Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. | PEN 1/3/1/5/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Dates | [c. Jan-Feb 1928] |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow |
| Scope and Content | Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Describing a trip to Mycenae with Hilda [White] during which they stayed at the Belle Hélene guesthouse and spent time with Helen and Spiro [Dassis], from the guesthouse]. On one of the days John, Hilda, Helen and Spiro went to Argos [Árgos]. John describes a dance in the village, and says that at the end of the trip he really thought he knew something about Mycenae and had plans of all the tholos tombs and notes on the tombs and the finds. Also thanking Herbert for sending notes, and asking him to get books about Homer and the Iliad; telling him that he hadn’t managed to meet Arvanitopoulos [the curator at Vólos museum] as planned, that he had returned to Athens on Friday afternoon and would go to Crete the next Friday, that they would go to the Acropolis that evening if it was clear to see the full moon, and that [Richard] Dawkins [former Director of BSA] had arrived and Bob [Dixon] was going to Cyprus and possibly [Mount] Athos with Dawkins. Additionally asking Herbert to tell Dickie that he had turned into a “tea fiend”. |
| Notes | See PEN 2/2/1/182-205 for photographs of John and Hilda’s trip to Mycenae, Argos [Árgos], Phlious [Flioús] and Nemea [Némea]. See PEN 7/2/1 (“Album Mycenae”) for John Pendlebury’s notes and photographs. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/1], Volume, “Greece 1927-28, Vol. I”, Oct 1927 – Apr 1928
[PEN 7/2/1], Volume, “Album Mycenae”, [1927-1928] |