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Add. MS b/36/86
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Copy letter from A. W. Howitt to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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Finch Street, East Malvern, Melbourne. Dated 17 October, 1901 - He has gone through one of his chapters [of his work for his book 'Native Tribes of South East Australia'?] relating to the 'Mura-Muras' with [Lorimer] Fison and has made numerous changes after getting further information from Rev. Otto Siebert; so far the book is about 600 pages; has seen Andrew Lang's remarks on Frazer's work, and doesn't think his inferences are warranted; his daughter [Mary] has prepared a paper for the Folk Lore Society on some legends of the Dieri tribe; is looking forward to [Baldwin] Spencer's return from his expedition in January.
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Lacunae in typescript filled in, in R. A. Downie's hand.
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- Howitt, Alfred William (1830–1908) anthropologist (Subject)
- Howitt, Mary Edith Boothby (1867-1936) daughter of Alfred William Howitt (Subject)
- Spencer, Sir Walter Baldwin (1860–1929) Knight, biologist and anthropologist (Subject)
- Fison, Lorimer (1832-1907), missionary and anthropologist (Subject)
- Siebert, Otto (1871-1962) German missionary (Subject)