Introduction

The library holds a number of archive collections, comprising records of institutions and papers of individuals connected with Egypt, the Middle East and Asia. The collections date mainly from from the 19th and 20th centuries and are particularly strong in the areas of Pali studies and Egyptology.

Archives are only available to researchers by prior appointment in the reading room of the library during normal opening hours. Please note that we are unable to provide copies of any of the archive material. Enquiries about access should be addressed to the Librarian.

Catalogues and indexes to the collections may be consulted here:

Individuals

• Charles Robert Cecil Augustine Allberry (1911-43), Egyptologist

• John Brough (1917-84), Professor of Sanskrit

• Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1888-1985), Archaeologist

• Stanley Arthur Cook (1873 - 1949), Professor of Hebrew

• Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville (1900-56), Egyptologist

• Frederick William Green (1869-1949), Egyptologist

• Isaline Blew Horner (1896-1981), Pali scholar

• Laurence Lockhart (1890-1975), Persian scholar

• Percy Edward Newberry (1868-1949), Egyptologist

• Rhys Davids family, Pali scholars

• Henry Martyn Stumbles (?1873-1915), Missionary

• Bertram Sidney Thomas (1892-1950), Explorer

• Henry Francis Herbert Thompson (1859-1944), Egyptologist

• John Robert Towers (d. ?1979), Egyptologist

• William Peter Max Walters (d. 1962), Biblical scholar

• Edward Towry White (1847-1932), Egyptologist

• Thomas Young (1773-1829), Egyptologist

Institutions

• Pali Text Society