Heinrich Schliemann Papers


COLLECTION OVERVIEW

Collection Number: GR ASCSA GL HS 003
Name(s) of Creator(s): Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890)
Date [bulk]:
Date [inclusive]: 1839-1890
Quantity: 30 linear meters
Language(s): Greek, English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Turkish
Summary: The Heinrich Schliemann Papers consist of personal documents, diaries and notebooks, manuscripts, personal documents, correspondence (incoming and outgoing), financial documents and registers, expenditure books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, photographs and posthumous material.
Immediate Source of Acquisition: Loan of Andromache Schliemann-Melas, 1936 - Purchase by the ASCSA in 1962.
Information about Access: The papers are available for in-house and online research.
Cite as
: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Archives, Heinrich Schliemann Papers (Αμερικανική Σχολή Κλασικών Σπουδών στην Αθήνα, Τμήμα Αρχείων, Αρχείο Heinrich Schliemann)
Note: The collection was processed and catalogued by Christina Vardas, 1986-1992. Additional cataloguing and revisions of the catalogue by Stefanie Kennell, 2001-2012.

For more information, please contact the ARCHIVES at:
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
54 Souidias Street
Athens 106 76, Greece
Phone: 213 000 2400 (ext. 425)
Contact via E-mail


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

The son of a Lutheran pastor, Heinrich Ernst Schliemann was born on January 6, 1822 in Neubuckow, Mecklenberg-Schwerin, Germany. The following year, his family moved to Ankershagen, the town that Heinrich Schliemann considered his hometown. The house where he grew up has since been converted to the Heinrich Schliemann Museum. In 1841, at the age of 19, he planned to leave Germany and sail to Colombia, South America for employment opportunities. The ship, however, met with a tremendous storm and made it only as far as Holland before it was stranded on the coast.  With the help of a local family, Schliemann recuperated from the shipwreck and moved on to Amsterdam where he worked as a clerk and began to study a wide variety of languages. As it turns out, Schliemann had an aptitude for languages and during his life expanded his knowledge to include English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Polish, Italian, Greek, Latin, Russian, Arabic, and Turkish.

In 1844 he became an employee of the trading house B.H. Schröder and Co. Two years later, after learning Russian, the company sent him to St. Petersburg to serve as a commodities trading agent. Although he remained an agent for B.H. Schröder, Schliemann started his own agency as well. This independent venture was the first step in accumulating his great personal fortune. In 1852, he married a Russian woman, Ekaterina Lyshina, and had three children with her. In the following years, Schliemann, by now economically secure, began the first of his many travels around the world which would eventually include Egypt, Greece, the Near East, North Africa, India, Singapore, China, Japan, North and South America. During these travels he always kept a diary and it is from these that we learn much about his life. Today, these diaries reside in the Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA).

In 1863, worn out by the commercial business world and estranged from his Russian wife, Schliemann decided to semi-retire and revert to his childhood love of ancient Greek. The story Schliemann himself told was that he became enamored with ancient Greek as a young grocer’s apprentice when he heard a drunken man in the store reciting passages of Homer. In 1866-7 he made formal steps towards the study of ancient Greece by enrolling in archaeology courses at the Sorbonne in Paris. As Schliemann became more absorbed in the ancient Greek world and more estranged from Russia and his Russian wife, he decided to make Greece his home and began searching for a Greek wife. While on a trip to America in 1869, Schliemann was granted U.S. citizenship in New York and a divorce from his Russian wife by the State of Indiana. In September of that same year he married the 17 year-old Sophia Engastromenos, who was chosen from a pool of prospective brides presented to him by Theocletos Vimpos, Archbishop of Mantinea and Schliemann’s friend and former ancient Greek teacher. The following year, Schliemann commissioned Ernst Ziller to construct a permanent residence for his new bride. The house, named the Iliou Melathron in honor of Troy, was finished in 1880 and still stands—one of the finest examples of Neoclassical architecture in Athens today. It presently houses the Numismatic Museum of Greece.

Schliemann absorbed by his passion for Homer and archaeology, spent the remainder of his life on archaeological endeavors all of which he was able to finance personally. The discovery of Troy (1870-73) was one of Schliemann’s greatest accomplishments and brought him worldwide fame. His other excavations were also significant and include important sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, and Orchomenos.  In 1882 he met Wilhelm Dörpfeld, with whom he collaborated at Troy and Mycenae for the rest of his years and who, after Schliemann’s death, continued excavations at Troy with the financial help of Sophia. Despite all these activities, Schliemann managed to publish the results of his excavations quite rapidly, and often in more than one language (see, for example, major publications such as Mycenae, Ilios, and Tiryns).

Heinrich Schliemann died December 26, 1890 in Naples, Italy succumbing to an infection which had developed after an ear operation earlier that November in Halle, Germany. Wilhelm Dörpfeld accompanied the body back to Athens a few days later. Schliemann is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens in a mausoleum he designed himself. His second wife, Sophia, and their daughter, Andromache, along with her family (surnamed Melas) are also buried there. Heinrich and Sophia’s son Agamemnon is buried in Paris, France.


HISTORY OF THE SCHLIEMANN PAPERS

In 1923 architect Francis H. Bacon donated to the American School of Classical Studies (ASCSA) a collection of (89) letters that Schliemann had written to Frank Calvert, a consular officer in the Dardanelles in the 1870s, as well as the pencilled drafts of a few letters that Calvert sent to Schliemann (cf. Series BB, Box 1, Folder 2.1 for letter of F.H. Bacon to B.H. Hill). The bulk of the Schliemann papers, however, was deposited in 1936 by Schliemann’s children, Andromache (Schliemann) Melas and Agamemnon Schliemann.  Along with the bequest, the two children each stipulated that the papers were to be placed on loan and that anybody requesting access to the archive should first have written permission from the Schliemann Family. In 1937, the first request for the papers was submitted to the ASCSA when Agamemnon Schliemann sent an “Erklärung” (declaration of support) on behalf of Ernst Meyer. In the declaration, Agamemnon stated that Meyer was a highly capable scholar and was qualified to write the biography of Schliemann and make a record of the papers deposited in the library.

Ernst Meyer’s first publication of portions of the Schliemann Papers appeared in 1936 and was accompanied by his new addition of Schliemann’s “Selbstbiographie” (the original published in 1892 was edited by Sophia Schliemann herself). In the following years, not only was Meyer was given priority in research and access to the Schliemann Papers, but he also received permission from the family to remove some material from the archive. During WWII, when Meyer was serving as an officer in the German army, he took advantage of the confused state of affairs and removed a number of volumes of Schliemann’s correspondence from the Gennadius Library and took them back to Germany. When communications were once again resumed with Meyer after the war, he reported that the volumes he had taken to Germany had either been lost or destroyed. Apparently, he had placed some of the volumes in the State Archives in Mecklenburg-Schwerin for safekeeping but when the archives re-opened in 1948, they were found empty. In the following years, some of the lost correspondence resurfaced and Meyer filtered them back to the ASCSA through the German Embassy. During these years (1952-57) the ASCSA attempted to track down the remainder of Meyer’s borrowed material and made a catalogue of the material still missing. After Agamemnon Schliemann died in Paris in 1954, authority over the Schliemann Papers was transferred to his second wife, Sophia Antonopoulou. By this time a very elderly Andromache Schliemann Melas had also passed on control of her father’s papers to her sons, Leno and Alex.

As the number of queries for the Schliemann Papers multiplied, access policy became a complicated issue. On June 15, 1960 Peter Topping, Librarian of the Gennadius, wrote a report to Henry Robinson, Director of the ASCSA, concerning the deposition, status and need for preservation of the Schliemann Papers. Later that year, a decision was made by the administration of the Gennadius Library to close the Schliemann Collection. The reason they stated for this drastic action was the “lack of clarity as to the conditions under which this collection may be used in the Gennadius” (Kenneth Setton, Special Research Fellow on behalf of the Gennadius Library). Only Ernst Meyer retained access to the papers.

In a letter to Director Robinson (16-3-1961), Kenneth Setton informed him of the various problems the staff encountered with permitting access to the Schliemann Papers. One of these problems was Peter-Nick Vavalis. A journalist by trade, Vavalis had been hired by Eli Lilly of Indiana to translate some of Schliemann’s correspondence concerning a trip Schliemann had taken to Indiana in 1869.  Conflict arose after the Library discovered that Mr. Vavalis had been reading and copying correspondence not included in his permit with the intention of publishing it. Vavalis eventually deposited two sections of a data report (dated 1960) on the material he studied at the Gennadius Library but was dissuaded from making further inquires after Mr. Lilly’s project. While the Gennadius Library was dealing with Vavalis, Ernst Meyer was creating problems too. Meyer hired a psychiatrist from New York, Dr. William Niederland, to examine Schliemann’s correspondence for a personality study. Meyer gave Dr. Niederland the impression that he had publishing rights over the Schliemann papers and did not need the permission of the Schliemann family.

The Melas brothers met with Mr. Aristides Kyriakidis, the ASCSA’s attorney, in late 1960 and informed him that their mother, Andromache, wanted to regain possession of the Schliemann Papers. In a confidential letter written March 28, 1961, Robinson advised Alfred Bellinger, Chairman of the Managing Committee of the ASCSA, that the ASCSA should buy the Schliemann Archive in order to keep it together as well as to maintain control of administrative policies concerning its use. If the purchase was not possible, Robinson suggested relinquishing control of the Papers. After Bellinger gave approval for purchase, Francis Walton (the new Librarian of the Gennadius Library) contacted Eli Lilly on September 16, 1961 in hopes of obtaining funds for the purchase of the Schliemann Papers.Negotiations for the purchase of the Schliemann papers were conducted from October 1961 until May 1962. The value of the purchase was assessed at $15,000 and the ASCSA asked Eli Lilly for an additional $5,000 for the conservation and preservation of the papers. The assessment of the contents of the Schliemann Papers at the time of purchase was approximately 64 volumes of letters, 38 copybooks, 18 diaries, 44 volumes of account books, and some miscellaneous unbound papers and manuscripts. Having been granted the funds, the purchase and transfer of the Heinrich Schliemann Papers to the ASCSA from Leno and Alex Melas was completed in June 1962.

In the midst of these purchase negotiations, the collection continued to grow. In 1961 Lady Wanda Max Müller made a significant addition when she and her sons donated to the ASCSA a collection of 70 letters and 4 drawings that Friedrich Max Müller had sent to Schliemann. The late Sir William Max Müller had originally loaned them to Ernst Meyer in 1938 for use in his book on Schliemann, and they were in Meyer’s possession when WW II broke out. The Müller family heard nothing again from Meyer until Lady Wanda Max Müller contacted him in 1946 only to be informed that the Max Müller papers were lost along with the volumes of correspondence he had removed from the Gennadius. Fortunately, Meyer found the Max Müller letters in 1952, in an antiquarian bookshop. He bought them back to give to Lady Wanda Max Müller, who in turn donated them to the ASCSA (cf. Story of the Schliemann letters-Series BB- Box 1 Folder 4.1).

In November of 1965 while researching their new book about Sophia and Heinrich, Lynn and Gray Poole told Walton of an additional lot of papers which Alex Melas had recently found in the basement of a house owned by his late brother, Leno. The new papers contained 200 letters from Heinrich to Sophia, more than 50 letters from Sophia to Heinrich, 400 letters from Heinrich to various important people, and 29 honorary diplomas. A frenzy of negotiations between Alex Melas and the ASCSA ensued, with Lynn Poole as mediator. An agreement was finally reached in June 1966 and a value of $30,000 was set for the additional Schliemann Papers.

In 1967, Eli Lilly wrote to the Director of the Gennadius Library, Francis Walton, expressing interest in obtaining the portion of Schliemann’s 1869 diary written during his visit to America on permanent loan at the Lilly Library of Indiana University in Indianapolis. The request was granted and today, pages 1-20 of Diary A13 reside on permanent loan at the Lilly Library in Indianapolis.

Other contributions to the Schliemann Papers include: four letters that Schliemann wrote to George Constantine in 1875-1881, donated by Miss Harriet Allen in 1954; two letters Schliemann wrote to Frank Calvert donated by Gisela Richter in 1963; photocopies of four letters written to Amelia Edwards (originals housed in the Amelia Edwards Collection of Somerville College Library) donated in July 1975; secondary material donated by Georgios Styl. Korres (see Series I, Secondary Materials from 1985 to the present); and 27 letters from Rudolf Virchow to Schliemann. Gustav Mahr of the Museum für Vor-und Frühgeschichte Preussischen Kulturbesitz helped in acquiring the Virchow letters for the ASCSA from Ernst Meyer’s son (cf. letter July 1986 of Mahr-Schliemann file for a detailed catalogue of Virchow letters) and they entered the collection on March 15, 1985. On June 2, 1998, the descendants of the Melas Family donated 40 original photographs and 6 copies of photographs of Heinrich Schliemann and various family members.

For a detailed account on the history of the Schliemann Papers, see S.A.H. Kennell, ‘Schliemann and his papers. A tale from the Gennadeion Archives’, Hesperia 76 (2007), pp. 785-817.


PROCESSING HISTORY

When the Schliemann Papers were deposited at the ASCSA in 1936, a detailed list of the contents was never made. According to the deposition letter written by the Schliemann children, Ernst Meyer was to make a catalogue of the material on loan. Although he made fairly accurate estimates of the contents of the Schliemann Papers, he never completed a detailed list.

The Schliemann Papers remained uncatalogued for a number of years. The ASCSA made a brief assessment before purchasing the papers in 1962. In the years 1963-1967, the Library conducted a microfilm project, funded largely by the Lilly Foundation, to preserve the Schliemann correspondence. To microfilm the papers, it was necessary to take apart the bound volumes. Each document was numbered separately in red ink with the intention of rebinding the documents afterwards in their original order. Unfortunately, no one ever followed through with this plan. After microfilming, the correspondence was arranged in boxes.

The papers remained in this state until 1980 when Archivist Christina Vardas, with the aid of a grant from the Demos Foundation in Chicago, began to systematically catalogue the vast Schliemann Papers. She renumbered all the documents in pencil (the red numbers given during the microfilming indicate the original order of the documents) and these are the numbers now used when referring to a document. Occasional omission of numbers is, for the most part, only an error in numbering the sequence and does not indicate missing documents. In 1982, Donald Easton published an account of the contents of the Schliemann Papers, incorporating Vardas’ work (“The Schliemann Papers” Report of the British School of Athens, 77, 1982).  At the suggestion of David Traill, Vardas also composed an index of the correspondence received by year and the name of the sender.

The ASCSA Archives received an NEH grant in 1997-1998 for the Preservation Microfilming Project. The purpose of the project was to produce high resolution microfilms of Schliemann's diaries and incoming correspondence (1839-1890). The project entailed photographing more than 34,000 documents and 18 diaries and, in the end, produced 126 rolls of film. The project was supervised by Amalia Kakissis who, after filming, inspected the entire archive to verify placement of documents, rehouse items for preservation purposes, and revise the existing catalogue. In 2002-2003 all microfilmed documents were digitized in collaboration with the Heinrich-Schliemann-Gesellschaft Ankershagen (Germany).

In 1998-1999 the restoration of the 29 honorary diplomas was made possible by means of a grant from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP). In addition all documents (incoming and outgoing correspondence) were entered in a database under the supervision of Dr. Stefanie Kennell. In 2010, further funding from INSTAP supported the digitization of part of Schliemann's papers (his diaries, incoming and outgoing correspondence from after 1870). The digitized material is available online.

The adjunct archives of Sophia Schliemann and the Schliemann Family remain in the order they were originally assembled with the exception that a more detailed list of contents was made for each. The three family trees included in the previous catalogue have also been revised and expanded where needed.


SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Heinrich Schliemann Papers contain diaries, correspondence, manuscripts, personal documents, photographs, economic documents and registers, expenditure books, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and secondary material. In addition to the Heinrich Schliemann Papers are two adjunct collections of papers: the Sophia Schliemann Papers and the Heinrich Schliemann Family Papers.

The Heinrich Schliemann Papers are divided into ten series:

Series A: Diaries consists of 18 diaries. Schliemann usually kept a diary only during his travels, so the years of the diaries are not consecutive. Schliemann wrote in the language of the country he was visiting whenever possible, and thus the diaries include passages in French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Arabic, Russian, Dutch, and Turkish. Included with Diaries A1, A2, and A8 are typewritten transcriptions. The 1869 diary recording Schliemann’s visit to America (pp. 1-20 of diary A13) is on indefinite loan to the Lilly Library of the University of Indiana.

Series B: Correspondence consists of 106 boxes containing approximately 34,000 letters written to Schliemann. They are arranged chronologically from 1839 to1890 and range in topic including Schliemann’s commercial activities while in Russia, various personal matters, and archaeologically related correspondence. Most of Schliemann’s correspondence from 1890 is not in the series and its whereabouts are unknown (cf. Schliemann Papers correspondence; letter November 26, 1955 Ernst Meyer to Gennadius Library). To facilitate research, we have created an alphabetical list of incoming correspondents.

Series BB: Original Letters consists of letters Schliemann himself wrote including letters to Frank and James Calvert, G. Constantine, Friedrich Max Müller, and Amelia Edwards. Francis Bacon donated the Calvert letters to the ASCSA in 1923 and the Friederich Max Müller Papers were given to the ASCSA by Lady Wanda Max Müller in 1961. Photocopies of the Amelia Edwards letters were presented by Somerville College in England, and Harvard University donated copies of the letters of Stephen Fields and Messrs. Schlüsser and Co.

Series BBB: Copybooks contains 43 volumes of copies Schliemann made of his own outgoing correspondence from 1845 to1890. The volumes of correspondence that were lent to Ernst Meyer before WWII have never been recovered. The contents of the missing volumes are as follows: July 1876-March 1877, March-July 1877, July1878-July 1879, Oct. 1877-April 1878, June 1885-January 1888.

Series C: Manuscripts and other handwritten notes contains manuscripts, both in English and German, for some of Schliemann’s publications (including La Chine, Trojanische Alterthumer Bericht über die Ausgrabungen in Troja, and the Excavations at the Boeotian Orchomenos), a draft of a report about the Mycenae excavations, various notes concerning its publication, sketches of vases and a draft of a speech in German.

Series D: Personal Documents consists of official documents owned by Schliemann including some of his passports, papers for U.S. citizenship, divorce issues and prenuptial agreement with Sophia, documents pertaining to the firman for the excavations of Troy from the Turkish government, a draft of the application for excavation permit in Troy, documents pertaining to Schliemann’s last will and testament, 29 diplomas for his archaeological achievements, and various personal notes.

Series E: Economics is divided into three sub-series as follows: sub-series 1 contains 652 documents of accounts, receipts, invoices, copies of invoices and stock exchange bulletins 1846-1889; sub-series 2 contains 38 economic registers divided into three categories (account books, cash books and books of expenses 1847-1890); and sub-series 3 includes photocopies of documents pertaining to transactions with the National Bank of Greece. For a list of Schliemann’s documents at the National Bank of Greece, see Schliemann Papers correspondence.

Series F: Heinrich Schliemann’s Property in Athens and Collection of Coins contains, for the most part, documentation on Schliemann’s property. For the Iliou Melathron, the documents include building contracts, offers for building materials, expense accounts of the building, and designs for furniture, payment receipts and an architectural plan of the house. Documentation on the construction of the German Institute and papers pertaining to repairs and renting of the Mousson Street house are also included in this series. A small appendix to the series contains material on Schliemann’s coins including a report and catalogue of the coins housed in the Iliou Melathron from numismatist Achillea Postolacca.

Series G: Miscellaneous largely consists of correspondence, sketches, drawings, notes, business pamphlets and notices, clippings, and copies of books. Of special interest is a catalogue of plants of the Troad and offprints of 8 plates from a publication. The remainder of the documents are: announcements and invitations for engagements, weddings, deaths and funerals 1853-89, hotel accounts, medical prescriptions, Ernst Meyer’s manuscript notes about the Schliemann Papers from 1938, a typewritten catalogue by Alex Melas for the second part of the Schliemann Papers purchased in 1966, one large bound volume with grammar, orthographic exercises; translations in different languages also containing some correspondence, Schliemann’s Russian passports, one booklet with Spanish vocabulary, copies of Schliemann’s book, Atlas des Antiquités Troyennes (1874, F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig), and 46 photographs of Heinrich Schliemann and Family.

Series H: Newspaper Clippings consists of clipping from various international newspapers and news agencies and is divided into three sub-series. Sub-series 1 contains the earliest clippings about Schliemann’s life and his archaeological work during the years 1873-1890. Apparently, Schliemann himself collected these clippings and amongst these are also stories unrelated to him but of personal interest. Sub-series 2 contains loose clippings from November 1890 to March 1891 associated with Schliemann’s illness and death. Sub-series 3 contains clippings associated with the literature on Schliemann after his death, including a book review of the first biography of Heinrich Schliemann by Emil Ludwig in 1931.

Series I: Secondary material consists of photocopies, newspaper clippings and offprints associated with Heinrich Schliemann. Most of the material in this series, with the exception of folders 1 and 2, was donated by Prof. George Styl. Korres and it includes photostats of Schliemann’s original last will and testament, documents pertaining to the inheritance of the Iliou Melathron, and photocopies of translations and transcriptions by Loukia Frangouli of some of the Sophia-Heinrich correspondence. The remainder of the photocopies in this series are newspaper articles and offprints from 1974 to the present. The topics vary and include material pertaining to the 100th anniversary of Heinrich Schliemann’s death (1990), studies of the Iliou Melathron, the re-appearance of the so-called Priam’s Treasure of Troy lost in the WWII, and the Schliemann mausoleum. This series also contains contains a media section consisting of three documentary videos made about Schliemann.

Series J: Photographs contains original and copies of photographs donated by the Schliemann and Engastromenos family descendants. There are not only numerous photos of Sophia and Heinrich, but also photos of their children (Agamemnon and Andromache), Andromache’s family, and family members of the Engastromenos (Kastromenos) and the Ernst Schliemann clan as well.


CONTAINER LIST

Series A: Diaries

Note: Researchers may consult the information in the digitized folders but for permission to publish, please contact the Department of Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 

A1: Diary 1846-1847
Europe
27 Sept. 1846 - 15 Feb. 1847
Written and numbered pp.1-295
- 56 pages are missing, they have been cut out of the diary
English, French, Italian
18 cm
A1a: Typewritten transcription of the diary (94 pages)

A2: Diary 1850-1853
California
10 Dec. 1850 - 12 Feb. 1853
Written and numbered pp.1-80
- additional biographical note (numbered I-VIII) included at beginning of diary
English, Spanish
36 cm
A2a: Typewritten transcription of the diary (65 pages)

A3: Diary 1858-1859
Rome/Greece/ Egypt
23 Nov. 1858 - 24 June 1859
Written and numbered pp. 1-254
- contains plans/sketches of sites, etc.
Italian, French, Greek, Arabic, English, Swedish
26 cm

A4: Diary 1859
France, Spain
27 Aug. - 11 Oct.
Written and numbered pp. 1-83
Spanish, Arabic
22 cm

A5: Diary 1864-1865
Italy, France, Far East
May 1864-16 April 1865
Written and numbered pp.1-250
Arabic, Italian, French, German, English, Urdu, Farsi, Russian, Dutch
25 cm

A6: Diary 1865
China, Japan
19-April (Shangae)-29 June (Yokohama) 1865
Written and numbered pp.1-161
French, German, Russian, English
20 cm

A7: Diary 1865
China, Japan, San Francisco
1. Kou-pa-kou en Chine le 3 May 1865 (pp.1-27)
2. Legation des Etats Unis d’Amerique a Yedo (ou Jedo) capitale du Japon, 28 June 1865 (pp.1-52)
3. Continuation de l’extrait des Memoires de Henry Schliemann de St. Petersburg, San Francisco, en Californie le 2 Sept. 1865 (pp.1 -7)
French

A8: Diary 1865
America, Canada
4 July (Uriga Channel) - 22 Nov. (Veracruz) 1865
Written and numbered pp. 1-82
French, Russian, English, Spanish
28 cm
A8a: Typewritten transcription of the diary (pp. 32-66)

A9: 1865-1866
Mexico, Cuba, London, Paris
22 Nov. 1865 (Paso el Macho) - 14 Feb. 1866 (Paris)
Written and numbered pp.1-112
French, English, Spanish, German, Italian
23 cm

A10: Diary 1866
Russia, Danube, Dresden, Geneva
11 July (Moskva) - 5 Oct. (Geneve)
Written and numbered pp. 7-66, 1-6
- the first pages cut out of diary; at the end, 6 pages added
Russian, Greek, German, Italian, French, Arabic
22 cm

A11: Diary 1867-1868
America, Cuba
20 Oct. 1867 (Queenstown) - 23 Jan. 1868
Written and numbered pp.9-126
- first 8 pages cut out of diary; 5 pages added at the end (written upside down starting from the back)
Spanish, English, French
22 cm

A12: Diary 1868
Italy, Greece, Turkey
1 May (Susa) - 31 Aug.
Written and numbered pp. 1-158
Italian, Greek, Arabic,Turkish, Urdu
24 cm

A13: Diary 1870-1872
Greece, Turkey, Troy
27 Feb. 1870 (Hermopolis sur l’ île de Syra) - 4/16 Sept. 1872 (Troie)
Written and numbered pp. 21-504
** Pages 1-20 (entries during the 1869 visit to America) on indefinite loan at the Lilly Library of Indiana University.
Note: The diary contains sketches
French, Greek, English, Turkish, Arabic, German
23 cm

A14: Diary 1873
Troy
21/2 Feb. (Troie Dimanche) - 17 June (Troja)
Written and numbered pp.1-317
-2 pages in beginning not numbered
French, German, Greek, English
Note: The diary contains sketches of discoveries by painter Polychronis Lembesis
21 cm

A15: Diary 1874-1876
Tiryns, Mycenae, and Motya (Italy)
24 Feb. 1874 (Charvati) - 28 Nov. 1876 (Mycenae)
Written and numbered pp.1-136
- extra pages added from Tiryns (pp.1-12) and Mycenae (pp. I-XXX) at the back of the diary. Mycenae pages written upside down.
- Motya (pp. 48-51)
French, Greek, German, English, Arabic
23 cm

A16: Diary 1885-1886
Cuba
20 Dec. 1885 (Saint Nazaire) - 10 Feb. 1886
Written and numbered pp.1-92
Spanish, German, English, French, Greek
15 cm

A17: Diary 1886-1887
Egypt, Nubia
27 Nov. 1886 - 18 Mar. 1887
Written and numbered pp. 1-257
Greek, French, German
21 cm

A18: Diary 1890
Troy
Written and numbered pp.1-67
Greek, Turkish, German, French, Italian, English
22 cm


Series B: Correspondence

Note: The last folder at the end of each year contains a section of undated material that may have not been placed in a separate folder.

Note: Researchers may consult the information in the digitized folders but for permission to publish, please contact the Department of Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 

For an alphabetical list of incoming foreign authors, please follow the links below.

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S- T - U - W - X - Y - Z

For an alphabetical list of incoming Greek authors (with their name signed in Greek; otherwise check the list above), please follow the links below.

Α - Β - Γ - Δ - Ε - Ζ - Η - Θ - Ι - Κ - Λ - Μ - Ν - Ξ - Ο - Π - Ρ - Σ - T - Υ - Φ - Χ

Box 1    1839-1846  Documents 1-362
Folder 1     1839-1845 (1-56)
Folder 2     Jan.-Mar. 1846 (57-124)
Folder 3     April 1846 (125-158)
Folder 4     May 1846 (159-206)
Folder 5     June 1846 (207-251)
Folder 6     July-Aug. 1846 (252-313)
Folder 7     Sept.-Dec. 1846 (314-362)


Box 2    1847  Documents 1-359
Folder 1     Jan.-Apr. (1-86)
Folder 2     May-July ( 87-179)
Folder 3     Aug.-Sept. (180-235)
Folder 4     Oct.  (236-287)
Folder 5     Nov.-Dec. (288-359)


Box 3   1848  Documents 1-490
Folder 1     Jan.-Mar.  (1-98)
Folder 2     April-May  (99-221)
Folder 3     June-July  (222-309)
Folder 4     Aug.-Sept. (310-412)
Folder 5     Oct.-Dec.   (413-490)


Box 4    1849  Documents 1 -272
Folder 1     Jan.-Feb. (1-73)
Folder 2     March   (74-135)
Folder 3     April   (136-205)
Folder 4     May  (206-272)


Box 5      1849  Documents 273-588
Folder 5     June  (273-334)
Folder 6     July  (335-386)
Folder 7     Aug.- Sept. (387-478)
Folder 8     Oct.-Dec. (479-588)


Box 6      1850   Documents 1-300
Folder 1     Jan.-Feb.  (1-45)
Folder 2     Mar.-May   (46-133)
Folder 3     June-July  (134-236)
Folder 4     Aug.   (237-300)


Box 7      1850-52    Documents 301-517
Folder 5     Sept. 1850  (301-371)
Folder 6     Oct.-Dec.1850  (372-431)
Folder 7     1851-1852  (432-517)


Box 8      1853   Documents 1-366
Folder 1     Jan.-Feb.  (1-86)
Folder 2     Mar.-Apr.  (87-182)
Folder 3     May  (183-264)
Folder 4     June  (265-366)


Box 9     1853   Documents 367-662
Folder 5     July  (367-472)
Folder 6     Aug. (473-593)
Folder 7     Sept.  (594-662)


Box 10     1853   Documents 663-926
Folder 8      Sept. (663-725)
Folder 9      Oct.  (726-825)
Folder 10    Nov.-Dec. (826-926)


Box 11   1854   Documents 1-289
Folder 1     Jan  (1-56)
Folder 2     Feb.-Mar. (57-128)
Folder 3     Apr.-May  (129-212)
Folder 4    June-July  (213-289)


Box 12  1854   Documents 290-528
Folder 5             Aug.                  290-340
Folder 6             Sept.                 341-431
Folder 7             Oct. 1-15           432-476
Folder 8             Oct. 16-31         477-528


Box 13     1854   Documents 529-811
Folder 9             Nov. 1-20             529-594
Folder 10             Nov. 21-30         595-645
Folder 11             Dec. 1-16           646-716
Folder 12             Dec. 17-31         717-811


Box 14   1855   Documents 1-216
Folder 1             Jan. 1-9               1-67
Folder 2             Jan. 10-19            68-134 (#135 skipped)
Folder 3             Jan. 20-31           136-216


Box 15   1855   Documents 217-455
Folder 1             Feb. 1-9               217-260
Folder 2             Feb. 10-19             261-306
Folder 3             Feb. 20-28             307-360
Folder 4             Mar. 1-12               361-407
Folder 5             Mar.13-31             407-455


Box 16   1855   Documents 456-698
Folder 1             April                   456-551
Folder 2             May 1-13               552-614
Folder 3             May 13-31             615-698


Box 17      1855  Documents 699-845
Folder 1             June 1-9               699-750
Folder 2             June 10-17             751-789
Folder 3             June 19-30             790-845


Box 18      1855          Documents 846-1063
Folder 1             July 1-9                 846-912
Folder 2             July 10-19               913-985
Folder 3             July 20-31               986-1063


Box 19      1855          Documents 1064-1323
Folder 1             Aug. 1-6                 1064-1116
Folder 2             Aug. 9-13               1117-1170
Folder 3             Aug. 13-21             1171-1244
Folder 4             Aug. 22-31             1245-1323


Box 20      1855          Documents 1324-1539
Folder 1             Sept. 1-7               1324-1385
Folder 2             Sept. 8-21               1386-1470
Folder 3             Sept. 22-30             1471-1539


Box 21      1855          Documents 1540-1784
Folder 1             Oct. 1-10               1540-1613
Folder 2             Oct. 11-21               1614-1701
Folder 3             Oct. 22-31               1702-1784


Box 22      1855          Documents 1785-1997
Folder 1             Nov. 1-8                 1785-1843
Folder 2             Nov. 9-18               1844-1913
Folder 3             Nov. 19-30               1914-1997


Box 23      1855          Documents 1998-2184
Folder 1             Dec. 1-7               1998-2042
Folder 2             Dec. 8-16               2043-2099
Folder 3             Dec. 17-31             2100-2187


Box 24      1856          Documents 1-243
Folder 1             Jan. 1-10               1-70
Folder 2             Jan. 11-21               71-144
Folder 3             Jan. 22-31               145-197
Folder 4             Feb. 1-7                 198-243


Box 25      1856          Documents 244-498
Folder 1             Feb. 8-18               244-306
Folder 2             Feb. 19-29               307-358
Folder 3             Mar. 1-12               359-420
Folder 4             Mar. 13-31               421-498


Box 26      1856          Documents 499-736
Folder 1             April 1-11               499-552
Folder 2             April 12-23             553-601
Folder 3             April 24-31             602-632
Folder 4             May 1-6                 633-676
Folder 5             May 7-15               677-736


Box 27      1856          Documents 737-957
Folder 1             May 16-23               737-787
Folder 2             May 24-31               788-824
Folder 3             June 1-12               825-874
Folder 4             June 13-21               875-920
Folder 5             June 22-30               921-957


Box 28      1856          Documents 958-1184
Folder 1             July 1-9                 958-993
Folder 2             July 10-19               994-1049
Folder 3             July 20-31               1050-1091
Folder 4             Aug. 1-18               1092-1145
Folder 5             Aug. 19-31             1146-1184


Box 29     1856          Documents 1185-1431
Folder 1             Sept. 1-15               1185-1252
Folder 2             Sept. 16-24             1253-1310
Folder 3             Sept. 25-30             1311-1351
Folder 4             Oct. 1-10                 1352-1431


Box 30      1856          Documents 1432-1647
Folder 1             Oct. 11-17               1432-1486
Folder 2             Oct. 18-25               1487-1544
Folder 3             Oct. 26-31               1545-1589
Folder 4             Nov. 1-9                 1590-1647


Box 31      1856           Documents 1648-1948
Folder 1             Nov. 10-19               1648-1711
Folder 2             Nov. 20-26               1712-1765
Folder 3             Nov. 27-30               1766-1783
Folder 4             Dec. 1-13               1784-1849
Folder 5             Dec. 14-22               1850-1900 (#1901 skipped)
Folder 6             Dec. 23-31               1902-1948


Box 32      1857          Documents 1-259
Folder 1             Jan. 1-6                 1-38
Folder 2             Jan. 7-17                 39-86
Folder 3             Jan. 18-25               87-124
Folder 4             Jan. 16-31               125-150
Folder 5             Feb. 1-12               151-199
Folder 6             Feb. 13-28               200-259


Box 33      1857           Documents 260-568
Folder 1             Mar. 1-16                 260-317
Folder 2             Mar. 17-31               318-367
Folder 3             Apr. 1-16                 368-414
Folder 4             Apr. 17-30               415-464
Folder 5             May 1-16                 465-520
Folder 6             May 17-31               521-568


Box 34      1857           Documents 569-934
Folder 1             June 1-15                 569-624
Folder 2             June 16-30               625-676
Folder 3             July 1-18                 677-717
Folder 4             July 19-31               718-753
Folder 5             Aug. 1-12                 754-788
Folder 6             Aug. 13-31               789-842
Folder 7             Sept. 1-18               843-903
Folder 8             Sept. 19-30               904-934


Box 35      1857          Documents 935-1312
Folder 1             Oct. 1-18                 935-989
Folder 2             Oct. 19-31               990-1051
Folder 3             Nov. 1-15               1052-1119
Folder 4             Nov. 16-22               1120-1149
Folder 5             Nov. 23-30               1150-1178
Folder 6             Dec. 1-11               1179-1231
Folder 7             Dec. 12-31               1232-1312


Box 36      1858          Documents 1-245
Folder 1             Jan. 1-12               1-47
Folder 2             Jan. 13-31               48-124
Folder 3             Feb. 1-15               125-147
Folder 4             Feb. 16-28             148-173
Folder 5             Mar. 1-15               174-218 (#218 repeated)
Folder 6             Mar. 16-31             218-245


Box 37      1858          Documents 246-510
Folder 1             April 1-30               246-293
Folder 2             May 1-31               294-334
Folder 3             June 1-30               335-369
Folder 4             July 1-31                 370-416
Folder 5             Aug. 3-31               417-462
Folder 6             Sept. - Dec.            463-509


Box 38      1859          Documents 1-276
Folder 1             Jan.-July                 1-53
Folder 2             Aug. -Sept.              54-119
Folder 3             Oct. -Nov. 1-17           120-181
Folder 4             Nov. 18-30 - Dec. 1-19   182-237
Folder 5             Dec. 20-31               238-276


Box 39      1860          Documents 1-387
Folder 1             Jan. 1-15                 1-58
Folder 2             Jan. 16-31               59-123
Folder 3             Feb. 1-13                 124-173
Folder 4             Feb. 14-29               174-251
Folder 5             Mar. 1-9                 252-297
Folder 6             Mar. 10-18               298-336
Folder 7             Mar. 19-31               337-387


Box 40      1860          Documents 388-756
Folder 1             Apr. 2-14                 388-443
Folder 2             Apr. 15-22               444-484
Folder 3             Apr. 23-30               485-543
Folder 4             May 1-9                 544-617
Folder 5             May 10-18               618-698
Folder 6             May 19-25               699-756


Box 41      1860          Documents 757-1052
Folder 1             May 26-31                 757-802
Folder 2             June 1-7                   803-862
Folder 3             June 8-13                 863-920
Folder 4             June 14-21                 921-986
Folder 5             June 22-30                 987-1052


Box 42      1860          Documents 1053-1418
Folder 1             July 1-8                 1053-1114
Folder 2             July 9-14               1115-1172
Folder 3             July 15-21               1173-1223
Folder 4             July 22-31               1224-1292
Folder 5             Aug. 1-9                 1293-1347
Folder 6             Aug. 10-19             1348-1418


Box 43      1860          Documents 1419-1663
Folder 1             Aug. 20-25             1419-1465
Folder 2             Aug. 26-31             1466-1503
Folder 3             Sept. 1-9               1504-1550
Folder 4             Sept. 10-17             1551-1604
Folder 5             Sept. 18-30             1605-1663


Box 44      1860          Documents 1664-1961
Folder 1               Oct. 1-18               1664-1728
Folder 2               Oct. 19-31             1729-1766
Folder 3               Nov. 1-18               1767-1826
Folder 4               Nov. 19-30             1827-1858
Folder 5               Dec. 1-31               1859-1961


Box 45      1861          Documents 1-418
Folder 1             Jan. 1-16                 1-61
Folder 2             Jan. 17-31               62-124
Folder 3             Feb. 1-28                 125-201
Folder 4             Mar. 1-20                 202-250
Folder 5             Mar. 21-31               251-298
Folder 6             Apr. 1-15                 299-375
Folder 7             Apr. 16-30               376-418


Box 46      1861          Documents 419-869
Folder 1             May 1-14               419-477
Folder 2             May 15-31             478-531
Folder 3             June 1-29               532-614
Folder 4             July 1-17               615-667
Folder 5             July 18-31             668-709
Folder 6             Aug. 1-31               710-794
Folder 7             Sept. 1-13             795-869


Box 47    1861          Documents 870-1293
Folder 1               Sept. 14-30           870-979
Folder 2               Oct. 1-14             980-1069
Folder 3               Oct. 15-31             1070-1132
Folder 4               Nov. 1-30             1133-1199
Folder 5               Dec. 1-31             1200-1293


Box 48    1862          Documents 1-250
Folder 1             Jan. 1-14               1-51
Folder 2             Jan. 15-31             52-97
Folder 3             Feb. 1-28               98-172
Folder 4             Mar. 1-31               173-250


Box 49      1862          Documents 251-600
Folder 1             Apr. 1- 30             251-342
Folder 2             May 1-15               343-419
Folder 3             May 16-31             420-493
Folder 4             June 1-14               494-558
Folder 5             June 15-23             559-600


Box 50      1862          Documents 601-870
Folder 1     June 23-30             601-637
Folder 2     July 1-9                 638-704
Folder 3     July 10-15              705-758
Folder 4     July 16-22              759-807
Folder 5     July 23-31               808-870


Box 51      1862          Documents 871-1231
Folder 1    Aug. 1-12         871-934
Folder 2    Aug. 13-22       935-990
Folder 3    Aug. 23-31       991-1045
Folder 4    Sept. 1-10       1046-1123
Folder 5    Sept. 11-17      1124-1180
Folder 6    Sept. 18-24      1181-1231


Box 52      1862          Documents 1232-1531
Folder 1    Sept. 25-31   1232-1277
Folder 2    Oct. 1-13       1278-1353
Folder 3    Oct. 14-23     1354-1419
Folder 4    Oct. 24-31     1420-1481
Folder 5    Nov. 1-8         1482-1531


Box 53      1862   Documents 1532-1847
Folder 1   Nov. 9-18    1532-1592
Folder 2   Nov. 19-30   1593-1647
Folder 3   Dec. 1-10    1648-1718
Folder 4   Dec. 11-21   1719-1780
Folder 5   Dec. 22-31   1781-1847


Box 54      1863  Documents 1-273
Folder 1  Jan. 1-8 1-48
Folder 2  Jan. 9-19 49-119
Folder 3  Jan. 20-31 120-208
Folder 4  Feb. 1-11 209-273


Box 55    1863    Documents 275-633
Folder 1 Feb. 12-20 275-339 (# 274 skipped)
Folder 2 Feb. 21-28 340-403
Folder 3 Mar. 1-10 404-474
Folder 4 Mar. 11-19 475-540
Folder 5 Mar. 20-26 541-597
Folder 6 Mar. 27-31 598-633


Box 56     1863     Documents 634-990
Folder 1 Apr. 1-10 634-697
Folder 2 Apr. 11-19 698-753
Folder 3 Apr. 20-24 754-804
Folder 4 Apr. 25-30 805-850
Folder 5 May 1-9 851-917
Folder 6 May 10-22 918-990


Box 57  1863  Documents 991-1345
Folder 1 May 23-31 991-1037
Folder 2 June 1-13 1038-1094
Folder 3 June 14-30 1095-1147
Folder 4 July 1-18 1118-1180 (#1118-1147 repeated)
Folder 5 July 19-31 1181-1239
Folder 6 Aug. 1-31 1240-1345


Box 58  1863  Documents 1346-1639
Folder 1 Sept. 1-30 1346-1428
Folder 2 Oct. 1-31 1429-1507
Folder 3 Nov. 1-28 1508-1560
Folder 4 Dec. 1-31 1561-1639


Box 59   1864   Documents 1-392
Folder 1 Jan. 1-31 1-54
Folder 2 Feb. 1-29 55-96
Folder 3 Mar. 1-31 97-143
Folder 4 Apr. 1-30/May 1-30 144-209
Folder 5 June-Aug. 210-287
Folder 6 Sept.-Dec. 288-392


Box 60   1865-1866  Documents 1-113/1-385
Folder 1 Jan-June 1865 1-54
Folder 2 July-Dec. 1865 55-113
Folder 3 Jan.-Mar. 1866 1-98
Folder 4 Apr.-May 1866 99-200
Folder 5 June-Nov. 1866 201-330
Folder 6  Dec. 1-31 1866 331-385


Box 61  1867   Documents 1-570
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. 1-103
Folder 2 Mar.-Apr. 104-243
Folder 3 May 1-31 244-302
Folder 4 June-July 303-420
Folder 5 Aug.-Sept. 421-491
Folder 6 Oct.-Dec. 492-570


Box 62  1868 Documents 1-392
Folder 1 Jan-Feb. (1-101)
Folder 2 March (102-173)
Folder 3 Apr.-June (174-315)
Folder 4 July-Sept. (316-392)


Box 63  1868-1869  Documents 393-594/1-199
Folder 1 Oct.-Nov. 1868 (393-493)
Folder 2 Dec. 1868 (494-594)
Folder 3 Jan.-Feb. 1869 (1-120)
Folder 4 Mar.-Apr. 1869 (121-199)


Box 64  1869 Documents 200-499
Folder 1 May-July (200-272)
Folder 2 Aug.-Sept. (273-344)
Folder 3 Oct.-Nov. (345-416)
Folder 4 Dec. (417-499)


Box 65  1870 Documents 1-331
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. (1-82)
Folder 2 Mar.-Apr. ( 83-140) (#105 and 106 missing, or numbers skipped)
Folder 3 May-June (141-204)
Folder 4 July-Aug. (205-256)
Folder 5 Sept.-Dec. (257-331) (#’s skip from 290 to 300)


Box 66  1871  Documents 1-330
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. (1-52)
Folder 2 Mar.-May (53-127) (#60 missing, or number skipped)
Folder 3 June- Aug. (128-208)
Folder 4 Sept.-Oct. (209-252)
Folder 5 Nov.-Dec. (253-330)


Box 67  1872  Documents 1-403
Folder 1 Jan. (1-42)
Folder 2 Feb. (43-92)
Folder 3 Mar.-Apr. (93-151)
Folder 4 May-July (152-247)
Folder 5 Aug.-Oct. (247-326) (#247 repeated)
Folder 6 Nov.-Dec. (327-403)


Box 68    1873  Documents 1-391
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. (1-71)
Folder 2 Mar.-May (72-173)
Folder 3 June-July (173-245) (#173 repeated)
Folder 4 Aug.-Sept. (246-333)
Folder 5 Oct.-Nov. (334-387)
Folder 6 Dec. (334-391) (#334-387 repeated) (#382 skipped as number?)


Box 69  1874  Documents 1-516
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. (1-79)
Folder 2 March (80-146)
Folder 3 Apr.-May (147-260)
Folder 4 June-July (261-314)
Folder 5 Aug.-Sept. (315-364)
Folder 6 Oct.-Nov. (365-438)
Folder 7 Dec. (439-516)


Box 70  1875  Documents 1-474
Folder 1 Jan. (1-39)
Folder 2 Feb.-Mar. (40-117) (#55-56 skipped?)
Folder 3 Apr.-May (118-165)
Folder 4 June (166-217)
Folder 5 July (218-276)
Folder 6 Aug.-Sept. (277-348) (#315, 344 repeated)
Folder 7 Oct-Nov. (348-406) (#348-9, 401 repeated)
Folder 8 Dec. (407-474)


Box 71  1876  Documents 1-291
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. (1-64)
Folder 2 Mar.-Apr. (65-127) (#23 missing, 43 repeated)
Folder 3 May-June (128-204)
Folder 4 July-Aug. (205-291)


Box 72   1876  Documents 292-512
Folder 1 Sept.- Oct. (292-347)
Folder 2 Nov. (348-401)
Folder 3 Dec. 1-15 (402-446)
Folder 4 Dec. 16-31 (447-512)


Box 73   1877  Documents 1-446
Folder 1 Jan. (1-87)
Folder 2 Feb. (88-155)
Folder 3 Mar. (156-254) (#162 repeated)
Folder 4 Apr. 1-14 (255-346)
Folder 5 Apr. 15-30 (346-446) (#346 repeated)


Box 74    1877    Documents 447-835
Folder 1 May 1-15 (447-518) (Folder 1 starts w/ #448 not 447)
Folder 2 May 16-31 (518-574) (#518 repeated, doc. 532a misnumbered as 542a)
Folder 3 June 1-15 (575-640)
Folder 4 June 16-31 (641-694)
Folder 5 July (695-766)
Folder 6 Aug. (767-835)


Box 75  1877    Documents 836-1246
Folder 1 Sept. (836-904)
Folder 2 Oct. (905-930)
Folder 3 Nov. (931-998)
Folder 4 Dec. 1-14 (999-1085)
Folder 5 Dec. 15-31 (1086-1246)


Box 76  1878    Documents 1-269
Folder 1 Jan. (1-72)
Folder 2 Feb. (73-110)
Folder 3 Mar. (111-187)
Folder 4 Apr. (188-269)


Box 77  1878    Documents 270-498
Folder 1 May (270-320)
Folder 2 June (321-381) (#381 repeated)
Folder 3 July (381-451)
Folder 4 Aug. (452-498)


Box 78  1878   Documents 499-774
Folder 1 Sept.-Oct. (499-592)
Folder 2 Nov. (593-647)
Folder 3 Dec. (648-746)
Folder 4 Undated (747-774)


Box 79  1879  Documents 1-392
Folder 1 Jan. 1-17 (1-43)
Folder 2 Jan. 18-31 (44-96)
Folder 3 Feb. (97-177)
Folder 4 Mar. (178-246)
Folder 5 Apr. (247-309)
Folder 6 May (310-392)


Box 80   1879  Documents 393-797
Folder 1 June (393-461) (#422 skipped)
Folder 2 July 1-15 (462-533)
Folder 3 July 16-31 (534-598)(#581 repeated)
Folder 4 Aug. (599-695)
Folder 5 Sept. 1-17 (696-797)


Box 81   1879  Documents 798-1119
Folder 1 Sept. 18-30 (798-865)
Folder 2 Oct. (866-932)
Folder 3 Nov. (933-1001)
Folder 4 Dec. (1002-1086)
Folder 5 Undated (1087-1119)
**Note:  the original numbers 2000-2018 have been changed to 1100-1119 in order to follow the sequence


Box 82   1880  Documents 1-387
Folder 1 Jan. (1-81)
Folder 2 Feb. (82-128)
Folder 3 Mar. (129-208)(#209 skipped)
Folder 4 Apr. (210-292)
Folder 5 May (293-387)


Box 83   1880   Documents 388-817
Folder 1 June (388-496)
Folder 2 July (497-589)
Folder 3 Aug. (590-720) (#690 repeated)
Folder 4 Sept.(721-817)


Box 84   1880   Documents 818-1093
Folder 1 Oct. (818-893) (folder 1 starts w/ 819 not 818)
Folder 2 Nov. (894-975)
Folder 3 Dec. (976-1056) (#1022 repeated)
Folder 4 Undated 1057-1093


Box 85   1881  Documents 1-276
Folder 1 Jan. (1-57) (# 44 repeated)
Folder 2 Feb.(58-120)
Folder 3 Mar. (121-184)
Folder 4 Apr. (185-220)
Folder 5 May (221-276)


Box 86   1881   Documents 277-574
Folder 1 June (277-362) (#304 repeated)
Folder 2 July (363-468)
Folder 3 Aug. (469-574)


Box 87  1881   Documents 575-813
Folder 1 Sept. (575-627) -  (#626*, 627* changed from 592, 593; #592 repeated)
Folder 2 Oct. (594-643) -  (#594-627 repeated)
Folder 3 Nov. (644-704)
Folder 4 Dec. (705-775)
Folder 5 Undated (776-813)


Box 88  1882  Documents 1-272
Folder 1 Jan. (1-75)
Folder 2 Feb. (76-143)
Folder 3 Mar. (144-213)
Folder 4 Apr. (214-272) - (#215, 269 repeated)


Box 89  1882  Documents 273-544
Folder 1 May (273-339)
Folder 2 June (340-411)
Folder 3 July (412-472)
Folder 4 Aug. (473-544)


Box 90  1882   Documents 545-876
Folder 1 Sept. (545-609)
Folder 2 Oct. (610-662)
Folder 3 Nov. (663-746)
Folder 4 Dec. (747-844)
Folder 5 Undated (845-876) -  (#850 repeated 4 times)


Box 91  1883  Documents 1-326
Folder 1 Jan. 1-15 (1-53)
Folder 2 Jan. 16-31 (54-104)
Folder 3 Feb. (105-177)
Folder 4 Mar. (178-254)
Folder 5 Apr. (255-326)


Box 92  1883 Documents 327-732
Folder 1 May (327-400)
Folder 2 June (401-492)
Folder 3 July 493-619
Folder 4 Aug. 620-732


Box 93  1883 Documents 733-1119
Folder 1 Sept.(733-821)
Folder 2 Oct. (822-907)
Folder 3 Nov. (908-979; #967 repeated)
Folder 4 Dec. 1-15 (980-1043)
Folder 5 Dec. 16-31 (1044-1119; #1074 repeated)


Box 94 1884 Documents 1-323
Folder 1 Jan. (1-76)
Folder 2 Feb. (77-139)
Folder 3 Mar. (140-188)
Folder 4 Apr. (189-238)
Folder 5 May (239-281)
Folder 6 June (282-323)


Box 95  1884  Documents 324-722
Folder 1 July (324-366) (#352 repeated)
Folder 2 Aug. (367-442) (#368 repeated)
Folder 3 Sept. (443-498)
Folder 4 Oct. (499-551) (#528, 548 repeated)
Folder 5 Nov. (552-605) (#568 repeated, 597 repeated twice)
Folder 6 Dec. (606-722) (#615, 645 repeated)


Box 96  1885  Documents 1-426
Folder 1 Jan. (1-77)
Folder 2 Feb. (78-138)
Folder 3 Mar. 139-201
Folder 4 Apr. 202-274 (#267 repeated)
Folder 5 May 275-344 (#334 repeated)
Folder 6 June 345-426


Box 97 1885   Documents 427-942
Folder 1 July (427-487)
Folder 2 Aug. (488-581)
Folder 3 Sept. (582-688)
Folder 4 Oct. (689-751)
Folder 5 Nov. (752-835)
Folder 6 Dec. (836-942)(#926 repeated 4 times)


Box 98  1886    Documents 1-339
Folder 1 Jan. (1-28)
Folder 2 Feb. (29-90)
Folder 3 Mar. (91-157)
Folder 4 Apr. (158-225)(#181 repeated)
Folder 5 May (226-277)
Folder 6 June (278-339)


Box 99  1886    Documents 340-693
Folder 1 July (340-416)
Folder 2 Aug. (417-476)
Folder 3 Sept. (477-522)
Folder 4 Oct. (523-570)
Folder 5 Nov. (571-628)
Folder 6 Dec. (629-693)


Box 100  1887   Documents 1-210
Folder 1 Jan. (1-31)
Folder 2 Feb-Mar. (32-100)
Folder 3 Apr. (101-161)
Folder 4 May (162-215)
Folder 5 June (163-210)


Box 101  1887    Documents 211-523
Folder 1 July (211-263)
Folder 2 Aug. (264-306)
Folder 3 Sept. (307-349)
Folder 4 Oct. (350-393)
Folder 5 Nov. (394-424)
Folder 6 Dec. (425-523)


Box 102  1888  Documents 1-326
Folder 1 Jan. (1-62)
Folder 2 Feb.-Mar. 63-129 (#130-162 skipped in the sequence)
Folder 3 Apr.-May (163-242)
Folder 4 June (243-278)
Folder 5 July (279-326)


Box 103  1888   Documents 327-640
Folder 1 Aug. (327-378)
Folder 2 Sept. (379-425)
Folder 3 Oct. (426-488)
Folder 4 Nov. (489-544)
Folder 5 Dec. (545-640)


Box 104  1889Documents 1-320
Folder 1 Jan.(1-55)
Folder 2 Feb.-Apr. (56-183)
Folder 3 May (184-239) [#239 repeated])
Folder 4 June-July (240-320)


Box 105  1889-1890  Documents 321-691
Folder 1 Aug.-Sept. 1889 (321-421)
Folder 2 Oct. 1889 (422-495)
Folder 3 Nov. 1889 (496-591)
Folder 4 Dec. 1889 (592-689)
Folder 5 Sept.-Oct. 1890 (690-691)


Box 106  1872-1889 (Documents 1-245)
Folder 1 (1-49)
Folder 2 (50-100)
Folder 3 (101-150)
Folder 4 (151-200)
Folder 5 (201-245)

Note: The correspondence from 1890 is lost. See above History of Schliemann Papers (re: letter from Ernst Meyer Nov. 26, 1955).
 



Series BB: Original Letters

Box 1

Folder 1 Letter to Wilhelmine and Doris Schliemann, Amsterdam, 20 February 1842 (64 pages)

Folder 2 Calvert letters
2.1 One letter from Francis H. Bacon to B.H. Hill, Director of the ASCSA (July 26, 1923), pertaining to the discovery and donation of letters from H. Schliemann to the Calvert brothers.
Two documents about the inventory of the above letters at the Gennadius Library.

2.2 Rough drafts of letters from Frank Calvert to H. Schliemann (1872-1873, 1878, 1886)
10 letters and two newspaper clippings

2.3 H. Schliemann to Frank Calvert (1870-1873)
50 letters, Schliemann to Calvert as follows:
Document 1-2 Athens, June 1870/April 1871
Document 3   London, August 1871
Document 4   Athens, January 1872
Document 5-8   Hisarlik, April 1872
Document 9-27 Troy, April-Aug. 1872
Document 28   Pergamus of Troy, Aug. 1872
Document 29-41 Athens, Aug. 1872-Jan. 1873
Document 42-48 Troy, Feb.-Mar. 1873
Document 49   Troy? 31 May 1873 (date received)
Document 50   Athens, July 1873

One letter, A. Battus to F. Calvert- Astyra, 4 May 1886 (Document 51)

2.4  H. Schliemann to James Calvert  (1871-1888)
Thirty-nine letters and one visiting card 
        
1-2. Pera, June 1871
3. Athens, Sept. 1871
4. Dardanelles, Oct. 1871
5. Troy, Oct. 1871
6-15. Tschiplak,  Oct.-Nov. 1871
16. Hisarlik, April 1872
17-30. Troy, May 1872-May 1873
31. Constantinople-L. and A. Berlin to F. Calvert 1881
32. Paris, December 1885
33. Athens, April 1886
34. Paris, Sept. 1886
35. Athens, September 1886
36. Wadi halfa-Nubia- January 1887
37-38. Athens,  April 1887/May 1888
39. Part of undated letter
40. Visiting card

Folder 3 H. Schliemann to G. Constantine (gift of Harriet Allen, 1954)  
1 Naples, 3 December 1875
2 Troy,  5 November 1878
3 Athens,  29 March 1881 (Sardis discussed)
4 Athens?, Undated (dinner invitation)

Folder 4 Friedrich Max-Müller Letters

4.1 “Story of the letters” by Lady Wanda Max-Müller, London, 23/7/1959 (original missing 4/1998, photocopy replacement made from 2nd copy in correspondence to Francis Walton from Lady Wanda Max-Müller 1961)

4.2 (a) H. Schliemann to F. Max-Müller (1-53):
Document
1-8 Athens, Oct.1873-May 1874
9 London, July 1875
10 On board the ?- July 1876
11 Letter to The Times via F. Max-Müller - Athens, July 1876
12-12a Athens,  July 1876
13-20 Mycenae,  Aug.-Sept. 1876
21 2 drawings
22 Mycenae, October 1876
23 4 drawings
24 Syra, October 1876
25 On board the Selinunte?,  Oct. 1876
26-29 Mycenae, Oct.-Nov. 1876
30 Drawings
31-33 Mycenae, November 1876
34-43 Athens, Dec. 1876-Mar. 1877
44-45 London, Mar-Apr.  1877
6-47 London, June-Nov.1877
48 Pall Mall (England), December 1877
49-50 Athens, February 1878
51-52 Troy, October 1878
4.2 (b) H. Schliemann to F. Max-Müller (53-74):
Document    
53 Paris, October 1879
54-56 Athens, Nov. 1879-Apr. 1880
57 Leipzig, May 1880
58 Athens, December   1880
59-60 London, December 1880
61-63 Athens, Jan.1881-Jan. 1882
64-65 Troy, March-May 1882
66-68 Athens, Dec. 1882/Nov. 1883/May 1886
69 Crete (near Knossos), May 1886
70 Athens, May 1886
71-74 Drawings

Folder 5 Photocopies of H. Schliemann’s correspondence

5.1 Photocopies from Rare Book Collection, Harvard University (Accompanied by a letter from Donald Coney to F. R. Walton. April 15, 1964)
• Messrs. Schlüsser and Co., St. Petersburg,  January 1, 1855
• Stephen Field, Athens, October 20, 1881
• Stephen Field, Athens, Troy, July 5, 1882
• Stephen Field, part of undated letter

5.2
Photocopies of letters to Amelia Edwards from the Schliemanns (donated by Somerville College Library; Oxford, England-1975)
• 2 June 1877
• 22 June 1877 (S. Schliemann)
• Athens, 16 April 1881
• Athens, 8 March 1884

Folder 6 Miscellaneous Original Correspondence
1.  H. Schliemann to V. Drossinos - Athens, 1/13 May 1880
2.  H. Schliemann to A. de Polovtsoff - Athens, 31 March 1883
3.  H. Schliemann to J. Gennadius - Athens, 14 Sept. 1877
4.  H. Schliemann to William Goodwin - Athens, 18 Dec. 1879



Series BBB: Copybooks of Letters

Volumes 1-43

For an alphabetical list of Schliemann's outgoing correspondence (Greek correspondents are not included here), please follow the links below.

Note: Researchers may consult the information in the digitized folders but for permission to publish, please contact the Department of Archives of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - K- L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - Y - Z

Volume 1 1845-46   November - September
Volume 2 1847     January 29 - May 31
Volume 3 1847     June 2 - December 27
Volume 4 1848     January 3 - December 30
Volume 5 1847-48   December 30 - December 6?
Volume 6 1849     January 2 - April 9
Volume 7 1849     January 2 - 25
Volume 8 1849-50   January 4 - May 9?
Volume 9 1850     May 30 - September 6
Volume 10 1850     September 6 - November 18
Volume 11 1851-52   October 19 - April 6
Volume 12 1853     February 18 -November 28
Volume 13 1853-55   November 30 - January 25
Volume 14 1855     July 9 - December 31
Volume 15 1855-56 January 25 - July 12; Jan 16 - June 22
Volume 16 1856     January 2-December 31
Volume 17 1857     January 2-December 31
Volume 18 1858-59 January 1-Aug. 23; July 3/15 - July 22
Volume 19 1859-60 October 17/29 - December
Volume 20 1861     January - December
Volume 21 1862     January - December
Volume 22 1863     January -December
Volume 23 1852-64   September - January
Volume 24 1864     January-March
Volume 25 1864-65 April - July
Volume 26 1866     March 5 - July 10 (group of numbers added in volume 26 that may affect numbers researchers referred to)
Volume 27 1866-68   April- December
Volume 28 1869-71   April - September?
Volume 29 1869-71   September - September (also contains copies of Sophia Schliemann’s letters)
Volume 30 1871-72 October - June
Volume 31 1872-73 June - January
Volume 32 1873     February - August
Volume 33 1873-74   August - May
Volume 34 1874-75   May - April
Volume 35 1875-76   May 31, 1875 - July 23, 1876

*** July 1876-March 1877/March -July 1877/Oct. 1877-April 1878 taken by Ernst Meyer to Germany and destroyed during the Second World War

Volume 36  1878-80   April - January
Volume 37  1880-81   January 3 - March 10
Volume 38  1881-82   March 10, 1881 - March 1, 1882 (pp. 1 - 489); October 17 (pp. 490 - 497)
Volume 39  1882-85   (November 22, 1882 - May 30, 1883 (pp. 1-248); 1884? (pp. 249-252); May 6, 1884 - December 9, 1884 (pp. 287- 455); April 12 - May 24,1885; Nov. 26, 1886?)
Volume 40  1883-85   December 16, 1883 - April 12, 1885
***May 1885 - January 1888 taken by E. Meyer to Germany and destroyed during the Second World War
Volume 41  1888-89   January 24-26, 1888; April 21, 1888 - November 26, 1889
Volume 42  1889-90   November 26, 1889 - September 11, 1890
Volume 43  1890   September-December 1890
 


Series C: Manuscripts and other handwritten notes

Box 1

Folder 1 La China (1865). In Spanish, 77 pages (sections of the book, La Chine et le Japon au temps present-1867)

Folder 2 Sections of a manuscript for the book: Trojanische Alterthϋmer(1874). Eight sections dated Apr. 5-August 14, 1872, 115 pages

Folder 3 Draft of report about Mycenae excavations - Sept. 9, 1876, 6 pages

Folder 4 French translation by A. Hecker of H. Schliemann’s articles. Complete presentation of his articles in the 8th and 9th issues of the “Unsere Zeit” Collection, 1881, 8 pages.

Folder 5 German translation of an article by J. P. Mahaffy included as an appendix to Schliemann’s book, Ilios, City and Country of the Trojans, London, 1880, 21 pages.

Folder 6 Heinrich Brugsch-Bey, “Troja und Aegypten”. Text in German, included as an appendix to the book, Ilios, City and Country of the Trojans, London, 1880, 12 pages.

Folder 7 Forschungen in boeotischen Orchomenos-1881 (Excavations at Boeotian Orchomenos, in German), 49 pages.

Folder 8 Exploration of the Boeotian Orchomenos-1881 (Excavations at Boeotian Orchomenos, in English), 52 pages.

Folder 9 German translation of A.H. Sayce’s preface to the book, Troja, 1884, 30 pages.

Folder 10 Four sketches of vases, painted by H. Schliemann.

Folder 11 Part of manuscript for the book, Troja, 1884, 227 pages.

Folder 12 Various handwritten notes:
1. Handwritten copy of a review of J. Murray’s for the book, Ilios-1 page-English
2. Legend for the book, Mycenae, 1 page-French
3. Note in introduction by F. A. Brockhaus about Otto Helm’s chemical analysis, 1 page-German
4. Explanatory note about the “Spindelwirtel” (spindlewhorls), 1 page-German
5. Footnote, Chapter 9, line 24-1 page-German

Folder 13 Handwritten draft of speech by H. Schliemann-undated, 10 pages, German
 


Series D: Personal Documents

Box 1

Folder 1 Official Documents
1. Passports 1843,1846 (Russia, Amsterdam, Rostock) (cf. Series G, Miscellaneous, Box 5-Z5 for Russian passports) (5 documents - oversize, kept outside box)
2. Applications for U.S. Citizenship-State of NY-1869. Divorce issue—State of Indiana-1869. Prenuptial agreement—Sophia and Heinrich 1869 (5 documents - oversize, kept outside box)
3. Document pertaining to the firman for the excavations at Troy from the Turkish government. Draft of the application for an excavation permit at Troy (H. Schliemann to S. E. Safuet Pacha, Constantinople, 6 Jan.1876). Original and German translation of the Turkish government firman (pertaining to the continuation of H. Schliemann’s excavations at Troy-1876?) (4 documents)
4. Power of attorney, Heinrich Schliemann to John Kastromenos for the Athens tribunal-1887 (1 document)
5. Heinrich Schliemann’s last will and testament (original, in Greek, deposited in the National Bank of Greece) (for Photostat of original will in Greek, see Series I, Box 3, Folder 1)
- Part of an English translation of the will
- Documents pertaining to the will in German, French, and English (5 documents)

Folder 2 Personal notes
(23 documents)
1. Various documents and notes (1840-41).
2. Handwritten notes and booklets of accounts

Folder 3 Diplomas (29)
(cf. Series G, Box 4, Folder 5, for catalogue of diplomas made by Alex Melas)
1. The Imperial Russian Museum (in Russian)-1881
2. Academia Literarum et Scientiarum, Munich-1882
3. Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux Arts de Belgique-1882
4. Der Verein Mecklenburgische Geschichte und Altertumskunde Schwerin-1877
5. Wilhelm, Konig von Freu Preussen, Wiessbaden-1881
6. Friedrich Franz, von Gottes Gnaden Grossherzog von Mecklenburg-Schwerin-1881
7. Institutum Archaeologicum Imperii Germanici-1870 (Schliemann elected Corresponding Member)
8. Der Verein fur Erdkunde zu Leipizig-1886
9. Carl Alexander, von Gottes Gnaden Grossherzog zu Sachsen-Weimar Eisenach-1880
10. The Royal Society of Literature-1877
11. Archduke of Coburg und Gotha-1884
12. Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Society of Antiquaries)
13. Societas Anthropologicae Germanorum-1877 (framed)
14. Royal Institute of British Architects-1877
15. Royal Historical Society (for Heinrich)-1877
16. Royal Historical Society (for Sophia)-1877
17. Ελληνικός Φιλεκπαιδευτικός Σύλλογος-ΑΩΟΖ (1877)
18. Σύλλογος Κυριών γυναικείων παιδεύσεων (Sophia)-1872
19. Der Verein fur Geschichte der bildenden Kunste zu Breslau-1884
20. Friderici Francisci…1869 (Ph.D, University of Rostock)
21. Η Εν Σμύρνη Εταιρεία του Μουσείου και της Βιβλιοθήκης της Ευαγγελικής Σχολής-1875
22. Die Munchener Anthropologische Gesellschaft
23. The Metropolitan Museum of Art-1887
24. Friedrich, von Gottes Gnaden Grossherzog von Baden-1885
25. Georg zu Sachsen-Meiningen-1884
26. Institutum Archaeologicum Imperii Germanici-1885 (Schliemann elected Regular Member)
27. Ο Καλλιτεχνικός Σύλλογος Αθηνών-1883
28. Der Historische Verein fur Oberpfalz und Regensburg-1879
29. Physikalisch-Okonomische Gesellschaft zu Konigsberg in Pr.-1890



Series E: Economics

Sub-series 1  Economic Documents (Documents 1-652 consist of accounts, receipts, invoices, copies of invoices, commercial and stock exchange bulletins)

Box 1 1846-47, 1849-59, 1861     Documents 1-278
Box 2 1862-68, 1870-72, 1875-89   Documents 179-652

Sub-series 2 Photocopies of documents, 1-17 (1887, 1889-91)

Box 3 Transactions with the National Bank of Greece
- receipts of payments
- letters to Marco Renieri, director of the Bank
- documents related to H. Schliemann’s will
- legal decision about the sale of stocks deposited at the bank

Sub-series 3 Ledgers 1-38
(a) Account books containing invoices, exchange letters, various calculations.
(b) Cash books.
(c) Books with rents and house expenses including registered names of lodgers, sums and dates of payments and other daily expenses.

Account Books (a)
Box 4
1847/1
1847/2
1848/1
1848/2
1848-49
1848-50/1
1848-50/2

Box 5
1850

Box 6
1851-52

Box 7
1854
1852-56

Box 8
1854-56

Box 9
1854-56
1860
1860-61

Box 10
1856-61
1862

Box 11
1856-62

Box 12
1853-63
1856-63

Box 13
1856-63
1863
1862-64

Box 14
1861-63
1862

Box 15
1862-64
1856-64
1862-65

Box 16
1855-66

Box 17
Undated/1
Undated/2
1854-62

Box 18
Cash Books (b)
1847
1852-56

Box 19
1856-63

Books of expenses (c)
1852-54

Book 20
1870-1888
1875-1879
1888-1890


Series F: Heinrich Schliemann’s Property in Athens and Collection of Coins

Box 1

Folder 1: Iliou Melathron, German Institute and Mousson Street House

Iliou Melathron
1. Contract clauses for the new residence of Schliemann, drafted by Ernst Ziller, 1871. 8 pages
2. Permit for construction on a lot at Panepistimiou Ave, May 5, 1878. (Athena and Piraeus police, administration) 1 two-sided leaf.
3. Various offers for marble works, construction of a library at the Iliou Melathron (1878-79). 9 documents
4. Expense accounts of the building (1879-80). 11 documents
5. Salary orders for the supervisors of the construction with Ernst Ziller’s signature (1887-88). 7 documents
6. Designs for furniture and other household items. 4 printed sketches
7. Papers pertaining to the construction of a mine. 4 documents
8. Payment receipts. 3 documents
9. Miscellaneous (25 documents)
- Various notes from the mortgage bureau
- Various accounts and notes on work done
- Sketches of decorative statues
- Architectural plan of the house
10. Measurements/expenses book for the construction of Iliou Melathron-1880.Written and numbered, pages 1-26 and 1-14 by the supervising engineer, V. Drossinos

German Institute
11. Offers, estimates, contracts and notes concerning the construction of the building. 14 documents

Mousson Street House (former Philimonos Residence)
12(a). Estimates for repairs by Perikles Kyriakos and agreement for undertaking the work
12(b). Contract between Schliemann and Vlassis Gavrielidis about renting Mousson Street house-1887. 4 documents

Folder 2: Schliemann’s coins
(a) Report from the numismatist Achille Postolacca about Ilion coins. Athens 8/20 November 1879. 6 pages
(b) Synopsis numorum veterum qui in Museo Dris Henrici Schliemann adservantur disposit Achilles Postolacca. (catalogue of the report from Achille Postolacca) 15 pages.



Series G: Miscellaneous

The following documents contain correspondence, sketches, drawings, notes, business pamphlets and notices, clippings, and copies of books.

Box 1 Miscellaneous 1845-1879 (Documents 1-302)
Folder 1 1845-1847 (1-7)
Folder 2 1849-1854 (8-34)
Folder 3 1855-1860 (35-91)
Folder 4 1861-1863 (92-131)
Folder 5 1864-1866 (132-155)
Folder 6 1867-1871 (156-212)
Folder 7 1872-1875 (213-246)
Folder 8 1876-1879 (247-302)

Box 2 Miscellaneous 1880-1889 (Documents 303-706)
Folder 1 1880 (303-315)
Folder 2 1881 (316-331) -  (includes catalogue of the plants of the Troad)
Folder 3 1882 (332-377)
Folder 4 1883 (378-430)
Folder 5 1884 (431-477)
Folder 6 1885 (478-551)
Folder 7 1886 (552-584)
Folder 8 1887 (585-618)
Folder 9 1888 (619-660)
Folder 10 1889 (661-669)
Folder 11 1890/undated (700-706) - (includes offprints of 8 plates from a publication)

Box 3 Announcements and invitations (1853-1889)
Folder 1 1853-1858, 1860
Folder 2 1861-1864, 1866-1870
Folder 3 1871-1880
Folder 4 1881-1885
Folder 5 1886-1889

Box 4 Miscellaneous Documents
Folder 1 Hotel accounts 1880-1889
Folder 2 Medical prescriptions 1877-1888
Folder 3 Various documents in Turkish: telegrams, letters, accounts, receipts, catalogue of discoveries, vocabulary
Folder 4 Ernst Meyer’s manuscript notes about the Schliemann Papers-1938. 7 double-sided leaves
Folder 5 Typewritten catalogue for the part of the Schliemann Papers purchased by the ASCSA in 1966 (Prepared by Alex Melas, Schliemann’s grandson) (cf. Series D for actual diplomas), 35 pages

Box 5 Language exercise Books
--One large bound volume (“Sprachubungen” written on spine) with grammar and orthographic exercises as well as translations in different languages including Arabic, Greek, Swedish, Italian. Also bound inside are some correspondence and Schliemann’s Russian passports.
--One booklet with Spanish vocabulary and grammar exercises

Box 6 Copies of Schliemann’s books
- 2 copies of Atlas des Antiquités Troyennes, F.A. Brockhaus, Leipzig-1874

Box 7 Copies of other books in Schliemann’s archive
- Oversize book of plates from Scavi della Certosa? [flat storage]



Series H: Newspaper Clippings

(From Durrants Press, Berliner Literar-Auskunfts Bureau, Press Cutting Agency)

Sub-series 1 The life and work of Heinrich Schliemann

Box 1 Clippings (1873-1890) [flat storage]
Folder 1 Loose clippings: 1873, 1875, 1877-1881
Folder 2 Loose clippings: 1882-1883, 1890, undated (includes clippings and offprints unrelated to Schliemann)
Folder 3 Clippings attached to large scrapbook sheets, 1873-1879
Folder 4 Clippings attached to large scrapbook, 1874-1883 [Gift of Konstantine Papamarkou - Accession 2022#4]

Box 2 One bound scrapbook with newspaper clippings (1879-1886)

Sub-series 2 Heinrich Schliemann’s illness and death

Box 3 Clippings (November 23, 1890-Jan 5, 1891)
Folder 1   27/12/1890-16/4/1891 (93 numbered clippings from Durrants Press)
Folder 2   23/11-24/12/1890
Folder 3   27/12-31/12/1890
Folder 4   1/1-5/1/1891

Box 4 Clippings (Jan 6, 1891- March 1891)
Folder 5   6/1-10/1/1891
Folder 6   11/1-15/1/1891
Folder 7   16/1-20/1/1891
Folder 8   21/1-31/1/1891
Folder 9   February 1891
Folder 10 March 2-5, 1891

Sub-series 3 Writings about Schliemann after his death

Box 5 Clippings 1922-1937
Folder 1   Miscellaneous after Schliemann’s death
Folder 2   Reviews of Emil Ludwig’s book (1931)
Folder 3   Miscellaneous about Heinrich Schliemann (1922-1937)



Series I: Secondary Material about Schliemann

Box 1 Photocopies, Newspaper Clippings, Offprints

Folder 1: Photostat of Heinrich Schliemann’s original last will and testament deposited in the National Bank of Greece (in Modern Greek)
- Copy of documents relating to the inheritance of the Iliou Melathron and all its moveable possessions

Folder 2: Photocopies of translations and transcriptions of some of the Sophia-Heinrich letters (correspondence with Lynn Poole 1965 included)

Folder 3: Material pertaining to the centenary of Heinrich Schliemann’s death (1990)
- International Congress in Athens
- Goethe Institute Exhibition
- Conference, Heinrich Schliemann Museum in Ankershagen
- Exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum
- Exhibition at the Gennadius Library
- Lectures in honor of the Schliemann commemoration
- Various articles
- Posters for the International Congress in Athens (stored separately)

Folder 4: Iliou Melathron
- Various articles and offprints (1973-98)

Box 2 Photocopies, newspaper clipppings, offprints

Folder 1: Treasure of Troy
- Various articles (1989-96)

Folder 2: Miscellaneous articles about Schliemann (1974-1984)
- including article on Schliemann’s numismatic collection

Folder 3: Miscellaneous articles about Schliemann (1988-96) including:
- Pamphlet from an Ilias Lalaounis exhibit of jewelry and art objects dedicated to Schliemann-1993
- Article about Galina Andrusovová-Vlčeková
- Article about the Schliemann mausoleum
 

Box 3 Media

Folder 1

1. VHS Pal/Secam video: Discovery of the World’s Mysteries-Story of Heinrich Schliemann (TBS/TVMAN UNION-JAPAN- Feb. 17, 1990)

2.  VHS Pal/Secam video on Schliemann (Japanese production, all other information in Japanese)

3. VHS Pal/Secam video on Schliemann (Japanese production, all other information in Japanese)

4. DVD video: Selected Stories from World Heritage 100 (NHK World Heritage Project - Japanese; no other information)

5. VHS Pal/Secam video: [Schliemann and his treasures]  National Archaeological Museum (Sekai Bijustsu-kan Meguri NHK-BS2 - Feb. 4, 1996)

6. VHS Pal/Secam video: "The Truth of Troy" (BBC Horizon)

7. VHS Pal/Secam video: "Lost Worlds - The Search for Troy" (Darlow Smithson Productions)

8. VHS Pal/Secam video: "Great Excavations. John Romer's History of the Archaeology. Prog 4 'Digging By the Book' " (Channel Four, An Agran Barton Production, April 2000)

9. DVD video: "The True Story of Troy" - Premeire Broadcast Sunday, May 16, 2004 on The History Channel  (Providence Pictures, A&E Television Networks)

10. DVD video: "Troja Entdecker Schliemann (SPIEGEL TV Reportage, 19 March 2007)

11. DVD video: "Troja ist uberall: Der falsche Schatz des Priamos" (Spiegel TV Media, ZDF 2008)

Folder 2

A set of 14 DVDs which contain digitized items from Series B: Correspondence

1 DVD : A1 Diary 1846-1847

Box 4

Folder 1: Research papers - Reprints

-Ulrike Schulz, Kindliche Plane fur den Herbst des Lebens. Heinrich Schliemann als Autobiograph. Master - Universitat Rostock - Philosophische Fakultat, Institut fur Germanistik, September 2009

-Heinrich Schliemann's selbstbiographie. Reprint Heinrich -Schliemann Museum Ankershagen (Mecklenburg), 1996

Folder 2: Two sets of photographs and a commemorative medal (Schliemann Ankershagen Society

The two sets include among others photos of Ankershagen, the Heinrich Schliemann Museum , Virchoff's grave [2002]

Commemorative medal Schliemann Ankershagen Society 29-10-2001

Folder 3: Articles (various dates)

Among others

-Marcelle Robinson,  Calvert, "Schliemann and Hanai Teph," Berytus, 47, 2003

-Georg. Styl. Korres, "Das Iliou Melathron und seine rettung vor entfremdung' Δελτίον της Εταιρείας των Ελλήνων Φιλολόγων, Ετος Μ. (1988) Τόμος 40, τεύχη 79-80

-Wout Arentzen, "Frank Calvert,"Henry Austen Layard and Heinrich Schliemann," Anatolian Studies, Volume 51, 2001

Folder 4: Articles (various dates)

Box 5 Varia - Publications

1. Methode Schliemann. Spanisch. Stuttgart. Verlag von Wilhelm Violet. [1885?]. Attached post card written in German with no date addressed to Frl. Emma Warle

2. Methode Schliemann. Englisch. Stuttgart. Verlag von Wilhelm Violet. Revised edition von 1885 

3. Hans Einsle. Sophia Schliemann. Die Frau des groben Archaologen Biographischer Roman. Stieglitz Verlag, 1989
 



Series J: Photographs

Box 1 Melas Collection

Forty seven photographs of Heinrich Schliemann and his family(donated by the Melas Family descendants) A=Autographed
To view the photos in PDF format, click HERE

1. Heinrich -Athens, 1889-A
2. Heinrich -Breslau [ca. 1887. The same photo appears as frontis piece on D. F. Easton, Schliemann's Excavations at Troia 1870-1873, Mainz 2002. According to Easton (Acknowledgements), the photo "was given by Schliemann to the GErman consul in Luxor during the course of his Egypetian journey of 1887. The consul's family later gave it to Herr Hans-Joachim Schultze of Bad Munder, who generously gave it to me. It is now in my possession."]
3. Heinrich -New York
4. Heinrich -St. Petersburg, 1856 (23 years old)
5. Heinrich -Bad Wildungen-A (July-August 1883?)
6. Heinrich -Bad Wildungen
7. Heinrich -Russia?, 1861-A
8. Heinrich returning from Mecca (pen by Andromache?)
9. Andromache-Athens, 1888-A (17 years old)
10. Sophia-Paris
11. Heinrich -Paris
12. Sophia -Athens (dedication to Heinrich on back)
13. Sophia -Chur-St. Moritz
14. Sophia -Brindisi
15. Sophia (in Paris?)
16. Sophia with Andromache and Agamemnon-Athens (27 years old)
17. Andromache and Agamemnon-Marienbad (dedicated to Nene? on the back
18. Andromache [L] and Sophia [R] -Schwanenplatz
19. Sophia with grandsons, Alex [L] and Michael [R] Melas-Athens
20. Lady Victoria, Sophia?and Andromache? [L to R]-Athens
21. Ernst and Louise (?) Schliemann with two of their children-Schwerin
22. Ernst Schliemann-Lyck (late 1860s?)
23. Lady Victoria Geladaki (Sofia’s mother)-Athens (pen by Andromache?)
24. Agamemnon Schliemann-Paris
25. Sophia with Agamemnon-Palaio Phaleron, 1932 (pen by Andromache)
26. Sophia Schliemann-Athens, 1932 (pen by Andromache?) (80 years old)
27. Heinrich-1860-Print (38 years old)
28. Sophia-1922-Print (70 years old)
29. Heinrich with scholars at Troy
30. Heinrich-Breslau
31. Heinrich with various scholars at Troy
32. Sophia and Agamemnon-Athens (28? years old)
33. Sophia-A
34. Heinrich-Paris
35. Sophia-Paris, 1870 (pencil by Alex Melas)-Print (18 years old)
36. Heinrich and Sophia’s wedding -Athens, 1869 (pencil by Alex Melas)-Print (17 years old)
37. Agamemnon and Sophia-Baden Baden (39 years old)
38. Ernst Schliemann-(pencil by Alex Melas)
39. Sophia and Andromache-Athens-Print (24? years old)
40. Sophia and Andromache selling poppies as a fund raiser for Soteria Hospital-Print
41. Ibid-Print
42. Ground-breaking ceremony for Soteria Hospital-Print
43. Sophia’s funeral procession coming out of Mitropolis Church-1932-Print
44. Sophia’s funeral carriage-1932-Print
45. Announcement for Heinrich’s Memorial-1891-Print
46. Heinrich on the Nile?
47. Heinrich with scholars at Troy

Kastriotis Collection
Scanned reproductions donated courtesy of Maria Kastriotis (widow of George Kastriotis)
1. Andromache with her sons, [L] to [R] Alex, Leno and Michael
2. The three Melas boys [L] to [R] Leno, Alex and Michael
3. The Melas children as young men [L] to [R] Alex, Michael, and Leno
4. Sophia Schliemann (in Paris)-another copy of above #15


 

OTHER FAMILY PAPERS

The Heinrich Schliemann Family Papers are divided into two series.
Series A: Original Family Documents contains material on Heinrich Schliemann’s father, Ernst Johann Adolph Schliemann including a family tree, notebooks and eight diplomas; letters of Heinrich’s sister, Louise Therese Sophie Schliemann; letters of Andromache and Agamemnon, Heinrich’s children with Sophia; letters of Schliemann’s brothers Louis and Paul; and letters of his first wife Ekaterina.
Series B: Secondary Material contains papers on Nadézhda Schliemann Andrusovová, Heinrich’s daughter from his first marriage, donated by Nadézhda’s granddaughter, Galina Andrusovová-Vlčeková, in June 1990. The Nadézhda papers include verifications of her birth certificate and university studies, an inventory of her possessions after her death, a family tree of descendants of Ekaterina Lyshina and Heinrich Schliemann, 15 photographs of the Nadézhda and Nikolai Andrusov Family including a picture of Ekaterina Lyshina Schliemann, and a folder on Minna Meincke. Although not a family member, Minna was Schliemann’s childhood love and he kept in contact with her during his entire life. The folder contains pictures of Heinrich and Minna (1879) and an article about Minna in German.

Series A: Original Family Documents

 Box 1
Folder 1 Ernst Johann Adolph Schliemann (1780-1870)
1.1 Family tree of Ernst Schliemann (3 documents)
1.2 Miscellaneous personal documents of Ernst Schliemann (2 small notebooks, 8 documents)
1.3 Eight diplomas presented to Ernst Schliemann

Folder 2 Louise Therese Sophie Schliemann (1793-1831)
Handwritten copy of parts of a newspaper article?
Letters of Louise to her sister and daughter
(6 documents)

Folder 3 Andromache Schliemann (1871-1962)
Letters to Andromache from various family members (including Heinrich) 1880-81, 1886-87, 1906 (12 documents)

Folder 4 Agamemnon Schliemann (1878-1954)
4.1 Letter to Agamemnon from Heinrich, 1887.
4.2 Secondary material: 2 newspaper clippings concerning Agamemnon’s exile from Greece (undated but probably shortly after WWI)

Folder 5 Letters to other parties
5.1 Louis Schliemann? to Consulate of Mecklenburg, Amsterdam-1841.
5.2 Paul Schliemann to Louise Schliemann, undated.
5.3 Paul Schliemann to Wilhelmine Schliemann, 1852
5.4 Auguste Schliemann? to Wilhelmine Schliemann, 1850?
5.5 2 letters to Ekaterina Schliemann from unknowns, 1853?
5.6 E.G.? to Nadézhda Andrusovová 1889?

Series B: Secondary Material

Folder 6 Nadézhda Schliemann Andrusovová
6.1 Photocopies
- Verification of Nadézhda’s university studies in St. Petersburg.
- Verification of Nadézhda’s birth certificate.
- Inventory of Nadézhda’s possessions after her death.
(Office de Paix du Cercle de Lausanne-1935).
- Family Tree of Ekaterina and Heinrich Schliemann’s descendants.
6.2 Photographs of the Andrusov Family (Nadézhda and Nikolai Andrusov) (15 total)
- Ekaterina Lyshina Schliemann (mother of Nadézhda).
- Nikolai Andrusov.
- Nadézhda.
- Pictures of Nadézhda children.
- Group photo of the children with Nikolai.

Folder 7 Minna Meincke
- photographs: Minna, Heinrich-1879.
- article in German about Minna?


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