Drawings, notebooks, notes and correspondence.

Two diaries (with continuous pagination) compiled between 7 November 1898 and 9 February 1899 during the Marquis of Northampton's excavations at Thebes [TopBib i2.607-609]:

• Diari I: p. 1-94 (7 November 1898 - 27 January 1899)
• Diari II: p. 96-115 (27 January 1899 - 9 February 1899).

Album containing drawings and watercolours during visit to Egypt in the winter of 1873-1874. Many of the preliminary sketches and watercolours in the album were used to illustrate her book A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, published in 1877.

• Annotation on the title page: 'Egyptian Scraps: 1874' (ink note)
• 38 numbered pages with 107 mounted items
• includes watercolours, drawings and sketches made in Egypt, many with Edwards' annotated captions

This group consists of four albums.

• Edwards MSS 2.1: Watercolours and drawings made in Egypt, 1874.
• Edwards MSS 2.2: Watercolours and drawings made in the Dolomites, 1872.
• Edwards MSS 2.3: Ephemera, including some Egypt and Dolomite-related material, 1872-1891.
• Edwards MSS 2.4: Watercolours and drawings made in Egypt, 1874.

Cast of hieroglyphs made at Deir el Bahari.
Ostracon given by Warren Dawson 30.xii.32, no. D. 102.
Two ostraca marked “bought Luxor 1910”.

Abnormal hieratic ostraca from Thebes.

• Photographs showing the transport of objects from the tomb of Tutankhamun to the Laboratory tomb (KV 15), Valley of the Kings.
• Taken by anonymous photographers.
• None of the photographs in this group were taken by Harry Burton.

Paper squeezes from various sources. The Pontifex squeezes are mounted and are kept in five original portfolios. The Stobart squeezes are not mounted and stored in a package. Other collections of squeezes are not mounted and are stored in large boxes.

Booklet PDF, 5 double-sided pages, printed from the Royal Mail website, advertising products from the Special Stamp Issue 'Tutankhamun', produced by Royal Mail in collaboration with the Griffith Institute, to mark the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, issued on 24 November 2022.

Correspondence from Lady Margaret Susan Amherst (d. 1919) (wife of Lord Amherst of Hackney) relating to:

• Newberry's work at Tel el Amarna 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
MSS 2/18, 2/24, 2/26, 2/28, 2/35 and 2/36 have been moved to NEWB2/14A (Miss Margaret Amherst).

Correspondence from Miss Margaret Mitford Amherst (b. 1864; fourth daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) on topics including receipt of the proofs of Newberry, Percy E. 1899. The Amherst Papyri, being an account of the Egyptian papyri in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney, F.S.A., at Didlington Hall, Norfolk: with an appendix on a Coptic papyrus (OEB 146343); visit of HRH Edward VII to Didlington Hall; work on the publication produced by Lady Amherst of Hackney 1904. A sketch of Egyptian history from the earliest times to the present day (OEB 133461); invitations to Diddlington Hall to meet Lord Percy.

Note:
Previously miscatalogued as part of NEWB2/014 (Lady Margaret Amherst).
Previously numbered as 2/18, 2/24, 2/26, 2/28, 2/35 and 2/36.

Correspondence from Lord William Amhurst Tyssen Amherst (First Baron Amherst of Hackney) (1835-1909) on topics including: travel in Egypt; purchase of items from Egypt; articles written by Newberry.

Note:
MSS 2/71A is also numbered 96
MSS 2/73 is also numbered 43
MSS 2/74 is also numbered 49
MSS 2/75 is also numbered 20
MSS 2/76 is also numbered 41
MSS 2/77 is also numbered A.222
MSS 2/78 is also numbered A.223
MSS 2/79 is also numbered A.221
MSS 2/80 is also numbered A.228
MSS 2/84 is also numbered 33
MSS 2/85 is also numbered 35
MSS 2/86 is also numbered 34
MSS 2/87 is also numbered 37a
MSS 2/93 is also numbered 46
MSS 2/75 is also numbered 20

Correspondence from Miss Sybil Margaret Amherst (1858-1926; 2nd daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) on topics including relating to the purchase of items in Egypt, the sale of the family's book collection to Liverpool, the identification of museum papyri.

Correspondence from Miss Mary Rothes Margaret Amherst (1857-1919; eldest daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; marriage 1885, Lord William Cecil; in 1909 succeeded her Father as 2nd Baroness Amherst of Hackney) on topics including relating to the purchase of items in Egypt; the sale of the family's book collection to Liverpool; the identification of museum papyri.

Note:
MSS 2/48a is also numbered 1/50 and A.96

Correspondence from Miss Florence Amherst (b. 1857; 3rd daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney) writing on behalf of her Mother, Lady Margaret Susan Amherst, relating to the publication of an article by her Father and on his death.

Dates of letters:
10 September 1898
January 1909
26 August 1922

Correspondence from Miss Alicia Margaret Amherst (1865-1941; 5th daughter of Lord Amherst of Hackney; married 1898, Sir Evelyn Gascoyne-Cecil) mainly relates 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 family's behalf.

Material relating to the "Transcending Eternity: The Centennial Tutankhamun Conference", held in Luxor, Egypt, between 4-6 November 2022.

1. Booklet with information on schedule and speakers.
2. Menu of the Gala Dinner at the Luxor Temple on 4 November 2022.
3. Printout of lecture (and slides) given by Francisco Bosch-Puche on behalf of the Griffith Institute on 5 November 2022.
4. Printout of article by Francisco Bosch-Puche and Elizabeth Fleming for the proceedings of the conference (version June 2023).