Identity area
Reference code
Lexa - Černý MSS 21.104, 1342-8, 2183
Title
Lexa, František - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1934-1949 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 9 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
1 letter from F. Lexa to Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovak Minister in the United Kingdom, concerning J. Černý (1934).
8 letters from F. Lexa to J. Černý.
- linguistics, Coptic etymologies
- Černý's personal matters, health, social contacts
- students of both Egyptologists
- Lexa's letter to Jan Masaryk (Czechoslovak envoy in London) regards a recognition of Černý as a Czechoslovak scholar with an international remit
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Some of the letters are not in chronological order within the assigned archive numbering sequence.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Czech
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Masaryk Institute and Archives of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i. fonds František Lexa, correspondence from J. Černý.
Publication note
Macková, A. J. and Navrátilová, H. 'Jaroslav Černý a František Lexa. Edice korespondence zakladatelů české egyptologie' [Jaroslav Černý and František Lexa. Correspondence of Founders of Czech Egyptology], in Práce z dějin Akademie věd 1 (2015), 89-150 (OEB 223976).