Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9·January–April 1954

January–April 1954

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

Scan 71 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9 (January–April 1954), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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… in that way. I need hardly point out however that if\ of a food thing. You can start to spend pounds, the sum you can\ borrow you can spend dollars. I gather from the council that that\ start spending dollars with the sending of the stock: you had much\ all goes well with the response to Dupont's as yet clan\ avoid society. About Duncan: I should think the Philo-\ sophical Society is the best bet, unless the Presbyterian Magazine\ will suffice - but if he has Philo-implied, any super-\ erud or devoted to Kourion and its coins, or to publication.\ So much for you chapter to Jno.

The book list arrived today. It is non-numeric; in the\ hands of Cynthia: Miriam and I have gone over it, marked\ the books we should like for the museum. But final\ discussion with Cynthia, Jno, and Megaw has brought\ forth the following conclusion: it will list the books\ the Antiquities want. Apart from this, let the Cyprus\ Antiquities Service take such as they want (I will\ the residue, provided there will be no duplicating), write\ send the list when it is ready can be found in a [illegible]\ crate and sent by sea freight to here. Freight\ expenses me that the cost should not or exorbitant\ (say to crate fort); on arrival the Museum and the\ main library can take that they want, the residue\ can be sold (Cypritic essence etc) to Albright,\ the proceeds should not only pay the shipment\ but also leave a residue toward the purchase of\ new books for the library. I hope you will approve.\ This seems the best procedure - list to Jecson.\ Now your letter to me. Kodachromes: I have the list of\ more than 34 duffies, the rest looking somewhat pusillanimous\ at Bloomfield. Jecson! will look to George the Camolini.\ Good idea to take all you can, especially the mosaics. The\ movies we have seen: flowers, sheep, Juvenalis rug shining\ etc. - George took it over to send to the museum. However, if\ belongs to the museum! I think we had may be Stevens, 16\ you want to send direct Rochester - Phila (new makes) OK. But … continues

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