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NEWB2/259
Title
Fairman, Herbert Walter - correspondence
Date(s)
- 1932 - 1948 (Creation)
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0.5 cm, 20 letters
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(1869-1949)
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Correspondence from Herbert Walter Fairman mainly relating to work and applications for jobs. Includes correspondence relating to: copying inscriptions for Newberry; his application for a job at the British Museum; copying work for Gardiner; work on the Beatty Papyri; the death of Peet; his application for the Cairo professorship; work on the Ay inscription; excavation work at Amarna; travel in Egypt; repeated applications to study at University College; his application for a post at Liverpool University.
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Former reference code
MSS 15/1-20