Fonds OS7 - Assyrian Excavation Fund

Zone d'identification

Cote

GB 891 OS7

Titre

Assyrian Excavation Fund

Date(s)

  • 16th Nov 1853 - 7th Jun 1854 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

3 items handwritten and printed

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

(1777-1869)

Notice biographique

Sir Henry Ellis was an English librarian and antiquarian. In 1798, Ellis was appointed as one of the two assistants in the Bodleian Library. He took the degree of B.C.L. in 1802. He was a Fellow of St John's till 1805. In 1800 he was appointed aread more

Nom du producteur

(1853 -)

Histoire administrative

The Assyrian Excavation Fund was established in 1853 to aid archaeological excavations to benefit British collections.

Histoire archivistique

The items were probably all received by the Royal Asiatic Society in the course of its business.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

The material forms part of the institutional records of the Society from its dealings with other organisations.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

  • Letter from Samuel Phillips, Honorary Secretary, Assyrian Excavation Fund, to Richard Clarke, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask whether the enclosed circular concerning the aims of the Assyrian Excavation Fund might be sent to all the members of
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Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d'accès

Open. Please contact the archivist using the email address given here. The archive is open on Tuesdays and Fridays 10-5, and Thursdays 2-5. Access is to any researcher without appointment but it will help if an appointment is made via phone or email.read more

Conditions de reproduction

Digital photography (without flash) for research purposes may be permitted upon completion of a copyright declaration form, and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Zone des sources complémentaires

Unités de description associées

We have a large archive of the Papers of Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson. A detailed list came be found at https://royalasiaticsociety.org/list-of-the-ras-collections-of-sir-henry-creswicke-rawlinson-bart-1810-1895/.

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Sujets

Mots-clés - Noms

Zone du contrôle de la description

Identifiant de la description

gb891-os7

Note de l'archiviste

The material was catalogued by Nancy Charley, RAS Archivist, in 2019.