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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37448
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I. (ff. 436). ROUGH NOTES and sketches, 25 Apr.- 8 May, 1829; and (f. 26) Journal in England, July, 1829- Jan. 1830. Followed (f. 162b) by an autobiography, written on the voyage to Egypt, July-Sept. 1830, and journal of the voyage, and (f. 296) note-book journals in Egypt, 29 Aug. 1840-23 ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1829-1841
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37448-37454
Title:: HÉKÉKYAN PAPERS. Vols. I.-VIII. JOURNALS, including an autobiographical sketch of his early years and intermingled in the later period with records of excavations. illustrated by sketches. Contents:-
Scope & Content:: Diaries and Memoranda: Hékékyan Bey: 1829-1862.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1829-1856]
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37448-37471
Title:: JOURNALS, correspondence and other papers of Joseph Hékékyan Bey, an Armenian in the Egyptian service, 1829-1874, including records and sketches of archaeological excavations in Egypt. Hékékyan was born circ. 1807, the son of a translator in the service of Mehemet Ali, who paid for his education in England, at Stonyhurst College and elsewhere, and his training in engineering and manufactures, 1818-1830. On his arrival in Egypt he was employed in superintending cotton factories, technical sch...
Scope & Content:: Joseph Hékékyan, Bey: Journals, correspondence and papers: 1829-1874. Egypt: Journals, correspondence, etc., of Hékékyan Bey: 1829-1874.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Armenian, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:: 1829-1874
Extent:: 24 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37449
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. II. (fr. 597). JOURNALS continued, Oct. 1841- 8 Apr. 1844 (ff. 2 b-316); 9-16 Apr. 1844 (ff. 500 b-494 b, reversing the volume); 3 May, 1844-11 Oct. 1844 (ff. 323- 494 b). Followed by some field note-books, 22 Shawal- 5 Zilkadé 1257 [6-20 Dec. 1841] (f. 504), and 12 Mar.-30 Apr. 1844 (f. 52...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1841-1844
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37450
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. III. (ff. 397). JOURNALS continued, 18 Shawal, 1260 [31 Oct. 1844]-13 Moharram, 1267 [16 Nov. 1850] (but see also next volume), and some scraps of uncertain date. Quarto. includes: ff. 266-325 Franz Josef I; Emperor of Austria: Diary of Hékékyan Bey at Vienna: 1847-1848.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1844-1850
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37452
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. V. (ff. 497). JOURNALS continued, combined with records of archaeological and geological excavation, viz.:- (a) Journal, 22 Feb.-16 Aug. 1851. f. 1;-(b) Journal of excavations, 10 May-4 June, 1853, in German, kept by Baron -d'Erben, acting as assistant to Hékékyan Bey. f. 106;- (c) Rema...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1851-1854
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37453
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. VI. (ff. 209). JOURNALS continued, viz.:-(a) Journal of excavations, supplementary to the preceding, 17 Apr.-17 July, 1854. f 2 b;-(b) Observations on the results, written apparently June-Oct. 1855. f. 72 b;-(c) Materials for a memoir on the Roda niloscope and its nilometric column, with ad...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1854-1856
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37454
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. VII. (ff. 394). FIELD NOTE-BOOKS and sketch-books, viz.:-(a) Sketch-book, Apr. 1854-Oct. 1855. f. 1;-(b) Note-books, 16 June-31 Aug. 1854. f. 34;-(c) Note-books, 7 Oct.-26 Dec. 1854. f. 175;-(d) Journal, 1 July-4 Nov. 1854. f. 357. Folio. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hék...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1854-1855
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 37455
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. VIII. (ff. 687). GENERAL ACCOUNT of excavations in 1852-1854, partly a fair-copy of matter contained in 37452, 37453, but re-written at a later date. Quarto. Diaries and Memoranda: Hékékyan Bey: 1829-1862. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian a...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 item

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