January 27 - February 8, 1930

Entire folder of letters from Gutmann on S.S. Fostat stationary; description and watercolor of shaduf, a type of man-powered irrigation system; descriptions of his travels up the Nile; mentions meeting the archaeologist Dr. Hoelscher from the University of Chicago; watercolor of the Gate of Tiberius; more descriptions of irrigation systems; sketches of camels and of a weaver working a loom; description of visiting a prince, the cousin of King Faud [sic], and details about his hobbies of raising wild boars and pigeons; description of the workings of a sugarcane processing facility; watercolor titled “the Arab Circus”; description of Ramadan; an account of visiting tombs in the Valley of the Kings; details about a meeting with Mr. Winlock, an excavator for the Metropolitan Museum; a watercolor of a performance given by the crew of the S.S. Fostat.