Item Carter MSS vi.2.9 - Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): A Summary of Egyptian Chronology; Sketch I. Introductory; Sketch II. An Account of Myself

1 notebook

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.

Presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in June 1959.

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

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• 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"

• 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.

Formerly Carter notebook 15.