Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2.4
Title
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
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, a notebook containing a draft manuscript, and an annotated newspaper cutting. The typescript has the following section/chapter headings:
- The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings
- 5 pages, annotated typescript, pages [59]-61 are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 4 typescript pages, numbered [59]-62
- A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
- Decadence and Destiny: I to IX
- "Sketch IX" (Carter's annotation on page [63]
- 82 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title pages, are crossed through (cancelled)
- 4 section/chapter title pages
- 78 typescript pages, numbered [63]-136
- Decadence and Destiny: I to IX
- Notebook
- 19 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- 4 loose pages with additional manuscript notes, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding typescript
- Newspaper cutting
- Egyptian Mail Jan. 5. 1937 (Carter's annotation)
- "Mummies May Be Re-Buried In Valley Of Kings | Selim Bey Hassan's Proposal"
- Cutting from a single page, page number not recorded
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Existence and location of copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.