The Percy Newberry Collection has been listed thanks to a cataloguing grant from the The National Archives in 2015. The collection comprises a wide range of material on topics including Predynastic Egypt, Theban tombs, Egyptian flora and fauna, early Egyptian travellers, ancient Egyptian religion and culture, as well as Newberry's genealogy. Formats include notebooks, research notes, photographs, tracings, rubbings and newspaper clippings.

The collection has been divided into 5 series: Biographical Material; Correspondence; Research Notebooks; Subject Files, and Research Material.

The following key subject terms collate material on the same subject, which have been listed in different series:
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/nome-ensigns-percy-newberry-collection">Nome Ensigns</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/flora-and-fauna-percy-newberry-collection">Flora and Fauna</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/predynastic-egypt-percy-newberry-collection">Predynastic Egypt</a>
<a href="http://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/scarabs-and-seals-percy-newberry-collection">Scarabs and Seals</a>

Letter of thanks from Winifred Bowes Lyon on leaving Cairo.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 12

Correspondence from Albert Morton Lythgoe including:

-Telegram apologising for misunderstanding relating to work on a site from Lythgoe and Mace (1910) [concession for Palace of Amenhotep III]

-Letter relating to shipping and mounting the Amherst papyri (1922)

-Copy of letter to Mary Jonas (Secretary, Egypt Exploration Society) on a relief sculpture from El Amarna sent to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and letter of thanks to Henri Frankfort for information on its provenance (1927)

Letter from Ernest Mackay relating to his identification of the persea fruit with the mandrake.

Letter of thanks from Rizkallah Macramallah.

Correspondence from James Mallock relating to a visit by Newberry and his wife. MSS 30/56 includes jotted notes by Newberry.

Letter from Kate M. Martindell (Secretary, The Royal Anthropological Institute) asking Newberry whether he would be willing to serve as Vice-President of The Royal Anthropological Institute.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.78

Correspondence from Louise Maspero (wife of Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero) relating to embroideries belonging to Newberry.

Correspondence from Hugh McIntosh including relating to slabs or stones at the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Sydney University.

Note:
MSS 30/29 is also numbered A.380

Correspondence from W. M. Meredith (Constable & Company Ltd.) including relating to the possibility of a new edition of <i>Scarabs</i> (1924).

Letter from Lady Valerie Susie Meux relating to a request by Newberry to see some scarabs.

Letter includes notes on the back by Newberry including a list which is possibly a contents list for a book.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 35

Letter from Frederick Milner requesting Newberry's opinion on some scarabs.

Correspondence from Harold N. Moldenke (The New York Botanical Garden) including relating to: travel in Europe; in response to an enquiry from Newberry on the identification of a fragrant gentian from the Colorado mountains; thanking Newberry for his paper on olives.

Letter from Georg Möller relating to the purchase, by the Egyptian Museum of Berlin, of papyrus fragments from the Amherst Collection.

Correspondence from Benjamin Moore relating to the Liverpool University Press and his research on light.

Note:
MSS 31/19 is also numbered A.291
MSS 31/20 is also numbered A.290

Letter from E. D. Morgan (International Council of Orientalists) including thanking Newberry for sending papers.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 23

Correspondence from Rosalind Louisa Beaufort Moss relating to her work at the Griffith Institute and research for the Topographical Bibliography. Includes research on Princess Ahmose Hentempet, early travellers in Egypt, Queen Khnemtnefert-hezet, as well as seeking information on Egyptian antiquities, and collections of antiquities and manuscripts.

Also includes letter relating to Charles Wilkinsons' work in Iran (1941) and cataloguing the papers of William John Bankes which were donated to the Griffith Institute.

Also includes draft replies from Newberry including relating to a sketchbook belonging to Sir Charles Barry, the papers of Bankes, and photographs from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

Also includes letter of thanks to Newberry's wife Essie.

Note:
MSS 31/29 is also numbered 52
MSS 31/31 is also numbered 228

Letter from James Frederick Mountford (Vice-Chancellor, Liverpool University) on candidates for the Brunner Chair Egyptology, and draft reply from Newberry on the merits of Herbert Walter Fairman, Raymond Oliver Faulkner, Miles Frederick Laming Macadam and Walter Emery.

Letter from A.M.B. Murdock relating to a request by Newberry on work in West Africa.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.275

Letter from G.W. Murray asking Newberry to identify a tree found in a Ptolemaic temple in the Libyan Desert.

This letter includes calculations on the back by Newberry.

Correspondence from Sir John Linton Myres including relating to: publication and preparation of articles for the Annals of Archaeology; Gunn papers and expedition finds 1909; support for T. Eric Peet and his candiature for positions; possibility of Lord Carnavon giving a lecture; the British Association for the Advancement of Science; scarabs including publication of scarabs found in Cyprus by Newberry; olives including comments on a paper by Newberry; copyright of the Carter material held at the Griffith Institute; publication of the diaries of Joseph Bonomi by Mrs de Cosson; Egyptian and Libyan horses (1938).

Also includes letters from Newberry to Myres including relating to: Egyptian and Libyan horses (1938); arranging to meet Myres and reference to war work (1943); Newberry's health with notes on forms of bow (1945); details on the donation of Carter material by Miss Walker including copy of two letters from E.T.Leeds (Keeper, Ashmolean Museum) to Miss Walker in 1939 (1945); Joseph Bonomi and Mrs de Cosson's plans to publish his diaries, and the Minoan-Mycenaean Goddess of the Bow (1947).

Note:
MSS 32/41 is also numbered 37 and A.95
MSS 32/43 is also numbered A.94
MSS 32/48 is also numbered A.341
MSS 32/52 is also numbered 252
MSS 32/54 is also numbered 387
MSS 32/55 is also numbered 383
MSS 32/56 is also numbered 296
MSS 32/57 is also numbered 333
MSS 32/58 is also numbered A.327
MSS 32/60 is also numbered A.326

Letter to Mrs Newberry from George D. Nash relating to a Sotheby's sale catalogue requested by Newberry.

Correspondence from Cecile Nicol (wife of Erskine Nicol) relating to travel to Egypt and visiting Newberry.

Letter from Cecil Norman relating to a report on the Cyprus Forest.

Correspondence from Lady Mary Florence Northampton (wife of Lord Northampton) thanking Newberry for sending books.

Note:
MSS 33/68 is also numbered 44a
MSS 33/69 is also numbered 44

Correspondence from Lord William George Spencer Scott Compton Northampton, 5th Marquis (1851-1913) including relating to Newberry's excavation work with Wilhelm Spiegelberg, permits for excavation, payment for work done and travel in Egypt.

Also includes letter from Newberry and Spiegelberg at Drah abul Negga reporting on excavation work including on the Temple of Queen Aahmes Nefertari and tomb of Nekht (1898).

Also includes letter of thanks from Margaret Compton with the date of her arrival in Egypt (1898).

Note:
MSS 33/70 is also numbered 22
MSS 33/71 is also numbered 19
MSS 33/72 is also numbered 17
MSS 33/73 is also numbered 21
MSS 33/74 is also numbered 8
MSS 33/75 is also numbered 15
MSS 33/76 is also numbered 8a
MSS 33/77 is also numbered 20
MSS 33/78 is also numbered 7
MSS 33/79 is also numbered 6
MSS 33/80 is also numbered 2
MSS 33/81 is also numbered 3
MSS 33/82 is also numbered 4
MSS 33/83 is also numbered 5
MSS 33/85 is also numbered 22a

Correspondence from Theodore George Bentley Osborn (Department of Botany, University of Oxford) relating to identification of leaves used to make an 'apron' or pectoral found at El Amarna in 1934. Includes draft reply from Newberry including details of his work identifying plant remains and related notes.

Correspondence from Sir William Osler (1849-1919) arranging to meet Newberry.

One letter is undated, the other has a date stamp that is a little smudged but looks like 1918.

Note:
MSS 34/46 is also numbered A.293
MSS 34/47 is also numbered A.293a

Letter from Herbert Pain requesting to visit a tomb.

Letter from Mohammed Hilmi Issa Pasha accepting an invitation from Newberry.