Identity area
Reference code
Drioton - Černý MSS 21.397-402
Title
Drioton, Étienne - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1949-1961 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 5 letters and draft
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
5 letters from Drioton, Černý's draft for his obituary for Drioton.
Professional and personal matters, the situation in Egypt after the Second World War (WWII). A draft of Černý's obituary for Drioton.
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Language of material
English
French
Script of material
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Archives d’Étienne Drioton (1889-1961) (donation Josèphe Jacquiot), Musée Municipal Josèphe Jacquiot, Montgeron.
See also IFAO: http://www.ifao.egnet.net/bases/archeg/?id=14.
Notes area
Note
Drioton and Černý were in professional and personal contact from at least the time of Černý's first trip to Egypt in Winter 1925. It is likely that a part of the correspondence preceding WWII was lost.