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

Department Archive
Collection John Pendlebury Family Papers
Reference No. PEN 1/3/1/5/1
Level Item
Dates Undated [Oct 1927]
Donor/Creator Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
Scope and Content Written on the train around Wurzburg and Munich during John [and Bob Dixon’s] journey across Europe to Athens. Discussing meeting [Alan] Wace [in London] who gave John [and Bob Dixon] introductions to people in Munich, Belgrade, Vienna and Constantinople [Istanbul], advised John to catalogue Egyptian objects found in excavations whilst he was at the British School at Athens, and told John that [Carl] Blegen would be touring sites in Greece in the summer and that he should try to go with him. Also telling Herbert people he had met in London including Jim and Pat, about a rough crossing [across the English Channel], about the journey so far and books he was reading.