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1. Add MS 89298

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Title:
Sir Harold Idris Bell: Additional papers relating to the acquisition of papyri by the British Museum, 1920-1935
Scope & Content:
Letters received by Bell from members of the papyrus purchasing syndicate, British Museum colleagues, and antiquities dealers, with some copies of Bell's outgoing letters; plus reports on planned and actual purchases, and inventory and distribution lists of papyrus collections and purchases.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1920-1949
Extent:

28 files

2. 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

3. Add MS 89298/1

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Title:
Correspondence and reports regarding the acquisition of papyri
Scope & Content:
Principally letters received by Bell from members of the Papyrus Purchasing Syndicate, British Museum colleagues and antiquities dealers, with occasional copies of outgoing letters by Bell. Predominantly 1920-1934. An index to the letters can be found at Add MS 89298/1/2.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1920-1949
Extent:

15 files

4. Add MS 89298/2/10

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Title:
Papyri List (1928)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript and typescript copies of the distribution list of papyri of the 1928 purchase. Distributed between Michigan, Columbia, Princeton, Oslo, and the British Museum.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1929
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89298/2/5

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri (1924)
Scope & Content:
Inventories and reports compiled by Idris Bell: Report on papyri offered by Maurice Nahman, November 1924, with some bought by Professor Arthur Edward Romilly Boak from Dr David Askren. Note by Charles T Lamacraft on the papyri brought to the British Museum by Professor Kelsey at the end of May ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89298/2/6

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri (1925)
Scope & Content:
Contains the following lists and reports by Bell: Report on Papyri sent by Professor Arthur Edward Romilly Boak, March 1925 ['These papyri are described as coming from Behneseh (Oxyrhynchus)']. Preliminary report on Maurice Nahman's papyri, 1925. Report on papyri, etc., of 1925 consignment [Nahm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 file

7. 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

8. Add MS 89298/2/3

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri (1922)
Scope & Content:
Contains: Report on papyri sent by Maurice Nahman for Professor Francis Kelsey, purchased in 1921. The report was compiled by Idris Bell in June 1922. Report on papyri, etc., brought by Nahman, July, 1922. Continuation of the report detailed above. Report on the papyri bought by Dr David Askren ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922
Extent:
1 file

9. 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

10. Add MS 89298/2/4

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Title:
Inventories of Papyri (1923)
Scope & Content:
Lists and reports compiled by Idris Bell: List of papyri distributed to Columbia University, the University of Christiania, the University of Michigan, and the British Museum, 1923. First report on papyri sent by Maurice Nahman July 1923. Describing packet I (Tebtunis archive), packet II (Batn a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923
Extent:
1 file