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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/4/17
Level Item
Dates Undated [c. May-Jun 1927] Note that st augustine
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Sent from Hawks Club, Cambridge on “St Augustine’s day”. Thanking Herbert for notes and asking him to send a precis of an argument against wooden origin of Doric [columns]; discussing that work was going well but the standard in archaeology seemed to be low; telling Herbert that he didn’t know when his viva was but he hoped on Saturday, that [Charles] Seltman had written him a nice letter of recommendation, that he would like to go to ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ and asking Herbert to invite Ruth too, and that he was sorry Herbert would not be able to stay with Mrs Rule [in Cambridge].