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Add. MS b/35/350
Title
Copy letter from A. van Gennep to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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Clamart, Seine. Dated 26.I.1906 - Has a copy of [Lectures on the] 'Early History of Kingship', informs him of research in his book 'Tabou et totémisme à Madagascar' which describes his theory of sanctity and taboo, different from Robertson Smith's, and also describes his theory of positive and negative rites much like Frazer's.
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The original of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.c.57/21.
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Lacunae in typescript filled in, in R. A. Downie's hand.