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11. 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

12. 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

13. Add MS 89298/1/11

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Title:
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

14. Add MS 89298/1/12

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Title:
Letters received from Victor Martin (1921-1922), plus correspondence between Bell and Maurice Nahman (1923-1931)
Scope & Content:
Letter received from Victor Martin, Genève. (1920) Regarding Bell's invitation to join the papyrus syndicate. Concern over prices and contributions, and distribution of material. (1921) Increased contribution possible. Preferred types of papyri. Distribution decisions. Arrangements for delivery ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921-1931
Extent:
1 file

15. 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

16. Add MS 89298/1/14

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Title:
Draft text of the specimen tariff of papyrus prices, plus accompanying letter
Scope & Content:
Draft letter to members of the papyrus syndicate regarding the market for papyrus and the proposed tariff. Suggested specimen tariff of papyrus prices Draft letter by Bell (dated 16 May 1930) advising that going forward, the tariff is merely to be taken as a guide to prices. With attached circ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1929
Extent:

1 file

17. Add MS 89298/1/15

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Title:
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

18. Add MS 89298/2

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri
Scope & Content:
Reports on papyri acquired by the purchasing syndicate, plus inventory and distribution lists, arranged according to the year of acquisition.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1930
Extent:
13 files

19. Add MS 89298/2/1

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Title:
Inventories of Papryi (1920)
Scope & Content:
Idris Bell's copies of the following inventories, providing brief titles and estimated dates for the papyri: Inventory of papyri purchased in Egypt for the University of Wisconsin by Bernard P Grenfell and Francis W Kelsey in March and April, 1920. Inventory of papyri purchased in Egypt for the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920
Extent:
1 file

20. Add MS 89298/2/2

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri (1921)
Scope & Content:
Inventories of papyri purchased in Egypt by Sir E Wallis Budge in February 1921, which were distributed, alongside other papyri, between the British Museum, the University of Geneva, Princeton University, Cornell University, and the University of Michigan. All papyri were damped out and made rea...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 file