Jon Manchip White papers.

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Jon Manchip White papers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36972979

Consists of handwritten and carbon copy typescripts of White's preface to "Life in Ancient Egypt" by Adolf Erman, his introduction to a new edition of Edward Lane's "Modern Egyptians," and a new introduction to "The Tomb of Tutankhamen" by Howard Carter. Also includes biographical information, newspaper clippings, and notes.

4 folders (.5 linear in.)

University of Texas at El Paso

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University of Texas at El Paso

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White, Jon Manchip, 1924-2013

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Jon Manchip White is a distinguished Welsh-American writer who has published over 30 books of fiction and non-fiction. White was born in 1924. He matriculated at Cambridge; after military service, he returned and completed a degree in prehistoric archaeology and anthropology in 1950. White worked for the BBC Television Service, the British Foreign Service, turning to full-time writing in 1956. In 1967, he became writer-in-residence at the University of Texas at El Paso, leaving in 1977 to head t...