Trouble in Paradise

A telegram from March 1930 from the expedition, detailing its findings.

A letter from Dorothy Pond to an unknown person written in March 1930.

A letter to Alonzo Pond from the the director of the Logan Museum saying that the 1930 expedition will be the last.

A subsequent letter tells Pond that his expedition will in-fact be cut short.

The history of the expedition can be traced through telegrams and letters--which the detail archaeological findings and the various problems the  assistant curator of the Logan Museum, Alonzo Pond, faced throughout the expedition.

The first item is a telegram from Pond describing the expedition’s findings to the Logan Museum: “In total ten palolithic [paleolithic] individuals found.”

Dorothy Pond, who ran Camp Logan, wrote in the letter on the top right about the details and conditions of the camp. In this letter, Dorothy details the day-to-day life of the expedition and jokes that she has “traded a steam heated house in Wisconsin for a tent in Africa.” 

However, the expedition's troubles extended beyond leaving the comfort of Wisconsin. The director of the Logan Museum "regretted to inform" Alonzo Pond, on April 23 1930, that overseas expeditions would have to cease after this last expedition to Algeria due to a funding shortage.

Moreover, in another letter written on May 27, 1930, Pond was told that the expedition would have to be cut short and the funds would run out as of July, 1930.