Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Carter MSS vi.2.9
Título
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): A Summary of Egyptian Chronology; Sketch I. Introductory; Sketch II. An Account of Myself
Fecha(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Unidad documental simple
Volumen y soporte
1 notebook
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
(1874-1939)
Historia archivística
Formerly in the possession of Howard Carter's niece Miss Phyllis Walker.
Loaned to the Griffith Institute in 1946-1947, and then returned to Miss Walker.
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches I-II, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
- Sketches
- 72 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
- Carter's annotated page numbers, "1" to "72"
- A Summary of Egyptian Chronology
- Pages 1-2
- Sketch I - Introductory
- Pages 3-18
- Contains one subsection, II, the title of this subsection, The Temporary Dwellings, is crossed through (cancelled)
- Sketch II - An Account of Myself
- Pages 19-72
- Contains six subsections, I to VI
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Condiciones
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Idioma del material
Escritura del material
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
- Blue leather binding
- Ruled pages
- 25.8 x 20.4 x 1.4 cms
- Stamped manufacturer's logo on the outer back cover:
- Positioned centrally, impressed/stamped/embossed square containing "C" enclosing the Earth (shows Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia)
- Positioned lower right corner, impressed/stamped/embossed text "No. 1028"
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
- Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
- Transcribed first in the late-1990s by Sue Hutchison (Griffith Institute Administrator), and again in 2006 by Dr Charlotte Booth. Both sets of transcription files are owned by the Griffith Institute.
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Notas
Formerly Carter notebook 15.