1948

Printed: THE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

Printed: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Printed: 33RD & SPRUCE STREETS, PHILADELPHIA 4

13 May, 1948Dear Mr. Hill:

I have been remiss about writing to you; my alibi is [handwritten: the] same overworked one with which you are already familiar. I have before me your letters of 3 and 15 March, 25 April, and 1 May, all of which seem to have remained in part or entirely unanswered. These involve a good many questions, which I will try to answer now.

First and most important, I have passage on the Nea Vlas on September 10 from New York. I assume that this will enable us to meet on this side of the water, though probably only for a short time, and that at a time when I will be in a wild rush of last minute preparations for my own departure. I will try to arrange my work so as to relatively free of other preoccupations at that time, and I do hope it will be possible to arrange a conference with Rainey before I leave.

The coins have all arrived safely and are in the hands of Hannah and Alfred. I have given them your request for a tentative dating of the coins which have not already been identified.

The Youngs' vitae have arrived, and I am holding them here, since, according to my most recent advice, they will not be needed in this form. I wrote to George a while back, with a copy to John, suggesting that the Youngs write direct to the Director of the Viking Fund, asking for money for their work with the terracottas, and giving Rainey and me as references. I would say that the emphasis in that letter should be more on the importance of the material than on their own academic training.

I am sorry that there was such a mix-up about to be with us during the coming year, but I have been unable to identify the impression I was of the impression that it was understood that they were not to be the source of the impression in any of my letters from you or George. Perhaps it derives from John's own letters in which he stated that they had to find a job in this country for this coming year. In any case I am sorry for the confusion and for its implications for our budgetary plans. Everybody will be happy if they succeed in getting a grant from the Viking Fund.

Perhaps I should confirm the request that Rainey and I made of George and John. Rainey and I feel very strongly that the Youngs should plan their work for what remains of the spring on the assumption that they are not going to be with us in the fall (even if it should become a practical certainty that they are staying), and get their notes and photographs in such condition that they would be able to complete their publication without returning to Kourion. George expressed considerable doubt as to their ability to finish the publication in any other place than Episkopi or their interest in finishing it after they left our employ. Rainey and I emphatically do not share this fear. If they have … continues