| Department |
Archive |
| Collection |
John Pendlebury Family Papers |
| Reference No. |
PEN 1/3/1/10/9 |
| Level |
Item |
| Dates |
Saturday, March 01, 1930 |
| Donor/Creator |
Pendlebury, Dr John Devitt Stringfellow
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| Scope and Content |
Sent from the British School at Athens. Discussing and defending his article [‘Egypt and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age’] against criticisms of “fantastia”; discussing organising getting copies of reviews [of ‘Aegyptiaca’] from English newspapers, sending a copy of the book to Aunt Violet and asking whether he should reply to all thank you letter for copies of the book. Also mentioning: Hilda found a piece of a faience bowl at the foot of the Acropolis; he had a nice letter from Alan Gardiner offering John the use of his library and a “very gratifying” letter from [Amedeo] Mauiri; that he was to read a paper [based on his article ‘Egypt and the Aegean in the Late Bronze Age’] to the Open Meeting at the BSA that Friday; they [people from the BSA] were going to play hockey against the Panathenaic Club; that last Thursday they had shown friends of [Stephen and Ethel] Glanville around [Athens]; and that he and Hilda were going to Chalcis [Khalkís], Thebes and Kithlairon [Cithaeron mountain range] with a group of people the next day, and were travelling to Crete on the 13th [of March]. [The group that travelled to Khalkís, Thebes and Cithaeron included Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson, Betty Hope Simpson, and Mrs and Mr Lywood.] |
| Notes |
See PEN 2/2/4/108-127 for photographs of the trip to Khalkís, Thebes and Cithaeron. |
| Related records |
[PEN 2/2/4], Volume, Travels in Sicily and Greece, 27 Dec 1929 – 10 Mar 1931 and c. Mar-Apr 1939
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