Identity area
Reference code
Glover/A/A1/3/2/14
Unique identifier
GB 275 Glover/A/A1/3/2/14
Title
ALS to T. R. Glover from the American Mission at Van, 'Turkey in Asia'
Date(s)
- 13 May 1903 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p. paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1852-1941)
Biographical history
BA (Clare) 1874
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Regrets that Glover could not have escaped Cambridge with them. Mentions the great quantity of ancient cuneiform inscriptions around him. Complains that the Germans, Belck and Lehmann ('intellectual locusts') have already done much of the academic research on the inscriptions. Contemplates applying the method of Higher Criticism used to trace pilgrim psalms in the Hebrew Psalter to their own hymn book. Mentions that they have bought a tent preferring it to Kurdish huts. Refers to plans to return to England in the near future.