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Mycenae 1950 and 1952 Helen Wace, 1950-1953

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/MCNE/1/1/33
Mycenae 1950 and 1952 Helen Wace
Mycenae 1950 and 1952 Helen Wace

Scope and Contents

1950, 1952, 1953 personal excavation diary kept by Helen Wace. Describes daily occurrences, visitors and their dates of arrival/departure, records who undertook different duties during the excavations and references major finds. Social events such as the visit of the King and Queen of Greece to the site and Alan Wace's 71st birthday, illnesses and trips away from the site are also mentioned. 1950 and 1952 notes are comprehensive, 1953 is short and continues in another notebook MCNE/1/1/052. Lists are kept at the back of the book: inventory of dig 'china' from 1950, extract from Gladys Weinberg's letter dated July 25 1952 regarding publication of the excavations, and a list of N. Tombazis photographs of finds for July 19 and 26.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-1953

Creator

Extent

1 notebook(s) (1 notebook)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Navy blue weatherproof cover, handwritten in pencil, 11.5 x 18 cm Foliated by HPW to f. 22, ff. 81 in total. Fragile, back board and spine are becoming detached from text block.

Custodial History

Previous reference 'Mycenae Archive' x064 Cambridge transfer, Box 1

Related Materials

See MCNE-01-01-052 for the continuation of the notebook, 'Mycenae 1953 Helen Wace'.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Cambridge: Faculty of Classics Archives Repository

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