Letter to “Daddy” [Herbert Pendlebury] from John [Pendlebury]
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. | PEN 1/3/1/10/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Dates | 6 [Jan] 1930, possibly misdated according to trave |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow |
| Scope and Content | Written from Palermo, Sicily. Describing his and Hilda’s travels around Sicily and the archaeological sites including Epipolae, Achradina and Tyche at Syrakuse [Syracuse], [The Temple of Concordia] and [Temple of] Juno Lacinia at Girgenti [Agrigento], and Selinous. [Selinunte]. Outlining their plans to travel on to [Rovine di] Segesta, Catania, Taormina and Brindisi, then back to Athens. Also describing an earlier trip to Siphnos [in Dec 1929] where they visited “H. Anargieos” [?], “the Convent of the Naughty Nuns”, Kato Petali, “School of Siphnos”, and asking Herbert whether [‘Isles of the Aegean’] by Scott O’Connor mentions places in Siphnos. Additionally thanking Herbert for letters and [‘Great Ones of Ancient Egypt’ by Winifred] Brunton, and hoping he had received [a postcard] from Girgenti [Agrigento]. |
| Notes | See PEN 2/2/4/1-99 for photographs from the trip to Sicily and Italy. See PEN 2/2/3/430-478 for photographs from Siphnos. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/4], Volume, Travels in Sicily and Greece, 27 Dec 1929 – 10 Mar 1931 and c. Mar-Apr 1939
[PEN 2/2/3], Volume, “Greece 1928-1929”, 16 Sep 1928-17 Dec 1929 |