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John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1996

Scope and Contents

Circa 55 archeological illustrations and 95 archeological plans collected by John P. Peters and relating to the excavation of Nippur in Iraq, circa 1888-1895. Drawings are of various architectural structures (primarily ziggurats) and antiquities.

Dates

  • circa 1888-1895

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

From the Library of John Punnett Peters (Yale 1873), 1923.

Arrangement

Arranged by material size.

Extent

8.5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.jppeters

Additional Description

Overview

Circa 55 archeological illustrations and 95 archeological plans collected by John P. Peters and relating to the excavation of Nippur in Iraq, circa 1888-1895. Drawings are of various architectural structures (primarily ziggurats) and antiquities.

Biographical / Historical

John P. Peters (1852-1921) (Yale 1873) was an Episcopal clergyman and a professor of Old Testament languages and literature at the Protestant Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, and of Hebrew at the University of Pennsylvania. He conducted excavations at Nippur, an ancient Sumerian city, with John Henry Haynes and Hermann Volrath Hilprecht from 1888 to 1895.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards. For more information, please refer to the Beinecke Manuscript Unit Processing Manual.

Former call number: ZZ52 25.

Subjects

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the John P. Peters Collection of Drawings and Plans of an Archeological Excavation at Nippur
Status
Completed
Author
Sarah Lerner
Date
April 2022
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.

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