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… considerable experience. They are now with Greek War Relief. We are fortunate not only in having the Youngs, but in having Jseph Last here with us again. He was our Architect in 1939 and 1940 and is now a Lt. Colonel on terminal leave and working on the maps of our area which [handwritten: h] I think you would agree if you could see them, will be when published a great credit to the Museum. As you will see from my letter to Mr. Hill, I am working on the Hellenistic Cemetery, and I hope to have something ready for publication before the end of the Summer. During the ten days I had in Egypt I did a little research work in the museum libraries at Alexandria and Cairo. However, as their libraries are open only in the mornings, and then only [handwritten: on] such days as are not holidays, I found it difficult to accomplish very much. I think it would be a good plan to have the Greco-Roman Museum at Alexandria and the University Museum exchange publications. [handwritten: for the] present this would mean an exchange of their "Annuaire de Musée Grec Romain" for our Museum Bulleton. [handwritten: Their Annuaire] contains reports on all excavations undertaken by the Alexandria Museum and would be invaluable to us in the classification of Hellenistic pottery. I have spoken to the Director of the Cairo Museum about this, and he was most agreeable to the proposal. If you think well of this, I suggest you address any current publications to the Director of the Cairo Museum with a covering letter stating that they are for the Musee Greco-Romain at Alexandria in exchange for their Annuaire, with the request that their Annuaire and other current publications be sent

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