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1. Add MS 37448-37471

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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...
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Joseph Hékékyan, Bey: Journals, correspondence and papers: 1829-1874. Egypt: Journals, correspondence, etc., of Hékékyan Bey: 1829-1874.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Armenian, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Italian
Date Range:
1829-1874
Extent:
24 items

2. Add MS 37465

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Vol. XVIII. (ff. 100). MISCELLANEOUS official correspondence and papers, in Turkish and Arabic, 1836-1868, chiefly supplementing 37461-37463. Folio. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874. includes: f. 493 Hugh Thurburn: Lett...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1868
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 37464

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Vol. XVII. (ff. 220). TABLES OF LEVELS, borings and other geological data, in Arabic; 1851-1854. Folio. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1854
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 37455

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 37457

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Vol. X. (ff. 65). SKETCHES of antiquities excavated, etc., 1854 and n. d.; followed (f. 37) by tables of Nile-levels, etc. Oblong quarto. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 37448-37454

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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

7. Add MS 37467-37469

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Vols. XX.-XXII. NOTE-BOOKS, written probably circ. 1868-1872, fair-copied, numbered i-x, of chronological data and remarks. Three volumes. Large octavo.
Scope & Content:
Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1868-1872
Extent:
3 items

8. Add MS 37470-37471

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Vols. XXIII., XXIV. THREE TREATISES or drafts of a treatise on "Geochronology," or a system of Egyptian and Biblical chronology based on a theoretical relation of the Egyptian cubit to the secular variations of surface-level in Egypt. Quarto and Folio.
Scope & Content:
Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1829-1874]
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 37456

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Vol. IX. (ff. 158). Journals, 1862, viz.:-(a) Journal of travel up the Nile in Feb. 1862, by Ohannes Tito Hékékyan, son of Hékékyan Bey. French. f. 1;-(b) Sketch-book of the same journey. f. 26b;-(c) Journal of visit to England, 16 May-22 Oct. 1862. f. 68. Quarto. Diaries and Memoranda: Hékékya...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 37460

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Vol. XIII. (ff. 235). LETTER-BOOK, on the same subject; 1851-1854. Folio. Leonard Horner, President of the Geological Society: Hékékyan's letter-book of correspondence with: 1851-1854. Antiquities: Correspondence, drawings, etc., of Hékékyan Bey relating to Egyptian archaeology: 1851-1874.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1854
Extent:
1 item