Identity area
Reference code
Magee MSS
Title
Date(s)
- c. 1980s - 2010s (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
13 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
British Egyptologist; she was born in Isleworth, 2 Dec. 1936, daughter of Stanley Constable Mayhew, solicitor's clerk, and Noreen R. Harvey; she studied archaeology in London and Egyptology in Oxford, 1978-82; BA, 1982; DPhil, 1989, Asyut to the End of the Middle Kingdom: A Historical and Cultural Study; she worked in the Griffith Institute on the Topographical Bibliography and in the Archive, 1982-2004 and part-time thereafter, 2005-15; she visited Asyut and studied the tombs in the 1980s; she served on the committee of the EES, 1995-8; she helped to edit Vol. 8 of The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts etc., 1999-2012 and the collection of studies in honour of Jaromir Malek, Sitting Beside Lepsius, 2009; she died in Bexhill-on-Sea, 11 Feb. 2017.
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Dr D. Magee.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Dr D. Magee bequest; presented by Mr Alastair Malkin (nephew) on behalf of Mrs Jean Malkin (sister) in May 2018.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Complete papers (see catalogue for more details).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Kept as received.
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
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
No problems.
Finding aids
Top-level catalogue (series).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
These are originals.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
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Digital object metadata
Filename
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