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FRAZ/32/100-106 · Item · 1934
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

54 Cours Napoléon, Ajaccio, Corse - In the letter of 15 Feb., he thanks her for the Frazer Bibliography and 'La crainte des morts; is also reading Paul Valéry; in the letter of 18 Mar. he mentions the procession of [Notre Dame de] la Miséricorde going on that day and is happy to hear they are back in Britain, knows things will get better as they adjust to the new ways of doing things; in the letter of 10 Apr., he recounts a visit to the town where his parents lived and has his brother-in-law visiting for a week; later that month he comments that he is ashamed of his work compared to her active life and notes it is a pity that their trip to Glasgow is complicated by [Sir James] Macfarlane's absence; is happy to hear of their return to Cambridge (4 June); later that month he thanks her for her letter full of details of Berne and admires the second volume of ['Worship of the] Dead'.

FRAZ/2/132 · Item · 21 Dec. 1940
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

2 Cleveden Crescent, Glasgow, W.2. - Encloses a gift of £40 from himself and the Manager of the Drapers' Fund Sir William Marshall, with a promise from the Lord Provost of £30 more. Writes of one or two bombs dropped in the East End of Glasgow; his son Robert has arrived from London where the factory has been hit and damaged, and whose house was wrecked, notes his description of London is different from what they hear on the wireless.

FRAZ/33/159-160 · Item · 1938-1939
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Fyfe Chambers, 105 West George Street, Glasgow - At Sir James Macfarlane's suggestion, he approached the manager of a Trust which makes donations for scientific study or research, and encloses £25; in the next letter he tells her he has conveyed her thanks to the Trust manager and has sent on the prospectuses [for 'Anthologia Anthropologica'?] to John Wylie & Co. Publishers & Booksellers.

FRAZ/33/171 · Item · 16 Aug. 1932
Part of Papers of Sir James Frazer

Macfarlane Lang & Co. Ltd., Victoria Biscuit Works, Glasgow - His brother [Sir James Macfarlane] is an agent of the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co., Ltd. which entitles the firm to a commission which was supposed to be added to the Annuity, but has not, and he has endorsed the cheque to be paid into J. G. Frazer's account.