Identity area
Reference code
Edwards - Černý MSS 21.56, 485-533, 2392-93C, 2403-13, 2443-4
Title
Edwards, Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1946-1968 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
0.5 cm, 68 letters
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1970)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
55 letters from Edwards to Černý.
11 letters to Marie Černý from Edwards, 2 draft letters from M. Černý to Edwards.
Professional as well as personal matters. Philology, publication of Abusir papyri, objects from the British Museum collections, Nubian campaigns; academic examinations and positions, including Černý's transfer from London to Oxford; family matters.
Particular issues include:
- purchases of publications in Cairo
- following Černý's death, Edwards corresponded with Marie Černý concerning the transfer of Černý's library to Prague
- T. G. H. James to be recommended as The Lady Wallis Budge Fellow
- the Palmer Holland squeezes material
- papyri at Kingston Lacy
- Coptic etymologies
- Edwards' candidature for the British Academy, supported by Černý
- stela of Rudjahau, in London, British Museum, EA 159, TopBib v.95-6
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
British Museum Departmental Correspondence, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan.