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Risley, Sir Herbert Hope (1851–1911) Knight, administrator in India and anthropologist
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Letter from J. G. Frazer to William Crooke
FRAZ/1/137 · Item · 25 July 1915
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Breadalbane Hotel, Kenmore, Perthshire - Thanks him for the new edition of [H. H.] Risley's 'People of India', notes that he has not seen it as he has been in Scotland since May; is looking forward to [R. V.] Russell's book, 'The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India'; knows Crooke must be concerned about his sons at the front.
Typed letter from William Ridgeway to J. G. Frazer
Add. MS c/60/26 · Item · 19 Dec. 1900
Part of Additional Manuscripts c

Fen Ditton, Cambridge - Thanks him for [the second edition of 'The Golden Bough']; is glad to hear from Mrs Frazer how he fares in foreign lands; has been put on the Caius Governing Body, and then the University Council, thinks it would be helpful as the next four years will be important for the advancement of anthropology there, 'I know that you will consider me a jackass for going into University business', [Francis?] Jenkinson and [M. R.?] James both voted against him, 'to keep me from wasting my time'; is about to publish volume one of his book, going ahead even though new discoveries are made during every spring's diggings; A. J. Evans gave a lecture on Cnossus; [John?] Capstick is flourishing and the Fellowship dividend has gone up; [Henry?] Jackson is much better; [Arthur?] Verrall still poorly; [Solomon?] Schechter is better; encloses a document sent him by C. H. Read [not present]; [Herbert Hope?] Risley is a splendid fellow; Ridgeway is pushing for a new museum of anthropology, has an old Caius friend, wealthy, childless, interested in archaeology, who will help and will work the City Companies for him.
Letter from H. H. Risley to J. G. Frazer
Add. MS c/60/35 · Item · 11 Apr. 1901
Part of Additional Manuscripts c

Grasmere, Simla - Thanks him for the second edition of 'The Golden Bough'; his work as head of the Census in the Indian Empire has kept him busy, notes that he broke the record of publishing his tallies by three weeks; is on holiday; will be doing an ethnographic survey of India, and asks for his anthropological questions; his Census Superintendents are keen on ethnography; Mr [R. E.?] Enthoven has found a system of totemism among the Marathas in Bombay; is requiring the castes recorded in the Census to be arranged in the order of social precedence, which has gratified many and stimulated some to determine which class they belong to.