Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- c.1890-1944 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
29 boxes, 78 card index boxes, 43 bundles, and 113 notebooks
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
British Coptologist. Born, Capelrig, Renfrewshire 1865. Died, Bath 1944. Educated, Eton, 1879, then Balliol College, Oxford, BA 1888. Became interested in Egyptology whilst an undergraduate, and went to study hieroglyphs, ancient Egyptian and Coptic with W. N. Groff in Paris, then with A. Erman in Berlin. Hon. PhD. Berlin. Went on to specialise in Coptic, eventually becoming the most eminent scholar in his field. He is most renowned for his Coptic Dictionary which he started work on in 1892. He visited many museums and libraries compiling all available material. The Dictionary was published in six volumes between 1929-39. In recognition of his contribution to the subject, he was elected Fellow of the British Academy, 1931, awarded D. Litt., Oxford, 1937, Volume 25 (1939) of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology was dedicated to him, and the Byzantine Institute of Boston published a volume in his honour. He published extensively in his chosen field.
Histoire archivistique
The Coptic dictionary slip index was bequeathed by Crum.
The remaining material, except for Thompson correspondence, was presented by Mrs Crum after Crum's death in 1944.
The Sir Herbert Thompson correspondence was presented in 1953 by Brigadier J. A. S. Crum.
Photocopies of Dr Abraham Arthur Schiller correspondence with Crum were presented in 1971 by Dr Schiller himself.
Postcard correspondence from Crum to C.R.C. Allberry (addition to Crum MSS 11.1) was presented by the latter's son, David Allberry, in April 2024.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
The estate of W. E. Crum.
Additions to the correspondence group in 1953 (Sir Herbert Thompson correspondence presented by Brigadier J. A. S. Crum) and 1971 (Dr Abraham Arthur Shiller correspondence presented by himself).
Addition to Crum MSS 11.1 presented by David Allberry, C.R.C. Allberry's son, in April 2024.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Card indexes used in compilation of the Coptic Dictionary, photographs, photostats, notebooks, notes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, negatives, and casts.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Mainly kept as received, arranged by type of material.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Langue des documents
anglais
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
No problems.
Instruments de recherche
Catalogue
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
These are originals.
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Not known.
Unités de description associées
- 30 letters to Hugo Schuchardt (1842-1927) within the Schuchardt papers at the University of Graz Library (Austria).
Zone des notes
Note
- Dr Jenni Cromwell revised the original typewritten catalogue in 2014.
Note
- Series Crum MSS 14-18 not assigned.
Note
- Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London (see https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw202923/Walter-Ewing-Crum).