Zone d'identification
Cote
Carter MSS vi.2.9
Titre
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): A Summary of Egyptian Chronology; Sketch I. Introductory; Sketch II. An Account of Myself
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Production)
Niveau de description
Pièce
Étendue matérielle et support
1 notebook
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
(1874-1939)
Histoire archivistique
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.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
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
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
- 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"
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.
- 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.
Unités de description associées
Zone des notes
Note
Formerly Carter notebook 15.