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Scope and Contents Letters from Gutmann as he travels by southern Europe (Gibraltar, Italy) on his way to Egypt; many illustrations of the scenes on the ship and the land that they pass; drawing of a costume ball that happened aboard the ship; details of his visit to the museum and churches in Naples, Italy; describes a visit to Pompeii (not Gutmann’s first visit); drawings/paintings of his travels through the Amalfi coast and past Sardinia and Sicily; describes arriving in Alexandria with accompanying...

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Letters from Gutmann that describe arriving in Cairo; an account of a small hand-mill that Gutmann saw a woman using to grind corn; descriptions of people working in the canals of the Nile and the irrigation tools he saw being used; descriptions of mosques outside of Cairo as well as “whirling dervishes”, accompanied by illustrations; an account of visiting the pyramids and the Sphinx, with an explanation for why Gutmann did not feel qualified to try to sketch what he saw.

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Letters from Gutmann in which he describes visiting the Blue Mosque and includes an illustration; one letter contains a small sketch of the Sphinx in front of the Great Pyramid; descriptions of visiting the bazaars in Cairo; sketches of the streets of Cairo; explanation of a superstitious trend of leaving homes partially unfinished that he has encountered; watercolor of a wedding procession; almost all letters on stationary from the Semiramis Hotel in Cairo.

Scope and Contents Letters from Gutmann describing daily life in Cairo along with sketches and watercolors; description of an ornate funeral procession for a sheik; description of a visit to the 15th century Arab home of a bookbinder; one letter from January 17th written in script rather than printed; letter stating that it is their first day aboard the Fostat and that Gutmann has met Professor Capard/Kapard, who teaches him a bit about hieroglyphs; elaborate watercolors of a trip to el Wasta and the pyramids...

Scope and Contents Entire folder of letters from Gutmann on S.S. Fostat stationary; description and watercolor of shaduf, a type of man-powered irrigation system; descriptions of his travels up the Nile; mentions meeting the archaeologist Dr. Hoelscher from the University of Chicago; watercolor of the Gate of Tiberius; more descriptions of irrigation systems; sketches of camels and of a weaver working a loom; description of visiting a prince, the cousin of King Faud [sic], and details about his hobbies of...

Scope and Contents Watercolor of the Temple Deir El Bahari; description of marketplace scenes; description of a functioning potter’s wheel; details about an elaborate dinner at the home of an army officer and German consul, a friend of Mr. Capart’s; account of a dream, annotated with watercolors; painting of the entrance to the temple in Thebes; arrival at Assuan; sketch of the Temple of Kom Ombo; arrival in village of Bichareen; description of a visit to an 8th or 9th century Coptic (Kopt) church in the...