415 items of correspondence written by Miss Broome to her parents whilst working at Abydos between 1927 and 1937.
Fifteen items are groups of two letters (16, 35, 51, 55, 97, 111, 154, 198, 227, 268, 306, 319, 325, 363, 408, and 414, not all of them by Miss Broome), four of which are actually cards/postcards (16A, 306A, and 414A-B); item 156 is a group of three letters [= 429 letters and 4 cards/postcards in total].
A few letters include drawings/maps; seven letters include photographs (111, 123, 273-276, and 279); letter 337 includes a newspaper cutting; many of the letters include the original envelopes in which they were sent; some other letters mention the enclosure of additional items which are now lost.
بدون عنوان
8 letters from Brunner, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Brunner.
Brunner's work on Coptic ostraca; research and supervision of Schafik Allam, and a Visiting Professorship for Černý at Tübingen. Letters also refer to Brunner's wife, Emma Brunner-Traut.
3 letters from Brunner-Traut.
Correspondence concerned with Brunner-Traut's work and other professional matters.
1 letter from Brunton.
Correspondence concerned with a memorial volume for I. Rosellini, published as:
Studi in memoria di Ippolito Rosellini nel primo centenario della morte (4 giugno 1843 - 4 giugno 1943), 2 vols. (1949-1955) (OEB 159067).
Drawings (by Winifred M. Brunton), letters, and working notes for a publication on button seals.
Negatives taken during the Matmar excavations in 1928-30.
Card index created 1958.
Watercolour showing the initial stages of one of Howard Carter's excavations.
بدون عنوان9 letters from Bruyère.
Correspondence regarding Deir el-Medîna, Černý's schedule at University College London versus fieldwork, ostraca, publication plans for ostraca, cooperation with Georges Posener; personal matters.
2 letters from de Buck, A. de Buck obituary notice, 1 carbon copy of a condolence letter from Černý to Mrs de Buck.
Correspondence concerned with professional as well as personal matters, publications.
Photographic records made during the excavation of the Tomb of Tutankhamun, consisting of approximately 1400 black and white glass negatives. 10 albums of original prints made from these negatives for Carter, and original prints made for and kept with the object card index for the excavation.
بدون عنوان9 mounted photographs made from drawings of el-Kâb, Philae, and Amada.
Microfilm roll with copies of the Burton MSS once in the British Museum and now in the British Library.
Diary kept from 4 May 1922 to 20 October 1926 by the wife of the British archaeologist and photographer Harry Burton (1879-1940). The diary contains detailed daily entries recording social engagements and memorable events, including the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter’s team, of which her husband was a member. The diary details her life and travels with her husband at home in Florence, their stays in Egypt (especially Luxor, but also Cairo), the trip they made across the US and to Hollywood in 1924, and various holidays in Europe (London, Salzburg, St. Moritz, etc.), as well as trips to friends in Italy. Lined account book, 400 pages, 8vo (179 x 110 x 28 mm).
بدون عنوان2 letters from Burton-Brown.
Correspondence concerned with artefacts from the Manchester Museum (University of Manchester) collections, and the potential of infra-red photography.
2 letters from Calverley and a note by Černý to introduce A. Calverley for her lecture given at the Egypt Exploration Society.
Abydos, personal matters, preferred pencils for epigraphy work (the Koh-i-noor brand). The introductory note for Calverley emphasises her achievements at Abydos.
Over one thousand colour slides (group III), several hundred black and white photographs (group II), and correspondence (group I).
بدون عنوان4 letters from Caminos.
Gebel es-Silsila and Caminos' work on the site; records of Nile levels; also fieldwork, life at the excavations and various academic appointments.
References to Černý's travel to the USA.
1 letter from Capart.
Letter confirming that Eva Jelínková (Eve Reymond) was accepted as a visitor in the library of Fondation Reine Elisabeth in Brussels. Capart also congratulates Černý on his new position in London.
Annotated proofs of Capart, Jean (1905), Primitive Art in Egypt. Translated from the revised and augmented original edition by A. S. Griffith. London: Grevel [OEB 136284].
بدون عنوان
Notebooks, loose notes, maps, plans, drawings, newspaper cuttings, watercolours, and a silver desk-set. The documentation was created during Carter's career between 1899-1939. This material excludes material connected with the tomb of Tutankhamun, see the Tutankhamun Archive.
بدون عنوانWork and excavations in Thebes:
Howard Carter's records on the royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes.
Howard Carter's annotated typescript with notes on royal tombs, Valley of the Kings, Thebes. Titled 'The evolution of the Theban Royal Tombs', dated 11/06/1923.
Howard Carter's manuscript and typescript notes on the royal tombs, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Howard Carter's manuscript on 'Component parts of royal hypogea of the XVIIIth Dynasty' with sketches of sample tomb plans. For royal tombs, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Howard Carter's annotated typescript notes on the system of lettering for royal tomb plans, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Howard Carter's typescript with notes on the evolution of the plans of the royal tombs, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.
Howard Carter's typescript notes on the orientation of sarcophagi in the royal tombs, Valley of the Kings, Thebes.