1953: McFadden's death (1 of 2)

June 18 seq.

Dear J. Roger: This is probably the last that will get you still in Phila, so it will be pretty miscellaneous. 1) Dogs: I will write to my sister and ask her if she thinks it advisable, and if so if she will collect them at the proper time and take them to Weber's in Princeton which is supposed to be good though I do not know how expensive. Anyway she will probably be willing to pay and I can repay her on my return. If she is willing she can collect them from Ruth Fries when necessary. 2) Wace-Bamboula: I have not written to him until I get further confirmation. I question the advisability of splitting the Bamboula tombs in two between two people, and I would think it better for the same person to do both tombs and stratified pottery - since the tombs were right in the settlement & everything is very much tied together. Should think you or Benson might undertake the whole. The tombs in Phila would be done at leisure or in a summer vacation. But if you still think that Wace is the man I think the approach should be through B.H.H. as an old friend and the nominal director of the Curium dig. As for Kaloriziki, I think what needs to be done in Cyprus is only photography and cataloguing of pots gone to Nicosia - otherwise publication will not necessarily demand presence in Cyprus. 3) Dahls - I have told them they are needed in Cyprus, & that I recommended return passage for Beverley, and $1500 pay for the two - but had not had specific approval from Phila. They accept, the amount of the remuneration remaining in abeyance. Have not yet decided whether to go home this summer; if they do it will be at their own expense. I also told them I could see no absolute necessity for them to be in Cyprus before Sept. 15th. As to travel allowance: David's return $350 has been paid out of Gordon funds - so this sum should be due from C to G. The figures I suggested were rough approximations. I have figured … continues