Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/10/17
Level Item
Dates Sunday, April 20, 1930
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Knossos. Telling Herbert about visitors and arrivals to Knossos: [Gustav] Krupp of Essen (Germany) with a large family on Easter Monday [14 Apr]; [Arthur] Evans [16 Apr]; [Eleftherios] Venizelos, Sir Arthur and Lady Crossfield [17 Apr]; and [Robert Carr] Bonsanquet with others [19 Apr]. Also telling Herbert about progress on housing the pottery [finds at Knossos] and the Throne Room, that Arthur [Evans] was busy working on proofs of [‘The Palace of Minos III’], and that John was to receive an apology from [Spyridon] Marinatos [Director of the Candia Museum, for an accusation of trying to buy vases].