Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10·May–December 1954

May–December 1954

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

Scan 70 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10 (May–December 1954), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 10, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

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Monday, Aug. 30, is packing day. We hope to get our crates off on boat sailing direct to N.Y. on Sep. 6. I also plan to send sapcially valuable and important stuff air-mail. So lots of little packages will be turning up about the time I do.

Palace mosaics: Dick is making all the notes necessary for publishing the mosaics and will prepare them for publication last. In case it turns out that whatever Fales produces isn't suitable He leaves here on the 31st on the first leg home. 31st or 1st for two or a 15th Sept. Cyprus. Jack also takes off on the 31st for two weeks study of Cyprus Museum Bamboula and Kalorizki material. Expects Sails from Larnaca on the 15th and gets home eventually. Spends interim to settle in Phila. ca. 1 Nov with his mother. Spends interim seeing Mycenaean in Greece, Brit. Mus. Bamboula in England, etc. etc.

Have xcash in hand from sale of Cyprus Airways. Several big items yet to pay, but hope to salvage some.

Shall be glad to get home. Am feeling very cluttery at this point. Best to woofs and Ellen. Tell her I will au courant her when I get back.

Yrs.,

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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