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)
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
2/ Kharga Oasis 1930-2
1 1930 subscription forms and letters, 1-105
Letters to either G.D. Hornblower, Hon. Treasurer, or Miss K.M. Martindale, Assistant Secretary:
2 Dame Adelaide Anderson, 19 June
3 Gilbert Archey, Aukland Institute & Museum, 26 Aug.
57 M.C. Burkitt, 22 [no month] (holograph)
12 Prof. V.G. Childe, 1 Aug. (ibid.)
13 Dr Stella Churchill, 15 Oct.
14 E.M. Courthope, 3 Sep.
23 Exeter College, Oxford, 23 June
26 Gerald M. Fitzgerald, 4 Mar.
11, 32, 80-1, 90, 92 E.W. Gardner, 4 Mar., 17 Apr., 1 May, 17 June, 8 July, 14 Oct. (holographs)
29 G.A. Garfitt, 16 Feb.
33 G.W. Grabham, Khartoum to Miss E.W. Gardner, 21 Oct.
82 G.D. Hornblower, 17 Feb. (holograph)
40 Emslie J. Horniman, 14 Jan. (holograph)
50 Miss Winifred Lamb, 6 Oct.
60 Manchester Museum, 4 Feb.
63 Robert Mond, 13 June
66 Newnham College, Cambridge, 14 Oct.
72 Percy Sladen Memorial Fund, 27 Oct.
79 Juliet Reckitt, 17 Oct. (holograph)
89 Society of Antiquaries of London, 17 Oct.
93 Ivan S. Spain, 6 Oct.
99 Vereeniging tot Bevordering der Kennis van de Antieke Beschaving, The Hague, 14 June
100-1 Cecil White, 17 Feb., 1 Mar. (holograph)
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 1913 letters including a few subscription forms, 1-67
1-17 A-D
18-30 E-H
31-48 K-N
49-55 P-R
56-67 S-W
3 1932 letters including 1 covering letter from J.L. Myres, Chairman of the Committee, 1-12, A-R
3/ Later Correspondence
1/ Letters from Sir John Myres to G. Caton-Thompson
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.)
4/
1 Letter from G. Caton-Thompson, 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
See Kharga Oasis in prehistory by G. Caton-Thompson with a physiographic introduction by E.W. Gardner. University of London, The Athlone Press, 1952
5/ Petty cash receipts from members, 1927-32
