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Carter MSS vi.2.8
Nadpis
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Cemetery of the Queens; January 1938 - A Sketch
Date(s)
- 1938-01 (Creation)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 folder
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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 and draft manuscript, with the following headings:
- The Cemetery of the Queens
- 23 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- 1 section/chapter title page
- 22 typescript pages, numbered 215-236
- [Sketch XII]
- January 1938 - A Sketch
- 3 pages, annotated manuscript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
- No page numbering
- Carter's description of King Farouk's marriage to Safinaz Zulficar (after Queen Farida) on 10 January 1938, and the festivities celebrating their marriage
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Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Archived scans in Griffith Institute.