Identity area
Reference code
Parker - Černý MSS. 21.112-14, 1560-6, 2189-94
Title
Parker, Richard A. - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1950-1960 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 16 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
12 letters from Parker, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Parker, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary) to Parker sent in Černý's absence.
Mainly professional matters with a few personal references:
- invitations extended to Černý to visit Brown University, the earliest sent in 1950
- exchange of offprints
- students from Brown University in the UK (Richard Pierce)
- assessments of students and colleagues (H. Goedicke)
- the consequences of the Suez crisis for institutions in Egypt, particularly IFAO, 1956
- Demotic papyri
- mathematical texts
- material from Soknopaious Nesos
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
- English