Collection Blankenberg-Van Delden MSS - Catharina Blankenberg-Van Velden Collection

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Blankenberg-Van Delden MSS

Title

Catharina Blankenberg-Van Velden Collection

Date(s)

  • 1960s - July 1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box and 1 folder

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Name of creator

(1906-1994)

Biographical history

Dutch Egyptologist; she studied with Jozef Janssen who encouraged her to research the commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III; apart from articles on early New Kingdom queens, she published The Large Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III, 1969, with supplements in OMRO 42 (1961), 7-12; JEA 62 (1976), 74-80; and JEA 63 (1977), 83-87; she died in 1994.

Archival history

In the possession of Catharina Blankenberg-Van Velden.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented by Catharina Blankenberg-Van Velden in October 1970 and November 1985.

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Scope and content

Photographs and correspondence relating to the study and publication of the commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Kept as received.

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

Language of material

  • Dutch
  • English
  • French
  • German

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

No problems.

Finding aids

None.

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Existence and location of originals

These are originals.

Existence and location of copies

Small duplicate photographs in Vakgroep Egyptologie, University of Leiden.

Related units of description

Other archives:

  • Main group of correspondence and small duplicate photographs about the commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III in Vakgroep Egyptologie, University of Leiden, together with documentation connected with other publications by the author.

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  • See publication details in biographical note.

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Physical storage

  • Shelf: 0705