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FRAZ/1/99-100 · Item · 19 Mar. and 14 June 1926
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

44 Carlos Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad B.W.I. - In the first letter, he encloses a letter [not present] he has submitted to 'Nature' about a perceived snub of Frazer by Malinowski in his article of 26 Feb. 1926. States he has been collecting survivalsread more

FRAZ/4/86 · Item · 1 Jan. 1925
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Oberbozen - Congratulates Frazer, has no sooner written him one letter than he needs to write another with OM on the envelope; is pleased his fellow companion is Rutherford, is certain there are thousands of people in England who will rejoice with him,read more

FRAZ/17/8 · Item · 28 July 1932
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Half sheet of paper of the beginning of a letter about the Frazer lectures volume: material is almost ready for the printer; Moret's lecture took a long time as he verified all the references; shall not abridge Malinowski'read more

Add. MS a/668 · Item · 11 June 1930
Part of Additional Manuscripts a

Albemarle Club, 37 Dover Street, London W.1 - Thanks him for his "generous" review of the Fasti in Nature, especially for noting its double relation to science and humanism; enjoyed his speech at the Edvard Westermarck dinner and says he is perfectlyread more

Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941), knight, social anthropologist and classical scholar
Add. MS b/36/60 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

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 readingread more

FRAZ/17/6 · Item · 26 July 1932
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13 - Thanks her for sending letters from Mlle. Rivet and Paul Geuthner; has begun to mark copy [of the Frazer Lectures volume] for the printer, is adding footnotes - Moret's lecture will take time; the size of the page isread more

Add. MS a/597 · File · c 1975
Part of Additional Manuscripts a

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, Bronisławread more

Ackerman, Robert (b 1935), biographer
FRAZ/29/45 · Item · 28 Oct. 1920
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

27 Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Apologises for being slow in sending the enclosed notes on Kiriwinian fire making [not present], everything is packed in order to leave on 6 Nov.; thanks Lady Frazer for the introduction to Dr [Richard] Caton, who willread more

FRAZ/1/45 · Item · 13 Aug. 1936
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Trinity College, Cambridge - Thanks him for the preface to the French translation of the third volume of 'The Fear of the Dead'; is particularly interested in the part magic appears to play in the economic activities of the Trobriand Islanders, as notedread more

FRAZ/33/414 · Item · 15 Apr. 1926
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Zehlendorf - Has written to Mr Kohlhammer about the payment and thinks it has gotten caught up in 'red tape'; asks her to have the publisher send Sir James' latest publications so he can review them in his "Zeitschrift für Völkerpsychologie undread more

FRAZ/27/37-44 · Item · 1937-1938
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Announcements of the publication of the book, and reviews, by Sir John Squire in 'The Daily Telegraph', Bronisław Malinowski in 'Nature', A. C. Haddon in 'Antiquity', Ernst [later Ernest] Manheim in 'Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung' and J. H. H. [Johnread more

FRAZ/33/344 · Item · [Jan. 1927?]
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

19 Avenue du Progrès, Vanves (Seine) - Undated letter, probably written before Jan. 15, 1927, concerning the French translation of J. G. Frazer's works; in which he mentions hearing from Salomon Reinach and Bronisław Malinowski.

FRAZ/26/31-33 · Item · [1936]
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Typescript draft in English (Item 31), a carbon copy of Item 30, with pencilled notes translating some words and phrases into French, with a note identifying it at top in Lady Frazer's hand; with a manuscript draft of the French translation in the handread more

FRAZ/7/3-4 · Subseries · 1937-1938
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

63 cuttings announcing or reviewing 'Totemica', including two copies of Bernard Malinowski's review in the March 19, 1938 issue of 'Nature', and two of A. L. Morton's review in the April 1938 issue of 'Criterion'; there is also a review by E. N. Fallaizeread more

Bibliographies of fire &c.
FRAZ/23/29-32 · Item · Nov.-Dec. 1920
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Four manuscript lists given to Frazer by Salomon Reinach, Henri Hubert, and Lucien Herr. Accompanied by an envelope from the Hotel Lutetia with Frazer's list of contents, referring to a list from Houtin not found here.

FRAZ/23/27 · Item · 12 Sept. 1920
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

27, Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Encloses a translation of the fire myth from the village of Moligilagi of two women of the Lukwasisiga clan mentioned in the letter of 1 September, and an account of the thunder (Pilapala) myth; is working on Socialread more

FRAZ/23/26 · Item · 1 Sept. 1920
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

27, Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh - Has a fire myth, and will send either the verbatim account or a loose translation, as Frazer wishes; the myth is from the village of Moligilagi, concerning two women of the Lukwasisiga clan; cites C. G. Seligman's 'read more

FRAZ/17/20 · Item · 13 Aug. 1932
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

28 Grange Road, Barnes, S.W.13. - Will send her the specimen page [for the Frazer Lectures volume]; is pleased to hear Frazer's eyesight is improving; thanks her for the offer of a signed photograph of Frazer; has filed Malinowski's letter with theread more

Add. MS b/36/187 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Caledonian Station Hotel, Princess Street, Edinburgh. Dated 21 November 1924 - First page only, breaks off mid-sentence. Asks for news, as it has been a long time; sends a notice of a research studentship at Trinity; his presence would help the Cambridgeread more

Add. MS b/36/185 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Oberbozen, pres Bolzano (Alto Adige), Italie. Dated 25.5.23 - His first love for anthropology is associated with having the GB read to him by his mother; was diagnosed with tuberculosis of a relative benign nature but has to undergo another year ofread more

Add. MS b/36/184 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Hotel Lutetia, 45, Boulevard Raspail, Paris (6e). Dated 21 May 1923 - Thanks him for his kind review of the abridged version of the GB; asks how he progresses with his book and his health, asks if he is well enough for an appointment to an Englishread more

Add. MS b/36/183 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Hotel Lutetia, 45, Boulevard Raspail, Paris (6e). Dated 6 February 1923 - Is sorry to hear he has been ill; the 'Argonauts of the Western Pacific' has gotten a unanimous chorus of praise; values his opinion and thanks him for kinds words of the abridgedread more

Add. MS b/36/181 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

Oberbozen, Bolzano (Alto Adige), Italy. Dated 30.1.23 - Is writing a review of the abridged GB for 'Nature' and expresses his admiration; has been reading some of the Freudian stuff in the anthropological line: their psychology isn't nonsense 'but theirread more

Add. MS b/36/180 · Item · c 1947-c 1955
Part of Additional Manuscripts b

El Boquin, Icod de los Vinos, Jenerife [Tenerife], Canary Isles. Dated 8.5.21 - Thanks him for his letter and the enclosed letter from George Macmillan, and for supporting his work, wants the work to sell; found that [Charles] Seligman had approached himread more