| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. |
PEN 1/3/1/10/2 |
| Level |
Item |
| Dates |
[c. 18 â 24 December 1929] |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
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| Scope and Content |
Written from the British School at Athens, wishing Herbert a happy Christmas and New Year and telling him about plans [for Hilda and John] to travel to Sicily (just after Christmas), Andros [Ándros] and Keos [Kéa] (when they get back from Sicily) and Ikaria later. They had planned to spend Christmas on Icaria [Ikaría] and Keos [Kéa] with Payne, but Payne could not go. Also telling Herbert that he, [Walter] Heurtley, [Theodore] Skeat and [Nicholas] Hammond had walked to Thebes from Athens setting off at 3am. Additionally mentioning that he was happy [Cambridge University Press] had proofs [that he had sent], Egyptian books and photographs [that Herbert had sent] had not arrived, and he had not heard from [Stephen] Glanville about [an article on Egypt and the Aegean that John had written]. |
| Notes |
See PEN 2/2/3/479-482 for photographs taken during the walk to Thebes from Athens. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/3], Volume, “Greece 1928-1929”, 16 Sep 1928-17 Dec 1929
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