December 1933–June 1934

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… ness this of digging up more and more when there is no money for photographers, for clerical assistance, or the cost of publication. Yet I suppose that Mr. Jayne was right in thinking that here was a rich young man, who might in the course of his life b[handwritten: e]come a valuable sponsor of the Museum, and we must keep him under our aegis.

I fear that he will scarcely qualify as an expert in any department of excavation work, but he is certainly intelligent and will want to learn.

I think Curium was chosen more or less at random, and I think your own judgment of the site should be final, and I should feel free to change either the sc[handwritten: o]pe or the site of the work, keeping Mr. Jayne informed, of course of the reasons for the change. In other words, assume a deferential attitude, but do as you please. As to Miss Cox, it looks very very dubious.

I have one hunch, however this morning. Miss Kahnweiler wrote me this week that she had some money in Germany that she could not get out of the country; there is the faintest possibility that she might let Miss Cox get it in Germany, and use it for her travelling expenses. It is probably the wildest idea ever put on paper.

I have been very worried about those drawings of Lapithos tombs. I gave them to our packer with Mr. Blegen's name and the name of the steamer and told him I would give him the name of the pier and street later. Mr. Jayne was in his room later and gave him from memory the [handwritten: wrong number] for the pier and East river instead of North. I found the mistake the next day, wired the company who said that they would rectify the mistake, and wrote Mr. Blegen to let me know if they were safe. I [handwritten: didn't] didn't hear from Mr. Blegen and we have had two letters from the company in reply to our queries, one that they were delivered to Mr. Blegen, the other that they are still in New York. In either case they seem to be safe, and if they did not get to the Roma, I shall go to New York myself and put them into Mr. Mc Fadden's hands, for delivery to you.

The last drawings of the tombs were not inked as we learned that Miss