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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.

Handwritten itinerary captioned “Journeys 1936”, detailing trips around Crete [PEN 7/2/6/606], Handwritten itinerary captioned “Journeys 1936”, detailing trips around Crete, Apr-Jun 1936

Includes details of trips from Agios Nikolaos [Áyios Nikólaos] to Lasithi [Lasíthi]; Mount Ida and Messara and Kophinos [Mesarás, Pedhiás and Kófinas, Óros]

Handwritten itinerary captioned “1937”, detailing trips around Crete [PEN 7/2/6/675], Handwritten itinerary captioned “1937”, detailing trips around Crete, May-Jul 1937

Includes details of trips to Milatos, Spina Longa, Pakhyammos, Kalamafka, Lasithi [Mílatos, Spinalónga, Pacheía Ámmos…Lasíthi]; Dikte, Psykhro, Mathia, Lyttos, Knossos [Mount Dickte, Psikhrón, Mathiá]; Anogeia, Axos, Nidha, Psiloriti, Zaros, Melabes, Kavo Melissa [Anógeia, Axós, Nida Plateau, Mount Ida, Zarós, Mélambes]; East Crete

Handwritten itinerary captioned “1938”, detailing trips around Crete [PEN 7/2/6/771], Handwritten itinerary captioned “1938”, detailing trips around Crete, Apr-Jul 1938

Includes details of trips to Lasithi…Phrati, Emparos, Limnarkanos, Tzermiadho [Lasíthi…Afrátion, Émbaros…Tzermiádhes]; East Crete and West Crete

Letter to John Pendlebury from [William Trowbridge Merrifield] Forbes (Department of Entomology, Cornell University) [PEN 1/1/3/38], Letter to John Pendlebury from [William Trowbridge Merrifield] Forbes (Department of Entomology, Cornell University), Wednesday, December 20, 1939

Comprises a letter discussing issues and asking questions relating to ‘The Archaeology of Crete’ which Forbes had just read, about: the Praesos inscriptions and origins of language there; dating of Theseus and the end of Minoan culture; and Dicyts Cretensis’ account of the Trojan period.