Collection Mace MSS - Arthur Cruttenden Mace Collection

Mace Journal [1898 to] 1899Mace Journal 1899 to 1900Mace Journal [1900 to] 1901Mace Journal 1901 to 1902Mace Journal [1902 to] 1903

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Identity area

Reference code

Mace MSS

Title

Arthur Cruttenden Mace Collection

Date(s)

  • 1922-1925 (Creation)
  • 1899-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

(1874-1928)

Biographical history

British Egyptologist. Born, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania 1874. Died, Haywards Heath, Sussex 1928. Educated, St Edward's School, Oxford, then Keble College, Oxford. BA, 1895. Worked with W. M. F. Petrie at Dendera, Hû, and Abydos, between 1897-1901. ... »

Archival history

(1-5) Excavation journals, correspondence, typewritten articles, copies of Burton photographs, and newspaper cuttings: Formed part of the Mace estate. Formerly in the possession of his daughter, Mrs Margaret Orr. Later in the possession of his ... »

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

(1) Excavation journals: Donated by Mace's grandchildren, Mr David Orr and Mrs Alison Crawford in September 2014.
(2-5) Correspondence, typewritten articles, copies of Burton photographs, and newspaper cuttings: Donated by Mace's grandchildren, Mr David ... »

Content and structure area

Scope and content

(1) Excavation journals for 1899-1901 (working with W. M. F. Petrie) and 1901-1903 (working with G. A. Reisner).
(2) Personal correspondence exchanged between Mace and his wife Winifred during the Winter season 1922-1923, Winifred Mace and her mother ... »

System of arrangement

Kept as received.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

(1-5) Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.
(y-z) Tutankhamun account and diary: Property of Mr David Orr and Mrs Alison Crawford. Consultation only.

Conditions governing reproduction

(1-5) Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
(y-z) Copyright Mr David Orr and Mrs Alison Crawford. Contact the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford regarding publication.

Language of material

  • English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

No problems.

Finding aids

None.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

These are originals.

Existence and location of copies

Copies in the hands of the Orr family.

Related units of description

Other Archives:

  • Material still in the possession of Mace's family.
  • (1) Reisner's excavations records are kept in the archives of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • Partial handwritten manuscript of The Tomb of Tut.Ankh.Amen, vol. i (1923) in the
  • ... »

Publication note

Notes area

Note

  • Photograph: after Burton photograph p0493.

Related people and organizations

Physical storage

  • Shelf: 0111
  • Shelf: 0516B