| Admin/Biog History | Petherbridge visited Yemen with conservator and friend Jane McAusland, from 9-21 Feb 1989. For the trip they used the travel company Jack Jackson. Whilst there Petherbridge gave a lecture at the British Council in Sana'a on the Islamic sources in her work.
On the last night of their visit some of Petherbridge and McAusland's belongings were stolen.
On her return Petherbridge wrote an article for the Financial Times about the conservation of the old city of Sana'a. |
| Description | This file includes material relating to Petherbridge's trip to Yemen. It includes:
-correspondence
-itineraries
-travel notes
-research notes
-ephemera from foreign travel (e.g. receipts, business cards)
-newspaper cuttings
Of particular note:
-letter from Petherbridge to Mahmood Darweesh, dated 12 Apr 1989, thanking him for hosting a birthday party for her, and discussing her trip to Yemen, with photograph from the party attached
[For further related material concerning Petherbridge's trip to Yemen see DSP/5/16] |
| Image Caption | Letter from Petherbridge to Mahmood Darweesh, dated 12 Apr 1989, thanking him for hosting a birthday party for her, and discussing her trip to Yemen |
| Photograph of Petherbridge's birthday party in Yemen, dated [c 11 Feb 1989] |