Identity area
Reference code
Clère MSS
Nadpis
Date(s)
- mid 1940s-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
79 boxes, 49 document folders, 15 folders (containing impressions), and 13 packages
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
French Egyptologist. Born, Paris 1906. Died, Paris 1989. Trained as an artist at the École Bernard Palissy and the École des Arts Decoratifs. First started studying Egyptology with Henri Sottas at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, 1924. Student, ... »
Archival history
Part of the estate of J. J. Clère.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by his widow, Madame Irène Clère, in 1995.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebooks, loose notes, drafts of articles, teaching notes, photocopies, card indexes, copies of inscriptions, impressions, photographs, negatives, transparencies (cut into strips and in rolls), videotape recording, tracings, drawings, and correspondence.
System of arrangement
- Mostly kept as received.
- Correspondence has been arranged in alphabetical order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
- francouzština
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
- Preliminary file-level catalogue: refer to the PDF associated with this record.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
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These are the originals except for the following.
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The originals of MSS group 04 and associated negatives, together with a small group of miscellaneous notes, correspondence, prints, etc., are in the Musée du Louvre. There are photocopies for most of this group in the Griffith Institute archive, but these may not be comprehensive. Also, there are no copies of the associated negatives in the Institute.
Related units of description
Publication note
- Publication details are indicated in the Clère catalogue.
Digital object metadata
Filename
Clerecatalogue-_new_version_04-03-2016.pdf
Media type
Text
Mime-type
application/pdf