Howard Carter's autobiography, annotated draft typescript and some inserted draft manuscript pages:
The Finding of the Tomb of Amenophis the First
42 pages, annotated typescript with some inserted manuscript pages, most pages, except title page and 3 inserted pages between pages 200 and 201, are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
34 typescript pages, numbered 186-214, and 3 inserted pages between pages 200-201 (Carter annotated these pages "15", "16" and "64")
Howard Carter's autobiography, draft typescript and draft manuscript, with the following headings:
The Cemetery of the Queens
23 pages, annotated typescript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
1 section/chapter title page
22 typescript pages, numbered 215-236
[Sketch XII]
January 1938 - A Sketch
3 pages, annotated manuscript, none of the pages are crossed through (cancelled)
No page numbering
Carter's description of King Farouk's marriage to Safinaz Zulficar (after Queen Farida) on 10 January 1938, and the festivities celebrating their marriage
Howard Carter's autobiography, a notebook containing manuscript for Sketches I-II, also some enclosures including loose manuscript notes, a typewritten note, and a newspaper cutting.
Sketches
72 numbered pages/openings, arranged with main text on right and notes on left
Carter's annotated page numbers, "1" to "72"
A Summary of Egyptian Chronology
Pages 1-2
Sketch I - Introductory
Pages 3-18
Contains one subsection, II, the title of this subsection, The Temporary Dwellings, is crossed through (cancelled)
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on the 'Heretic Family' (Amarna period kings), part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
Typewritten genealogical table (folding) for Amenophis III (Amenhotep III), Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV; Akhenaton; Ikhnaton), Smenkhkare, and Tutankhamun. Accompanied by 5 typewritten pages of accompanying notes, incorporating the comments of Dr Douglas Derry and Carter
Typewritten table with dates of accession and death for 18th Dynasty kings, excluding Neferneferuaten and Haremhab (Horemheb). - Accompanied by several pages of manuscript notes on regnal years, relevant bibliography, and miscellaneous notes
Letter to Carter from H. E. Winlock, dated 20-12-1925, regarding a discussion on Tutankhamun's parentage
Notes on dated monuments of Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV; Akhenaton; Ikhnaton)
Letter to Carter from P. E. Newberry, dated 20-12-1931, responding to Carter's enquiry whether Amenophis III (Amenhotep III) had a son named Thutmose, off-print enclosed of Newberry, Percy E. 1928. 'The sons of Tuthmosis IV'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 14 (1/2), pp. 82-85 figs pl. xii (OEB 146401).
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Amenophis IV (Amenhotep IV; Akhenaton; Ikhnaton), Nefertiti and princesses, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
Two sets of manuscript notes, both drafts of the same text, one set of draft pages all crossed through (cancelled)
Notes including the skeletal remains of Amenophis IV, dated monuments, and relevant bibliography
Newspaper cutting from Morning Post 5-05-1927, publishing a letter from Howard Carter on the excavations at el-Amarna
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Smenkhkare and Merytaten, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
Two sets of manuscript notes, both drafts of the same text, one set of draft pages all crossed through (cancelled)
Notes on Smenkhkare's monuments, dated inscriptions, and relevant bibliography
Photographs of two stelae in Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum, 17813, 20716.
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Amenophis III and Teye, , part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
Set of manuscript notes, all crossed through (cancelled)
Later partial set of the manuscript notes
Notes on Amenophis III (Amenhotep III), his reign, monuments, dated inscriptions, worship of the Aten, the establishment of Amarna (Akhetaten; Akhetaton), and relevant bibliography
Typewritten notes on Amenophis III and Amenophis IV's co-regency
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
4 pages of manuscript notes on inscriptions from Tutankhamun rings, and arguments for and against Tutankhamun being the son of Amenophis III (Amenhotep III)
4 pages of manuscript notes with the heading "Note re King Ay", discusses gold-leaf fragments with scenes of Tutankhamun and Ay, found in KV 58, Valley of the Kings
18 pages of manuscript notes, many of the pages are crossed through (cancelled), perhaps notes for a lecture, including extracts from Theodore M. Davis's publication for KV 57, Tutankhamun's marriage to Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamun's age at death, his parentage and succession, dated objects found in Tutankhamun's tomb, etc.
Newspaper cutting with a report of this lecture titled 'Secrets of Tomb of Tutankhamen. Dr. Howard Carter on the end of a Dynasty'. No record of which newspaper this comes from.
Howard Carter's notes for a lecture given at University College London, July 21, 1931.
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript records on Ay and Ankhesenamun, part of Carter's records on the royal genealogy of the late 18th Dynasty. This group includes:
Letter from Percy E. Newberry regarding a ring with the cartouche of Ankhesenamun alongside the prenomen of Ay
Ay's titlary from his tomb, KV 23, Valley of the Kings, Thebes
Howard Carter's annotated typewritten lecture notes on 'The Contribution of Ancient Egypt to Progress of the World', part of Carter's records on glass. Sections titled:
Howard Carter's notebook on glass vessels excavated at Enkomi, Curium and Amathus, titled 'Cameiros in Rhodes', contains manuscript notes and traced drawings copied from publications, part of Carter's records on glass.
Manuscript letter from R. Bethell, dated 27 May 1921, to Howard Carter, regarding Carter's proposed article on glass (see Carter MSS vi.5.3), part of Carter's records on glass.
Howard Carter's notebook, manuscript notes on glass and other subjects. The notebook forms part of Carter's records on glass. Includes:
Heading on the first page, "Notes on glass"
2 loose pages with notes on two magical figures, almost certainly from Tutankhamun's tomb
Notes on general glass-making techniques and decoration, extracted from publications
Notes on 'Red Jungle Fowl'
Draft of Carter, Howard 1923. 'An ostracon depicting a red jungle-fowl (the earliest known drawing of the domestic cock)'. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 9 (1/2), 1-4 (OEB 136396)
Manuscript draft of a proposed article on glass, for the typescript of this article see Carter MSS vi.5.3
An article, annotated by Carter, titled 'Egypt Calls' by Sir Evelyn Wrench and published in The Spectator, 6 September 1935, page 370, in which Wrench mentions his encounter with Howard Carter at Luxor.
Howard Carter's manuscript draft(s) for a publication or lecture, or perhaps for his intended autobiography. The draft contains the following headings:
The District now known as Medinet Habou
Notes Episodes to introduce [perhaps related to autobiography?]
Howard Carter's annotated typescript, the draft for an unpublished article on art during the reign of Tutankhamun, with references to objects found in all four rooms of the king's tomb, including:
Throne (Carter object 91)
Small gold shrine (Carter object 108)
Decorated casket or box (Carter object 540 and 551)
Stick(s) with a figure of the king (Carter objects 235a and 235b)
Painted box (Carter object 21)
Statues of the canopic goddesses (Carter object 266)
Statue(s) of the king on a leopard (Carter objects 289a and 289b)
Ka statues (sentinel or guardian statues) (Carter objects 22 and 29)
Howard Carter's annotated draft typescript, for an article titled 'Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation', not published and no mention of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter numbered most of the pages: "1" to "29"
The typescript contains the following headings:
[title page] Notes. Egyptian Art - Origin, History, Intention and Interpretation
Introductory
Origin
Generation
Deterioration
History
The Art of the Middle Kingdom, 2160 - 1780 B.C.
The Art of the New Empire, First and Second Period - 1580-1350-1150 B.C.
Intention
Interpretation. Cause of certain effects in delineation
Press cuttings collected by Howard Carter, some mentioning Carter's archaeological work, including Tutankhamun, and Carter manuscript note from original housing.
Carter MSS vi.7.1.1
The Times Educational Supplement
6 July 1929
Pages 307-8
'Side Windows on history' (from a correspondent)
Mentions Carter
Carter MSS vi.7.1.2
Liverpool Post
20 June 1929
'A cosmetic 3,000 year old'
Cosmetic specimen from Tutankhamun's tomb (see following)
Carter MSS vi.7.1.3
Daily Chronicle
20 June 1929
'Cosmetic from Luxor Tomb. | Shown to women in London. | After 3,300 years.'
Cosmetic specimen from Tutankhamun's tomb, analysed by Mr A. Chaston Chapman and Dr H. J. Plenderleith (see preceding)
Carter MSS vi.7.1.4
Morning Post
8 January 1929
'The King's Epiphany gifts
Not obviously related to Egypt or Carter
Carter MSS vi.7.1.5
The Times (?)
Summer 1930
'The Royal Academy | I.—Pictures and the public | A varied exhibition (By our Art Critic)'
Howard Carter's notebook, containing 118 pages, manuscript notes on hieroglyphic inscriptions, some accompanied by drawings, copied primarily from Lacau, Pierre 1904-1906: Sarcophages antérieurs au Nouvel Empire (OEB 142822), as well as other publications.
Howard Carter's manuscript corrections for the draft or proofs of Carnarvon, Earl of and Howard Carter (eds) 1912. Five years' explorations at Thebes: a record of work done 1907-1911 (OEB 136376).