Papers and correspondence on the Fayum and Kharga Oasis Expeditions, 1927-76.
See also A10/4/2/2 for the application to the Egyptian Department of Antiquities for permission to excavate in the Fayum.
1/ Fayum Expedition 1927-8 (Third season)
1 Receipts from all sources – list of names of personal contributors and public bodies and sums contributed. 6 leaves (holograph by G. Caton-Thompson [GCT])
2 Expenditure. 1 leaf (ibid.)
The first two seasons, 1924-5 and 1925-6 were on behalf of the British School in Egypt. See ‘Recent excavations in the Fayum’ by G. Caton-Thompson, Man, No. 80, July 1928, pp. 109-13; and The Desert Fayum by G. Caton-Thompson and E.W. Gardner, 2 vols. RAI, 1934 [copy at A114/13/1/7]
2/ Kharga Oasis 1930-2
1 1930 subscription forms and letters, 1-105
Subscription forms generally not dated. Letters to either G.D. Hornblower, Hon. Treasurer, or Miss K.M. Martindell, Assistant Secretary, unless otherwise stated.
1 The Dowager Lady Acland
2 Dame Adelaide Anderson, 19 June
3 E.W. Gardner [EWG] sends anonymous donation, 17 Apr.
4 Gilbert Archey, Auckland Institute & Museum, 26 Aug.
5 Receipt for A21/2/1/4, 20 Nov.
6 C.M. Baker
7 H.I. Bell, British Museum
8 H.A. Lake Barnett
9 Secretary, British Association for the Advancement of Science
10 EWG sends donation from M.C. Burkitt, 10 Feb.
11 EWG sends donation from E.M. Canning Eyre, 28 May
12 Prof. V.G. Childe, 1 Aug. (holograph)
13 Dr Stella Churchill, 15 Oct.
14 E.M. Courthope, 3 Sep.
15 O.G.S. Crawford
16 A.B. Dale, 26 May
17 O.W. Darch, 17 Mar.
18 EWG sends donation or subscription from Lady Darwin, 10 Apr.
19 Miss Ruth Darwin
20 EWG sends donation or subscription from Miss I.M. Drummond
21 Miss A.V. Duttine
22 George Eumorfopoulos
23 Exeter College, Oxford, 23 June
24 Mrs G.A. Falk
25 P.J. Fawcett
26 Gerald M. Fitzgerald, 4 Mar.
27 N.B. de Lancey Forth
28 G. Robert Gair
29 G.A. Garfitt, 16 Feb.
30 Ibid.
31 Miss D.A.E. Garrod
32 EWG sends donation from Mrs Giles
33 G.W. Grabham, Khartoum to EWG, 21 Oct.
34 J.R. Wilson-Haffenden
35 Mrs J. Macalister Hall
36 Mrs E.M. Hannes
37 M.C. Burkitt sends donation from W.H. Haslam
38 Miss M. Haviland
39 G.D. Hornblower
40 Emslie J. Horniman, 14 Jan. (holograph)
41 N.L.C. Hurle & Mrs J.C. Hurle
42 K. Jex-Blake
43 Alec Keiller
44 L.C. Kempson
45 Lt. Col. H.H.G. Knapp
46 Casper J. Kraemer, New York City
47 Denis P. Kyticas, Cairo
48 The Hon. A. Hilda Kitson
49 Helen E. Lacy
50 Miss Winifred Lamb, 6 Oct.
51 L.S.B. Leakey
52 Mrs E.G. Lee
53 Miss E.R. Lee
54 Museums Committee, Liverpool
55 Dorothy Jordan Lloyd
56 Richard C.E. Long
57 A. Thomas Loyd
58 EWG sends donation from Charles Mackintosh
59 Manchester Museum
60 Ibid., 4 Feb.
61 Miss M.L. Mathieson
62 Robert Mond
63 Ibid., 13 June
64 Miss Guenevere F. Morton
65 George I. Nathan
66 Newnham College, Cambridge, 14 Oct.
67 Miss W. Nettlefold
68 W.H. Ostler for Museums Committee, Halifax
69 Miss M.M. Partridge
70 M[arietta] Pallis
71 EWG sends subscription from Mr Pendlebury, British School at Athens
72 Percy Sladen Memorial Fund, 27 Oct.
73 Giles T. Pilcher
74 Miss R. M. Pitt
75 Mrs Victoria Prestage
76 H. Preston
77 J.P. Preston
78 Oscar C. Raphael
79 Juliet Reckitt, 17 Oct. (holograph)
80 EWG on illegible signature (Samuel) 4 Mar.
81 EWG sends subscriptions from Mrs Russell and Mr Logan Pearsall Smith, 17 June
82 G.S. Hornblower sends donation from Dr R.N. Salaman
83 Mrs Dorothy Samuel
84 A.H. Sayce
85 R.U. Sayce
86 Prof. & Mrs C.G. Seligmann
87 Miss Annette Smith
88 Ibid.
89 Society of Antiquaries of London, 17 Oct.
90 EWG sends subscriptions/donations from Posun Yun, South African Association of University Women, and Lady Darwin
91 South African Association of University Women
92 EWG sends second cheque from South African Association of University Women
93 Ivan S. Spain, 6 Oct.
94 P. Sidney Spokes
95 Dorothy M. Stewart
96 Ernest S. Thomas, Pitt Rivers Museum
97 M.L. Tildesley
98 Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving, The Hague
99 Ibid., 14 June
100 Cecil White, 17 Feb. (holograph)
101 Ibid., 1 Mar. (holograph)
102 Lt. Col. H.C.B. Wilson
103 J.M. Wordie
104 Posun Yun
105 E.F. Zuydhoek
See ‘Royal Anthropological Institute’s Prehistoric Research Expedition to Kharga Oasis, Egypt: preliminary outline of the season’s work’ by G. Caton-Thompson, Man, No. 91, May 1931, pp. 77-84
2 1931 letters including a few subscription forms, 1-67
1 Adelaide Anderson, 18 June
2 EWG sends subscription/donation from Auckland Museum, 29 Sept.
3 C.M. Baker, 18 June
4 Reid Trust
5 H.I. Bell
6 Staatlichen Museen Berlin, 4 June
7 Bank of England, 6 June, referring to Staatlichen Museen Berlin
8 Miles Burkitt ‘Tuesday’
9 V.G. Childe
10 Stella Churchill, 28 Sept.
11 Louis Clarke, 3 Nov.
12 EWG to O.G.S. Crawford, 13 June
13 A.B. Dale, 29 July
14 O.W. Darch, 28 Feb.
15 EWG sends subscription/donation from Miss Margaret Deneke
16 Miss M.E. Durham, 16 Apr.
17 EWG to Miss A.V. Duttine
18 EWG sends donation from Miss G.L. Elles, and cheque for article on Khanga, 14 Sept.
19 […?], 30 June
20 M.M. Falk, 23 July
21 Gen. Robert Gair, 3 Oct.
22 G.A. Garfitt, 12 June
23 D.A.E. Garrod, 12 Aug.
24 County Borough of Halifax, 20 Apr.
25 Mrs Macalister Hall, 3 Oct.
26 Mrs Hannes, 15 June
27 Miles C. Burkitt sends 5s. from Mr Haslam, ‘Wed.’
28 Miss M. Haviland, 19 July
29 C.M. Heenley
30 E.J. Horniman, 22 Oct.
31 Alexander Keiller. 1 Oct.
32 Miss L.C. Kempson, June 16
33 EWG sends donations from Mrs A. Russell and Sir Frederick Kenyon, 25 Sept.
34 The Hon. Hilda Kitson, 18 June
35 […?], 9 Oct.
36 Helen E. Lacy, 9 Aug.
37 Louis Leakey, 1 July
38 E. Rosalind Lee, 8 July
39 Museums Committee, Liverpool, 9 July
40 D. Jordan Lloyd, 16 June
41 Richard C.E. Long, 11 July
42 A. Thomas Loyd, 2 Mar.
43 Ibid., 7 Mar.
44 EWG to Manchester Museum
45 M.L. Mathieson, 28 June
46 Guenevere F. Morton, 30 June
47 G.D. Nathan
48 Miss W. Nettlefold, 10 July
49 M.M Partridge, 16 June
50 Miss R.M. Pitt, 28 June
51 Victoria Prestage, 15 June
52 H. Preston, 25 Aug.
53 Oscar Raphael
54 Arthur R. Hinks, 4 Aug.
55 EWG sends subscriptions from Mrs Alys Russell and Mr Pearsall Smith, 27 May
56 Mrs Dorothy Samuel, 2 Oct.
57 R.U. Sayce, 24 June
58 Prof. & Mrs Seligmann
59 Miss Annette Smith, 1 Oct.
60 Secretary, Society of Antiquaries of London, regrets that it cannot continue support, 25 June
61 D.M. Stewart, 29 June
62 M.L. Tildesley, 21 June
63 Miss Margaret Tuke
64 GCT sends subscription from Cairo branch of the University Women’s International Federation, 16 Oct.
65 Treasurer of Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving, The Hague, regrets that it cannot continue support, 30 June
66 Lt. Col. H.C.B. Wilson, 28 Sept.
67 Edwin Ward
3 1932 letters, 1-12
1 Adelaide M. Anderson, 4 Oct.
2 EWG sends subscription from Mr Burkitt, 15 Aug.
3 A.B. Dale, 15 Dec.
4 O.W. Darch, 1 Aug.
5 Halifax Corporation, 3 June
6 Hon. Hilda Kitson
7 Rev. Rosalind Lee, 9 July
8 Museums Committee, Liverpool, 6 May
9 M. McKinnon Wood, 10 Sept.
10 M.L. Mathieson, 26 June
11 Mildred M. Partridge, 7 July
12 EWG sends subscriptions from Mrs A. Russell, Mr Pearsall Smith, and Miss Elles, 14 Sept.
3/ Later Correspondence
1/ Letters from Sir John Myres to GCT
1 21 Oct. 1936 on British Academy grant (holograph)
2 26 Oct. 1936 on reconstituting the Committee (holograph); encloses the old circular (see /3 below)
3 Circular appealing for funds to the 1931 expedition (mimeo.)
2/ Letters and documents concerning publication of The Desert Fayum by G. Caton-Thompson and E.W. Gardner, 2 vols. RAI, 1934
1 GCT to K.M. Martindell [KMM], 29 Nov. 1934 – on agreement between herself and RAI concerning publication and distribution; on proceeds; on advertising (autogr.)
2 Ibid., 2 Dec. – encloses something [not present] for Executive Committee (autogr.)
3 Ibid., 31 Dec. – first consignment of books should arrive from Bellows of Gloucester soon; on advertising (autogr.)
4 Ibid., 5 Jan. 1935 – on sending of books by Bellows (autogr. pc)
5 KMM to GCT, 17 Jan. – asks whether copies have been sent to Copyright Libraries; on agent’s discount (toc.)
6 GCT to KMM, 22 Jan. – Bellows dealing with Copyright Libraries; KMM must decide about agent’s discount; Bellows will store spare copies (autogr. pc)
7 Ibid., 1 Feb. – on prospectuses from EES (autogr. pc)
8 Ibid., 21 Feb. – on sending out review copies (autogr.)
9 Ibid., 28 Mar. – asks her to post letter to the Institut d’Egypte (autogr.
10 American Geographical Society, New York, to RAI – orders copy of book (tp.)
11 KMM to GCT, 19 Dec. – encloses cheque for sales of book; encloses account of sales from 8 Jan. to date (tpc.)
12 Account of sales [as mentioned in A21/3/2/11] (tpc.)
13 GCT to KMM, 20 Dec. – acknowledges cheque (autogr.)
14 KMM to GCT, 3 Apr. 1936 – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
15 GCT to KMM, 8 Apr. – acknowledges cheque (autogr.)
16 KMM to GCT, 25 June – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
17 GCT to KMM, 27 June - acknowledges cheque (autogr.)
18 KMM to GCT, 16 Dec. – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
19 GCT to KMM, 17 Dec. - acknowledges cheque; thanks her for her help with distributing the book (autogr.)
20 Ibid., 12 Feb. 1937 – asks her to send a copy of the book (autogr.)
21 Ibid., 27 Mar. - asks her to send another copy of the book (autogr. pc)
22 Ibid., asks her to send a copy of book to Miss Gardner (autogr. pc)
23 Ibid., 11 Sept. – asks her to send a copy of book to Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, if this has not been done (autogr.)
24 Ibid., 17 Sept. – thanks her for sending book to Oxford; encloses money for postage (autogr.)
25 Orientalistische Literaturzeitung 1937, no. 5. pp. 288-92. 3 leaves (printed)
26 KMM to GCT, 23 June 1938 – encloses cheque for sales; acknowledges cheque for dinner (tpc.)
27 Ibid., 29 Nov. – Upper Bedford Place to be let; asks what she would like to do about the blocks which are stored there (tpc.)
28 Ibid., 14 Dec. – encloses cheque for sales; blocks will be removed soon (autogr.)
29 GCT to KMM, 2 Mar. 1939 – refers to ‘queer thing’ happening (autogr. pc)
30 KMM to GCT, 26 June – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
31 Ibid., 15 Dec. – ibid.
32 GCT to KMM, 18 Dec. – thanks her for cheque; glad that sales continue so long after publication (autogr.)
33 KMM to GCT, 18 June 1940 – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
34 Ibid., 30 Apr. 1941 – ibid.; GCT’s name suggested for Council (tp.)
35 GCT to KMM, 2 June – on serving on Council; asks how many copies of the book held at RAI; Bellows wants spare copies moved from his office (autogr. pc)
36 KMM to GCT, 16 Dec. – encloses cheque for sales (tp.)
37 GCT to Felicia Stallman, RAI Assistant Secretary [FS], 28 May 1943 – asks whether any copies sold in 1942; on KMM’s system of reporting sales (autogr.)
38 FS to GCT, 1 June – on copies sold and money owing; suggests rendering an account each Jan. 2 leaves (tpc.)
39 GCT to FS, 5 June – thanks her for attention to sales of the book; on sales in previous years (autogr.)
40 FS to GCT, 7 June – on sales and payments (tpc.)
41 Ibid., 17 June – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
42 Ibid., 16 Feb. 1945 – ibid.
43 GCT to FS, 12 July – asks her to send copy to Mrs Crowfoot (autogr. pc)
44 John D. Barrett, Associate Editor, Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books, Inc., New York – follows up letter of 30 July 1945 {not held]; seeks permission to use plates from The Desert Fayum in a forthcoming publication (tp.)
45 F. Debono, Cairo, to [FS], 17 Jan. 1946 – asks for copy of book (tp.)
46 Dr A.A. Kampman, Chief Keeper and Librarian, Nederlandsch Archaeologisch-philologisch Insituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Leiden, to [FS], 1 Feb. – is trying to rebuild library after the war; asks for copy of book at no cost or in exchange (tp. with autogr. notes by FS and GCT)
47 GCT to FS, 15 Feb. – on the Huxley [lecture]; returns letter from Leiden [A21/3/2/26]; approves of meeting their request; on her health (autogr.)
48 FS to GCT, 1 Mar. – encloses cheque for sales (tpc.)
49 GCT to FS, 7 Mar. - thanks her for cheque (autogr.)
50 FS to F. Debono, 25 Mar. – on receipt of remittance will dispatch the volumes (tpc.)
51 Ibid. to Dr A.A. Kampman, 25 Mar. – GCT has agreed that copy should be sent; RAI library already has the book mentioned in possible exchange (tpc.)
52 GCT to FS, 5 Apr. – on reproducing plates from the book (autogr.)
53 FS to Dr A.A. Kampman, 21 May – is sending volume under separate cover; GCT wishes to make this presentation to assist in the rehabilitation of the library (tpc.)
54 [FS] to John D. Barrett, 21 June – no objection to reproduction of plates; only question is whether the reproduction would be satisfactory (tpc.)
4/
1 Letter from GCT, Broadway, 1 Jan. 1976 to B.J. Kirkpatrick, RAI Librarian, enclosing Items 3/1/1-3 above and commenting on her expeditions
2 Reply by BJK, 6 Jan. 1976
5/ Petty cash receipts from members, 1927-32
See Kharga Oasis in prehistory by G. Caton-Thompson with a physiographic introduction by E.W. Gardner. University of London, The Athlone Press, 1952