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Addressed "P. O. Box 13, Kyrenia', dated 12 May 1937. Stewart writes of two 'red-cross bowls' recently excavated, which he thinks evidence influence spreading outwards from Central Anatolia. He writes also with other news and thoughts about the dig. Bert Hodge Hill and Virginia Grace have been to visit the site.

Scope and Contents Addressed and dated 'Sydney, 1 September 1935', Stewart is thankful for delaying his trip as he has had some wisdom teeth extracted. He and Eleanor have decided that they cannot live in Australia, which decision clarifies their options. He is networking with potential financial backers for an excavation in Asia Minor, using his connection to Sir Flinders Petrie and a newspaper editor to help his case. Staying with Noel Wheeler in Cyprus is his fall back plan if funding runs dry. Stewart has...

Scope and Contents Addressed 'Troy', dated 26 April 1936. Stewart has finished comparing sherds from the Balikesir plain sites and Troy and describes his analysis and interpretations of the results. Eleanor has bought another - Greek islands? - embroidery. He writes of his hopes to excavate in Cyprus (Vounos or Larnaca) next year. Professor Myres has visited Troy. Stewart has some pots (ranging in date from Bronze Age to Byzantine) for restoration for Louis Clarke (then curator of the Museum of Archaeology...

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Dated 21 May 1936. Probably written in Istanbul. Stewart has some Australian funding for his Cyprus excavation next year. He seeks AJBW's ideas on how best to proceed with planning such an excavation. 'Miss Webb', whom AJBW knows, seeks their help to work in Asia Minor, having been in Greece.

Scope and Contents Dated 19 May 1936. Probably written in Istanbul. The Balikesir dig will in fact proceeed and Bittel will contribute time and equipment to the endeavour. Stewart has purchsed some pots for Cambridge, one of which he discusses in detail at the end of the letter. Dikaios is also sending material from Cyprus to Cambridge. International politics (Abyssinia Crisis) may make make several excavation sites off limits next year, including Troy. He and Eleanor have bought the Armenian embroidery at...

Scope and Contents 160 x 232 mm. Photographic copy of a letter (in Greek) written in the aftermath of Ottoman reprisals against Greek Cypriots for their support for the Greek War of Independence. The letter is probably dated 5 December 1821 and bears the stamp of Trymithountos Spiridon, the Bishop of Trymithountos, who had escaped the executions of prominent Greek Cypriot religious and social figures and fled to Europe. It seeks to mobilise European support for alleviating the sufferings of the Greek Cypriot...

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200,000 Cypriots had to be temporarily housed in tents as a result of the Turkish invasion.

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Scope and Contents 180 x 115 mm. Autotype. A view looking along the rooftops of the town, towards the harbour: 'The town itself is, undoubtedly, the finest in the island. Its houses, when seen from a distance, appear embowered in green, and there is a general air of prosperity about the place which is most refreshing to behold. An imposing array of buildings of honest brick and stone, and an extensive acreage of tiled roofs, suggest both comfort and competence.The view here presented was taken...

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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155 x 202 mm. Members of the British delegation at the London Ministerial Meeting on Cyprus are pictured here at the opening session in the Foreign Office, London.
From left are: Mr. Julien Amery, Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Colonies; Mr. John Profumo, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; Sir Knox Helm, British Member of the London Committee on Cyprus; and Sir Hugh Foot, Governor of Cyprus.

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223 x 173 mm. Showing a Cypriot woman weaving a patterned cloth. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'The famous, colourful textile (for curtains and table covers) woven in Lefkoniko looms'.

Scope and Contents 132 x 191 mm. Mounted on card and captioned by Cobham. Showing Count Luigi Palma di Cesnola seated beside a semi-colossal statue found at Aghios Photios in 1870. This figure is described thus: '... one of semi-colossal dimensions, the body of which is in an admirable state of preservation; the head, arms, and feet were at first missing, but I had the good fortune to recover them from the different peasants who had carried them off. They are now united [and thus seen in the print], and...

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate. In the harbour Kyrenia : cut out wood has just been brought from Maramania, Asia Minor.

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Quarter-plate. [Fogged].

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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Half-plate.

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Half-plate.

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An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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318 x 145 mm. A view showing masks and miscellaneous statuettes including representations of gladiators, a dolphin, other animals and female figures.

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152 x 107mm. A view looking along a hillside towards the tents of the military encampment on Mount Troodos, set on a hilltop among woodland.

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151 x 198 mm. A view showing the remaining spire on the west front of the Cathedral of St Nicholas with low buildings in the foreground.

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211 x 163 mm. A studio photograph of 11 miscellaneous figures carved in (?) archaic Cypriot style

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191 x 151 mm. A studio photograph of 17 miscellaneous small figures, carved in Egyptian style.