Box 2

Folder 1. Abbott Biography: Misc. Notes, Early Drafts 1of 2 Early drafts and misc. notes on Abbott biography.

Folder 2. Abbott Biography: Misc. Notes, Early Drafts 2 of 2 Early drafts and misc. notes on Abbott biography. Includes edits from Pat Abbott.

Folder 3. Abbott Biography: Appendix Appendix draft and misc. notes.

Folder 4. Abbott Biography: Sources Handwritten notes on sources used.

Folder 5. Abbott Family, 1956-1984 Correspondence between Abbott family as well as with Riefstahl and John D. Cooney. Includes a photocopy of the Abbott family crest and a photograph of Dr. Abbott’s descendants. Includes correspondence of gift from Charlotte Abbott to the Brooklyn Museum: a pair of memorial bracelets woven with the hair of Dr. Henry Abbott, Accession Number 56.33.1-.2

Folder 6. Miscellaneous, 1972-1976 Includes handwritten drafts and typed letters.

Folder 7. Brugsch, 1973 Correspondence with Heinrich Karl Brugsch, from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Includes incoming and outgoing, typed and handwritten correspondence from the Browns family, a branch of the Abbott family. Includes mention of the watercolor portrait of Dr. Abbott and includes a photograph of the portrait and original negative.

Folder 9. Uphill, 1973-1974 Correspondence with Eric Uphill, Egyptologist and co-editor of the international "Who Was Who in Egyptology." Includes draft and edits of Riefstahl’s entry for "Who Was Who in Egyptology."

Folder 10. Cumming, May-Dec 1974 Correspondence with Sir Duncan Cumming, who was writing a biography of Mansfield Parkyns, who knew Dr. Abbott in Cairo.

Folder 11. Dyke, 1974 Correspondence with Philip Dyke, archives department at Westminster City Library, London.

Folder 12. Dyke, 1975-1976 Correspondence with Philip Dyke, archives department at Westminster City Library, London. Includes photocopies of part of the American Oriental Society’s 1890 proceedings on the Abbott Collection.