Heinrich Schliemann Papers
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
HISTORY OF THE SCHLIEMANN PAPERS
PROCESSING HISTORY
SCOPE AND CONTENT
CONTAINER LIST
Series A: Diaries
Series B: Correspondence
Series BB: Original Letters
Series BBB: Copybooks of Letters
Series C: Manuscripts and other handwritten notes
Series D: Personal Documents
Series E: Economics
Series F (ΣΤ): Heinrich Schliemann’s Property in Athens and Collection of Coins
Series G (Z): Miscellaneous
Series H: Newspaper Clippings
Series I: Secondary Material about Schliemann
Series J: Photographs
SOPHIA SCHLIEMANN PAPERS
Series A: Correspondence
Series B: Miscellaneous
OTHER FAMILY PAPERS
Series A: Original Family Documents
Series B: Secondary Material
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 Gennadius Library.
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
For a detailed account on the history of the Schliemann Papers, see now S.A.H. Kennell, ‘Schliemann and his papers. A tale from the Gennadeion Archives’, Hesperia 76 (2007), 785-817.
Various donors throughout the years have contributed to the Heinrich Schliemann Papers. The first papers the Gennadius Library received were the Calvert letters which Francis Bacon donated in 1923 (cf. Series BB, Box 1, Folder 2.1 for letter of F.H. Bacon to B.H. Hill). The bulk of the 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 Library 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 Gennadius Library through the German Embassy. During these years (1952-57) the Gennadius Library 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 American School of Classical Studies at Athens (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 Henry 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, Henry Robinson advised Alfred Bellinger, Chairman of the Managing Committee of the ASCSA, that the Gennadius Library 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 Gennadius Library 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 Gennadius Library 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 Library 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 WWII 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 Gennadius Library (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 Gennadius Library 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. Photocopies of these pages are available at the Gennadius Library.
Other contributions to the Schliemann Papers include 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 Gennadius Library 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.
PROCESSING HISTORY
When the Schliemann Papers were deposited in the Gennadius Library 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 at the Gennadius Library. 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 Gennadius Library made a brief assessment before purchasing the papers in 1962. In the years 1963-67, 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 chronologically 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. 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). Vardas changed the original order of the papers and placed all documents in subject series, each of which was arranged chronologically. 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. At the suggestion of Prof. David Traill, Vardas also composed an index of the correspondence received by year and the name of the sender. Her catalogue of the Schliemann Papers is written in both Greek and English.
The Gennadius Library Archives received an NEH grant in 1997-98 for the Preservation Microfilming Project. The purpose of the project was to make high resolution microfilm of the Schliemann 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 catalogue with the new information.
In 1998-99 the restoration of the 29 honorary diplomas was made possible by means of a grant from INSTAP. In 2002-03 all microfilmed documents (Series A, B and BBB vol. 11) were digitized in collaboration with the Heinrich-Schliemann-Gesellschaft Ankershagen (Germany) and the Scan Project produced 14 CD-Rom.
In order not to disrupt the numerical order in which Vardas had arranged the Schliemann Papers, only minor corrections were made to series titles on the boxes and the catalogue to ensure better continuity. When Vardas first arranged the papers, she assigned the series titles and letters in Greek. The new catalogue, however, has series letters in English (some series titles were changed for a more precise description). A more detailed list of contents was made for each series. A new series, titled Secondary Material, was also created and contains mostly photocopied articles and offprints as well as documentary videotapes about Schliemann donated to the Gennadius.
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: Diariesconsists 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).
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 Gennadius Library 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
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
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/ Egypt
23 Nov. 1858-24 June 1859
Written and numbered pp. 1-254
- contains plans/sketches of sites, etc.
Italian, French, Greek, Arabic, English
26 cm
A4: Diary 1859
Burdeos
27 Aug.-11 Oct.
Written and numbered pp. 1-77
Spanish
22 cm
A5: Diary 1864-1865
Italy, France, Far East
May 1864-16 April 1865
Written and numbered pp.1-249
Arabic, Italian, French, English, Russian, Dutch,
German
25 cm
A6: Diary 1865
China, Japan
19-April (Shangae)-29 June (Yokohama) 1865
Written and numbered pp.1-161
French, German
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)
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: Diary 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
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, Italian, German, 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)
English, Spanish, French
22 cm
A12: Diary 1868
Italy, Greece, Turkey
1 May (Susa) - 31 Aug.
Written and numbered pp. 1-158
Italian, Greek
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. Photocopies available at the Gennadius Library.
Note: The diary contains sketches of discoveries
French, Turkish, Greek, 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
Note: The diary contains sketches of discoveries by Polychronis Lembessis (painter from Salamis)
21 cm
A15: Diary 1874-1876
Tiryns, Mycenae
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.
French, Greek, German, English
23 cm
A16: Diary 1885-1886
Cuba
20 Dec. 1885 (Saint Nazaire) -10 Feb. 1886
Written and numbered pp.1-92
Spanish, German, French, Greek
15 cm
A17: Diary 1886-1887
Egypt, Nubia
27 Nov. 1886-18 Mar. 1887
Written and numbered pp. 1-257
Greek
21 cm
A18: Diary 1890
Troy
Written and numbered pp.1-67
Greek
22 cm
Series B: Correspondence
** 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.
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.4 79-588
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 1851-52 432-517
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. [2] 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
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
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)
Box 69 1874 Documents 1-516
Folder 1 Jan.-Feb. 1-79 (#2 repeated)
Folder 2 Mar. 80-146
Folder 3 Apr.-May 147-260 (#253 repeated)
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. 246-488
Folder 4 Nov. 489-544
Folder 5 Dec. 545-640
Box 104 1889 Documents 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: Document numbers are not consecutive. Box not included in microfilm collection
** The Correspondence from 1890 is not in the Gennadius Library. See Schliemann Papers Correspondence: 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-Francis H. Bacon to B.H. Hill, Director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (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 (1872-73, 78, 86).
10 letters and two newspaper clippings.
2.3 H. Schliemann to Frank Calvert (1870-1873)
One letter, A. Battus to F. Calvert- Astyra, 4 May 1886 (Document 51)
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
2.4 H. Schliemann to James Calvert (American Consulate at the Dardanelles) 1871-1888.
One visiting card (Document 40)
39 letters as follow:
Document
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
Folder 3 H. Schliemann to G. Constantine (gift of Harriet Allen, 1954)
Document
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 I. Gennadius-Athens, 14 Sept. 1877
4. H. Schliemann to Godwin-Athens, 18 Dec. 1879
Series BBB: Copybooks of Letters
Volumes 1-43
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 (pp. 1-500)
***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
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)
2. Applications for U.S. Citizenship-State of NY-1869. Divorce issue—State of Indiana-1869. Prenuptial agreement—Sophia and Heinrich 1869 (5 documents)
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 modern Greek deposited in the National Bank of Greece) (for Photostat of original will in Modern Greek-cf. 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 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)
E1 1847
E2 1847
E3 1848
E4 1848
E5 1848-49
E6 1848-50
E7 1848-50
E8 1850
E9 1851-52
E10 1854
E11 1852-56
E12 1854-56
E13 1854-56
E14 1860
E15 1860-61
E16 1856-61
E17 1856-62
E18 1862
E19 1853-63
E20 1856-63
E21 1856-63
E22 1861-63
E23 1863
E24 1862-64
E25 1862-64
E26 1856-64
E27 1862-65
E28 1855-66
E29/1 Undated
E29/2 Undated
Cash Books (b)
E30 1847
E31 1852-56
E32 1862
E33 1854-62
E34 1856-63
Books of expenses (c)
E35 1852-54
E36 1870-1888
E37 1875-1879
E38 1888-1890
Sub-series 3 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
Series F (ΣΤ): 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 (Z): Miscellaneous
The following documents are family photographs, correspondence, sketches, drawings, notes, business pamphlets and notices, clippings, copies of books.
Box 1 Miscellaneous 1845-79 Documents 1-302
Folder 1 1845-47 1-7
Folder 2 1849-54 8-34
Folder 3 1855-60 35-91
Folder 4 1861-63 92-131
Folder 5 1864-66 132-155
Folder 6 1867-71 156-212
Folder 7 1872-75 213-246
Folder 8 1876-79 247-302
Box 2 Miscellaneous 1880-89 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 1853-89
Folder 1 1853-58, 1860
Folder 2 1861-64, 1866-70
Folder 3 1871-80
Folder 4 1881-85
Folder 5 1886-89
Box 4 Miscellaneous Documents
Folder 1 Hotel accounts 1880-89
Folder 2 Medical prescriptions 1877-88
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 Gennadius Library in 1966 (Prepared by Alex Melas, Schliemann’s grandson) (cf. Series D for actual diplomas), 35 pages
Box 5 Language exercise Books
Z5 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.
Z5a 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?
Series H: Newspaper Clippings
(Durrants Press, Berliner Literar-Auskunfts Bureau, Press Cutting Agency)
Sub-series 1 The life and work of Heinrich Schliemann
Box 1 Clippings (1873-1890)
Folder 1 Loose clippings: 1873, 1875, 1877-81
Folder 2 Loose clippings: 1882-83, 1890, undated (includes clippings and offprints unrelated to Schliemann)
Folder 3 Clippings attached to large scrapbook sheets 1873-79
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 1922-37
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 Exhibit
- Conference, Heinrich Schliemann Museum in Ankershagen
- Exhibit at the National Archaeological Museum
- Exhibit at the Gennadius Library
- Lectures in honor of the Schliemann commemoration
- Various articles
- Posters for 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 (1974-84)
- 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
Video 1 Discovery of the World’s Mysteries-story of Heinrich Schliemann. TBS/TVMAN UNION-JAPAN- Feb. 17, 1990
Video 2 Japanese video on Schliemann
Video 3 Sekai Bijustsu-kan Meguri NHK-BS2. National Archaeological Museum-Feb. 4, 1996 (Schliemann and his treasures)
Series J: Photographs
Box 1 Melas Collection
Forty seven photographs of Heinrich Schliemann and his family (donated by the Melas Family descendants) A=Autographed
1. Heinrich -Athens, 1889-A
2. Heinrich -Breslau
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
SOPHIA SCHLIEMANN PAPERS
The Sophia Schliemann Papers are divided into two series:
Series A Correspondence contains letters from Heinrich and other family members 1869-1920.
Series B Miscellaneous includes a handwritten manuscript, Heinrich Schliemann and the Mycenaean Civilization (1912), language exercises, sections of Sophia’s narrative of a trip to Orchomenos, a draft of a lecture and a speech, diplomas, papers pertaining to a reproduction of the photo of Sophia wearing the Treasure of Priam as well as a mounted reproduction of the photo itself (cf. Carl W. Blegen Papers at the Archives of the Blegen Library for an original of this photo).
Series A: Correspondence
Box 1 1869-1881 Documents 1-177
Folder 1 1869-73 1-33
Folder 2 1874-75 34-68
Folder 3 1876-78 69-116
Folder 4 1879-81 117-177
Box 2 1882-1920 Documents 178-498
Folder 1 1882-84 178-256
Folder 2 1885-86 257-319
Folder 3 1887-89 320-390, 494
Folder 4 1890 391-428
Folder 5 1891-93, 1907-08, 1914, 1920, undated 429-493
Folder 6 1877, 1883, 1887 (4 letters from Sophia to others)
Series B: Miscellaneous
Box 1
Folder 1 Heinrich Schliemann and Mycenaean Civilization (for a writing competition at Athens University)
- handwritten manuscript - Aug. 29th, 1912
- 7 sections (part C missing) pp. 1-172
Folder 1a Fragments of text?
Folder 2 Language exercises (German, Greek, Italian?, French)
Folder 3 Draft of lecture about Sophocles’ Ajax (Aias o mastigoforos) (15 pages)
Folder 4 Fragments of Sophia’s narrative of a trip to Orchomenos-1880 (6 pages)
Folder 5 Οutline for an article-Nov. 1887
Folder 6 Biographical note about Marina Alex. Georganda (2 pages)
Folder 7 List of expenses
Folder 8 Speech for the grand opening of the Heinrich Schliemann School-Nov. 20, 1928. (6 typewritten pages in German)
Folder 9 Diplomas given to Sophia
a. Ministry of Defense (1914)
b. Academy of Athens (1929)
(existing medal in the Melas Collection)
Folder 10 Newspaper clipping from Illustrierte Frauen-Zeitung (Sept. 13, 1880) with drawing of Sophia.
Folder 11 Secondary material on Sophia Schliemann
- Papers pertaining to the reproduction of a photo of Sophia wearing Priam’s treasure (Jan./Mar. 1993), mounted photo of Sophia.
- Photocopies of newspaper clippings pertaining to Sophia’s funeral and obituary.
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
Box 1
Folder 1 Nadézhda Schliemann Andrusovová
1.1 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.
1.2 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 2 Minna Meincke
- photographs: Minna, Heinrich-1879.
- article in German about Minna?


