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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.

“Iraq, Syria, Palestine, England, Italy, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Sudan” [PEN/2/2/5], Volume, “Iraq, Syria, Palestine, England, Italy, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Sudan”, 8 Feb 1933 – 23 Mar 1938

Comprising a notebook travel log, compiled by John Pendlebury, containing photographs and details of trips to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine [including some places now in Israel] (8 Feb – 8 Mar 1933); Cumberland (United Kingdom, 2-9 Oct 1933); from “England to Egypt” via Gibraltar and Italy (11-22 Nov 1933); Cambridge (United Kingdom, Oct 1934); Palestine [including some places now in Israel] (6-12 Apr 1935); Hadrian’s Wall (United Kingdom, 18-20 Aug 1937); and “East Africa etc.” [Sudan, Yemen, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan and Egypt] (15 Jan – 23 Mar 1938).

Photograph of “Gate of House” at Tell Asmar, Iraq [PEN/2/2/5/2], Photograph of “Gate of House” at Tell Asmar, Iraq, [9-13] Feb 1933

[Part of excavation house designed by Seton Lloyd, for the Oriental Institute, Chicago, excavation].