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9591. Add MS 89291/2/21

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Add MS 89291/2/21
Title:
Correspondence of Sir Joseph Archer Crowe and Asta Crowe (née von Barby) with royalty, dated 1860-1897
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of Sir Joseph Archer Crowe and his wife Asta Crowe (née von Barby) with royalty and others, dated 1860-1897. Includes original envelopes, letters and telegrams with typed transcriptions. Correspondents include: Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1860-1897
Extent:
1 folder

9592. Add MS 89291/2/22

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Add MS 89291/2/22
Title:
Papers and correspondence relating to childhood of Asta Crowe (née von Barby) and marriage to Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, dated 1839-1869
Scope & Content:
Papers and correspondence relating to childhood of Asta Crowe (née von Barby) and marriage to Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, dated 1839-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1839-1869
Extent:
1 folder

9593. Add MS 89298

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Add MS 89298
Title:
Sir Harold Idris Bell: Additional papers relating to the acquisition of papyri by the British Museum, 1920-1935
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Bell from members of the papyrus purchasing syndicate, British Museum colleagues, and antiquities dealers, with some copies of Bell's outgoing letters; plus reports on planned and actual purchases, and inventory and distribution lists of papyrus collections and purchases.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1920-1949
Extent:

28 files

9594. Add MS 89298/1

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Add MS 89298/1
Title:
Correspondence and reports regarding the acquisition of papyri
Scope & Content:
Principally letters received by Bell from members of the Papyrus Purchasing Syndicate, British Museum colleagues and antiquities dealers, with occasional copies of outgoing letters by Bell. Predominantly 1920-1934. An index to the letters can be found at Add MS 89298/1/2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1920-1949
Extent:

15 files

9595. Add MS 89298/1/7

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Title:
Letters received from E A Wallis Budge (1921), Joseph Bidez (1922-1923), David L Askren (1923-1927) and Arthur Edward Romilly Boak (1924-1925)
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following bundles of correspondence. (1921). Papers regarding the purchase of papyri from Maurice Nahman. Comprising two letters from E A Wallis Budge to Bell regarding the price accepted by Nahman, and contributions received from Kenyon; telegram from Nahman accepting the...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
1 file

9596. Add MS 89298/1/9

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Add MS 89298/1/9
Title:
Letters received from Samson Eitrem (1923-1930), Robert Garrett (1930), James Rendel Harris (1920-1929), Pierre Jouguet (1929), Princeton University (1930), and others (1920-1935)
Scope & Content:
Contains the following bundles: (1935). Copy of an outgoing letter from Bell to 'Sir George' [George Francis Hill, Museum Director], regarding the new Antiquities Law of the Egyptian Government, the acquisition of papyri through the 1920s and 1930s, and a suggested 'self-denying ordinance'. (1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1920-1935
Extent:
1 file

9597. Add MS 89309

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Add MS 89309
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Paris (‘The Southwark Hours’)
Scope & Content:
A Book of Hours in Latin with some French, made in Paris for an unknown female patron. The illumination is attributed to the ‘Ravenelle Master’, active in Paris between c. 1390 and c. 1410. Ker dates it to ‘probably not long after 1387’ as it contains a memoria of Peter of Luxembourg (b. 1369, d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

9598. Add MS 89317/3

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Add MS 89317/3
Title:
Papers of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquess of Stafford
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, Papers and Accounts of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquess of Stafford. He was elected to parliament in 1744 and became associated with the faction known as the 'Bloomsbury Gang'. He held many government and cabinet positions throughout his career, until his...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1742-1801
Extent:
21 files

9599. Add MS 89317/3/1

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Add MS 89317/3/1
Title:
General Correspondence of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquis of Stafford
Scope & Content:
Letter from: Colvée. Subject: Personal. Hoping there will not be war. Dated at: Château de Menars près Blois. 3 September 1743, ff. 1-2v. (French). Letter from: J. Hargreaves. Subject: Sympathy and congratulation. Dated at: Trentham. 8 January 1755, f. 3. (Latin). Letter from: Lord Carysfort. Sub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1743-1774
Extent:
1 file

9600. Add MS 89317/3/2

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Add MS 89317/3/2
Title:
General Correspondence of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower and 1st Marquis of Stafford
Scope & Content:
Letter from: George Selwyn. Subject: Lord Carlisle's financial affairs. Dated at: Chesterfield Street. 21 March 1775, ff. 1-2. Letter from: Lord Suffolk. Subject: Verses on the political scene. 15 April 1775, ff. 3-5v. Letter from: Lord Suffolk. Subject: American affairs. The French fleet. Dated ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1775-1796?
Extent:
1 file

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