Classical Studies, Sources : Fields of Study

Reprints of articles from various periodicals, 1939-1960.

NYT article on the "Griffin Warrior" seal stone discovered in a grave at Pylos, a University of Cincinnati excavation directed by Professor Jack L. Davis and Researcher Sharon R. Stocker.

Reconstructions in water color by Piet De Jong.

Bryn Mawr College and the ASCSA.
Directors
John F. Cherry, Brown University
Jack L. Davis, University of Cincinnati
Eleni Mantzourani, University of Athens

Directors Jack L. Davis, University of Cincinnati, et al.

Principle Creators: John L. Caskey, Marion Rawson, Cedric Boulter, and Alan J.B. Wace.
Principle Date(s): 1907-1967
Scope and Content: Letters from, to, and regarding Carl W. Blegen. Records are diverse in type, and exist in English, Greek, French, and German. Two letters – one written in Swedish and one written in Norwegian – also exist in translation. Correspondence of various types, including letters and postcards, exist along with three passports issued in 1933, 1947, and 1951. Other memorabilia includes Blegen’s personal camera with accompanying tripod and a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation on Korakou.
Access: Restricted. Please contact the archivist for information.
Finding-Aid: A document (PDF) with descriptions of each letter may be found here.

Principle Creator: Piet de Jong
Principle Date(s): 1928-1966
Scope and Content: Drawings and watercolors exist from the sites of: Ayioryitika, Goniá, Hymettos, Kea, Nemea, Prosymna (Argive Heraion), Pylos, Troy, Yiriza, and Zygouries. William V. Cash, Dorothy Cox, Émile Gilliéron, and Leicester B. Holland are also listed as artists of certain items. Both pencil drawings and watercolors exist.
Access: Restricted. Please contact the archivist for information.
Finding-Aid: A document (PDF) with descriptions of each item may be found here.

Accession Code: SUV-PRAP
Principal Creators: Jack L. Davis and John Bennet
Title: Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP) Survey Records
Principal Dates: 1990-1997
Principal Language: English
Scope and Content: The Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP) was a multi-disciplinary, diachronic archaeological survey formally initiated in 1990 by Jack L. Davis. The primary aim of the project was to investigate the prehistoric and historic settlement and land use in western Messenia focused around the Bronze Age administrative center known as the Palace of Nestor. The project employed archaeological surface survey techniques while investigating the surrounding natural environment.
Series (and subseries) in the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP) Survey Records include: Administrative Records and Correspondence (Series I containing permits and grants; correspondence; director’s notebooks and guest notebooks; and survey accounts), Survey Records (Series II containing notebooks; forms; illustrative and photographic records; photographs and slides; unpublished reports/records; and other survey records), Studies and Publications (Series III containing original manuscripts submitted for publication; Sandy Pylos), and Other Records (Series IV).
Access: The collection has been processed and is only available per written permission from the Director of Record of the PRAP Survey. Please contact the archivist for further information.
Citation: University of Cincinnati, Archives and Special Collections of the Department of Classics, Pylos Regional Archaeological Project (PRAP) Survey Records.
Notes (1): Standards applied in the finding-aid conform to DACS (2013, revised March 2015 and posted here).
Notes (2): For the PRAP Website, click here.
Finding-Aid: For the current version of the finding-aid, last edited in October 2017, click here.

Principle Creator: Marion Rawson
Principal Date(s): 1926, 1928-1929
Scope and Content: Four diaries from 1922-1923, 1926, 1928, and 1929 document Marion Rawson’s travels overseas. In addition, there are her two passports issued in 1926 and 1928.
Access: Restricted. Please contact the archivist for information.
Finding-Aid: For the current version of the finding-aid, click here.