Tutankhamun object cards with accompanying photographs, notes (some group notes listed below) and letters, compiled by Howard Carter and other members of the excavation team [TAA i.1.1-620]
Most cards are manuscript records, as well as many original typescript records
Many cards are illustrated with drawings of objects, or details of objects, by Howard Carter and A. C. Mace
The object cards record:
Object number, main description of the object, location in the tomb, measurements, description of the object - Howard Carter and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Hieroglyphic inscriptions, transcriptions and translations - Mostly Alan H. Gardiner and P. E. Newberry, but some inscriptions are transcribed by Carter
Conservation records - Alfred Lucas and A. C. Mace (1922-1925)
Botanical and textile notes - P. E. Newberry
Photographic documentation - Harry Burton
Other groups of notes filed with the object cards include:
Notes on the [ancient] robberies, by Howard Carter, Alfred Lucas and Lord Carnarvon
Notes on various aspects of the Annexe by Howard Carter (1-4, 10-43, 47-64), Alfred Lucas (5-9, 44-6) and A. H. Gardiner (41)
Notes and memoranda on various aspects of the tomb by Alfred Lucas
Notebooks, negatives, photographs, maps, and drawings made during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun. For other material, refer to the catalogue.
26 letters from Swanson, 1 draft of a letter from Černý to Swanson, 1 photograph of Swanson. Swanson's Egyptological studies and some personal matters.
Journal, photographs, typescript, and various notes connected with Stewart's work on the reconstruction of some of the furniture of Queen Hetepheres for the Harvard-Boston Expedition.
Journal, photographs, typescript, and various notes connected with Stewart's work on the reconstruction of some of the furniture of Queen Hetepheres for the Harvard-Boston Expedition. Xerox of a typescript titled 'Creative Work in Palestine. Technical and Crafts Education 1918-1946'.
MSS 1: Squeezes made in 1895-1896 of some scenes in Theban Tombs 11, 12, 20, 50, 157, and 163.
MSS 2: Squeezes of some scenes and texts in the Island of Biga and Philae (Dodecaschoenus).
MSS 3: Two diaries (with continuous pagination) compiled between 7 November 1898 and 9 February 1899 during the Marquis of Northampton's excavations at Thebes.
1 letter from Spicer. Clarendon Press interested in publishing a comprehensive introduction to Egyptian studies and approaching Černý as a prospective author.
1 letter from Sollberger, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Barbara Sewell (Griffith Institute secretary) to Sollberger, sent in Černý's absence. Ostraca in Geneva - photographs for Černý.
8 letters from H. S. Smith, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to H. S. Smith. 4 letters exchanged between Černý and Brian Downs (1893-1984), Master of Christ's College, regarding H. S. Smith's application for the Lady Wallis Budge Fellowship in Cambridge. H. S. Smith's professional development and research work; some notes Smith prepared for Černý on Coptic and Coptic etymologies; book exchange. In 1964, Smith discussed with Černý the plan for the A. H. Gardiner library bequest; which was shared between the Griffith Institute, Oxford, University College, London, Cambridge University and Liverpool University.
8 letters from Simpson, 3 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Simpson. 2 letters exchanged between Černý and C. Cann (Queen's College) regarding Simpson's proposed stay in Oxford. Simpson negotiating a PhD position at Oxford, although Simpson eventually decided to do his PhD in the United States; Simpson's research into Egyptian accounts and accounting, as well as a reference to the Reisner papyri; Simpson published extensively on the latter, see Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner I: The Records of a Building Project in the Reign of Sesostris I (1963) (OEB 10466), and Simpson, W. K., Papyrus Reisner II: Accounts of the dockyard workshop at This in the reign of Sesostris I (1965) (OEB 11529).
5 letters from Shore to Černý. 1 letter from Shore to Marie Černý, 1 draft of a letter from Marie Černý to Shore. Studies in Coptic etymologies, and Demotic studies; finds from Deir el-Medîna. Shore exchange with Marie Černý - off-prints of J. Černý obituaries.
10 letters from Barbara Sewell, Assistant Secretary, Griffith Institute. Departmental matters at the Griffith Institute, which Sewell reported to Černý during his absences, contents of correspondence that arrived when Černý was outside Oxford; personal matters.
(a) 20 folders containing handwritten notes, pencil drawings, negatives, photographs, and postcards of furniture from the tomb of Tutankhamun (= MSS 1-20) (1935). (b) 18 folders containing notes, drawings, negatives and photographs of thrones, chairs, stools and footstools mainly from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (1935) and the British Museum in London (1936), as well as from other collections, and material gathered from publications; 1 index card box with Segal's reference notes for his furniture records; and letter from T. G. H. James to M. Eaton-Krauss regarding Segal correspondence in the British Museum along with photocopies of the letters.
6 letters from Scott, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Scott.
Deir el-Medîna material in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, finds relating to the workman Khabekhnet and his family (Thebes, TT 2, TopBib i2.6-9)