Identity area
Reference code
Eaton-Krauss MSS
Title
Marianne Eaton-Krauss Collection
Date(s)
- 1944-2024 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Formerly in the possession of Dr Marianne Eaton-Krauss.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Dr Marianne Eaton-Krauss in November 2022, April 2023, September 2024, January 2025, and July 2026.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
- Correspondence with other Egyptologists (now deceased) and some miscellaneous correspondence. Includes Eaton-Krauss's exchanges with Cyril Aldred, Martha R. Bell, Bernard V. Bothmer, Jochen Briegleb, Helmut Brunner, Ricardo A. Caminos, Henry G. Fischer, Wolfgang Helck, Barry J. Kemp, Christine Lilyquist, Jaromir Malek, Geoffrey T. Martin, William Murnane, James Romano, John Romer, and Walter Segal.
- Notes and correspondence relating to articles and books peer-reviewed by Eaton-Krauss.
- Recommendations for appraisals of academic posts.
- Correspondence with Marc Gabolde between 1987 and 2023 about a research project to study the monuments associated with king Tutankhamun in the Temple of Karnak; accompanied by a chronological summary.
- Folder with items relating to a Festschrift contribution on the el-Tôd Treasure, in press.
- Folder with items relating to Eaton-Krauss's participation in "Transcending Eternity: The Centennial Tutankhamun Conference" (Luxor, 4-6 November 2022).
- Folder with miscellaneous items, including:
- a) School project on Egypt completed by Eaton-Krauss at the age of 11 (November 1944).
- b) Pamphlet containing the programme for the symposium "What Was Art in Ancient Egypt? Inquiries in Honorem Marianne Eaton-Krauss", held at the Berlin Academy of Sciences and Humanities on 22 November 2019 to celebrate Eaton-Krauss's 75th birthday.
- c) Self-published book of family photographs compiled by Eaton-Krauss for her daughter, titled Cassandra's "Roots" [closed file; not available for consultation].
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. These papers are not available for consultation during Dr Eaton-Krauss's lifetime.
Conditions governing reproduction
These papers cannot be copied or reproduced during Dr Eaton-Krauss's lifetime.
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Language of material
English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
None.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Other archives:
- File with "homework" for beginning hieroglyph course (1967-1968), corrected by Professor George R. Hughes, in the Research Archives Library, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago (USA).