July–December 1934

9 Plutarch Street, Athens, 17 December 1934

Dear George:

Your very welcome letter of November 30th arrived this forenoon just as I was setting forth to start your notebook to you by registered post. I attended to it in person because I wished to send it first class and it had under the regulations to be shown before sealing to the responsible postmaster. I hope that both it and the present letter will reach you by Newyears.

With the notebook you will find a duplicate of the list of objects taken from Trenches I V and VII and Tombs 29 and 18, as drawn off from the notebook. Pete will use the list in connection with the cleaning, cataloguing etc. that he has gone back to Episkopi for. If you find any errors in the list or have some additions to make please write directly to him, Episkopi, Limassol, Cyprus. I enclose a number of queries and remarks which I made in going through the notebook, and should be glad to have answers to the questions here when you can send them.

Pete sailed the 9th on the Greek boat due the evening of the 10th and expected to go to Nicosia the 11th, for the keys to the storeroom, and to get to Episkopi the 12th or 13th. He is to work on last season's finds until we join him. On behalf of the Expedition I made him an advance to cover necessary expenses, including wages of one laborer, Christo's pay, and rent of our rooms for the second six months. The extra laborer (probably Savva again) will take care of the house, bring Pete his meals, run errands and (most of his time) clean and sometimes mend pottery; in this Christo also is expected to help when he does not have to be actually on the hill of Kourion. I told Pete that the Expedition could not at present agree to pay for his table board these three months, but that it would pay for fuel, lights, service etc. (such as they are in Episkopi). I think, however, that if he actually slaves through the winter as planned he may fairly be allowed board along with the other expenses.

I should be glad if you would send me a full set of prints (not enlargements) from the negatives listed in your notebook, numbered as there with any additional description that seems desirable. And when you come it would be a good idea to bring the negatives. Then we can keep our file of photographs complete and give Cyprus Museum what pictures they should have with our routine reports. I will send you the enlargements I have from Pete, to be looked at and with a selection from your own handed on to Mr. Jayne. I shall be writing to him presently about both Kourion and Lapithos.

What you say about probable real participation of the University Museum in the Kourion enterprise is very encouraging. If we can work there, now that we know the place a bit, on the scale we find desirable I am confident that we shall accomplish something well worth while. I am much pleased that you have written about the preliminary campaign for the Museum Bulletin and shall be greatly interested in seeing the article.

The end of February does look a little early for resuming actual work in Cyprus, principally, I must confess, because I shall have so much to do between now and then and work very slowly. In particular, Mr. Blegen is anxious to have me help him at Nemea for a little [We dug there for Cincinnati some years ago] before he goes on to Troy. He is due here on February 10, coming directly on the "Roma"

Soon: written in margin at right

Stamp: illegible printed mark at foot, reversed