• Tutankhamun documentation: five photographs:
  • Three photographs show objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun in Cairo, Egyptian Museum.
  • Two photographs show floral collars, probably not from Tutankhamun's tomb, in New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

• Set of contact prints made from The Times Tutankhamun photographs.
• Most of the photographs were taken by The Times photographer.
• There are also a significant number of copies of Harry Burton's photographs within this group.
• Many of the contact prints are made from 35mm film, as well as a variety of larger prints.

• Harry Burton photographs.
• The photographs have been cut down and mounted onto file cards.
• Originally probably intended for Penelope Fox's book.

• Second proof of plates from Desroches Noblecourt, C. 1963. Tutankhamen: life and death of a pharaoh [OEB 9997].

• Newspaper cuttings.
• Articles relating to the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• Copy of Davies, Nina M. and Gardiner, Alan H. 1962. Tutankhamun’s painted box: reproduced in colour from the original in the Cairo Museum. Artwork by Nina M. Davies, with explanatory text by Alan H. Gardiner, published by Oxford University Press for Griffith Institute, Oxford [OEB 8995].
• A group of duplicate plates (see below).

• Photographic prints:
  1. 'The canopic chest of alabaster, Tutankhamen's tomb', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1153].
  2. 'The canopic chest opened, showing portrait busts of Tutankhamen', made from Harry Burton negative in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York [= Burton photograph P1158].
  3. 'Thebes – Tut Ankh Amen's tomb in the Valley of the Kings', Lehnert & Landrock, Cairo, no. 1740.

Marketing trade cards referencing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

• 'Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive' exhibition at the Weston Library, Oxford, 13 April 2022 – 5 February 2023.
• Featuring material from the Tutankhamun Archive and other collections in the Griffith Institute.
• Posters, flyers, display materials, merchandising products, ephemera, and other memorabilia.
  1. Textile poster.
  2. Five text panels ('Introduction', 'Timeline', 'Griffith Institute', 'Curators’ Audio Highlights', 'Howard Carter portrait'), both textile and board.
  3. Caption texts for all sixteen showcases.
  4. Three textile banners.
  5. Image facsimiles, both original size and enlargements.
  6. QR codes for the audio guide.
  7. Reduced copy of Carter’s portrait.
  8. Replica of wreath placed on the forehead of the king’s outer coffin, made by The Garden of Oxford (Covered Market) and used in a ceremony held on 4 November 2022, where it was laid down by Ahdaf Soueif.
  9. Materials used in a 'Touch Tour' for the Blind and Partially Sighted / Visually Impaired on 13 October 2022.
  10. Free standing showcase cover design.
  11. Folder/package of posters, flyers, and other memorabilia and ephemera.
  12. Selection of merchandising products: bag, fridge magnets, postcards, book mark, and notebook.

Howard Carter's notes listing categories of objects from the Antechamber, Tutankhamun's tomb

• Howard Carter's manuscript list of objects, arranged in categories, listing Carter object numbers with brief descriptions. All objects were found in the Antechamber,
• Supplement to Carter notebook, see TAA i.2.14
• List of categories is arranged as follows:
  • Botanical specimens
  • Nome standards
  • Sandals
  • Boxes
  • Headrests
  • Amulets
  • Jewellery
  • Necklaces
  • Miscellaneous
  • Ushabtis
  • Shrine
  • Implements
  • Vases
  • Stone vessels alabaster
  • Baskets
  • Statues
  • Couches
  • Chariot parts
  • Weapons
  • Arrows and quivers
  • Bows
  • Gloves
  • Textiles
  • Sticks
  • Chairs
  • Stools
  • Footstools
  • Hassocks
  • Bedsteads

Magical figures. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Howard Carter's annotated typewritten notes on the four magical figures, Tutankhamun object nos. (257), (258), (259) and (260), found in sealed niches in the Burial chamber, including Carter's transcriptions for each.

Pall and the pall support. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Carter's annotated three-page typescript with 1 manuscript note.
• Report on the pall and the construction of the pall struts, the attempts to preserve the pall, and its destruction.

General notes on the four sepulchral shrines. Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• Folder 1: Carter's manuscript report.
• Folder 2: Carter's typescript notes, many cancelled (crossed through).
• Base measurements of shrines after their re-erection in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
• Carter's copies of Egyptian words for shrines and their meanings, taken from Gardiner's Grammar.

Second shrine (237). Howard Carter's collected notes for the intended scientific publication of Tutankhamun's tomb.

• i. Carter's report on the shrine with measurements, wood type, construction, sealings, "guide" marks, and a note on the changes to the cartouches, possibly from those of Smenkhkare.
• ii. Carter's drawing of shrine detail, noting its construction.
• iii. Harry Burton's photographs of the shrine. Taken in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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

• i. Carter's manuscript notes on scarves from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter suggests they are the forerunners of the Eucharistic vestment called the maniple.
• ii. Copy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 1932, with an article by Herbert E. Winlock on sem-priests' costumes.

Tutankhamun excavation: Alfred Lucas conservation notes, 1926-1927.

• Alfred Lucas's manuscript notes.
• ‘Materials Employed’ during the fifth season 1926-1927.
• Two pages.

Table of contents on page 1.
Transcriptions of hieratic papyri:
-Budapest, Szépmvészeti Múzeum, 51.1961 (Magical)
-Paris, Musée du Louvre, N. 3171
-Paris, Musée Guimet, 16959
-St Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, 1117
-St Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, 1118
-Turin Museo Egizio, Cat. 1983 verso
-Vatican, Museo Gregoriano Egizio, 19a (Magical)
-Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum (von Bergmann, Hier. ... Texte pl. 5 recto)
-Golenischeff / Golenishchev collection, Literary Letter
Transcriptions of writing tablets:
-London, British Museum, EA 16672 (tablet of Eskhons)
-Paris, Musée du Louvre, E. 6858 (tablet of Eskhons)

1 letter from Korostovtsev, 1 carbon copy of a letter from Černý to Korostovtsev.
Book exchange, publications by Golenischeff / Golenishchev for publications by Gardiner. Černý referred to a plan to visit the USSR, which eventually did not happen.

Research material on tomb and rock inscriptions including at Aswan and Sehel

Includes:
-Cartouches of Neferhotep I and Sesostris III from rock texts at Sehel Island (TopBib v.250), text of Haankhef from rock text at Konosso (TopBib v.254), and text of Neferhotep I and family from rock text at Aswan (TopBib v.246)
-Copy of text from the 'famine stela' (Brooklyn Museum, 9.4.004) (TopBib v.252(81))
-Copy of names and titles from tombs at Aswan including Mekhu and Sabni (TopBib v.231(1-2)), Heqaib (TopBib v.232), Sirenput II (TopBib v.233), Aku (TopBib v.234), Khui (TopBib v.235), Khunes (TopBib v.235), Khenuseu (TopBib v.235), Herkhuf (TopBib v.237), Pepynakht (TopBib v.237), Senmosi (TopBib v.237), Sirenput I (TopBib v.238), Sebkhotp (TopBib v.239), Khuenkhnum (TopBib v.240), Thethi (TopBib v.240), Sen (TopBib v.240), Iba (TopBib v.240) and extract from a letter from Professor Elmar Edel to whom these notes had been sent for consultation in connection with his work (in German)
-Copy of inscriptions including from Aswan, Bijeh, and Sehel copied from Morgan, J. de, Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'égypte antique. Première série, Haute égypte, (1894) (OEB 136449)

Photostats and photographs of material held at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

Photographs and photostats from the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Photographs of material held at the Musée du Louvre (Louvre Museum).

Photographs and photostats of material from various collections.

Note and Copies of literary manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

Copies of literary manuscripts from Queen's College Oxford.

Copies of and notes on literary material held at the British Library.