| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. |
PEN 1/3/1/7/7 |
| Level |
Item |
| Dates |
[c.8-18 Oct 1928] |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
|
| Scope and Content |
Sent from Hotel Majestic, Salonika [Thessaloníki]. About the work John and Hilda were doing drawing sherds, plans to travel back to Athens and meet [Stephen] Glanville in Piraeus on his way to Egypt, and for John and Hilda to go to Egypt later. Also thanking Herbert for his letters and asking him to send typescripts of his catalogue [‘Aegyptiaca’] to the BSA. Additionally telling Herbert about an offer Hilda had from Winifred Lamb to excavate at Mitylene [Lésvos]; that they had been to the [international] exhibition in Salonika [Thessaloníki] and bought Greek, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian and Croatian embroideries; they were going to see the ‘Oresteia’ [trilogy of Greek tragedies] featuring Marika Kotopouli; and Hilda had recovered from Malaria. |
| Notes |
See PEN 2/2/3/57-64 for photographs of Thessaloníki. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/3], Volume, “Greece 1928-1929”, 16 Sep 1928-17 Dec 1929
|
