Identity area
Reference code
Petrie MSS 2.7
Nadpis
Letter exchange between C. H. Read and Petrie
Date(s)
- 1907 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
2 letters and 1 draft of letter
Context area
Name of creator
(1853-1942)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence exchanged between Charles Hercules Read and W. M. F. Petrie in 1907, two letters and one draft letter.
- C. H. Read to Petrie, 27-03-1907, 2 pages, comparing the scale of excavations in Egypt undertaken by the Germans and Americans and that the British were falling behind.
- Petrie to C. H. Read, not dated but presumably 1907, 3 pages, a draft of the reply in response to Read's letter of 27-03-1907, refutes Read's statement, and to the contrary, the British were in fact 'leading the way', describes his excavations in the Palace of Apries at Memphis, has funding for excavating in Egypt for the next 5 to 10 years, and the British Society of Antiquaries need to continue its support of British excavations.
- Petrie to C. H. Read, 27-05-1909, 1 page, the Hilton Price collection sale at Sotheby's.