Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.3
Title
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): A Sketch of Thebes; The Theban Necropolis
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 and manuscript with the following section/chapter headings:
- A Sketch of Thebes
- 15 pages, annotated typescript, all pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 14 typescript pages, numbered 31-44
- The Theban Necropolis
- 15 pages, annotated typescript, all pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 14 typescript pages, numbered 45-58
- A Sketch of Thebes
- 8 pages, annotated manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- Carter's manuscript used for the preparation of the preceding typescripts
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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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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.