Item Carter MSS vi.2.8 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): The Cemetery of the Queens; January 1938 - A Sketch

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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 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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