Zone d'identification
Cote
Carter MSS vi.2.5
Titre
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): El-Bab El-Hosân (The Tomb of the Horse); The Rat and the Snake; Summer life in Egypt
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:
- El-Bab El-Hosân. "The Tomb of the Horse"
- 31 pages, annotated typescript, most pages, except title page, are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page, numbered here as [137]
- 30 typescript pages, numbered [138]-166 (NB Carter annotated the first pages in this section "1-8", the page numbers [138]-[145] were assigned in Griffith Institute)
- The Rat and the Snake: Being a tale from the coffee hearth
- 5 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- Typescript unfinished or incomplete
- Carter annotated the page numbers "1-5"
- Sketch V [Summer life in Egypt]
- Notebook containing draft manuscript ("LUDGATE" | EXERCISE BOOK)
- 6 pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- [Summer life in Egypt]
- 3 loose pages, draft manuscript, all pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- Carter annotated the page numbers "1-3"
- Draft manuscript used for the preparation of part of the preceding draft manuscript in the notebook
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes sur la langue et l'écriture
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Archived scans in Griffith Institute.