Correspondence from Alan John Bayard Wace including relating to his work at the VictoriaAlbert Museum and embroideries.
Includes correspondence relating to: embroideries belonging to Newberry; his appointment to the V (1924); requesting information on vase found in tomb of Thutmose IV inscribed 'Vase of Keftiu'; inviting Newberry to give lecture on textiles; arranging to visit embroidery collections including Newberry's; the purchase of embroideries in Egypt; trip to America (1929); donation of a Persian papier mache panel by Newberry (1932); olives in Greece (1933); on appointment to the University of Cambridge; silphium columns; requesting reference for Pendlebury.
Note: MSS 44/5 is also numbered 294 MSS 44/9 is also numbered 25 MSS 44/14 is also numbered A.125 MSS 44/15 is also numbered A.126 MSS 44/16 is also numbered A.125a MSS 44/20 is also numbered A.133
Correspondence from William Bertram Turrill (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) including referring to Newberry's trip to Morocco, Newberry's paper on the olive, and requesting botanical specimens. Also includes draft letter from Newberry on Euphorbia resinifera.
Correspondence from Lady Helen Mary Tirard (1854-1943) including asking Newberry to put in a good word for Pendlebury (1929) and Newberry's resignation from a committee [?] (1929).
Correspondence from Jocelyn Thorpe including relating to his nomination by Newberry to the Burlington Fine Arts Club (1923) and apologising for not using an article by Newberry (1938).
Correspondence from Sir Herbert Thompson including relating to supporting Peet (1910), research on the lily in Egypt and his health and library (1942).
Correspondence from Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson including relating to his research on the Great Frigatebird; an Egyptian dog like a greyhound; philology; comments on Newberry's paper on the Shepherd's Crook.
Also includes draft reply from Newberry referring to Thompson's question about dogs in ancient Egypt, war work and the crane dance (1942).
Correspondence from Charles John Samuel Thompson (d.1942) inviting Newberry to give a paper to the Section of The History of Medicine, Royal Society of Medicine.
Correspondence from the Editor of Nature relating to the publication of Newberry's presidential address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1923), and obituaries of Sir Robert Mond (1938) and Howard Carter (1939).
Letter from Elaine Tankard (Liverpool Museum) relating to whether Newberry's Egyptian collection survived the destruction caused by a fire bomb in 1941.
Correspondence from G.A.D. Tait (Eton College) relating to the museum at Eton College of Egytian antiquities (known as the Myers Museum) including refurbishment, display of objects, objects of interest, visits by Newberry and his donations and assistance, exhibitions, affects of World War Two, and the involvement of the 'boys'. Also includes draft letter from Newberry on his activities during the War (1943).
Letter from Ella C. Sykes (Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society) on Newberry's election as a member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.