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Nathaniel Julius Reich collection

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Call Number:
ARC MS 20
Repository:
University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Extent:
9.5 linear feet (18 boxes)
Language Note:
Although the majority of the items in the collection are in English or German, languages such as Arabic, Coptic, Demotic and other Egyptian hieroglyphics, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, and Latin appear in this collection.
Preferred Citation:
Nathaniel Julius Reich collection, 1888-1942, Arc Ms 20, Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Date:
1888-1942 (inclusive) and 1920-1942 (bulk)
Abstract:
Dr. Nathaniel Reich (1876-1943) was a polyglot of over 50 languages, a curator of the Egyptian section of the Penn Museum, and a professor in Egyptology at Dropsie College. The Nathaniel Julius Reich collection largely consists of Reich's personal correspondence, along with his professional notebooks, writings and articles, dating from 1888 to 1942.

Early Life and Education

Dr. Nathaniel Julius Reich was born in Sarvar, Austria-Hungary, on April 29, 1876. He was the son of Rabbi Wilhelm Reich and his first wife. His father was oberrabbiner (chief rabbi) of Baden bei Wien (Baden-near-Vienna, also known as Baden), Austria for fifty years, until his death in 1929. For more biographical information about his father, see the finding aid for the Wilhelm Reich Collection.

Reich's father gave him "a complete Rabbinical training in Bible, Talmud, and other Rabbinical literature," and taught him "from childhood, Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic and Syriac." He also studied piano, violin and cello, as well as drawing, sketching and painting. Reich's formal education included the Volksshule and Gymnasium of Baden. He also studied architecture and higher mathematics at the Technische Hochshule (Institute of Technology) in Vienna for one year (1).

Higher Education

Nathaniel Julius Reich received his Ph.D. degree in 1904 from the Lehranstalt fur Orientalische Sprachen in Vienna, where he studied "Semitics, Paleography, Papyrology, Oriental History and Egyptology, with a minor in Philosophy" (1). His dissertation was titled: "Prolegomena zu einer vergleichenden und praehistorischen Grammatik mit besonderer Berucksichtigung des Aegyptischen und seiner Dialekte" (Prolegomena to a comparative and prehistoric Grammar with special attention to the Egyptian language and its Dialects.) He also obtained post-graduate training at the Universities of Vienna, Berlin, Munich, Strasbourg and Oxford, where he studied librarianship, museology, chemistry and preservation techniques (1).

Choice of Career

In Reich's curriculum vitae, he explains his decision to pursue an academic career: "I had resolved to make my life work a collection of data wherever found in Oriental records (manuscripts, potsherds, inscriptions, etc.) concerning the Jews.... to write a complete history of the Jews in the Ancient Orient, North Africa, Greece and Rome. The work when completed should form a 'living commentary' on the Bible and Talmud" (1).

The focus of Reich's career became Egyptology, but he was also known as a linguist. He learned 50 languages (2) including Greek, Latin, "Persian, Turkish.... Sumerian, Assyrian, Hittite cuneiform, Phoenician, Meroitic and.... South Arabian dialects" (1), in addition to the Mahri, Sokotri, Skhauri, and Sabaic dialects. He also learned the Hamitic languages of North Africa, including Libyan, Berber, Shilhish, and Taureg, as well as Somali, Nubian, and Ethiopian (2).

Dr. Reich spoke several modern languages as well, including German, English, French, Italian and Spanish. Among others, he studied the Indian language, Tamil, and some Indigenous languages of the North and Central Americas.

Reich specialized in Egyptian language forms (hieroglyphs), particularly the Hieratic, abnormal Hieratic, Coptic and Demotic. His interest in Demotic was linked to this statement that "the Demotic material is very important.... because it is of the period when the Jews had the greatest political power and developed the Jewish Alexandrian culture" (2). In a news article about his work with Demotic papyri, he is quoted saying: "Think now, how well rewarded I am by my persistence.... at the end of every hard task lies romance.... and the satisfaction of knowing that you have mastered an age old mystery" (3).

Early Career

Reich's early work included cataloging and editing publications of the collections of ancient inscriptions held by various museums and libraries. These institutions included the Innsbruck Landesmueum, the Munich Library, the British Museum, the National Library of Vienna, and the Museo di Antichita of Turin. In addition, he held docent positions at the University of Prague and the University of Vienna.

Immigration

In the years following World War I, Dr. Reich searched for an academic position in both Europe and the United States. Reich came to the United States in January 1922 when he was appointed Assistant Curator of the Egyptian Section at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. He was also appointed by the New York Historical Society to publish their collection of Demotic papyri (1), and served for a brief time as librarian of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (4). He applied for United States citizenship in 1927, and obtained a U.S. passport by the summer of 1929.

Dropsie College

In 1924, the philanthropist Julius Rosenwald provided funding to create a position in Egyptology specifically for Dr. Reich at the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning in Philadelphia (5). Dr. Reich held this position (with various alterations in title) from 1925 until his death in 1943, after which the position was never filled again.

Dr. Reich supplemented his income through projects for various institutions holding collections of Egyptian inscriptions, both in the U. S. and abroad. His notes suggest that one such project was the examination and inventory of the Pierpont Morgan Library collection. In 1926 he lectured on Egyptology and historical law at Johns Hopkins University.

Literary Works

Throughout his career, Dr. Reich was an author of multiple books and scholarly articles. Many of his works are held by the Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1933 he established the short-lived periodical, Mizraim, which he edited and to which he was a frequent contributor. The publication ran to nine volumes, the last of which was issued in 1938. Feature articles included translations of various papyri and ostraca, often by leading scholars throughout the world.

Memberships

Dr. Reich belonged to a number of professional organizations, including the American Oriental Society, Archaeological Institute of America, Egypt Exploration Society of Great Britain, Linguistic Society of America, Society of Biblical Literature, and the Society of Oriental Research. His social memberships included the Arts Society, the Classical Club and Oriental Club of Philadelphia, and the Jewish Historical Society of America. He was affiliated with Congregation Mikveh Israel and the Joshua Lodge in Philadelphia, as well as local chapters of B'nai Brith.

Later Life

Nathaniel Reich died at the age of 67 on October 5, 1943. He is buried in the Beth El Emet cemetery in Philadelphia, where, in 1945, his tombstone was erected by Dropsie College.

The Nathaniel Julius Reich collection consists of correspondence, notebooks, literary productions, news clippings, facsimiles, photographs and issues of Mizraim, relating to Reich's career as an Egyptologist, dating from 1888 to 1942. The majority of this collection comprises of personal and professional correspondence, as well as drafted and published articles by Reich and his colleagues. The collection contains a complete set of Reich's periodical Mizraim.

The collection reveals relatively little of Dr. Reich's work as professor of Egyptology at Dropsie College. However, there are numerous items of correspondence with his students and former students. Photocopies of letters written by Dr. Reich to Cyrus Adler, President of the College, have been inserted into this collection, to fill important gaps. Additional items have been copied from the files of Abraham Neuman, Dr. Adler successor as President of the College. The researcher is referred to both the Cyrus Adler Papers and Abraham A. Neuman Papers, in the Library of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, for a more complete picture of Dr. Reich's career at the college.

The Nathaniel Julius Reich collection consists of eight series: I. Correspondence, II. Notebooks, III. Notes and transcriptions, IV. Literary productions, V. Mizraim, VI. News clippings, VII. Facsimiles, and VIII. Photographs.

1. Curriculum vitae of Nathaniel Reich (circa 1923). Nathaniel Reich Collection, CJS ARC MS 20, Box 7, FF 26, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

2. "Able to Understand Everybody's Talk," The Philadelphia Record, 1924 May 18, page 10.

3. "Age Old Records Deciphered Here," The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 1924 March 27.

4. Obituary printed in The New York Times, 1943 October 6.

5. Minutes of the Board of Governors, Dropsie College Archives, Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

6. Reich, Nathaniel J. "Editorial Foreward." Mizraim, Volume I, 1933, page 2.

Boxes 17-18 are a gift of Eleanor Allen, 2022

This collection has been processed twice, and may require a third "round" before it can be considered completely accessible. The collection was first organized in 1988-1989 by Jonathan Weiser, Library Assistant. He first segregated the material into two distinct collections: the papers of Dr. Nathaniel Reich and those of his father, Rabbi Wilhelm Reich. Mr. Weiser then combined all of Dr. Reich's correspondence and ephemera, and arranged these in chronological order. It is not known whether this reflects the order in which the material was received after Dr. Reich's death in 1943.

The collection was processed again in 1992-93 by Judith Robins, Archivist, who elected to retain Mr. Weiser's chronological arrangement of the correspondence, but reorganized the other materials. She would like to acknowledge her debt to her predecessor for his extensive and useful work.

It is possible that many related items, such as pages of a single letter, were separated during some stage of the physical processing. An additional hindrance, during the second phase at least, has been the processor's lamentable ignorance of German, Hebrew, and any number of other languages, including ancient Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphics. Of them all, the processor's lack of German has imposed the greatest limitations on the accessibility of this collection's contents.

A third phase of processing, conducted by persons fluent in German and the other relevant languages, may well yield far more valuable results than have been achieved to date. Until such time as this may be done, the researcher will be obliged to search carefully for integral materials in these languages. This is particularly true of the Notes and Transcriptions, Mizraim, and Facsimiles Series, which contain many reproductions of ancient documents and inscriptions.

A first step towards this end was accomplished in 1995 when Dr. Robert A. Kraft of the University of Pennsylvania made extensive use of the collection. His research yielded much additional information, particularly in regard to Dr. Reich's Literary Productions, Notes and Transcriptions, as well as the Facsimile series. Much of this information has been incorporated into the revised finding aid.

The processor wishes to thank Arthur Kiron, Schottenstein-Jesselson Curator of Judaica Collections, for translating various materials in German and Yiddish. Thanks are also due to the Archives of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, and to Temple University's Urban Archives, for supplying numerous biographical source materials.

The researcher should note that important correspondence to and from Dr. Reich can be found in the Dropsie College Archives, specifically in the records of past Presidents Cyrus Adler and Abraham Neuman. The file in President Neuman's records also contains information about the settlement of Dr. Reich's estate, as well as letters of condolence from many of his friends and colleagues. Relevant correspondence might also exist in the personal papers of Dr. Reich's father, the Wilhelm Reich Collection (CJS ARC MS 19).

Those who have an interest in the reproductions of ancient manuscripts and inscriptions in this Collection should also consult the Katz Center's Facsimile Manuscript Collection, where related materials might be found.

At the University of Pennsylvania's Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies: Wilhelm Reich Collection, 1870-1929, ARC MS 19, https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/UPENN_CAJS_CJS.ARCMS19

Published works by Dr. Reich and his contemporaries have been removed from his papers and placed as appropriate in the Library's other collections. Many pamphlets and offprints of his own works can be found in the Katz Center's Ephemera Collection.

Two sets of unidentified glass-plate negatives have been removed from the Facsimile Series and placed in the Katz Center's Photographic Collection.

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania: Archives at the Library of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
Finding Aid Author
Judith Robins, finding aid updated and revised by Hope Jones in 2025
Finding Aid Date
1993
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

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Copyright restrictions may exist. For most library holdings, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania do not hold copyright. It is the responsibility of the requester to seek permission from the holder of the copyright to reproduce material from the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.

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Scope and Contents

The series "Correspondence" primarily consists of letters received by Dr. Reich from his family, friends, colleagues and associates, dating from 1888 to 1943. Correspondence is arranged in chronological order, by month and year only, rather than by exact date. The series contains drafts and carbon copies of letters written by Dr. Reich. Additional materials in this series include occasional ephemeral items such as invoices, receipts, programs of events, and academic certificates.

The collection contains many examples of both drafts and carbon copies of the letters written, or dictated, by Dr. Reich. It is apparent, however, that he did not create or keep such copies systematically.

There is ephemeral material in this series. These items include European academic certificates, the newsletter of an ocean liner, programs of professional conferences, immigration documents, and financial records. Of the latter, the most numerous are invoices and receipts for books which Dr. Reich ordered from European book dealers.

Undated materials in this series are arranged in ten categories: Cyrus Adler; Citizenship papers; Colleagues (frequent correspondents); Professional (other materials relating to his professional memberships and activities); Miscellaneous; Reich family (letters and biographical statements); drafts of letters by Nathaniel Reich; Rosenwald family correspondence; Solis-Cohen family correspondence; Social (primarily materials relating to his social activities and memberships); and Unidentified materials in German and other languages.

While the bulk of the correspondence is in English, much of the family correspondence is in German. Other languages found in this series are French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, and perhaps Yiddish.

Family Correspondence

Virtually all of the family letters written to Dr. Reich are in manuscript form, while all the copies of his own letters to his family are typed. There are comparatively few copies of the latter. In the correspondence with family, Nathaniel Reich is referred to as "Nasi," "Nazi" and "Natzl." All of the letters from his father are so addressed, as are many from his sister-in-law, Lolly. All other members of the family addressed Reich in their letters as "lieber (Dear) Nathaniel."

There are several letters from his father, Wilhelm. Problems of language and legibility have caused these to be placed in the file of "undated" family correspondence. Some letters from Dr. Reich to his father can be found in the Wilhelm Reich Collection, at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies.

Much of the family correspondence is between Dr. Reich and his brother Albert and sister-in-law Lolly in Vienna. All of those written by Albert are in German, but many of those written by Lolly are in English. Reich corresponded frequently with his sister Emma Rosenzweig and her children, who lived in Budapest. Some of the letters from his niece and nephew were written in English.

Dr. Reich was instrumental in assisting members of his family to immigrate to the United States, including his cousins Otto Berdach and Rabbi Isidore Reich. This series also includes letters from various cousins in the Sommer and Wolf families.

Personal Correspondence

This series includes papers relating to Dr. Reich's application for United States citizenship in the mid-1920s, and his U. S. passport, dated 1929. Social correspondence includes invitations and letters exchanged with his close friends in the Rosenwald and Solis-Cohen families.

Professional Correspondence

There were many professional peers with whom he wrote to over the years. These friends included linguists, Egyptologists, and museum curators. Among his more frequent correspondents were: H. I. Bell, Freiherr Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing, Romain F. Butin, Sir Frederic Llewelyn Griffith, Henri Hyvernat, Sir Frederic George Kenyon, James Meek, T. C. Skeat, and Sir Herbert Thompson. Dr. Reich also received occasional letters from William F. Albright, James H. Breasted, H. Breitner, Glanville Downey, Stuart A. Epler, S. R. K. Glanville, Eduard Mahler, James A. Montgomery, and Alan W. Shorter.

Much of this correspondence relates to these individual's contributions to the journal, Mizraim, which Dr. Reich edited. A large proportion of the letters exchanged with his colleagues are brief notes of congratulation, thanks, and the like. Those from his most frequent correspondents tend to be more personal in their content.

Dr. Reich often sent gratis copies of his publications to his peers. Many of the pamphlets and offprints autographed by his correspondents can be found in the Katz Center's Library. Only a relatively small proportion of this correspondence relates to Dr. Reich's activities as a member of various professional organizations.

Dropsie College

A significant portion of the professional correspondence concerns Dr. Reich's career as a faculty member at Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. Much of this material consists of letters both to and from Dr. Cyrus Adler, President of the College. This series includes Reich's correspondence with Dr. Abraham Neuman, who succeeded Adler as President of the College.

Dr. Reich corresponded with his students at Dropsie College. These students included Arthur Dembitz, Zellig Harris, and Dr. Michael M. Zarchin. Among them, he most frequently met and corresponded with Drs. Henry Gehman and Baruch Weitzel.

World War II Correspondence

During the mid-to-late 1930's Dr. Reich received numerous letters from strangers in Austria and Germany. Most of the letters are in English. All of them consist of requests for his assistance in their attempts to immigrate to the United States. Some of the correspondents represented themselves as relatives, or possible relatives. Many referred to the restrictions against immigration imposed by both the United States and Germany, among them the "Hungarian Quota." Others referred to the fact that German Jews were at that time legally prohibited from being employed. Often, these letters describe the kind of work the correspondents were able or willing to do, and request that Dr. Reich send "the affidavit" that would enable them to emigrate.

Dr. Reich helped members of his own family immigrate to America. Most of these letters are in German. Of special note is the frequent correspondence from his brother Albert and sister-in-law Lolly. Those written by Lolly repeatedly ask for his help. There is one page of an undated letter by Dr. Reich in which he outlines his frantic efforts to help Albert and other members of the family. There are also several biographical sketches of Albert, which are similar to those supplied by Dr. Reich for Carl and Isidore, and by others for Dr. Reich himself at the time of his own immigration to the United States.

There are no such letters, and no correspondence at all with his family in Europe, dated later than 1939. Dr. Reich himself died in 1943, before the end of the war.

1900-1903.
Box 1 Folder 1
1904.
Box 1 Folder 2
1906 (See also Box 7, FF 3).
Box 1 Folder 3
1907 (See also Box 7, FF 4).
Box 1 Folder 4
1908 (See also Box 7, FF 5).
Box 1 Folder 5
1909 (See also Box 7, FF 6).
Box 1 Folder 6
1910 (See also Box 7, FF 6).
Box 1 Folder 7
1911 (See also Box 7, FF 7).
Box 1 Folder 8
1912 (See also Box 7, FF 8).
Box 1 Folder 9
1913 (See also Box 7, FF 9).
Box 1 Folder 10
1914 (See also Box 7, FF 10).
Box 1 Folder 11
1915 (See also Box 7, FF 11).
Box 1 Folder 12
1916.
Box 1 Folder 13
1917 (See also Box 7, FF 12).
Box 1 Folder 14
1918 (See also Box 7, FF 12).
Box 1 Folder 15
1919 (See also Box 7, FF 12).
Box 1 Folder 16
1920 (See also Box 7, FF 13).
Box 2 Folder 1
1921 (See also Box 7, FF 13).
Box 2 Folder 2
1922.
Box 2 Folder 3
1923 (See also Box 7, FF 13).
Box 2 Folder 4
1924 January-May.
Box 2 Folder 5
1924 June-December.
Box 2 Folder 6
1925 January-June.
Box 2 Folder 7
1925 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 14).
Box 2 Folder 8
1926 January-April.
Box 2 Folder 9
1926 Tax Return.
Box 2 Folder 10
1926 May-July.
Box 2 Folder 11
1926 August.
Box 2 Folder 12
1926 September-December (See also Box 7, FF 14).
Box 3 Folder 1
1927 January-April.
Box 3 Folder 2
1927 May-August.
Box 3 Folder 3
1927 September-October.
Box 3 Folder 4
1927 November.
Box 3 Folder 5
1927 December (See also Box 7, FF 15).
Box 3 Folder 6
1928 January-March.
Box 3 Folder 7
1928 April-May.
Box 3 Folder 8
1928 June-December.
Box 3 Folder 9
1929 January-June.
Box 4 Folder 1
1929 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 16).
Box 4 Folder 2
1930 January- June.
Box 4 Folder 3
1930 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 17).
Box 4 Folder 4
1931 January-June.
Box 4 Folder 5
1931 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 18).
Box 4 Folder 6
1932 January- June.
Box 4 Folder 7
1932 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 19) .
Box 4 Folder 8
1933 January-June.
Box 4 Folder 9
1933 July-December (See also Box 7, FF 20) .
Box 4 Folder 10
1934 January-March.
Box 5 Folder 1
1934 April-June.
Box 5 Folder 2
1934 July-August.
Box 5 Folder 3
1934 September-October.
Box 5 Folder 4
1934 November-December (See also Box 7, FF 20).
Box 5 Folder 5
1935 January-March.
Box 5 Folder 6
1935 April-December.
Box 5 Folder 7
1936 January-July.
Box 5 Folder 8
1936 August-December.
Box 5 Folder 9
1937 January-May.
Box 5 Folder 10
1937 May-December (See also Box 7, FF 20).
Box 5 Folder 11
1938 January-March.
Box 5 Folder 12
1938 April-June.
Box 6 Folder 1
1938 July-August.
Box 6 Folder 2
1938 September-December (See also Box 7, FF 21).
Box 6 Folder 3
1939 January-May.
Box 6 Folder 4
1939 June-December (See also Box 7, FF 22).
Box 6 Folder 5
1940 (see also Box 7, FF 23).
Box 6 Folder 6
1941.
Box 6 Folder 7
1942 and 1943 draft (See also Box 7, FF 23).
Box 6 Folder 8
Correspondence with Cyrus Adler, undated.
Box 6 Folder 9
Correspondence concerning Nathaniel Reich's application for U.S. citizenship and/or job inquires, circa 1924.
Box 6 Folder 10
Correspondence with colleagues, circa 1927.
Box 6 Folder 11
Correspondence relating to a book by Skoss , undated.
Box 6 Folder 12
Professional correspondence, undated.
Box 6 Folder 13
Correspondence with the Rosenwald family, undated.
Box 6 Folder 14
Social correspondence, circa 1930s.
Box 6 Folder 15
Correspondence with the Solis-Cohen family, undated.
Box 6 Folder 16
Drafts of letters by Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 6 Folder 17
Academic certificates, 1889-1899.
Box 7 Folder 1
Academic certificates from the Gymnasial- Zeugnis, 1888-1907.
Box 7 Folder 2
1906 (See also Box 1, FF 3).
Box 7 Folder 3
1907 (See also Box 1, FF 4).
Box 7 Folder 4
1908 (See also Box 1, FF 5).
Box 7 Folder 5
1909-1910 (See also Box 1, FF 6-7).
Box 7 Folder 6
1911 (See also Box 1, FF 8).
Box 7 Folder 7
1912 (See also Box 1, FF 9).
Box 7 Folder 8
1913 (See also Box 1, FF 10).
Box 7 Folder 9
1914 (See also Box 1, FF 11).
Box 7 Folder 10
1915 (See also Box 1, FF 12).
Box 7 Folder 11
1917-1919 (See also Box 1, FF 14-16).
Box 7 Folder 12
1920, 1921, 1923 (includes biographical information, See also Box 2, FF 1-4).
Box 7 Folder 13
1925-1926 (See also Box 2, FF 7-12 and Box 3, FF 1).
Box 7 Folder 14
1927 (See also Box 13, FF 2-6).
Box 7 Folder 15
1929 (See also Box 4, FF 1-2).
Box 7 Folder 16
1930 (See also Box 4, FF 3-4).
Box 7 Folder 17
1931 (See also Box 4, FF 5-6).
Box 7 Folder 18
1932 (See also Box 4, FF 7-8).
Box 7 Folder 19
1933, 1934, 1937 (See also Box 4, FF 9-10 and Box 5, FF 1-5 and 10-11).
Box 7 Folder 20
1938 (See also Box 5, FF 12 and Box 6, FF 1-3).
Box 7 Folder 21
1939 (See also Box 6, FF 4-5).
Box 7 Folder 22
1940, 1942 (See also Box 6, FF 6-8).
Box 7 Folder 23
Letters in German, undated.
Box 7 Folder 24
Family letters, undated.
Box 7 Folder 25
Nathaniel Reich's Curriculum Vitae, undated.
Box 7 Folder 26
Albert Reich's Vitae, undated.
Box 7 Folder 27
Undated letters, undated.
Box 8 Folder 1
Picture postcards, undated.
Box 8 Folder 2
Postcards, undated.
Box 8 Folder 3
Nathaniel Reich's U.S. passport, 1929.
Box 8 Folder 4

Scope and Contents

The series "Notebooks" consists of academic notebooks, dating from 1888 to 1920, Dr. Reich's years of undergraduate and graduate study. Most of them are written in German. A few appear to record his work with the collections at various museums.

Egyptology bluebooks (9 items), undated.
Box 8 Folder 5-8
Hieroglyphics bluebooks (7 items), undated.
Box 8 Folder 9-11
Arabic bluebooks (4 items), undated.
Box 8 Folder 12
Monuments bluebooks (2 items), undated.
Box 8 Folder 13
Miscellaneous bluebooks (5 items), undated.
Box 8 Folder 14-15
Tanis notebook, undated.
Box 9 Folder 1
Demotic notebook, undated.
Box 9 Folder 2
Two notebooks, in multiple-languages, including 1888 lecture notes and an acrostic poem, 1888.
Box 9 Folder 3
Ostraca notebook, Including tracings and photographs (See also Box 12, FF 19 and Box 16, FF 3-5), 1913 September 9.
Box 9 Folder 4
Ostraca notebook with tracings. (See also Box 12, FF 19 and Box 16, FF 3-5), undated.
Box 9 Folder 5
Notebook on the Berlin Museum's "Papyrus Westkar", undated.
Box 9 Folder 6
Notebook on Leo Reinisch, possibly connected to Reich's dissertation, 1920.

Scope and Contents

The series "Notes and transcriptions" consists of files relating to specific papyri, ostraca, or other objects held by various institutions, including the British Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Louvre, and the New York Historical Society, dating around the 1930s. Often, these were museums for which Dr. Reich worked, such as cataloging a collection. Usually, the collection contains photographic or other facsimiles of these and related items in the Facsimiles series.

Items written in German probably pre-date his immigration to the United States. Unfortunately, there is little information to identify the many Demotic and other inscriptions he transcribed. Some of these materials may belong more properly in the Literary Productions series.

Elkan Adler papyrus # 31. Reich published this item in 1936 (two items), undated.
Box 9 Folder 7
British Museum papyrus # 10072. Reich published this item in 1931. Contains letter from T.C. Peterson, editor of the journal Sphinx. (See also Box 12, FF 14-15 and Box 15, FF 3-4), undated.
Box 9 Folder 8
British Museum papyrus # 10117. Reich published this item in 1914. (See also Box 12, FF 14-15 and Box 15, FF 3-4), undated.
Box 9 Folder 9
British Museum papyrus # 10120 A and B. Reich published this item in 1914. (See also Box 12, FF 14-15 and Box 15, FF 3-4), undated.
Box 9 Folder 10
Notes and transcriptions, undated.
Box 9 Folder 11, 18-19
Papyri transcriptions, undated.
Box 9 Folder 12-14
Papyrus Sallier transcriptions and notes, undated.
Box 17 Folder 1
Papyri and hieroglyph transcriptions, undated.
Box 17 Folder 1
Archaic papyrus, undated.
Box 9 Folder 15
Coptic transcriptions, undated.
Box 9 Folder 16
Coptic transcription headed by Greek formula. Preisigke Sammelbuch (SB) p. 596 (5605) # 96, undated.
Box 9 Folder 17
Field Museum coffin box #30020 A. (See also Box 12, FF 17 and Box 15, FF 11), undated.
Box 10 Folder 1
Metropolitan Museum of Art--report. (See also Box 15, FF 16), 1937.
Box 10 Folder 2
Brooklyn Museum (See also Box 15, FF 5-8), undated.
Box 10 Folder 3
Painted wooden casket, undated.
Box 10 Folder 4
Princeton University Demotic papyri. (See also Box 16, FF 7), undated.
Box 10 Folder 4A
Transcriptions and notes. Includes hieroglyphics, grammar, notes on items in collections, dates and formulae. (See Box 9, FF 18), legal terms, Coptic transcriptions, notes on Dan. 1.20, etc., undated.
Box 12 Folder 1
Egyptian stele, undated.
Box 12 Folder 2
Miscellaneous reproductions of hieroglyphics, Mesba Stone, annotated hieratic, etc., undated.
Box 12 Folder 3
Egyptology notes in German, including Nachtrunge u. Berichtigurzen, numbered 84-97 in blue crayon, and dictionary entry materials, undated.
Box 12 Folder 4
Typed notes in German, undated.
Box 12 Folder 5
Notes in German, including material on University Museum Doc. 3, undated.
Box 12 Folder 6
Notes in German, undated.
Box 12 Folder 7
Notes in German, some possibly in the hand of D.H. Muller, undated.
Box 12 Folder 8
Notes in German including A III c-d, B v Bv2, undated.
Box 12 Folder 9
Ensnachaomnew. Concerns personal names, undated.
Box 12 Folder 10
Draft of "Zur Geschichte der Starken Fricativen Kehllaute im Aegyptischen", undated.
Box 12 Folder 11

Scope and Contents

The series "Literary productions" consists of professional material written by Reich and his colleagues, dating from 1935 to 1940. Some of the materials in this series may be original drafts of works which Reich later published. Others may belong more properly in the Notes and Transcriptions Series. The literary material includes book reviews and full-length articles by Dr. Reich. Those which were identified as having been published in Mizraim have been removed to the Mizraim series. A bibliography of Reich's published work appears in Volume 7 of Mizraim. Copies of Dr. Reich's published works were removed from this collection and added to the Archives Ephemera Collection.

Materials written by Reich's colleagues include literature by H. I. Bell (Box 10, FF 19) and William F. Albright (Box 10, FF 30.) Two other items were credited on the original covers to Stuart A. Epler and Ruth Lee Michael (possibly Dr. Reich's students.) This series contains a manuscript copy of a Demotic dictionary compiled by Dr. Reich's teacher, Dr. Leo Reinisch, and what appears to be the draft of another such dictionary compiled by Dr. Reich himself. These and the mimeographs of hieroglyphic are among the few items in the collection which seem to relate directly to Dr. Reich's work as Professor of Egyptology at Dropsie College.

Lesson from Tutankhamen's Tomb, undated.
Box 10 Folder 5
Outline of proposed book to be co-authored by Nathaniel Reich and John A. Maynard The Bible and Recent Discoveries, undated.
Box 10 Folder 6
Pharaohs mentioned in the Bible, undated.
Box 10 Folder 7
Translation of Poem (Darius), undated.
Box 10 Folder 8
Draft of "A Scene in Egypt More than 2,000 Years Ago", undated.
Box 10 Folder 9
Report about the Arabic-Coptic Manuscript. Consists of 88 leaves (donated to Dropsie College by Frederic John Lewis), undated.
Box 10 Folder 10
Inhabitants of Abyssinia, undated.
Box 10 Folder 11
Jacob Kroll. Includes a page on BM 1021 Kenyon, or a dictionary page, undated.
Box 10 Folder 12
Jacob Kroll, undated.
Box 10 Folder 13
Khamitische Sprachen, undated.
Box 10 Folder 14
Volter, undated.
Box 10 Folder 15
Unsigned, letter in German, undated.
Box 10 Folder 16
Arbeiter .... German MS. in examination book, undated.
Box 10 Folder 17
Notes in German, including Cairo 30601, 30608-9 and miscellaneous, undated.
Box 10 Folder 18
"Review of Premerstein," holograph MS. by H.I. Bell, 1940.
Box 10 Folder 19
Review of V.M.A. David's "Les Sources de Code Hamurapi", undated.
Box 10 Folder 20
Digest of Biassutti's "Egiziani ed Etiopici", undated.
Box 10 Folder 21
Review or notes of Thompson and Bell's "Greek Papyri in the British Museum." Includes items 1204, 880, 881 (See Mizraim Vol. 3, p. 10), undated.
Box 10 Folder 22
Review of Griffith's "Oxford Excavations", undated.
Box 10 Folder 23
Review of Brody's "Der Misna Traktat", undated.
Box 10 Folder 24
Review of Morgenstern's "Index to Biblical Passages", undated.
Box 10 Folder 25
"On Recent Literature About the Ancient Orient", undated.
Box 10 Folder 26
Recent Egyptological Literature, undated.
Box 10 Folder 27
Review of Lexa's "La Magic dans L'Egypte" (See 1927 correspondence), undated.
Box 10 Folder 27A
On Nubia and Neighborhood, undated.
Box 10 Folder 28
Review of Grenfell's "An Alexandrian Erotic Fragment", undated.
Box 10 Folder 29
"The Principles of Egyptian Phonological Development," typed by F.W. Albright, undated.
Box 10 Folder 30
Hieroglyphics mimeographs (See also Box 12, FF 14 & FF 26-34).
Box 10 Folder 31
Bricks, undated.
Box 10 Folder 32
Bobbed Hair, undated.
Box 10 Folder 33
Exam paper, undated.
Box 10 Folder 34
Notes on editing abbreviations, letter from I. Horwitz and addresses, undated.
Box 10 Folder 35
Numbered Demotic papyri in the British Museum, undated.
Box 10 Folder 36
Dated Demotic papyri, undated.
Box 10 Folder 37
Proposed Demotic Thesaurus (See also Box 11), 1935.
Box 10 Folder 38
Memorandum on Demotic Treasure and Proposal for a new Institute of Investigations for Alexandrian Culture, undated.
Box 10 Folder 39
Draft of a Demotic Dictionary by Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 11 Folder 1-3
Manuscript of the Oldest Demotic Dictionary compiled by Leo S. Reinisch (Presented to Dropsie College by Nathaniel Reich)--Section A-K, including a notebook, 1935.
Box 11 Folder 4-14 Box 17 Folder 2-3
Miscellaneous lists of papyri at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Demotic papyri at University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, and list of lantern slides: "Records of the Past", undated.
Box 12 Folder 12
Berlin papyrus # 3110. Includes notes on Arabic and Coptic material. Possibly a draft by Arthur A. Dembitz, undated.
Box 12 Folder 13
Papyri Juristischen Inhalt in Heiratische und Demotische Schrift ans den British Museum --contains typed report and mimeographs (See also Box 9, FF 8-10 and Box 15, FF 3-4), undated.
Box 12 Folder 14
British Museum papyri facsimiles and transcriptions (See also Box 9, FF 8-10 and Box 15, 3-4), undated.
Box 12 Folder 15
Report on the Eisenlohr Collection, undated.
Box 12 Folder 16
Field Museum Hieratic-Demotic coffin text--contains photographs (See also Box 10, FF 1 and Box 15, FF 11), undated.
Box 12 Folder 17
Two notebooks and list of Demotic Papyri in the Louvre Museum, catalogued in 1874 (See also Box 15, FF 13-14), undated.
Box 12 Folder 18
Merton Ostraca (See also Box 9, FF 4-5, Box 15, FF 15, and Box 16, FF 3-5), undated.
Box 12 Folder 19
Pierpont Morgan Museum papyri, undated.
Box 12 Folder 20
Aus den Roptischen Manuscripten der Regl. Bayr. Hof und Straatsbibliothek in Munchen. Reich published this in 1912., undated.
Box 12 Folder 21
Demotic papyri at the New York Historical Society (See also Box 15, FF 21-23), undated.
Box 12 Folder 22
"Papyri actually present in the library", undated.
Box 12 Folder 23
"Studies in some Strasbourg Papyri by Stuart A. Epler" (Contains facsimiles, various typed and holograph MSS., some in Reich's hand), undated.
Box 12 Folder 24
"Ruth Lee Michael" (Contains transcriptions of Strasbourg papyri, various holograph MSS., some in Reich's hand), undated.
Box 12 Folder 25
Hieroglyphics mimeographs, undated.
Box 12 Folder 26-33
Hieroglyphics mimeographs (See also Box 10, FF 31 and Box 12, FF 14), undated.
Box 12 Folder 34
List of books proposed for purchase from the Rosenwald Egyptology Fund (Dropsie College), undated.
Box 12 Folder 35
Volume II: Deposit Notes (Demotic), undated.
Box 14 Folder 17
Volume II: Papyrus Archive, with plates 21-26 and publication notes, undated.
Box 14 Folder 16
Volume VII-VIII: Papyrus Archive, with plates of documents 1-18, undated.
Box 14 Folder 14
Volume VIII: Papyrus Archive, with plates of documents 3-20, undated.
Box 14 Folder 15
Draft of review of Georges Ort-Geunther's "Grammaire Demotique.", undated.
Box 14 Folder 18
Review of Papyrus Upsaliensis, undated.
Box 14 Folder 19
Memorial to Henri Hyvernat, undated.
Box 14 Folder 20
"An Egyptian Register of Births", undated.
Box 14 Folder 21
Origin of Alphabet, undated.
Box 14 Folder 22
Notes on burials, undated.
Box 14 Folder 23
Scribes: Notes and facsimiles, undated.
Box 14 Folder 24
Maps, undated.
Box 14 Folder 25
"Palestine Under the Ptolemies: A contribution to the study of the Zenon papyri" by Victor Tcherikover, three typescript drafts, in German and English, with a note from Sadie Bell, undated.
Box 17 Folder 4-5
"Chester Beatty Biblical Papyri" manuscript and typescript, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Papyri in Philadelphia and Egyptology, notes, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of James Henry Breasted's "Oriental Institute (The University of Chicago Survey Volume XII)" by Felix Freifelder, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Writings on Ostraca Osloensis by H. Idris Bell, typescript, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Leiv Amundsen's Greek Ostraca in the University of Michigan Collection by H. Idris Bell, manuscript, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"Mummy-Tickets From Achmim-Panopolis (Illustr.)" by N. Lewis typescript, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"A Forthcoming Catalogue of Nome Strategi" by T. C. Skeat typescript, with note to Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"The Field Museum Papyrus (A Promissory Note of the Year 109/8 B.C.) with Plates I-II" by Nathaniel Reich manuscript, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Ulrich Wilcken's Mitteilungen aus der Würzburger Papyrussammlung by H. Idris Bell, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of J. Leibovitch's Les Inscriptions Protosinaitiques by R. Butin, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of N. Lewis' "L'Industrie du Papyrus dans l'Egypte Gréco-Romaine" by R. Butin, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Michele Rostovzev's "Storia Economica e Sociale dell' Impero Romano" by N. Lewis, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"Some Egyptian Hieroglyphs of Sinai and their Relationship to the Hieroglyphs of the Protosinaitic Semitic alphabet (Illustr.)" by R. Butin, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Sir Herbert Thompson's "A Family Archive from Siut from Papyri in the British Museum. Including an Account of the Trial before the Laocritae in the Year B.C. 170" by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Dr. Fr. W. Freiherr von Bissing's "Aegyptische Kunst geschichte von den altesten Zeiten bis auf die Eroberung durch die Araber" by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Sir Robert Mond and Oliver M. Myer's "The Bucheum" by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of H. Frankfort and J.D.S. Pendlebury's The City of Akhenaten. Part II, the North Suburb and the Desert Altars. The excavations at Tell el Amarna during the seasons 1926-1932 by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"The Legal Transactions of a Family. Preserved in the University Museum at Philadelphia (The Demotic Papyri from Drah abu 'l-Negga Covering a Century of the Early Ptolemaic Period)" by Nathaniel Reich, draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of George Aaron Barton's Semitic and Hamitic Origins: Social and Religious by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review for James A. Montgomery's Arabic and the Bible by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Review of Caroline Ransom Williams' Decoration of the Tomb of Perneb: The Technique and the Color Conventions by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
"A Deed of Gift in 317 B.C." by Nathaniel Reich, manuscript draft, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6
Serapeum of Saqqara map, undated.
Box 17 Folder 6

Scope and Contents

The series "Mizraim" consists of a complete set of the journal's nine volumes, circa the 1930s. It also contains typed drafts of materials submitted by various authors, and holograph materials written by Reich himself for publication in the journal. Items including book reviews and articles written by Dr. Reich, with the apparent intention of printing them in this journal, can be found in the Literary Productions series.

From 1933 to 1938 Dr. Reich published and edited the periodical Mizraim: Journal of Papyrology, Egyptology, History of Ancient Laws, and their Relations to the Civilizations of Bible Lands. The forward to the first issue of Mizraim explains that the title "Mizraim" (the Biblical designation of Egypt), was chosen because Egypt "presents a unique example of an uninterrupted civilization.... which offers.... a laboratory for the historian and archaeologist" (6).

The journal was published by G.E. Stechert & Co., which had offices in New York, London, Paris and Leipzig. Mizraim was printed in Austria by Adolf Holzhausen's Successors, printers to the University of Vienna.

Draft of letter about Mizraim, undated.
Box 13 Folder 1
Dedication to Francis L. Griffith (Volume II), undated.
Box 13 Folder 2
Dedication to Cyrus Adler (Volume IV-V), undated.
Box 13 Folder 3
Dedication Sir Frederic George Kenyon (Volume VIII), undated.
Box 13 Folder 4
Dedication Sir Herbert Thompson (Volume II), undated.
Box 13 Folder 5
Review of Mizraim, undated.
Box 13 Folder 6
Mizraim volumes I-IX, undated.
Box 13 Folder 7-14 Box 18 Folder 1
"The Legal Transactions of a Family. Preserved i the University Museum at Philadelphia (The Demotic Papyri from Drah Abu 'L-Negga Covering a Century of the Early Ptolemaic Period)" by Nathaniel Reich, published copy, undated.
Box 18 Folder 2
Review of Sir Herbert Thompson's "The Coptic Version of the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles in the Sahidic Dialect" by Henry Hyvermat, typescript draft, undated.
Box 18 Folder 2
"Sale of Property, Present and Future, in Exchange for Provision of the Body" by Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 18 Folder 2
Loose pages, undated.
Box 13 Folder 15
Volume I: Review of Boak's "Karanis," by Howard Comfort. With an incomplete item by H. Hyvernat, undated.
Box 14 Folder 1 Box 18 Folder 2
Volume I: Review of Crum's "Coptic Dictionary" by H. Hyvernat. With loose page by Weitzel on Pendelbury, undated.
Box 14 Folder 2 Box 18 Folder 2
Volume I: Galley of Albright's article, 1931.
Box 14 Folder 3
Volume I: Serapeum of Memphis, includes plates, undated.
Box 14 Folder 3A
Volume II: Kenyon manuscript, undated.
Box 14 Folder 4
Volume II: Abu l'Negga manuscript. Early drafts of overview article by Reich, undated.
Box 14 Folder 5
Volume II: Skeat manuscript, undated.
Box 14 Folder 6
Volume II: Butin manuscript, undated.
Box 14 Folder 7
Volume II: Lewis manuscript (See also Box 15, FF 17-19), undated.
Box 14 Folder 8
Volume II: Review of Breasted's "Graffiti," draft, undated.
Box 14 Folder 9
Volume II: Review of Worrell's "Proverbs." Drafts by Henry Gehman, undated.
Box 14 Folder 10
Volume III: "Contract-Copies of the Witness preserved in the University Museum at Philadelphia" drafts and two published copy by Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 14 Folder 11 Box 18 Folder 1
Volume VII: "Papyrus Archive," draft (See also Box 16, FF 6), undated.
Box 14 Folder 12
Volume VII: Papyrus Archive, with plates I-IV. Draft of detailed treatment of documents XIV, XVI, XIX, XX, XXI, undated.
Box 14 Folder 13

Scope and Contents

The series "News clippings" consist of biographical sketches and obituaries of Nathaniel Reich, dating from 1922 to 1925. Some are news articles of interviews with Dr. Reich, describing his work. There are clippings about the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb by Howard Carter in 1923. Copies of these clippings were collected during the research done when processing this collection; others were drawn from the archives of the Dropsie College Registrar (DC 6 B1).

Miscellaneous news articles about Dr. Reich, most pertaining to his work at the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, 1922-1924.
Box 14 Folder 26
Articles about imposture, 1925.
Box 14 Folder 27
Biographical sketches and obituaries of Dr. Reich, undated.
Box 14 Folder 28
Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb, 1923.
Box 14 Folder 29

Scope and Contents

The series "Facsimiles" consists of photographic facsimile reproductions of papyri, ostraca and other inscriptions, circa the 1930s. Certain photographs are clearly identified (for example, "Field Museum coffin box # 30020 A" in Box 15, FF 11), however, the bulk of this material has no identification.

Items in this series relate to textual materials elsewhere in the collection. For example, the photographs of mummy tickets (Box 15, FF 17-19) were sent to Dr. Reich by N. Lewis, to serve as illustrations for his article on this topic which appeared in Volume II of Mizraim. Wherever possible, the container list gives cross references to these materials (e.g.: the folder listing for the Field Museum facsimile gives a "see also" reference to additional material in Box 10, FF 1.)

The researcher should note that additional materials belonging to this series might also be housed in the Herbert D. Katz Center's Facsimile Manuscript Collection, which, at the date of this writing, has not been processed. Two sets of glass plate negatives have been removed from this Collection for purposes of preservation, and are currently housed in the Photographic Collection.

Arabic (unidentified "1a-6a," 2 sets), undated.
Box 15 Folder 1
Chester Beatty papyrus (No. 16, in duplicate), undated.
Box 15 Folder 2
British Museum Demotic papyrus # 10236. (See also Box 9, FF 8-10 and Box 12, FF14-15), undated.
Box 15 Folder 3
British Museum papyrus 17392b. (1-4), 17392c (1-3) (See also Box 9, FF 8-10 and Box 12, FF14-15), undated.
Box 15 Folder 4
Brooklyn Museum, including 12768-443, Mummy Tickets, etc. (See also Box 10, FF 3), undated.
Box 15 Folder 5
Brooklyn Museum, including Ostraca 87, various languages (See also Box 10, FF 3), undated.
Box 15 Folder 6
Brooklyn Museum, including linens (See also Box 10, FF 3), undated.
Box 15 Folder 7
Brooklyn Museum, Ostraca K93 (See also Box 10, FF 3), undated.
Box 15 Folder 8
Paris Bibl. Nat. Heirogly/Heirat (13 photo plates), undated.
Box 15 Folder 9
"Papyri for Duncan, 5-17-26", undated.
Box 15 Folder 10
Field Museum coffin box # 30020 A. (See also Box 10, FF 1), undated.
Box 15 Folder 11
Egyptian papyrus from John Huntington Collection, undated.
Box 15 Folder 12
Louvre Museum (See also Box 12, FF 18), undated.
Box 15 Folder 13-14
Merton Coptic papyri (See also Box 12, FF 19), undated.
Box 15 Folder 15
Metropolitan Museum of Art (See also Box 10, FF 2), undated.
Box 15 Folder 16
Strassbourg mummy tickets: N. Lewis (See also Box 14, FF 8), 1934.
Box 15 Folder 17
Mummy Tickets (See also Box 14, FF 8), undated.
Box 15 Folder 18-19
Newark Museum Egyptian stele. Includes 925K, 924K, 5476, undated.
Box 15 Folder 20
New York Historical Society, some labeled "Abbott" (See also Box 12, FF 22), undated.
Box 15 Folder 21, 23
New York Historical Society. Includes 373b, a 388. (See also Box 12, FF 22), undated.
Box 15 Folder 22
Oriental Institute of Chicago. Includes Ostraca 6460-7122, etc., undated.
Box 16 Folder 1-2
Ostraca. Includes N 108, 109, notes on Ostr. 3, 18, etc. (See also Box 9, FF 4-5 and Box 12, FF 19), undated.
Box 16 Folder 3
Ostraca. mostly Coptic, includes notes on Ostr. 4, etc. (See also Box 9, FF 4-5 and Box 12, FF 19), undated.
Box 16 Folder 4
Unidentified Ostraca, undated.
Box 16 Folder 5
University of Pennsylvania, University Museum Papyrus archive. Includes Jar 2 good, Jar 1, etc. (See also Box 14, FF 12-16), undated.
Box 16 Folder 6
Princeton University Demotic papyrus, AM 8974 (See also Box 10, FF 4A), undated.
Box 16 Folder 7
Princeton University Container from G. Downey (See also Box 10, FF 4A).
Box 16 Folder 8
Toledo Museum of Art Demotic papyri, including three photographs, undated.
Box 16 Folder 9
Weiner papyri, including photograph with note mentioning Epler, (circa 1925), undated.
Box 16 Folder 10
Miscellaneous papyri, including # 745, 742a, Germaine script, A 242, undated.
Box 16 Folder 11
Miscellaneous papyri, including R Yale 882 v, 10075, 664 etc., undated.
Box 16 Folder 12
Miscellaneous papyri, including British Museum photos for article, #2039/8, undated.
Box 16 Folder 13
Miscellaneous papyri, including London 10556, 22779, etc., new article photo, undated.
Box 16 Folder 14
Miscellaneous papyri, including University of Pennsylvania Jar 2-good- 856 mounted and duplicates of one other piece, undated.
Box 16 Folder 15
Demotic papyri, with note in German, undated.
Box 16 Folder 16
Papyri and clay tablets, including London (D. More Beth photograph), 23573, Stele 988, 994, etc., Toledo Stevens papyri 9/16/1933, undated.
Box 16 Folder 17

Scope and Contents

The series "Photographs" contains photographs, and one pencil drawing, of Nathaniel Reich, Reich family members, his friends, and colleagues, dating from 1902 to 1930. The series includes photographs taken of painted portraits of his ancestor Koppel Altenkunstat, known as "Koppel Charif," for whom his father's eldest brother was named. Most of the people in the photographs are unidentified.

George D. Duncan, 1926 May 17.
Box 16 Folder 18
Drawing of Nathaniel Reich in pencil (possibly by Muhlstern), undated.
Box 16 Folder 19
Photographs of Nathaniel Reich, undated.
Box 16 Folder 20
Photographs of the Reich family, including his father Wilhelm, sister Emma (1928) and cousin Isidore Reich (1939), undated.
Box 16 Folder 21
Photographs of painted portraits of Nathaniel Reich's paternal grandfather, "Koppel Charif", undated.
Box 16 Folder 22
Leo S. Reinisch, 1902.
Box 16 Folder 23
Lessing Rosenwald, 1929 June 1.
Box 16 Folder 24
Herbert Thompson, 1930 November.
Box 16 Folder 25
Miscellaneous photographs, undated.
Box 16 Folder 26

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