Excavation in Niffer [Nippur] notebook
Scope and Contents
This journal and sketchbook covers the dates May 28 to July 19, 1894. The journal relates daily life at the excavation site in Nippur, Iraq, including work done and materials found, and includes numerous sketches of scenery, architecture, and materials found.
Dates
- Creation: 1894
Creator
- Meyer, Joseph A., 1856–1894 (Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
Joseph A. Meyer (1856–1894) was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology architecture graduate who accompanied John Henry Haynes on the Nippur expedition in order to make archaeological sketches. Haynes and Meyer met in Baghdad in the summer of 1894, at the end of Meyer's MIT sponsored tour to practice his architectural drawing. Meyer died of dysentery less than six months into the excavation.
Extent
.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language
English
Overview
Journal and sketchbook of Joseph Meyer during an excavation at Nippur, in Iraq. The journal covers May to July, 1894.
Arrangement
Single bound volume, organized chronologically.
Acquisition
The Excavation in Niffer [Nippur] notebook was donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1980 by Sidney Hunt.
Processing Information
Processed by Sandra Glascock; completed July, 2013.
- Title
- Excavation in Niffer [Nippur] notebook, 1894
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sandra Glascock
- Date
- July, 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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