About the John Pendlebury Family Papers
The John Pendlebury Family Papers cover the period from 1913 to 1964 and document the life of archaeologist and WWII hero John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury, his wife Hilda and their family.
Includes details of trips from Agios Nikolaos [Áyios Nikólaos] to Lasithi [Lasíthi]; Mount Ida and Messara and Kophinos [Mesarás, Pedhiás and Kófinas, Óros]
Includes details of trips to Milatos, Spina Longa, Pakhyammos, Kalamafka, Lasithi [Mílatos, Spinalónga, Pacheía Ámmos…Lasíthi]; Dikte, Psykhro, Mathia, Lyttos, Knossos [Mount Dickte, Psikhrón, Mathiá]; Anogeia, Axos, Nidha, Psiloriti, Zaros, Melabes, Kavo Melissa [Anógeia, Axós, Nida Plateau, Mount Ida, Zarós, Mélambes]; East Crete
Includes details of trips to Lasithi…Phrati, Emparos, Limnarkanos, Tzermiadho [Lasíthi…Afrátion, Émbaros…Tzermiádhes]; East Crete and West Crete
Includes details of trips East Crete, Central Crete and Lasithi [Lasíthi]
Comprises a letter discussing issues and asking questions relating to ‘The Archaeology of Crete’ which Forbes had just read, about: the Praesos inscriptions and origins of language there; dating of Theseus and the end of Minoan culture; and Dicyts Cretensis’ account of the Trojan period.
Thanking Pendlebury for a copy of ‘The Archaeology of Crete’, stating it would become his guide to Crete "after this new Hitler war", and returning a photograph that was inside the volume.
View of mountains, with snow on the peaks.