Search

036-003392702

1. Add MS 89298/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1
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

2. Add MS 89298/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/2
Title:
Index to letters within the collection, 1920-1931
Scope & Content:
Index in two parts. The first part is titled 'Letters not in order', and provides details of the correspondents found in the collection, the dates of correspondence, and the original letter groupings. The second part is a list of letters in date order from 1920-1931, providing details for date...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 89298/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/3
Title:
Letters received from William Linn Westermann (1922-1930)
Scope & Content:
Predominantly letters to Bell regarding: papyri acquired and distributed by the Papyrus Syndicate from Maurice Nahman and Kondilios; the roles to be played by the institutional and personal members of the Syndicate; the activities of fellow papyrologists, Egyptologists and classicists; on-going ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1930
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 89298/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/14
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

5. Add MS 89298/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/10
Title:
Letters received from Francis Willey Kelsey (1920-1927)
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1920-Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89298/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/4
Title:
Letters received from Professor Dr Wilhelm Schubart (1928-1930), plus a few letters from Henry A Sanders (1927), A H Smith and Herbert Thompson (1925-1931)
Scope & Content:
Letter to Bell from A H Smith, Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, dated 25 July [1927?] regarding arrangements to clean the Vespasian tablets (76 AD), and that it would be preferable for the museum to retain them. Letters to Bell from Herbert Thompson, dated 27 July 1930...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1925-1931
Extent:
1 file

7. Add MS 89298/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/8
Title:
Letters received from Campbell Bonner (1927-1931) and William Warner Bishop (1931)
Scope & Content:
(1927). Discussing plans for upcoming purchases, and visits to Egypt by Campbell Bonner and Eitrem. Conversation between Michigan and the British Museum regarding potential independent purchasing of papyrus, and the risk of precipitating higher prices. Questions about the way in which the Americ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1931
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89298/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/12
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

9. Add MS 89298/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/1
Title:
Papers relating to the Papyrus Syndicate sent by Mrs Hunt, 6 June 1935 (contains list of joint purchase by Kelsey & Grenfell in 1920)
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Francis W Kelsey to Arnold S Hunt, dated 6 and 10 March 1926, regarding the purchase of Zeno papyri in the possession of Dr Kondilios, and Bell's report on the consignment of papyri received from Maurice Nahman in Cairo. Report: suggested assignment of the Kondilios papyri. Repor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1925
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89298/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89298/1/6
Title:
Letters received from Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen (1921-1922, 1924-1928), plus three letters received from Girolamo Vitelli (1929)
Scope & Content:
Letters received from Harry Bartlett Van Hoesen, Princeton University Library. (1921). Requesting that Princeton receive details of papyri assigned to other members of the Purchasing Syndicate. (1922). Informing Bell that Princeton are beginning to put papyri between glass, both recently acqui...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1921-1929
Extent:
1 file