Family papers relating to the donation of Howard Carter's papers to Oxford University.
Antiquities returned to Egypt following Howard Carter's death.
Objects presented to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Family portraits: Samuel Carter (Howard Carter's father); Howard Carter; Amy Walker (née Carter, Howard Carter's sister); and Phyllis Walker (Howard Carter's niece).
Photocopy of P. E. Newberry's copy of The tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: statement with documents, as to the events which occurred in Egypt in the Winter of 1923-24 leading to the ultimate break with the Egyptian Government.
Letters sent to Howard Carter at the time of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. These letters were almost immediately passed on by Carter to A. C. Mace to deal with.
P. E. Newberry's copy of The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen: Statement with documents, as to the events which occurred in Egypt in the Winter of 1923-24 leading to the ultimate break with the Egyptian Government.
"Published for private circulation only by Cassell and Company, London, etc. 1924."
Incorporates Howard Carter's original documentation, see TAA ii.21.
Tutankhamun Excavation. Howard Carter's notes on various subjects.
i. General note on tomb robbery.
ii. Jewellery. References to pectoral (261P(2)), docket from box (267), etc.
iii. Three pages of manuscript notes on 'The last and final season's work in the Tomb of Tutankhamun', including references to the sarcophagus, shrines, etc.
iv. A note on the contents of rooms and disturbance by ancient robbers.
v. Two handwritten notes concerning tomb plan development in the New Kingdom.
Howard Carter's "autopsy" drawings, recording objects in situ on Tutankhamun's body and within the body wrappings.
18 annotated pencil drawings of groups of objects found in the body wrappings and on the body of Tutankhamun, recorded during the autopsy of the King's body, 11-19 November 1925
Chariots. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Includes Carter's drawings with reconstructions of the chariots and harnesses, comparisons with chariots from other tombs and depictions of chariots from temple and tomb wall scenes.
An essay on Tutankhamun's chariots (TAA i.3.8.10-17), based on Howard Carter's notes, probably edited by Mrs Jane Waley in 1946-1947. Mrs Waley worked for the Griffith Institute and created the first catalogue for the Tutankhamun records.
Canopic equipment. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's eight annotated typewritten pages with a description of the equipment and two scale drawings:
Carter's typewritten report on the canopic equipment;
Carter's typescript notes on the miniature gold coffin from the north-east receptacle;
Carter's drawing, the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b), plan with orientation, position of the goddess statues, scenes on shrine noting goddesses and genii, etc.;
Carter's drawing, section showing the canopic canopy (266), shrine (266a), and chest (266b).
Textiles. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's manuscript notes on scarves from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter suggests they are the forerunners of the Eucharistic vestment called the maniple.
ii. Copy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1932, with an article by Herbert E. Winlock on sem-priests' costumes.
Shawabti (ushabti) figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's typewritten general notes on shawabtis.
ii. Carter's manuscript report with transcriptions, and notes, for shawabtis from Tutankhamun's tomb, including lists with shawabtis grouped by type, their object excavation number, material, and the chamber they were found.
Objects found between the sarcophagus (240) and shrines (207), (237), (238) and (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on objects nos. 242 (fan), 250 (djad emblem), 249 (bundle of reeds), 251(rags and chips of wood) , 245 (fan), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 241, 247 (long bows), and 248 (ten arrows).
ii. Harry Burton's photographs of 242, 245 (fans), 244, 246 (long bows), 243 (arrows) and 250 (djad pillar).
Third shrine (238). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on the shrine, its construction, measurements, copies of ‘guide’ marks, note on seal impressions, drawing of roof and cornice showing tongues for attachment. Not published by Carter.
ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting construction.
iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Second shrine (237). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's report on the shrine with measurements, wood type, construction, sealings, "guide" marks, and a note on the changes to the cartouches, possibly from those of Smenkhkare.
ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting its construction.
iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Seal impressions. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Letters from James Henry Breasted to Howard Carter, 1923, on an article in Harpers Magazine, and Tutankhamun's seal impressions.
ii. James Henry Breasted's manuscript report on the eight types of seal impression found in Tutankhamun's tomb and 2 letters from Breasted to Carter dated 03-01-1923 and 15-02-1923.
iii, iv. Two folders marked "Seals A-H" and "Seals I-S", Carter's annotated typewritten reports with his draft and finished pencil drawings of each type of seal impression, with some manuscript and a few typewritten notes.
v. One record card with notes on seals, extracted from a letter from Breasted, dated 16-03-1923, copied by A. C. Mace.
Later typed note, dated 1960, with A. H. Gardiner's translation for Seal C.
Annotated photograph (Burton (sic) P0274b), almost certainly taken by Carter, of the outermost doorway showing the blocking intact with seals.
Objects found on Tutankhamun's body. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Carter's notes for the disposition of objects on Tutankhamun's body, 1 typescript page the rest are manuscript pages
ii. Carter's drawings of a male figure with a grid, probably the original drawings and template used for the sixteen 'autopsy drawings' showing the position of jewellery on Tutankhamun's body (see TAA i.4.1-16).
iii. Drawing of Tutankhamun's body with grid, probably the basis for the drawings described above, in ii.
iv. Photostats and a precis of a lecture given by Dr Douglas Derry, Professor of Anatomy in the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, and Mr Rex Engelbach, Keeper of the Cairo Museum, on "Akhenaton & Tutankhamon, manuscript.
v. Photostats of a manuscript "Anatomical Report on the Mummy of King Tut ankh Amon. By Dr D. E. Derry and Dr Saleh Bey Hamdi."
Magical figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Howard Carter's annotated typewritten notes on the four magical figures, Tutankhamun object nos. (257), (258), (259) and (260), found in sealed niches in the Burial chamber, including Carter's transcriptions for each.
Gold. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's manuscript, eight pages, 'Notes upon the remarkable rose-coloured gold employed in jewellery and other ornaments of the Theban Egyptian New Empire' etc., including:
(i) Copy of Alfred Lucas' account in Carter, Howard, The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen ii (1927), pp. 172 ff;
(ii) Copy of Dr Alexander Scott's notes on rose gold;
(iii) Copy of the jeweller's J. R. Ogden typewritten analysis of one sequin;
(iv) Carter's summing up of the evidence.
Letters addressed to Howard Carter from:
(i) Dr Alexander Scott, May (typewritten, with manuscript draft of Carter's reply), June (manuscript), and August 1933 (manuscript), regarding gold in the tomb;
(ii) The jewellers J. R. Ogden concerning gold, with their analysis, typewritten;
(iii) W. F. Hume, December 1930, typewritten, on his publication about gold in ancient Egypt;
(iv) Copy of letter from Howard Carter to W. F. Hume, May 1933, on rose gold;
(v) Alfred Lucas to Howard Carter, November 1933, manuscript, on rose gold.
(vi) Carter's draft/copy manuscript letter addressed to A. Lucas, 15 May 1933.
Newspaper cutting from Illustrated London News, April 1934, with articles by E. T. Lewis and W. T. Blackband on 'Rediscovery of the lost Etruscan art of granulation'. The following items were also filed by Carter in this group:
Printed calling card: Mr Alfred Dobrée, Le Fainel, St Martins, Guernsey. Savile Club.
Manuscript note with contact details for Dr [Cecil H.] Desch. F.R.S. National Physical Laboratory, Teddington', on Savile Club headed notepaper.
Gesso. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
i. Typescript letter from Dr Alexander Scott, December 1930, to Howard Carter, on animal tissue with gesso used under gold on the burial shrines. Also, see Chemistry notes (TAA i.3.9).
ii. Photograph of a microscope slide, sample with animal hair follicles, enclosed with Scott's letter.
iii. Alfred Lucas's manuscript notes on the analysis of gesso, which mentions a layer of ‘course woven fabric’ found under gesso.
iv. Howard Carter's manuscript notes on components of gypsum, whiting and chalk.