Correspondence from Cecil Henry Desch including letter thanking Newberry for his contribution to the cost of the analyses of ancient metals for the Sumerian Committee.
Note of recommendation from Alexander Dedekind to Carola von Cischini written on a business card in Sütterlinschrift.
Translation by Ann-Katrin Gill, 8th April 2016: Frau Carola v. Cischini…recommends to you, esteemed dear lady, the one who presents this card to you, Percy E. Newberry, one of our very first Egyptologists from England, who would also like to visit your scarab collection, and who also has ample opportunity to interest purchasers in your collection.
Correspondence from Warren Royal Dawson including on: situation regarding excavation work in Egypt; translation of hieroglyphs; publications Dawson is working on; references to the tomb of Ay; funerary papyri of the 21st Dynasty; Queen Nozme; 21st dynasty burial sites; Newberry's articles on the Pig and the Olive; discussion of various Egyptologists in relation to biographies Dawson is writing and draft replies from Newberry; requesting collection sale catalogues.
Note: MSS 12/17 is also numbered 343 MSS 12/18 is also numbered A.199 MSS 12/19 is also numbered 343a
Correspondence from Sir William Boyd Dawkins (1837-1929) including thanking Newberry for a stay in Kent; and relating to domestic animals and plants in Egypt.
Note: MSS 12/11 is also numbered A.60 MSS 12/12 is also numbered 8
Correspondence including: asking Newberry to write a description of a tomb; describing the condition of the tomb; reference to photographs of the tomb. Also includes letter to Carter relating to him painting a coffin and referring to correspondence with Maspero. Also includes invitation sent to Davis to a meeting to observe whether any phenomena takes place on the anniversary of Pharaoh Akhnaton's death in the Valley of the Queens, 26 January 1909.
Note: MSS 12/4 is also numbered 16 MSS 12/5 is also numbered A.279 MSS 12/6 is also numbered A 280 MSS 12/8 is also numbered 292
Correspondence from Norman de Garis Davies (1865-1941) including on: excavation at Meryra; arranging for Newberry to bring certain things with him when he visits; trees in the garden of Akhenaten; the tomb of Mentu-her-khepeshef; travel plans to Egypt; shrine at the tomb of Puyemre; identification of Ay; publications; tomb of User; tomb of Rekhmire; dealings with Bayoumi and Droiton; death of Mrs Griffith; news of Steindorff in Germany (1938); World War Two.
Note: MSS 11/27 is also numbered 19 MSS 11/28 is also numbered 28 MSS 11/29 is also numbered 17 MSS 11/30 is also numbered 44 MSS 11/31 is also numbered 43 MSS 11/32 is also numbered 60 MSS 11/33 is also numbered 56 MSS 11/37 is also numbered 357 MSS 11/38 is also numbered 374 MSS 11/41 is also numbered 260 MSS 11/42 is also numbered 311 MSS 11/55 is also numbered 226 MSS 11/56 is also numbered 201 MSS 11/73 is also numbered A 108
Correspondence from Nina de Garis Davies to Newberry and Mrs Newberry including asking Newberry's advice on camping at Beni Hasan with Rosalind Moss; details of travel and travel plans; cataloguing Newberry's collection of textiles.
Note: MSS 11/22 is also numbered 18a MSS 11/23 is also numbered 18 MSS 11/25 is also numbered 257
Correspondence from Giovanni Dattari (d. 1923) including: arranging to show Newberry his collection; Dattari's publication on coins; requesting Newberry's help with the translation of a seal including sketch.