Primary material. Formerly on loan to the Griffith Institute.

Copies, notes, transcripts, photographs, and correspondence relating to the surviving fragments of the New Testament in the Faiyumic dialect of Coptic. Continuing the work of P. E. Kahle, see Kahle MSS 2/13 New Testament Faiyumic Texts.

Includes correspondence from:

• Paul Eric Kahle, 1959
• Elinor Husselman (Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan), 1959-1961
• Walter Till (Department of Coptic Studies, University of Manchester), 1958-1959
• Theodore Petersen (St Paul’s College, Washington), 1965
• R. Kasser (Professor of Coptic Language and Literature, University of Geneva), 1987

Folder containing photocopies of the following articles and obituaries:

• 'Percy Newberry (1869-1949)', in Garden History 5(1), p. 45 (1977)
• 'Newberry, Percy Edward (1869-1949)', Dictionary of National Biography 1941-1950 (Oxford, 1959)
• 'Newberry, Percy Edward', Who Was Who 1941-1950 (1981)
• Newberry, Percy, 'Gardening 6000 Years Ago' in The Gardeners' Chronicle, no. 678, 23 December 1899
• 'Excavations at Thebes' read by J.E. Newberry, in The Builder, 5 November 1898
• Newberry, Percy, 'Obituary Notices - Mr. Howard Carter', in Nature, 25 March 1939
• Newberry, Percy, 'Obituary Notices - Sir Robert Mond F.R.S.', in Nature, 12 November 1938

Folder including versions of a bibliography of Newberry.

Includes:

• Reprint, proof copy, typed draft and photocopy of Magee, Diana, 'The Egyptological Bibliography of Percy Edward Newberry (1869-1949), in JEA 76, 1990 (OEB 32075).

• Correspondence relating to the bibliography of Percy Newberry, 1989.

• Numbered list 1-61 of Newberry's publications under the title 'Extracts from my Note-books'.

• Photocopy of Newberry, Percy E., 'Notes on the History of Medicine in Ancient Egypt', in The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions, 24 November 1888, p. 405-408.

Newberry's correspondence was sorted and listed after his death by Warren Dawson and donated along with the rest of his material to the Griffith Institute Archive in 1950. The correspondence was arranged alphabetically by surname, with the exception of Arabic names which were arranged by first name. In the new numbering system these Arabic names have also been arranged by surname. A few letters have also been added to this series which were previously among the research material.

Dawson's reference codes have been included as alternative identifiers and his catalogue of correspondence has been included as the first item in this series.

Towards the end of his life Newberry began to organise his papers including listing and numbering some of his correspondence. These numbers have been included in the description of items. The letter lists are in items NEWB1/03 and NEWB1/04.

Notebook containing the catalogue of correspondence written by Warren Dawson. A note on the first page states that it was presented to the Griffith Institute by Mrs Newberry in 1950. The letters are organised alphabetically by the correspondent's surname, and appear to have been subsequently numbered, possibly on accession to the Archive. Arabic names have been sorted according to the first name.

Also includes a description of the biographical and diary notes in the collection (NEWB1/03-06), and calling cards which have been glued into the notebook.

Letter from Professor Thomas Bertrand Abell relating to the presentation to Liverpool University of the Great Eastern.

Correspondence from Lady Alicia Margaret Amherst (5th daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; married 1898, Sir Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil) mostly relating to research for her book on the history of gardening. Correspondence 1907 relating to the need to raise money, the sale of books and asking Newberry to seek an interview with Carnegie on the families behalf.

Correspondence from Lady Margaret Susan Amherst (d. 1919) (wife of Lord Amherst of Hackney) relating to: Newberry's work at Tel el Armana and Beni Hassan; the purchase of items including requests that Newberry purchase certain items on their behalf; Howard Carter's appointment; fraud and sale of house and belongings (1906); Newberry's divorce trial.

Note:
MSS 2/47a is also numbered 2/61
MSS 2/47b is also numbered 2/62 and 255

Letter from F. Gerald Apthorpe mainly describing his work and giving his new address.

Letter from Charles George Arbuthnot (1846-1928) relating to a forthcoming visit by Newberry.

Letter from John Jacob Astor arranging a meeting and thanking Newberry for proposing Astor as a Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Society.

Note:
This letter is also numbered 21

Correspondence from Mohammed Aswad including arranging to visit Newberry and regarding a student wishing to study at the University of Oxford.