| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. |
PEN 1/3/1/9/4 |
| Level |
Item |
| Dates |
[21 Apr 1929] |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
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| Scope and Content |
Sent from Palace Hotel, Athens. Telling Herbert about their plans to travel to Crete with [Humfry] Payne on Friday [26 Apr]; that Payne wanted John and Hilda to work on an excavation at Eleutherna, and was sure John would get the Macmillan studentship at the BSA; and that following Charles [Seltman’s] advice he was not putting his name on appointments board lists. Also telling Herbert about taking photographs in a museum [in Athens]; that he had a good collection of photographs (not all his own) from the cruise around Greek islands; that he did not have mumps [he was expecting them as during the cruise of the Greek islands the hostess’ son had them]; that he had been playing tennis with [Walter] Heurtley and would play hockey; that John and Hilda and [Walter and Eileen] Heurtley would go to Brauron [Vraona] for the day Written on “Sunday” but otherwise undated by John. Annotated in a later hands as “Apr 22nd 1929” and “no, Sunday was the 21st”. |
| Notes |
See PEN 2/2/3/78-185 for photographs from the cruise around the islands, and PEN 2/2/3/202-204 for photographs of Vraona. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/3], Volume, “Greece 1928-1929”, 16 Sep 1928-17 Dec 1929
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