Zone d'identification
Cote
Carter MSS vi.2.4
Titre
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 folder
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(1874-1939)
Histoire archivistique
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
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Mode de classement
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Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
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Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.