Correspondence with A.V. Persson

Scope and Content

Correspondence with A.V. Persson, archaeologist and academic, relating to a request for an article on the translation of Cretan inscriptions by Persson for publication in the Manchester Guardian, and also for a photograph of the inscription. There is an internal memorandum discussing the subject, and a translation of an article entitled 'Origin of the Greek Characters, Discoveries by Professor Perrson' in the Berliner Tageblatt.

GDN/A/P29/2 is an article entitled 'The Cretan Riddle' in the Manchester Guardian, 1929.