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very (VERY) happy to announce a major new acquisition for @MagdLibAndArch - the diaries, correspondence and working papers of DG Hogarth, @magdalenoxford Mods 1882 & Great 1885, Fellow 1886; director of @BSAthens; Keeper of @AshmoleanMuseum; archaeologist, mentor, strategist 1/3 
@MagdLibAndArch @magdalenoxford @BSAthens @AshmoleanMuseum the archive includes a large collection of DGH's dig diaries as a budding archaeologist, his diaries during WWI, drafts & notebooks used to compile his numerous works, and correspondence with the archaeologists/strategists of the time, including 19 letters from #GertrudeBell 2/3
@MagdLibAndArch @magdalenoxford @BSAthens @AshmoleanMuseum it also includes unseen correspondence from one of his most famous mentees, #TELawrence (below, a letter from Aleppo, 1913) and others like Clayton, Allenby, Kennington, &c.
The DGH Project Archivist starts in early January and this collection will be made available in 2020 3/3
The DGH Project Archivist starts in early January and this collection will be made available in 2020 3/3
