Collection Dilley MSS - Wildrid Joseph Dilley Collection

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Reference code

Dilley MSS

Title

Wildrid Joseph Dilley Collection

Date(s)

  • 1910-1923 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1874-1941)

Biographical history

Archival history

Formerly on the possession of Mrs Christina J. Sleight (Dilley's granddaughter).

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated by Mr Howard and Mrs Christina J. Sleight (Dilley's granddaughter) in March 2014 and March 2015.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

1) Photograph album of a family holiday to Abu Qir, erroneously titled ‘Abusir. Summer 1923’, also including other older photographs (1918 to 1923).
2) Photograph album of family portraits [non-Egyptological].
3) Copy of the Arabic publication 'Arab Architecture in Egypt: The Principal Structural Characteristics of the Style Classified'; by Wilfrid Joseph Dilley (...); with plates prepared by F. Chatterton (...); translated by Mahmoud Ahmed (...); Cairo: National Printing Press, 1923; including 2 manuscript English translations of Arabic title page [non-Egyptological] [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/869282469].
4) An additional folder with photographs, 2 postcards and a small group of family papers.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Kept as received.

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Conditions governing access

Property of the Griffith Institute. No restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford

Language of material

  • Arabic
  • English

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Physical characteristics and technical requirements

No problems.

Finding aids

None.

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Existence and location of originals

These are originals.

Existence and location of copies

All the photographs were digitized by Mr and Mrs Sleight, who keep digital files and modern prints. A set of modern prints from those digital files was also included in the donation.

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None.

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-1, 2 and 4) Not published.

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Physical storage

  • Shelf: 0601