Homefield, Send, Surrey - In her letter of 28 Oct. she shares that her son [Arnold Paice?], one of the first white settlers in Kenya, states that the Kikuyu do not keep pigs or sacrifice them, as mentioned in 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament', and wonders… read more
Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Dated 31 December 1921 - Is in Paris, where he gave a lecture at the Sorbonne in front of 700 people; is having a bust made by Bourdelle who will present it to the Museum of the Luxembourg; Lilly's translation of 'Adonis' is out and… read more
Chale, High View Road, Sidcup - Two letters accompanied by an envelope with a note in Frazer's hand, 'fertilization of women by the fig-tree (for Ovid, Fasti II)'. The first is dated 5 Aug. 1927: Hobley has referred to his 'Bantu Beliefs' and found a… read more
Chale, High View Road, Sidcup - Wrote to Juxon Barton of his old staff to learn more of fertility ceremonies, and Barton writes that he has written Frazer directly; he may be going to the Continent for a week, but when he returns he will call and chat… read more
Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 15 December 1907 - Is glad he has arrived safely at Mombasa; has accepted the chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Liverpool, which has no salary but no responsibilities, plans to lecture on totemism; has a… read more
Chale, Sidcup, Kent - Thanks him for his letter and replies to the enquiries made about fertility ceremonies; is glad to hear he has finished the Ovid commentaries; has written to [E. N.] Fallaize and believes he will arrange for publication; corrects… read more
Xerox photocopies of over 240 letters, many of them of originals housed in other institutions. The letters are written by Frazer to multiple recipients with a few exceptions: eight are written by Lilly Frazer (to Miss Buckley, Sir Edmund Gosse, Bronisław… read more
No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, London E.C.4. Dated 3 March 1922 - Gives the reference in 'Man' where [John] Roscoe's account of the temporary annual king of Bunyoro appears; will be most pleased to go to Oxford to hear his lecture; has just finished reading… read more
Album of 39 cuttings about or mentioning Frazer, including news items about his honorary doctorate from the University of Athens; with reviews of 'Aftermath', including one by R. R. Marett in the 'Observer', and two books for which he wrote introductions:… read more
Chale, High View Road, Sidcup - Re: Lady Frazer's question about the Kikuyu sacrificing pigs, Mrs Paice's son [Arnold Paice?] is right, they do not, as they have none to sacrifice; congratulates him on the completion of the 'Fasti', will go look up… read more
The Grove, Sutton Coldfield. Dated 8/9/08 - In answer to Frazer's question, the Murru [Moru?] and the Kavirondo children follow their father's clan; discusses shield patterns shaved on the heads of clans of Nilotic Ja-Tuo [Jaluo?].
The Grove, Sutton Coldfield. Dated June 15/08 - Will send his paper on the A. Kamba as requested; asks if [Sir William] Ridgeway forwarded Hobley's notes on [the Masai], which included information on marriage laws.
Chale, High View Road, Sidcup - Gives permission to Frazer to reproduce Frazer's preface to 'Bantu Beliefs and Magic' elsewhere; is meeting the Council of the Royal Anthropological Institute and will urge training in anthropology for administrative officers in Africa.
The Grove, Sutton Coldfield. Dated June 28/08 - Is sending some of his MSS by book post; [Sir William] Ridgeway has the photograph illlustrations.
Chale, High View Road, Sidcup - Congratulates Frazer and notes that anthropology and ethnology have been accorded an official status, much as geology was when Sir Archibald Geikie was awarded the Order of Merit; feels that anthropology needs some sort of… read more
Nairobi, Brit. East Africa. Dated 21/6/09 - Has been reading 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' in ['Anthropological Essays presented to Edward Burnett Tylor'] and mentions some East African customs and beliefs, and information on carved stone figures in… read more
Nairobi, B.E.A. Dated 13/10/09 - Will be seeing Col. Roosvelt [Theodore Roosevelt] and will give him the booklet of queries [Frazer's anthropological questions]; suggests asking the Cambridge Press for the chapter on Masai marriage in his ['Ethnology of… read more
Nairobi, B.E. Africa. Dated July 27/10 - Showed his letters to Col. [Theodore] Roosevelt and wonders if he visited Frazer; has come across two Kikuyu customs relating to 'thahu', a kind of curse, and the use of fig trees as a cure for barrenness; is… read more
St. Ermins Hotel, St. James's Park, S.W. Dated 11th June 1914 - Reminds him to insist on proofs in slip from the University Press: 'Tell them that if they don't, I will use unclerical language which you could not resort to'; thinks his idea of holding… read more
Nairobi. Dated Sept. 26 '09 - Is glad his notes and that of [Kenneth] Dundas have been useful; has seen [C. W.]Hobley's chapter on social organization and points out their difference of opinion about intermarriage, which also different from [Moritz]… read more
Woodfield, Quarry Road, Oxted - His wife has been in hospital for 3 months and is slowly recovering at home; hopes they have received the new edition of his book 'Bantu Beliefs'.