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1 letter from Emery.
Emery arranging for an advisory meeting after he had been awarded the Edwards Chair at University College, London.

Plans, tracings, and photographs made in TT 55, 92, and 97.

Site indexes to the Journal d'Entrée and Temporary registers of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

3 letters from Erichsen, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Erichsen.
Philology - Late Egyptian and Demotic studies, exchange of publications.

Consists of at least two sets of slides which have been combined. Made by a tourist(s), probably between 1910 and 1930. Views include Alexandria, Karnak, Luxor, Ramesseum, objects in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and scenes of daily life.

66 letters from Fairman, 16 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Fairman.
Pprofessional and personal matters, book purchases and exchange, books being lent, often to Fairman or Liverpool library.
Particular topics: - Černý asked to obtain books on some of his international travels, e.g. books from the IFAO during his Egypt sojourns.

• Objects in Manchester Museum,1759 and 4588
• Nubian sites, Amara (West) (TopBib vii.159?, 1961), Abu Simbel
• Exchange of opinions on papers by E. Edel, B. Grdseloff and others
• Černý invited to be an external examiner for Liverpool, exchange of evaluations of individual students, notably K. Kitchen. J. Ruffle, M. A. M. Asfour.
• Administration of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES)
• Nubian campaign and UNESCO
• Coptic etymology, reading of Ptolemaic texts
• Personal and family matters

3 letters from Fecht, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Fecht.
Professional matters, book exchange, and Černý's contribution for Firchow, O. (ed.), Ägyptologische Studien 29 (1955) (OEB 158830).

1 letter from Fiandra, 2 carbon copies of letters from Černý to Fiandra.
The practice of sealing and materiality of seals.

2 letters from Firchow, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Firchow.
Černý's participation in Festschrift Grapow, see Firchow, O. (ed.), Ägyptologische Studien (1955) (OEB 158830).

Visitor's book of the G. Foucart family, Cairo, for 1925 to 1948.

3 letters from Fraser.
Classical authors, Diodorus, Egyptological publications, and a reference to B. Grdseloff's research.

Lantern slides from various sources.

Items which cannot be incorporated into other GI series. E.g. plates from early Egyptological publications, maps, casts, film and postcards.

Maps from various sources.

Plaster casts of objects in Edinburgh, Royal Museum of Scotland, 1956.144 (lower part of block statue of Pedehor, Late Period), and 1961.439 (stela of Anakht, New Kingdom); Reading, The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (copper mirror of Henuiti (woman), Dyn. XII), inked in by J. Černý; Samos, Archeological Museum of Vathy (inscription from bronze mirror of Antiuzashu, Dyn. XXV-XXVI), cast sent by J. Penrose Barron of Balliol College to J. Černý, kept with copies of the texts made by J. Černý and J. Harris.

Film and media from various sources.

Antique and modern postcards from various sources.

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Slides, sheet music, stamps, magazine and calendars.

Photographs from various sources, including 19th Century Studio Photographs by Abdullah Frères, A. Beato, F. Bonfils, W. Hammerschmidt, P. Sébath and others.
Includes photographs of Egyptologists.

Paper squeezes from various sources. The Pontifex squeezes are mounted and are kept in five original portfolios. The Stobart squeezes are not mounted and stored in a package. Other collections of squeezes are not mounted and are stored in large boxes.

1) GI stereo photos 1-49 (only Egypt-related catalogued): 103 stereoscopic photographs published by Underwood & Underwood, consisting of views of Egypt (49), China (50), Europe (3), and India (1).
2) Sawyer's View-Master Model B, black bakelite (c. 1944-1947), and twelve View-Master reels with seven pictures of Egypt each (© 1950): 3301 'Cairo, Egypt'; 3302 'The Famous Mosques of Cairo, Egypt'; 3303 'The Great Pyramids and Sphinx, Giza, Egypt'; 3304 'The Tombs of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt'; 3305 'Treasures of King Tut-Ankh-Amen, Cairo, Egypt'; 3306 'The River Nile, Assuan to Cairo, Egypt'; 3307 'The Valley of the Nile, Egypt'; 3308 'People of the Nile Valley, Egypt'; 3309 'Sakkara and Memphis, Egypt'; 3310 'Luxor & El Karnak, Egypt'; 3311 'Ancient Thebes, Egypt'; and 3312 'Assuan on the Nile, Egypt'.
3) GI stereo photos 50-99: 50 stereoscopic glass positives accompanied by a handwritten numbered index of images and a Gaumont stereoscopic viewer. The positives were created in Egypt some time between 1900 and 1914. Views include Alexandria, Cairo (street scenes and inside the Egyptian Museum), the pyramids at Giza, the Luxor Temple, the Valley of the Kings, and Aswan.
4) GI stereo photos 100-123 (photos), 123a (viewer): 24 stereoscopic photographs accompanied by a black metal stereoscopic viewer, photographed by J. Dearden Holmes (published by Sunbeam Tours London), consisting of views of ancient and modern Egypt.

Original drawings by different artists and made for various publications.

4 letters from Gadd, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Gadd
Černý's work on oracles; I. E. S. Edwards' candidature to the British Academy, the position of Oriental Studies in the British Academy.

Various.