Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.3
Nadpis
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): A Sketch of Thebes; The Theban Necropolis
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creation)
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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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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.