File NEWB1/04 - Biographical material including history of the Egypt Exploration Society

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NEWB1/04

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Biographical material including history of the Egypt Exploration Society

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  • c.1931c - c.1932 (Creation)

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1 cm, 1 folder

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Newberry, Percy Edward
(1869-1949)

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Folder contains:

  • First page of a report titled 'Report on the work of the Archaological Institute' written by Newberry on his involvement establishing an Archaeological Institute at the University of Liverpool

  • Short history of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt (now known as the Egypt Exploration Society) by Newberry including his involvement, with hand written corrections and notes c.1931-2 (written for the 50th anniversary meeting of the EES (see AHG/42.222.33, Griffith Institute)), and list of Officers-in-Charge of the Survey, 1890-1932

  • Letter lists 1887-1892 with a short summary of contents and numbered, these numbers correspond to numbers written on letters held in this collection

  • Handwritten notes on the history of the Archaeological Survey of Egypt

  • One page of typed notes on people who worked on the tomb of Tutankhamun

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      PEN/G.I/48

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