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.
With a boat (possibly the S. S. Imperia) in view.
With a boat (possibly the S. S. Imperia) in view.
[Sent from Athens]. Mainly discussing the reasons that he did not want to take up a [Cambridge] University lectureship, details of illustrations and work to be done on [‘Aegyptiaca’] before publication, and a recent trip in Crete (including an itinerary of their travels). John tells Herbert that he was going to apply for a permit to excavate a site on the south coast of Crete (30 miles west of Phaestos [Faistós]) [at Keremés] the following year. John thought the site seemed to be a Mycenaean pirate base and states that [Humfry] Payne was keen that John should apply for the permit. The recent trip in Crete that is described was to go to Eleutherna with [Humfry] Payne, who John states was very nice and they got on well together. The trip [with Hilda and Payne] also included camping outside Margaritaes [Margarítai], Rhetliymo [Réthymnon], Arkadi monastery [Moní Arkadhíou], “Sybrita”, “Asomatos monastery”, Speli [Spili], Preveli monastery, Dibaki [?], Keramai [Keramés] and Knossos. Also telling Herbert: that they would travel to Rhodes on Friday, stay there around a week, and then should be back in the United Kingdom in the first week of June; that he did not want an academic life; that [Arthur] Evans had been worried about them visiting [Kommos] during their trip around Crete but they had been too tired to go anyway; that he was sorry about Peter’s 3rd [third class degree?]; and that he had written to Jock [Lawson?] explaining that he didn’t want to take up the University lectureship.
Hilda [White] was travelling with others including Miss Heywood, Miss Weavers, Miss Reynolds and Mr Waters. She stayed in Paris (on the way), Torino, Rome, Naples and Florence, and visited other places in Italy. The handwritten account is accompanied by postcards and some photographs.
Hilda describes this as a villa that once belonged to [Wilhelm II of Germany] which had been presented to [Gabriele] D’Annunzio by the Italian nation.
Group of 2 men and 6 women (including Hilda White).
View includes the front of a boat.
View of coastline from the sea.
Sitting on a stoney beach with a man [possibly Mr Waters] and 2 women.
View from inside the temple, looking to one end.
View of coastline, including ships in a harbour, from the sea.