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11. Add MS 89298/1/11

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Letters received from Frederic George Kenyon (1920-1923), Joan Kingsford (1930) and Casper J Kraemer Jr (1927)
Scope & Content:
Frederic Kenyon. (1920). Making arrangements for Bell's trip to Egypt. Discussing purchase arrangements with the American syndicate. (1921). Budge acting on behalf of Kelsey and the Americans. Arrangements to transport papyri across Europe. (1922). Discussing members of the purchasing syndicate ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1927
Extent:
1 file

12. Add MS 89298/1/15

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Correspondence regarding the acquisition of papyri (including Egerton Papyrus 2) between Bell and Campbell Bonner, Samson Eitrem, Maurice Nahman, Frank E Robbins, and Theodore Cressy Skeat; plus original envelope which contained the fragments of the New Gospel and other papyri, complete with seals of the Service of Antiquities, Cairo
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Bell between August and September 1934 regarding the purchase of four lots of papyri from Maurice Nahman. Correspondents: Frank E Robbins (University of Michigan), Dr Walter A Reichart, Maurice Nahman, Samson Eitrem, Campbell Bonner, and Theodore Cressy Skeat. Also includes c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1934-Sep 1934
Extent:
1 file

13. Add MS 89298/1/9

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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

14. Add MS 89298/1/5

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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

15. Add MS 89298/1/7

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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

16. Add MS 89298/1/13

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Title:
Letters regarding papyrus fragments purchased by David Askren and Robert Garrett in 1929 and distributed in 1949
Scope & Content:
(1949) Letters between Theodore Cressy Skeat, A E R Boak and Bell, regarding papyri purchased in 1929 by Robert Garrett and David Askren and sent to the British Museum, but which were not sent on to their purchasers. The following items from 1929 are enclosed: (1929) Three slips in Bell's handw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1949
Extent:
1 file