Norman Mosely Penzer Papers

Preliminary arrangement and description by Special Collections staff

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

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Guide to the Norman Mosely Penzer Papers, ca. 1911-1946 [bulk dates 1930s]

Collection number: Bernath Mss 122

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Processed by:: Special Collections staff
Date Completed:: 2004
Latest revision:: Sept. 26, 2012
Encoded by:: A. Demeter

Descriptive Summary

Title: Norman Mosely Penzer Papers

Dates: ca. 1911-1946

Bulk Dates: 1930s

Collection number: Bernath Mss 122

Collection Size: 2 linear feet (2 cartons and 1 map cabinet folder).

Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Abstract: The collection contains mostly mounted photographs of architectural and archaeological sites in the Middle East and Europe, with extensive notes and accompanying maps, pamphlets, booklets, etc.

Physical location: Del Norte (boxes 1-2); Del Sur Map Cabinets (Map Cabinet 20-5).

Languages: English, French, German, Italian

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

[Item description], Norman Mosely Penzer Papers. Bernath Mss 122. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2004.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains mostly mounted photographs of architectural and archaeological sites in the Middle East and Europe, with extensive notes and accompanying maps, pamphlets, booklets, etc. Originally stored in boxes, the titles and arrangement of which have been preserved in this guide.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Topkapı Palace (Istanbul, Turkey).

Turkey – Pictorial works.

Jerusalem--Pictorial works.

Syria – Pictorial works.

Ba'labakk (Lebanon)--Antiquities--Pictorial works.

Egypt--Antiquities--Pictorial works.

Sudan--Pictorial works

Paestum (Extinct city)--Pictorial works.

Related Materials

At UCSB:

An annotated bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, K.C.M.G. Norman M. Penzer. Special Collections Z8136.2 .P4 1923.
Poison damsels : thieves, sacred prostitution and the romance of betel chewing. N.M. Penzer. Main Library GR305 .P36 2002.
The harēm : an account of the institution as it existed in the palace of the Turkish sultans with a history of the Grand Seraglio from its foundation to the present time. N. M. Penzer. Main Library DR736 .P4.
Nala & Damayanti. Norman M. Penzer. Illustrated with ten miniatures by P. Zenker. Special Coll., Printers Collection Z239.2.P42 P4.

At Columbia University (NY):

Norman Mosley Penzer Papers, 1919-1928 - Correspondence, notes, reviews, clippings and pamphlets about The Ocean of Story and Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara - an edited and annotated edition of C. H. Tawney's translation of ancient Indian folklore tales - and proofs of Penzer's annotations.

Box I: "Inventories, &c."

Box 1: 1

"Notes on the Cathedral Church of Portsmouth," booklet, with ALS to Penzer, 1942

Box 1: 1

Handwritten manuscript, "Lucian the 'Modern'," by Norman Benson

Box 1: 1

Handwritten play or dialogue, "Glycera and Thais"

Box 1: 1

"A Note on Theocritus," inscribed to Penzer from Edward Hutton, Sept. 1929

Box 1: 1

Envelope labeled "'Ocean of Story' extra copies of Panchatantra Table by Edgerton" containing 14 copies of "Genealogical Table of Panchatantra"

Box 1: 1

Lithographed portrait of Douglas Marshall by George Kruger, 1911

Box 1: 1

The Reliquary vol. V no. 1 and 2, Jan-Apr. 1891

Box 1: 1

Two black and white photographs of English fireside paraphernalia

Box 1: 1

Book Reviews reprint from The Art Bulletin vol. XXVI no. 4, Dec. 1844

Box II: "Palestine"

Box 1: 2

Envelope labeled "Flowers from Gethsemane"

Box 1: 2

Kodak wallet of 36 black and white snapshots by Penzer and 14 commercial black and white snapshots of Jerusalem and environs, some with captions in pencil

Box 1: 2

"The Threshold of the Judgment Gate on the Place of the Russian Excavations in Jerusalem," booklet, 1936

Box 1: 2

Jerusalem Guide Map, 1934

Box 1: 2

Palestine map

Box 1: 2

"Story of the Tabernacle and the Temples of Jerusalem," booklet

Box 1: 2

"A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem," 1935

Box 1: 2

Typed itineraries, n.d., Mar. 1937

Box III: "Turkey: Brusa, Guides, &c."

Map Cabinet 20-5

Four maps/plans of the Grand Seraglio

Box 1: 3

Key & details to Grand Seraglio maps

Box 1: 3

Photographic negative copy of "Relation della gran citta di Constantinople" (1611)

Box 1: 3

Le Palais de Topkapou (Vieux Serail), 1931

Box 1: 3

D. Adolf Diessman, Forschungen unde Funde im Serai, 1933

Box 1: 4

Two commercial black and white photos and 35 black and white snapshots by Penzer, most mounted on board

Box IV: "Syria"

Box 1: 5

"Syrie & Liban," map, May 1936

Box 1: 5

"La Grotte de Saint Pierre à Antioch," booklet, 1934

Box 1: 5

1: 5 Misc. handwritten notes

Box 1: 5

1: 5 "Aleppo: The Ancient and Populous Capital of Northern Syria, The Town of Perpetual Oriental Miracle," pamphlet

Box 1: 5

1: 5 "Syria and Lebanon: Holidays off the Beaten Track," booklet

Box 1: 5

1: 5-6 104 black and white photos mounted on board, some with extensive notes in pencil or ink on backs

Box V: "Istanbul. The Seraglio. Costumes and Mosques."

Box 1: 6-7

11 black and white snapshots by Penzer and 58 commercial photographs and postcards mounted on board

Box VI: "Istanbul: Seraglio"

Box 1: 8

Envelope labeled "Seraglio. Plans and notes on few photographs," containing five copies of the Seraglio map and notes on the photographs (30 are described) by Penzer

Map Cabinet 20-5

Map/plan of the Seraglio

Box 1: 8-9

46 black and white photos mounted on board and four loose black and white snapshots

Box VIII: "Thebes. Maps."

Map Cabinet 20-5

Map of El Qurna, with notation by Penzer and title "Key Map to Detailed Series" on reverse in ink, 1922

Map Cabinet 20-5

Map, Temple of Karnak (Survey of Egypt 1922)

Map Cabinet 20-5

8 other maps from same series, with alphanumeric titles

Box IX: "The Nile. Esna to Khartoum. Native Tribes. Cairo."

Box 1: 10

101 black and white photos plus two black and white postcards mounted on board; some with notes in pencil or ink; includes portraits of natives

Map Cabinet 20-5

"In an English Garden," Illustrated London News, Apr. 23, 1960

Box X: "Egypt. Thebes: Due El-Bahari. Aswan (Assovan), Khartoum & Omdurman."

Box 2: 1-2

68 black and white photographs mounted on board with extensive notes or captions in ink on backs

Box XII: "Egyptian Tombs and Temples. Saqqara, Luxor, Karnak, &c."

Box 2: 3

Clipping re tomb at Sakkara, The Times, 1946

Box 2: 3-4

24 black and white commercial photographs mounted on board with extensive notes and some diagrams in ink

Box XIII: "The Nile. Saqqara to Luxor & Thebes."

Box 2: 5-6

111 black and white photographs mounted on board and one loose photo; some with notes in ink on backs

Box XIV: "Greece & Greek Temples"

Box 2: 7

TLS to Miss N. M. Penzer on Architectural Association letterhead re information about Paestum, Jan. 22, 1934

Box 2: 7

TLS to Penzer on Royal Society of Arts letterhead re the Society's library, Jan. 23, 1934

Box 2: 7

Misc. handwritten notes, some with title "The Temples at Paestum," and bibliographic references

Box 2: 7

11 black and white commercial photographs, some tinted, and 32 black and white photographs by Penzer, mounted on board, some with notes in pencil

Box XV: "Palmyra"

Box 2: 8-9

39 black and white photographs mounted on board, one with notes in pencil on back

Box 2: 9

Article on recent discoveries made at Palmyra, Country Life, June 21, 1941

Box XVI: "Crac de Chevalier. Baalbek."

Box 2: 10-11

45 black and white photographs by Penzer, one postcard and eight commercial photos mounted on board, some with notes in ink on backs