Item Carter MSS vi.2.4 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; A History of the Theban Royal Mummies

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Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.

Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.

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
• 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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