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
St. Keyne's, Cambridge. Dated 29 July 1909 - Is glad to hear he is safe back from Bunyoro, and is pleased with his description of the double system of taboos and totems for pastoral and agricultural sections of the people; advises him to pack the MSS… read more
1 Brick Court, Middle Temple, E.C. Dated 21st June, 1914 - Further discussion of funding source for outfitting his expedition, Sir David Bruce doesn't think the Royal Society would, thinks the Colonial Office might, so has written [Arthur] Shipley to ask… read more
Dartmouth House, 47 Dartmouth Park Hill, N.W. Dated May 21 '08 - Has been reading 'Adonis, Attis & Osiris' and offers some notes from his experience in Africa: on kings responsible for drought, the human wives of the python god, reincarnation of the… read more
Dartmouth House, 47 Dartmouth Park Hill, N.W. Dated Sept. 3 '08 - Does not know if the Taveta Clans and families are exogamous; shares recent additions to his book: on first wives, and on names of clans.
Dartmouth House, 47 Dartmouth Park Hill, N.W. Dated May 27 '08 - Has a fair knowledge of East African tribes and is happy to help; is enclosing information on East Africa totems [transcribed]; is staying with [A. C.?] Haddon for Whitsuntide.
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
Nairobi. Dated Oct. 10th. '09 - Adds to his previous information on sexual communism of the Masai; has consulted Lenana [Olonana ole Mbatian], the Chief Medicine Man of the Masai.
Nairobi. Dated Oct. 17 '09 - Encloses tables giving the classificatory forms of relationiship of the Duruma tribe [not transcribed]; describes who the Wa-Nyika are; gives information on their location, and mentions an enclosed sketch [not transcribed].
Nairobi. Dated Nov: 12 '09 - Discusses the Taveta, the only other tribe that has totemism but not exogamy like the Nandi; has just returned from Uganda and heard a great deal about [John] Roscoe; hopes Frazer will like [Kenneth] Dundas.