Depicts the lion gate at Mycenae. Handwritten caption: “The Lion Gate”.

Depicts the landscape near Mycenae. Handwritten caption: “The Chavos gorge.”, now better known as Chavos Ravine.

Depicts the mountains and landscape. Handwritten caption: “Mycenae from the road”.

Depicts a woman with a baby and child in a field near Mycenae. Handwritten caption: “On the road to Epidauros. Baby in πακα(?)”

Depicts the ruins, possibly near Mycenae or Thebes. Handwritten caption on the bottom of the image: “The tomb 10 of Klylie”.

Depicts a view of the landscape near Mycenae. No caption.

The album contains various images and postcards of Athens, the B.S.A., Aegina, Khasia, Nafplio, Mega Spelion, Manaika, Dhimitsana, Mycenae, Volo, Navpaktos, Corinth, Thessaloniki, Molyvo, Lesvos, Sparta, Vonitsa, Pendeli, excavations, colleagues and Greek life. The majority are enlarged copies of images in other albums. Spine reads: "IV 1920-".

Depicts a view of landscape and mountains. Handwritten caption: “Mycenae. Looking W.” Enlarged version of LAM/3/1/3/68.

Depicts Piet de Jong possibly drawing at the court. Handwritten caption: "The court. Mycenae".

Depicts a view of ruins and the mountains. Handwritten caption: “The court. Mycenae”. Enlarged version of LAM/3/1/3/64.

Depicts a view of the excavation of the ruins at Mycenae, with Georgi and Andrew. Handwritten caption: “The Terrace of the Pithoi”. Enlarged version of LAM/3/1/3/76.

Depicts two women with a donkey pulled thresher. Handwritten caption: “Mycenae. Threshing”. Enlarged version of LAM/3/1/3/72.

Depicts a view of the acropolis and St Elias. Handwritten caption: "Mycenae" the acropolis & St Elias".

Depicts a view of the building near Mycenae. Handwritten caption: "Aristotle's house: Canvail".

Depicts a view of the mountains and the Greek landscape. Handwritten caption: "Mycenae".

Depicts the excavations and ruins at Mycenae. Handwritten caption: " The tomb of Aegisthus".

Depicts a walking trail starting at Diakofto through Mt Kyllene and ending at Mycenae. Various sites stopped at along the way include: Megaspileon, Diakophto, Kalavryta, Tsivlos (and the lake), Mt. Chelmos, Solos, Peristera, Sevista (Stenos?), Zarouchla, Mt. Krathis, Sevitsa (Stenos), Pheneos, Mt. Kyllene, Stymfalia, Alea, Dunka and Myceane are noted and reflected in the photos that follow (LAM/3/1/5/38 until LAM/3/1/5/95)

Depicts the ruins at Mycenae. Handwritten caption: “Mycenae. WL. 1921”

Depicts the ruins of the Heraion of Argos, at Mycenae. Handwritten captions: “Heraium." and "HDH”. At the bottom right corner of this page is written “31. III. 23 – 1. IV. 23”

Depicts the ruins of one of the walls of the Heraion of Argos (probably) at Mycenae. Handwritten caption “HDH”.

Depicts the gate to Tholos of the Heraion of Argos, at Mycenae. Handwritten captions: “Tholos. Heraium." and "HDH”.

The album contains various images and postcards of Axiochorion, Flokas, Thessaloniki, Venizelos, Stamata, Nirohivies, Mycenae, Elasson, excavations, friends and Greek life. Spine reads "IX 1925"

Depicts Gertrude Caton Thompson at Mycenae. Handwritten captions: “GCT at Mycenae” below image and "19 April. 1925" above image.

Depicts Winifred Lamb at Mycenae. Handwritten captions: “WL. at Mycenae” below image and "20.IV.25" above image.

This series contains 5 sub-series based on the divisions of the room according to the exhibition catalogue: Phylakopi, Kamares, Palaikastro, Mycenae, and Sparta.

Personal diary of Emily Penrose, eldest daughter of Francis C. Penrose, first Director or the BSA. Daily entries, from March to November 1887 during the time the Penrose family resided in Athens, record information about daily life in Athens including visits to the Acropolis. Emily also chronicled trips to notable places such as Mycenae, Penteli, Tatoi, Delphi, and numerous other sites. Entries in November and December 1887 record the Penrose family trip through Italy on the way home to England. Intermittent entries in 1888 are about Emily's exams and activities prior to her admittance into Somerville College, Oxford.

Apologising for not writing sooner but the weather had been bad, containing news about the excavation at Karphi (and Koprana) including details of finds, that “two old masons out of Chaucer” were building a hut, and that the hut and the fountain at Vitsilovrysi would have been finished [if the weather had not been so bad]. Telling Hilda that the Squire [R W Hutchinson] and Miss Benton had arrived (the Squire looking unwell) and had been to Toplou and Krista; Eleutheria was cooking very well; everything was quiet apart from “the usual casual rows”; they had 2 Albanian criminals (that had escaped during the Italian invasion, the police had “wished” onto them) and a sheep stealer from Arogeia working on the excavation; Petrou was visiting the excavation and John hoped for a visit from Lord Lloyd; John had gone to a dance evening of a the Youth Movement which started very late; that it was predicted that there would be earthquakes and volcanoes would erupt on the 16th; and comments on the village of Kera (Crete). John also asked Hilda tell Alan [?] that [Hugh] Last would like to go to Mycenae, and for her to send him a list of recipients for offprints of an article on Trapeza [‘Excavations in the Plain of Lasithi. I: The Cave of Trapeza’, Annual of BSA 36].

Thanking Hilda for a letter and enclosures, expressing pleasure that David is better, and updating Hilda on his activities: looking at Perakhora scarabs in a museum and plans for Mercy [Money-Coutts] to photograph and draw sides of the scarabs; plans to go to Mycenae, Kalamata [Kalámai], Pylos [Pílos] then Crete; and that he had managed to get £25 more from the school [British School at Athens, for excavations in Crete]. The letter also includes: details of how John was dealing with enclosures that Hilda had sent him (sending letters and asking Hilda to forward money to Stokes and a note saying he would “join them at Colwell on August 15th”); news that the British School was quite empty (just John, Vincent [Desborough], Vronwy Fisher and Austen), that [Edith] Eccles was getting better after having her appendix out, and that Mrs Swindler sent her regards.

Hoping that Hilda had received a telegram announcing that John had arrived in Knossos and that [David and Joan] had cards from him, and updating Hilda on his activities and news: having received a mysterious letter from the French School [in Athens] containing a carol service programme from Pembroke College and a letter from a bank manager to Mr Bayley; his trip to Pylos [Pílos] and Mycenae; news about [friends at Mycenae] Helen, Agamemnon, Costa, and asking Hilda if she got a “party spirit post card” signed by old Gianoula; a trip to Kalamata [Kalámai] and Pylos [Pílos] with Vincent [Desborough] which included seeing [Carl] Blegen’s excavation of a palace at Pylos [Pílos]; details of Blegen’s excavations; travelling back to Athens from Kalamata [Kalámai] then on to Knossos; work done in the museum at Knossos; hoping to go to Grabusa with Mercy [Money-Coutts] and the Squire [R W Hutchinson], then on to Lasithi [Lasíthi] in a month; and seeing the tholos [at Knossos] and doubting the dating. John also asks Hilda for her original pottery notes and sends love from “everyone, particularly Manoli”.

Telling Hilda he had just got her letter from Hunstanton and she shouldn’t worry because if war did start then John would be in the best place, and if it didn’t then the excavation would continue as normal; informing her that he had answered Fairman [?] and that he would be “inclined to strangle the Sheikh’s wife over the nurse question”; sending Hilda an extract of a conversation at Mycenae which had taken place between the Italian ambassador, Helen and Orestes about an apple; updating her on archaeological work (sorting out finds from Karphi, Mercy [Money-Coutts] finishing drawing the corpus, Zakhary working at the museum); apologising for a “Caldy-Malvern misunderstanding” and mentioning that Robin [Mabel Dickinson’s son] was accommodating refugees and the house at Malvern was going to be closed up because of [Herbert] Pendlebury’s work in London; mentioning that he was writing a “rather good article” on Cretan topography for the Johnny Myers Festschrift; and saying that it was nice to have a letter from David “but don’t force it”. Also includes news that Little Sphakianakes (the school master) had left [Knossos], that George [Markogiannakis] had pneumonia, that John had arranged for an inscription on a pentelic marble slab for the fountain at Vitsilovrysi, that Kosta Kourales (who had been to Mount Ida with them) had died, and that [the excavations in Crete] had been given £25 more funding from the British School and £10 from London University.

Sent from Knossos [where John had just started his Curatorship]. About their journey from Athens, the Palace [of Minos] being choked up with weeds, that [Duncan] Mackenzie had developed arteriosclerosis so could not be moved, and thanking Herbert for sending copies of ‘Aegyptiaca’ and asking him to send other books as John wanted to start an archaeological library at Knossos. Also telling Herbert that he had met Karo at the [BSA] tea party who wanted to be remembered to Herbert, that they had just missed [Charles and Isabel] Seltman and Winifred Lamb, and that Helen of Mycenae [Helen Dassis] had married a restaurant keeper from New York “with octagonal horn rimmed spectacles, a grim thought”.

Sent from the British School at Athens. Telling Herbert about his visit to Constantinople [Istanbul], the journey by boat to Athens, that the School were not expecting John and Bob Dixon as their telegram did not have their names on it, and there would not be a British School excavation that year so he hoped that [Carl] Blegen would go to Greece so John might get some experience on an excavation. Also telling Herbert that the school was full with women students so he and Bob Dixon had to share a room, that [Walter] Huertley was “very Oxford and cheerless”, and that he and Bob [Dixon] would go to Mycenae to learn Greek.

Sending [birthday wishes] during a trip to the Argolid (sent from [Náfplio]) with [Sylvia] Benton, [Bob Dixon and Hilda White]. Mainly describing the trip so far (they had been to Mycenae, Midea, Tiryns, Nauplia [Náfplio] and Asine [Asini]), and that John had fallen over twice hurting his knee on the second time too much to carry on the walking tour. John thanks Herbert for “accounts of the relays”; tells him not to worry about [checking if there was a guide to the Cyprus collection at the British Museum]; mentions a letter from [Ellis] Minns about possibly founding a studentship in Egyptology which would include knowledge of language, and that he was thinking about studying language in Summer [to possibly apply for the studentship]; and asks him to tell Dickie [Mabel Dickinson] that she could have a photo and he was the youngest [at the BSA].

Sent from the British School at Athens (BSA). Noting that he had received a letter from Herbert with an obituary of [William Sheldon] Hadley [Master of Pembroke College], and he hoped that [Henry Comber] was to become Master. Asking Herbert to send anything in ‘The Cambridge Ancient History’ about scarabs in tomb 526 at Mycenae, and anything he could find about a scarab found at Thebes which was now in [the British Museum]. Also telling Herbert about having his first go “out on the track” [high jump at the Constantinople Athletic Club], playing hockey, that [photographic] films had finally arrived [from the United Kingdom], and asking him about a matter in a letter from Herbert (whether there was a connection between Ruth [?] showing CT [?] John’s letters and CT being upset). Annotated by [a later hand] as “Wed 4 Jan 1928”.

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”.

Sent from the Oxford and Cambridge Club, London. Thanking Herbert for a letter, and saying he would go to [Malvern] on Friday evening; telling Herbert that he had heard from [Hans] Frankfort who was keen that Hilda should go to Egypt with John, about his and Hilda’s plans to go straight to Komó [Kommos] instead of to Mycenae, about frustrations with getting material for [‘Aegyptiaca’], and that [Winifred] Lamb had been to dinner with John, Hilda and the Seltman’s and they had helped her with classifying Cretan pottery in the Fitzwilliam [Museum, Cambridge]. Also mentioning that he was about to go to a feast, and that [a holiday in] Swanage would be excellent.

Sent from the Hotel Majestic, Athens. Letting Herbert know that he and Hilda had arrived and telling him about the journey, payments to customs, the hotel, that there was dengue fever in Athens and some of the maid at the [BSA] had had it but didn’t seem worried, the weather, and their plans to travel to Mycenae the next day.

Sent from La Belle Heléne, Mycenae.

The beginning of the volume contains a section of “essays 1920” by John with comments and marks in a different hand [the book was previously used as a school book]. The essays are “The Themistocles, a newly discovered Dialogue of Plato written in a late and degraded style” (a handwritten dialogue between Eumenes and Critias) and “From the Annals of John Silent” (an essay about Oliver Cromwell). The main body of the volume is a travel-log entitled “John’s Trip to Greece with Mr Cullen, Easter 1923” comprising dated extracts of letters from John to Herbert Pendlebury about the trip (2 Apr – 4 May 1923) [copied out by Herbert Pendlebury], with small photographs [added later]. Extracts from a letter written from Athens (10 Apr) describe the journey through France (Paris), Switzerland (Lausanne), Italy (Dommodosola, Milan including the Cathedral, Lakes Como and Maggiore, plain of Lombardy, Venice), Yugoslavia (Serbia, Belgrade, South Serbia [region of Yugoslavia], Skopje), Guevgueli [Gevgelija] on the border with Greece, Salonika [Thessaloníki], Mount Olympos, the Vale of Tempe, Pelion, Ossa, Thessaly including Larissa [Lárisa], and Thermopylae [Thermopílai] (including seeing Mount Oeta). An extract also mentions a postcard from Zagreb [Croatia]. Further extracts from the letter (10 Apr) also describe arriving in Athens, going to the British School at Athens, meeting [Alan] Wace; visiting the Acropolis, the Acropolis Museum, Dipylon Gate and Cemetery and the Theseion; a day trip walking from Megara [Mégara] to Minoa and Nisaea, across Salamis [Salamís] and along the coast of Attica to Pireaus; a day trip to Prasias [modern Porto Rafti, Markopoúlou, Órmos], Laureion [Lávrion], Thorikos and walking back to Athens over Hymettos [Imittós Óros] (the trip was supposed to include Sounion but their car broke down); and climbing Lycabettos [Mount Lycabettus]. Extracts from further letters describe visiting the National Museum in Athens (including descriptions of rooms and work that Alan Wace was doing in the museum); seeing Lebadea [Levádhia], Delium, Tanagra, Thebae [Thebes], Haliartos and Goulas; travelling on to Livadhia [Levádhia], Mount Helicon, Stiris Monastery (where they ate and stayed the night), Schiste, Arracova [Arákhova], and Delphi (including descriptions of the archaeological site and museum); a boat trip to Patras [Pátrai] then travelling on to Olympia (including description of archaeological site), Anduvtiana, Greka [Graíkas], Andritsana [Andrítsiana], Bassae, Kalamata [Kalámai], Sparta, Langada Gorge, Trypi [Trípi], Mistra [Mistrás], Tripolis [Trípolis], Argos [Árgos], Tiryus, Nauplia [Náfplio], Epidauros [Epídhavros], the Heraion [of Argos], Mycenae (staying at the Belle Helene, [Alan] Wace showing them tombs, describing the archaeological sites), Corinth, Eleusis [Elefsína] and back to Athens; Marousi (climbing Pentelies); the boat journey from Pireaus, stopping in Corfu, then catching the train from Brindisi to Boulogne, and arriving back in London via Dover on the 4 May.

Comprising a travel-log compiled by John Pendlebury containing photographs and details of the journeys and excursions from London to Athens (25 Oct – 11 Nov, via Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Constantinople [Istanbul]); Thessaly (22 – 29 Nov, including Chalais [Khalkís], Eretria [Erétria], Volo [Vólos], Kalabaka [Kalambáka], Meteora Monasteries [Metéora], Larissa [Lárisa], Vale of Tempe); Phyle [Filí] (30 Nov); the Argolid (9 – 14 Dec, Mycenae, Tiryns, Nauplia [Náfplio]); walking the boundary wall between Athens and Eleusis [Elefsína] to Daphni [Dhafní] (29 Dec); a 2nd trip to the Argolid (5-12 Jan, Nauplia [Náfplio], Kasarmi [Kazárma], Kato Phanari [Dryópi], Poros [Póros], Kalauria [archaeological site on Póros], Dhamala [Troizín], Hermione [Ermióni], Aegina); the Cave of Euripides (24 Jan); a trip to Mycenea, Argos [Árgos], Nemea [Neméa] and Phlious [Flioús] (30 Jan – 3 Feb); Eleusis [Elefsína] (4 Mar); Prasiae [modern Porto Rafti, Markopoúlou, Órmos], Thorikos and Sounion (15 Apr); and Salonika [Thessaloníki], Molyvopyros and Myriophyte (including photographs of archaeological sites, 8 Mar – 13 Apr). Also includes photographs of Athens, plans and hand drawn maps. Additionally includes detailed instructions for walking (by Gell, written out by John Pendlebury) for a trip in the Argolid.