Identity area
Reference code
Dawson - Černý MSS 21.39-41, 332-78
Nadpis
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)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
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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Accruals
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Language of material
- angličtina