Lindsley Foote Hall papers, 1840-1969

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Hall, Lindsley F.
Title
Lindsley Foote Hall papers
Dates
1840-1969 (inclusive)
Quantity
2.6 cubic feet, (3 card file boxes (12x8x5); 2 legal document cases; 1 letter document case; 1 slim letter document case; 1 flat box (12x15x3))
Collection Number
Mss 1653
Summary
Materials relating to the life and career of Egyptologist Lindsley Foote Hall.
Repository
Oregon Historical Society Research Library
1200 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
97205
Telephone: 503-306-5240
Fax: 503-219-2040
libreference@ohs.org
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Lindsley Foote Hall (1883-1969) was an archaeologist and Egyptologist from Portland, Oregon, who worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, New York, and was part of the expedition that discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt in 1922-1923.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection includes diaries, 31 volumes, 1901-1969; transcripts of diary entries, 1903, 1910, 1913-1915, 1919-1921; correspondence, 1840-1969, including letters from Ethel G. Collier; account books and notebook, 1905-1968; stamp collection; scrapbook, 1947-1953; ephemera.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Lindsley Foote Hall papers, Mss 1653, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Restrictions on Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Majority of transcripts and eulogy were found among Thomas Vaughan's papers in 2017.

Related Materials

Lindsley Foote Hall photographs, Org. Lot 83, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Archaeologists
  • Egyptologists

Personal Names

  • Collier, Ethel G.
  • Hall, Elizabeth C.
  • Hall, Lindsley F.

Form or Genre Terms

  • account books
  • correspondence
  • diaries
  • scrapbooks
  • transcripts