Collars. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Carter's manuscript notes with a brief description of two collars found on Tutankhamun's body, object numbers (256o) and (256bb (2)).

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.

Headdress. Howard Carter's collected notes for intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Newspaper cutting from Illustrated London News, February 1934. This article includes photographs of ancient Egyptian circlets and copies of wigs. Reproduced from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin.

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.

Fourth (innermost) shrine (239). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's annotated typewritten report, all pages cancelled (crossed through).
• ii. Four Carter drawings with details of the shrine's construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine, taken in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
• iv. Carter's transcriptions of the texts from the shrine.

Tutankhamun excavation: Alfred Lucas documentation on wood from the tomb.

• Correspondence and related material on wood, including:
  • 16 letters exchanged between Alfred Lucas and Laurence Chalk discussing wood specimens from the tomb of Tutankhamun;
• 3 offprints, Lucas articles:
  • Lucas, A. 1932. The Occurrence of Natron in Ancient Egypt. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18 (1/2), 62-66 (OEB 144143);
  • Lucas, A. 1936. The Wood of the Third Dynasty Ply-wood Coffin from Saqqara. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 36, 1-4 (OEB 144160);
  • Lucas, A. 1924. Note on the Temperature and Humidity of Several Tombs in the Valley of the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes. Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte 24, 12-14 (OEB 144136).

Material other than excavation records.

Restricted access file.

Correspondence between Howard Carter, A. H. Gardiner, P. Lacau, and P. Engelbach, concerning a whm amulet from the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Photograph, photographer not known.
• Caption: 'Entrance to Tut-Ankh-Amen tomb, under tomb of Ramses VI.'

• Photograph.
• Caption: 'Removal of one side of the ‘Lion Couch’.'

• Photograph, photographer not known.
• Caption: 'Removal of a Chariot, a sword and various small objects, on the tray.'

• Postcard
• Photograph, photographer not known.
• Photograph taken on 24 January 1923.
• Howard Carter, assisted by Walter Hauser, manoeuvring one side of the cow-headed couch (73) into a packing case for transfer to the nearby 'laboratory' (tomb KV15, of Sethos II).

• 18 lantern slides.
• Photographer not known.
• Photographs were taken in early 1923.
• A series of images showing objects from the Antechamber being transported from Tutankhamun's tomb to the nearby 'laboratory' (KV15, Sethos II).

• Photograph, photographer not known.
• Photograph probably taken in late 1922 or early 1923.
• George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, fifth Earl of Carnarvon, standing in the doorway of 'Castle Carter', Howard Carter's house at Elwet el-Diban located at the entrance to the wadi leading to the Valley of the Kings.

• Digital image.
• The photographer is not known, perhaps taken by The Times photographer, probably in early 1923.
• A donkey procession in the Valley of the Kings.
• Riding donkeys, from the left, Alfred Lucas (white hat), Arthur Callender (also white hat), Howard Carter (medium coloured hat with dark band), and Arthur Mace (dark hat).
• Donkeys were the main form of transport to and from Tutankhamun's tomb.
• TAA ii.6.61 almost certainly records the same event.

• Postcard
• Photograph, photographer not known.
• Photograph was probably taken in early 1923, the production date of the postcard is not known, but almost certainly 1920s.
• Postcard series: 'Exploitation of Tout-Ankh-Amon's Tomb'.
• Postcard misprinted on both sides.
• Members of the Egyptian team carrying a tray with food boxes (Carter 62) from the Antechamber of Tutankhamun's tomb to the Laboratory.

Letter from R.D. Morse (Ginn and Company Ltd., Publishers) relating to the production of colour blocks made from Newberry's Queen Tiy miniature and referring to the death of James Henry Breasted.

Correspondence from Henri Edouard Naville including arranging to meet Newberry and discussion of the plunder of tombs in Egypt, Egyptologists (Friedrich Bissing, Ludwig Borchardt, Francis Ll. Griffith) and the 'School of Berlin'.

Letter from Francis Giesler Newton relating to excavation work for the Egypt Exploration Society and discovery of a palace north of El-Til.

This letter includes notes by Newberry including a sketch possibly of a palace façade, and a name, possibly of a vizier, written in hieroglyhs.

Letter from F. F. Ogilvie on returning a book to Newberry and including reference to Sir Henry Drummond Wolff.

Letter of thanks from Jeanette Oppenheimer.

Correspondence from Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer relating to tumuli near Katsina, Northern Nigeria (1910) and ladanum and its collection (1936).

Includes memorandum on the collection and use of ladanum gum in Cyprus, a page of notes on ladanum in Cyprus (numbered 289a) and a draft letter from Newberry thanking Palmer for the information on ladanum and asking a question relating to olive trees in Cyprus.

Letter from Baron Erik Kule Palmstierna inviting Newberry to lunch.

Note:
This letter is also numbered A.323

Correspondence from Eric Parker including relating to olive trees.

Correspondence from Humfry Gilbert Garth Payne (1902-1936) requesting Newberry's opinion on a scarab and fayence ring found in tombs at Knossos, with sketch drawings.

Correspondence from Harold T. E. Peake including relating to: publication of an article; visiting Newberry; research topics including wild barley, minerals in Armenia, pot forms, Egyptian chronology, Egyptian script; gardening; work during World War II.

Also includes letter of thanks from Mrs Newberry for the donation of a palm leaf book.

Note:
MSS 35/5 is also numbered 206
MSS 35/6 is also numbered 213
MSS 35/7 is also numbered 205
MSS 35/8 is also numbered 205a
MSS 35/9 is also numbered 298
MSS 35/12 is also numbered A106a
There is also a letter without a Dawson reference numbered A106b

Correspondence from Sarah M. Pier (wife of Garrett Chatfield Pier) relating to Egyptian antiquities and the publication of an inscription.

Note:
MSS 35/46 is also numbered A.333