Identificatie
referentie code
Carter MSS vi.2.4
Titel
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Valley of the Tombs of the Kings; A History of the Theban Royal Mummies
Datum(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
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1 folder
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Naam van de archiefvormer
(1874-1939)
Geschiedenis van het archief
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
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Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
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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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