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Add MS 89298/1/9
- Record Id:
- 040-003394473
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003392699
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055535966.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89298/1/9
- 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:
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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'.
(1920-1921). Letter from A S Hunt regarding additional fragments of MS 782, and discussions with Kelsey regarding acquisitions. Letter from the Director of the Bibliotheque Publique et Universitaire de Geneve, regarding their shipment of papyri received from the British Museum. Letter from A C Johnson, Princeton University, regarding a suggested joint publication of Philadelphian papyri.
Letters received from James Rendel Harris, the Rylands Library. (1920). Rylands unfortunately unable to join the purchasing syndicate. (1929). Regarding Bell's proposed specimen tariff, and giving his opinion on Maurice Nahman.
Letters received from Samson Eitrem, 1923, 1927-1930. (1923). Oslo able to contribute £250 to the purchasing syndicate. Clarenden Press to publish 13 plates for Oslo's first fascicle (magical papyri). Intends to study the magical papyri at Leyden Library. (1927) Draft letter Bell to Eitrem, regarding Petersen and Amundsen in Egypt, and proposing that Oslo contribute to the Purchasing Syndicate. Eitrem discusses his travel plans. Seeks Bell's advice translating an order of arrest. (1928) Regarding the division of papyri. (1929). Regarding the specimen tariff.
(1929). Letters received from Pierre Jouguet (Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale) and Hombert (Brussells), regarding the proposed specimen tariff.
Letters received from Robert Garrett. (1928) Regarding letters of introduction to British Museum representatives involved in excavation work in Egypt. Regarding the specimen tariff. (1929). Letters sent during his trip to Cairo. Reports on a meeting with Nahman. Regarding the dissolution of the Purchasing Syndicate.
Letters received from Lawrence Hey and James Thayer Gerould, Princeton University, 1930. Regarding the Princeton share of the 1928 papyrus acquisition.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003392699
036-003392702
040-003394473 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89298 : Sir Harold Idris Bell: Additional papers relating to the acquisition of papyri by the British Museum, 1920-1935
Add MS 89298/1 : Correspondence and reports regarding the acquisition of papyri
Add MS 89298/1/9 : Letters received from Samson Eitrem (1923-1930), Robert Garrett (1930), James Rendel Harris (1920-1929), Pierre Jouguet… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003392699[0001]/036-003392702[0009]/040-003394473
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89298
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1935
- Date Range:
- 1920-1935
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Eitrem, Samson, papyrologist, 1872-1966,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/72145233
Garrett, Robert, athlete, financier and collector, 1875-1961,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/63879113
Harris, James Rendel, biblical scholar, 1852-1941,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34585917
Jouguet, Pierre, papyrologist, 1869-1949,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/66532553