Letter from Amelia Edwards forwarded with Petrie's journal to next recipient requesting confidentiality regarding contents of the journal.

Correspondence exchanged between Charles Hercules Read and W. M. F. Petrie in 1907, two letters and one draft letter.

• C. H. Read to Petrie, 27-03-1907, 2 pages, comparing the scale of excavations in Egypt undertaken by the Germans and Americans and that the British were falling behind.
• Petrie to C. H. Read, not dated but presumably 1907, 3 pages, a draft of the reply in response to Read's letter of 27-03-1907, refutes Read's statement, and to the contrary, the British were in fact 'leading the way', describes his excavations in the Palace of Apries at Memphis, has funding for excavating in Egypt for the next 5 to 10 years, and the British Society of Antiquaries need to continue its support of British excavations.
• Petrie to C. H. Read, 27-05-1909, 1 page, the Hilton Price collection sale at Sotheby's.

Three groups of material relating to the Petrie Journals.

• Original archive wrappings for Journals, as received, with notes and comments.
• Ann Petrie note dated November 1969 and a photocopy of a typewritten list of W. M. F. Petrie's publications.
• Photocopy of letter from Rachael Sparks, Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 07-03-2004, describing W. M. F. Petrie MSS in other repositories.

Notebook containing legends copied by Jaroslav Černý on 19-21 July 1954 from album of photographs taken by W.M. Flinders Petrie of Egyptian objects in the Museums of Bologna, Florence and Turin in April 1893.

Note: Although these legends correspond with the album Petrie MSS 3.1 'Photographs of Egyptian Objects in the Museums of Bologna, Florence and Turin', they are not included in it. It is not known whether the photographs were rehoused or if there is a duplicate album with legends seen by Černý held elsewhere.

Modern negatives created from Petrie's original nitrate negatives which were then deaccessioned.

These photographs are the same as in the album of photographs from Italian museums (Petrie MSS 3.1), however, there is not a negative for every print. The following negatives are missing: 29, 36, 37, 81, 90, 98, 185, 213, 222, 226, 233, 234, 243, 274, 321, 352, 356, 368, 369, 413, 472 and 532.

Mounted prints of Petrie's photographs of Egyptian objects in the Museums of Bologna, Florence and Turin with typed captions. Photographs have been organised first by site and then by museum. The photograph numbers correlate with the album (Petrie MSS 3.1), legends copied by Černý (Petrie MSS 3.2) and negatives (Petrie MSS 3.3).

Album containing photographs of Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Period antiquities and monuments, as well as some Ptolemaic, Roman, Coptic and Arab.

Album containing photographs of modern Egypt.

Album containing photographs of Egypt by Flinders Petrie.

Notebook 8, recording details of excavation at Ballas, tomb groups Q31a, Q32 and Q73-Q99, compiled by J. E. Quibell on behalf of Petrie. Photocopies of notebook cover and 47 notebook pages.

Notebook 11, recording details of excavation at Ballas, including tomb groups Q5 to Q36, compiled by J. E. Quibell on behalf of Petrie. Photocopies of notebook cover and 34 notebook pages.

Notebook 70, recording details of excavation at Naqada, compiled by H. W. Price on behalf of Petrie.
Photocopies of notebook cover and 117 notebook pages.

Notebook 72, recording details of excavation at Naqada, compiled by Petrie and others.
Photocopies of 122 notebook pages.

Typewritten catalogue for sections of the Petrie MSS, most of which relates to photographs. Superceded by online Petrie catalogue.

• Journal letters.
• November 7, 1883, through to July 7, 1884.
• Handwritten.
• In early December 1883, Petrie, accompanied by his friends Prof. and Mrs Sheldon Amos, charters a dahabiyeh from Cairo, travelling through the Wadi Tumilat to Ismailia, Petrie prospects sites along the way including the site for Petrie's next season which is later identified by him as Naucratis. In February 1884, Petrie begins his first large-scale excavations at Tanis which continue into June.
• Main site: Tanis (San el-Hagar).

• Journal letters.
• Part 1, W. M. Flinders Petrie journal, November 29, 1898, to March 20, 1899.
• Part 2, Hilda Petrie journal, November 14, 1898, to March 1, 1899.
• Part 3, Hilda Petrie diary “1898-9 / SEMAINEH & HOW.”, December 6, 1898, to January 25, 1899. Camping trip (El Ga’ara, El Ghabat and Nawahed), March 2-5, 1899. Pages 143-70 are loose pages and the order is uncertain.
• All handwritten.
• Sites: Abadiya, Hu (Diospolis Parva).

• Journal letters.
• November 6, 1890, to June 15, 1891.
• Handwritten.
• Petrie at Maidum for the whole season excavating and recording the tombs, as well as surveying the pyramid. Petrie assisted by G. W. Fraser and F. J. Bliss. In April 1891, Petrie travels to Greece to visit Ernest Gardner, Director of the British School at Athens, where Petrie is able to confirm that the “Aegean” finds from Gurob were manufactured in Mycenae then exported to Egypt.
• Sites: Maidum (Meydum; Medum).
• Includes several small watercolours of objects.

Handwritten copies, created by Kate Bradbury (m. Griffith), excerpts of Petrie's journals from December 1893 to January 1897. Presumably created by Bradbury when the Petrie journals were circulated to friends and sponsors. The excerpts include:

• Pages 1-9 - February-April 1893 - Petrie photographing objects in the museums in Bologna, Florence, and Turin, as well as visits to archaeological sites in Italy including Pompeii.
• Pages 11-51 - 1893-4 - excavations at Qift (Koptos).
• Pages 52-81 - 1894-5 - excavations at Tukh (Nubt), Ballas and Naqada, Petrie assisted by J. E. Quibell, B. P. Grenfell and Hugh Price.
• Pages 82-90 - 1895-6 - excavations at Thebes including the Ramesseum, Temple of Thutmose IV and the Temple of Amenophis II.
• Pages 91-119 - 1896-7 - excavations at Beni Mazar and Bibeh.

Handwritten copies, created by Kate Bradbury (m. Griffith), excerpts of Petrie's journals from November 1897 to February January 1901, notes associated with the journal and copy of the N. de Garis Davies journal for 1898 to 1899. Presumably created by Bradbury when the Petrie journals were circulated to friends and sponsors.

• Pages 1-21 - 1897-8 - Excavations at Dendera of the mastaba tombs and cemetery, also a description of a trip into the desert around Dendera, Petrie assisted by A. C. Mace and N. de Garis Davies.

• Pages 23-39 - 1898 to 1899 - Excavations at Hu (Diospolis Parva), Petrie assisted by A. C. Mace, and D. Randall-MacIver.

• Pages 40-51 - 1899 to 1900 - Excavations at Abydos, Umm El Qa‘ab.

• Pages 52-58 - 1900 to 1901 - Excavations at Abydos, Umm El Qa‘ab.

• Pages 59-62 - 1901 to 1902 - Excavations at Abydos, temple and cemeteries.

• Pages 63-73 - loose items associated with the notebook, some related to Petrie’s journals.

• Pages 74-76 - Excerpts from Norman de Garis Davies journal - 1898-1899 - Excavating the tomb of Ptah-hotep at Saqqara, includes a brief letter and note in Davies' hand.

Modern negatives created from Petrie's original nitrate negatives which were then deaccessioned.

These photographs were numbered by Petrie himself and are the same as in the album of photographs titled 'Koptos and Ghizeh Museum' (Petrie MSS 5.4, specifically Petrie MSS 5.4.30-61), except for 516, 518, 552, and 570.

Note: Only digital versions of the negatives nos. 516, 518, 552 and 570 (which are not present in the album Petrie MSS 5.4) are included here. Links to the original prints in the album are included for the remaining entries instead. The following negatives are missing (only prints in the album exist): 502, 504, 550, 592, 609, 611 and 616.