Identity area
Reference code
Dawson - Černý MSS 21.39-41, 332-78
Title
Dawson, Warren Royal - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1938-1966 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 50 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
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Scope and content
46 letters from Dawson, 4 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Dawson.
Biographies of Egyptologists for inclusion in Who was Who in Egyptology, including Černý's suggestion to include portraits and examples of the handwriting of individual Egyptologists; further themes discussed in the letters included papyri and New Kingdom history.
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Language of material
English
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Related units of description
The Warren Royal Dawson Correspondence, held by Natural History Museum Library and Archives - the current accessible record does not list Černý, requires verification.
Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies also holds W. R. Dawson's correspondence, requires verification.
See also The National Archive: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F60960.