Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS vi.2
Nadpis
Autobiography (Autobiographical Sketches): drafts (notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts)
Date(s)
- c. 1930-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
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
The typescripts, Carter MSS vi.2.1-8 were presented by Miss Phyllis Walker in 1946.
The manuscripts, Carter MSS vi.2.9-11 were loaned to the Griffith Institute in 1946-1947 and then returned to Miss Walker. The manuscripts were presented by Miss Phyllis ... »
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Howard Carter's drafts of his autobiography were intended for publication, but not completed or published. Carter referred to these drafts as "autobiographical sketches", and the manuscripts and typescripts were most likely composed in the 1930s.
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of copies
- Archived scans in Griffith Institute.
- Carter MSS vi.2.9 and Carter MSS vi.2.10 have been 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.