The Journals, or more correctly journal-letters, cover 38 seasons, with a date range of 1880-1 to 1928-9, which cover Petrie’s first season in Egypt (measuring the Pyramids at Giza) through to 1928-9 (Petrie’s excavations at Tell Fara in Palestine). There are approximately 5,000 journal pages.
The earlier handwritten Journals are by Petrie, then following his marriage in 1897, much of the writing was compiled by his wife, Hilda.
Section of Petrie MSS 2.3.
Section of Petrie MSS 2.3.
Papers of William Matthew Flinders Petrie including journals covering 38 seasons (1880-1929) and photographs of excavations. The collection also includes secondary material associated with Petrie's journals, photographs of objects in museums, souvenir photographs and photocopies of material held at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, University College London.
Petrie, (Sir) William Matthew Flinders3 letters from Peterson.
Objects in Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, particularly ushabti, MM 14665.
Notes and drawings of pottery, metallic objects (bronze and iron), inscriptions, etc. from different sites and museums, mainly in Italy, but also in Austria, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, and Sweden; some are from publications, but the majority were taken during field trips. The group also includes two diaries of Peet's 1909 excavations at Corradino Heights in Malta and three others of his 1909 excavations at Thessaly in Greece.
"Aegaean" Notebook 4: Fibulae.
"Aegaean" Notebook 3: Bronzes.
"Aegaean" Notebook 2: Pottery - Plates.
"Aegaean" Notebook 1: Pottery - Text.
Notebooks with information and drawings of pottery and metallic objects from different sites in the Aegean.
Pocket diary for 1907, with information on Peet's travels.
Notebook containing notes on Latin and Greek; Merchant Taylorsʼ School, Crosby.
Publication of lecture: T. E. Peet, The Present Position of Egyptological Studies. An Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford on 17 January 1934 (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1934), 22 pages.
Two final pages of draft.
Inaugural Lecture of Professor T. E. Peet; Oxford, 17/01/1934.
Preliminary notes for book on Neolithic Italy [T. E. Peet, The Stone and Bronze Ages in Italy and Sicily (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1909)]; no date.
Travel record, small notebook; 1906-1932.
Notes on walking excursions taken in the Lake District (England) and Snowdonia (Wales); 03/06/1905 – Easter 1906.
T. E. Peet’s calling card for Queen's College, Oxford.
T. E. Peet’s calling card for 9 Manley Road, Waterloo, Liverpool.
Two calling cards (Liverpool and Oxford).
Certificate of Matriculation at the University of Oxford for T. E. Peet; Oxford, 15/10/1901.