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1. Add MS 89298/1/1

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Title:
Papers relating to the Papyrus Syndicate sent by Mrs Hunt, 6 June 1935 (contains list of joint purchase by Kelsey & Grenfell in 1920)
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Francis W Kelsey to Arnold S Hunt, dated 6 and 10 March 1926, regarding the purchase of Zeno papyri in the possession of Dr Kondilios, and Bell's report on the consignment of papyri received from Maurice Nahman in Cairo. Report: suggested assignment of the Kondilios papyri. Repor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1925
Extent:
1 file

2. Add MS 89298/1/2

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Title:
Index to letters within the collection, 1920-1931
Scope & Content:
Index in two parts. The first part is titled 'Letters not in order', and provides details of the correspondents found in the collection, the dates of correspondence, and the original letter groupings. The second part is a list of letters in date order from 1920-1931, providing details for date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 89298/1/3

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Title:
Letters received from William Linn Westermann (1922-1930)
Scope & Content:
Predominantly letters to Bell regarding: papyri acquired and distributed by the Papyrus Syndicate from Maurice Nahman and Kondilios; the roles to be played by the institutional and personal members of the Syndicate; the activities of fellow papyrologists, Egyptologists and classicists; on-going ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1930
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 89298/1/4

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Title:
Letters received from Professor Dr Wilhelm Schubart (1928-1930), plus a few letters from Henry A Sanders (1927), A H Smith and Herbert Thompson (1925-1931)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Bell from A H Smith, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, dated 25 July [1927?] regarding arrangements to clean the Vespasian tablets (76 AD), and that it would be preferable for the museum to retain them. Letters to Bell from Herbert Thompson, dated 27 July 1930...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1925-1931
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89298/1/5

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Title:
Letters and invoices received from Enoch Peterson, Mikhail Rostovtzeff, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, and Count de Prorok (1927-1930)
Scope & Content:
Letters and telegrams received from Enoch Peterson, Mikhail Rostovtzeff, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, and Count de Prorok [Byron Khun de Prorok], plus invoices and shipping notices. Undated letter from Flinders Petrie, thanking Bell for sending details of recently acquired papyri, and comme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1930
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89298/1/6

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Title:
Letters received from Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen (1921-1922, 1924-1928), plus three letters received from Girolamo Vitelli (1929)
Scope & Content:
Letters received from Harry Bartlett Van Hoesen, Princeton University Library. (1921). Requesting that Princeton receive details of papyri assigned to other members of the Purchasing Syndicate. (1922). Informing Bell that Princeton are beginning to put papyri between glass, both recently acqui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1929
Extent:
1 file

7. 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

8. Add MS 89298/1/8

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Title:
Letters received from Campbell Bonner (1927-1931) and William Warner Bishop (1931)
Scope & Content:
(1927). Discussing plans for upcoming purchases, and visits to Egypt by Campbell Bonner and Eitrem. Conversation between Michigan and the British Museum regarding potential independent purchasing of papyrus, and the risk of precipitating higher prices. Questions about the way in which the Americ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1931
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89298/1/9

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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

10. Add MS 89298/1/10

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Title:
Letters received from Francis Willey Kelsey (1920-1927)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920-Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file