Identity area
Reference code
Carter MSS
Nadpis
Date(s)
- 1899-1939 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
15 boxes, 1 album, 5 enclosures, 55 maps and drawings, 1 silver desk set
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist. Born, London 1874. Died, London 1939. Privately educated. Employed by P. E. Newberry in 1891 working for the Archaeological Survey. Assisted in excavations for the Egypt Exploration Fund 1892-3, was with Petrie at Amarna in 1892, ... »
Archival history
Carter bequeathed these records to his niece Miss Phyllis Walker in 1939. A watercolour and a silver desk-set were among Carter's possessions, kept at Carter Castle II, at Thebes. Carter bequeathed his Thebes house and contents to the New York ... »
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Miss Walker donated the Carter MSS in several groups in 1945, 1946, 1959, and 1972. An anonymous donor presented a watercolour and a silver desk set in 2003.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebooks, loose notes, maps, plans, drawings, newspaper cuttings, watercolours, and a silver desk-set. The documentation was created during Carter's career between 1899-1939. This material excludes material connected with the tomb of Tutankhamun, see the Tutankhamun Archive.
System of arrangement
Kept as received. Catalogued as six groups.
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.
Language of material
- angličtina
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Catalogue.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are the originals.
Existence and location of copies
Two A3 ringbinders containing copies of maps and drawings (I.G. series).
Related units of description
Digital object metadata
Filename
Carter_viii_2__portrait.jpg
Media type
Image
Mime-type
image/jpeg