Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 13·1946

1946

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 2 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 13 (1946), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 13, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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… and Reece Carpenter of Media; also Dr. Richard Stillwell of the Princeton faculty. At present, Mr. Young plans to leave some time in February with some others to excavate in Athens.

I told Mr. McFadden that the first matter to be determined is whether the University of Pennsylvania would approve payment of a salary to a Curator of the Classical Section. Also, that I doubted whether it would be enough to interest Mr. Young unless the latter had private means. Mr. McFadden doubted that this was the case.

Mr. McFadden has received his passport, and has had it visaed by the Greek and Egyptian Consulates. The British Consulate have wired Cyprus, and Mr. McFadden will do what he can through friends in Cyprus to get a rapid reply.

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