This report was compiled by the Commission as part of a survey of the papers of British antiquaries which included scholars who worked in related fields. The report covers the smaller groups of papers held by the Griffith Institute as well as those which are yet to be listed.
The Griffith Institute was founded in 1939 following the wishes of Francis Llewellyn Griffith (1862-1934) who left a substantial part of his estate for this purpose. The core function of the Institute is to edit and publish the Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs Statues and Paintings. The Institute houses a collection of specialised Egyptological manuscripts which is the largest one of its kind in the world. There are some some seventy groups of Egyptological papers, including those of Howard Carter (1874-1939) which cover the Tut'ankhamun excavations. The Institute's very detailed web-site can be accessed via http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/Griffith.html.
The Commission is very grateful to Dr Jaromir Malek for granting access to the Institute's archive and catalogues from which the following report is compiled. All enquiries about these papers should be addressed to staff at the Griffith Institute quoting the references in square brackets.
BIRCH, Samuel (1813-1885)
Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum, Egyptologist and archaeologist
Notebooks. Due to the condition of these items access is very restricted.
BARNS, John Wintour Baldwin (1912-1974)
Egyptologist
Photographs, copies of texts relating to monuments made in Bristol Museum, Swindon Museum and Theban tombs, Coptic material, publications, notebooks (23) and various ephemera. [Barns MSS 1-6]
CALVERLEY, Amice Mary (1896-1959)
Artist, archaeologist, Egyptologist and musician
Letters (30) to her, transparencies and photographs 1928-45. [Calverley MSS]
CATON-THOMPSON, Gertrude (1888-1985)
Egyptologist
Notes, papers and correspondence on prehistoric Faiyum (52 items). [Caton-Thompson MS 1, MSS A-F]
CLARK, Robert Thomas Rundle (1909-1970)
Egyptologist
Notebooks (4), notes relating to iconography of Osiris, translations of texts and commentaries, miscellaneous notes and ephemera. [Clark MSS 1-12]
CRAWFORD, Osbert Guy Stanhope (1886-1957)
Archaeologist
Original maps and plans for his publications - Castles and Churches in the Middle Nile Region and The Fung Kingdom of Sennar. [Crawford MSS 1-4]
DENNIS, James Teackle (1865-1918)
Egyptologist
Facsimile copies (250) of graffiti and ostraca found by E. Naville at Deir el-Bahri, probably mostly in the Hathor-Cow chapel, 1906-07. [Dennis MSS 1-5]
EDWARDS, Amelia Ann Blandford (1831-1892)
Novelist and Egyptologist
Notebook with various notes and extracts, albums containing watercolours and sketches (20 items) c1881-88. [Edwards MSS 1-2]
HOSKINS, George Alexander (1802-1863)
Traveller, antiquary and artist
Three large albums of drawings and sketches mainly relevant to Egypt and Nubia c1832-33.[Hoskins MSS 1-3]
KAHLE, Paul Eric (1923-1955)
Egyptologist
Coptic papers including notebooks, index slips, photographs and correspondence c1949-55. [Kahle MSS 1-19]
LEEK, Frank Filce (1903-1985)
Dentist and Egyptologist
Drafts and comments by J. R. Harris (10 items), various notes and index cards and miscellaneous correspondence (c1973-80) mainly relevant to organic remains from the tomb of Tut'ankhamun. [Leek MSS 1-3]
MOND, Sir Robert Ludwig (1867-1938)
Chemist, industrialist and archaeologist
Notebooks, papers, prints and photographs mainly relating to Theban tombs, 1913-25. [Mond MSS 1-11]
SAYCE, Archibald Henry (1845-1933)
Orientalist, comparative philologist and Egyptologist
Egyptological papers including notes on graffiti, plans, texts, and correspondence. Non-Egyptological papers, including correspondence, notes and copies of inscriptions relating to Asia Minor, particularly Phrygia. [Sayce MSS A-B]
SLOLEY, Robert Walker (1879-1958)
Scientist and Egyptologist
Notes on lectures by M. A. Murray and W. M. F. Petrie, lecture notes and broadcast talks, notes relevant to astronomy and measurement of time in ancient Egypt, and MS chapters 1, 2, 4-8 of The Evolution of An Alphabet: An introduction to the study of hieroglyphs. [Sloley MSS A-D]
WELLCOME, Sir Henry Solomon (1853-1936)
Patron of science and archaeologist
Journals, excavation records (including Abu Geili, Makwar, Jebel Moya, Saqadi, and Dar el-Mek), object cards, maps and plans, photographs and negatives. [Wellcome MSS 1-5]
WILD, James William (1814-1892)
Architect and archaeologist
Plans, descriptions, elevations, views, sketches and notes mainly relating to Egyptian tombs. A series of notebooks (24) and notes on various subjects including the Nile, pyramids and tombs, and Arab houses. [Wild MSS I-V]
WILKINSON, Sir John Gardner (1797-1875)
Explorer and Egyptologist
Journal 1841-42; some correspondence, including autograph letters from Wilkinson to various recipients (purchased from a dealer). [Wilkinson MSS]
WILLIAMS, John (1797-1874)
British Antiquary and astromer
Albums (4) of rubbings. [Williams MSS 1-4]
Further unlisted collections held by the Griffith Institute are:
ARUNDALE, Francis (1807-1853) architect and Egyptologist
BARRY, Sir Charles (1795-1860) architect, topographical draughtsman and Egyptologist
BARTLETT, William Henry (1809-1854) topographical draughtsman and Egyptologist
BAUMGARTEL, Elise Jenny (1892-1975) Egyptologist
BLACKMAN, Aylward Manley ( 1883-1956) Egyptologist
BONOMI, Joseph (1796-1878) curator of the Sir John Soanes Museum, sculptor, draughtsman and Egyptologist
BROOME, Myrtle Florence (1888-1978) archaeological artist and Egyptologist
BRUNTON, Guy (1878-1948) Egyptologist
DAVIES, Nina de Garis (1881-1965) archaeologist
DRIVER, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892-1975) professor of Semitic philology, Oxford
HAY, Robert (1799-1863) Egyptologist (Copies not original material)
LANGDON, Stephen Herbert (1876-1937) Assyriologist and archaeologist
LEPSIUS, Karl Richard (1810-1884) Egyptologist and philologist (Copies not original material)
LEE, John Fiott (1783-1866) lawyer, antiquary, astronomer and geologist
NAVILLE, Henri Edouard (1844-1926) Egyptologist
NEWBOLD, Sir Douglas (1894-1945) colonial administrator and archaeologist
PEET, Thomas Eric (1882-1934) Egyptologist
RENOUF, Sir Peter le Page (1822-1897) Egyptologist (See also NRA 28479)
SCHARFF, Alexander (1892-1950) Egyptologist
SELIGMAN, Charles Gabriel (1873-1940) anthropologist
SMITHER, Paul (1914-1943) Egyptologist
SPIEGELBERG, Wilhelm (1870-1930) Egyptologist
STEWART, William Arnold (1882-1953) colonial administrator and restorer
For further information on these collections see also:
Magee, D. N. E. and Malek, J.
A checklist of transcribed hieratic documents in the archive of the Griffith Institute (1991)
Malek, J. et al
The Archive of the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 1990-1997(1997)