typescript with the following section/chapter headings:
- The Excavator and his Task
- 15 pages, annotated typescript and manuscript
- 1 section/chapter title page (annotated by Carter: "Add interpolations in "Three milk white camels"")
- 8 typescript pages, numbered 1-8 and 1 rider
- 3 unnumbered typescript pages
- 2 unnumbered manuscript pages
- The Ancient Egyptian Dwelling, Tomb and Temple
- 12 pages, annotated typescript, most pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 11 typescript pages, numbered 9-19
- Ancient Egyptian Funerary Equipment
- 12 pages, annotated typescript, many pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 11 typescript pages, numbered 20-30
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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.