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The additional manuscript series are artificial groups containing manuscripts from various sources. Most of the contents are single items or small groups, but they include some fairly large personal archives, either arranged in sequence or scattered in various places. See the overview of the collections (https://archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php/overview).

1 Newnham Terrace, Cambridge. Dated 12.6.09 - Continues his discussion of totemism in Toro, Uganda, particularly 'omuziro', an animal or thing respected by the members of one family.

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 English university, would like to bring him to Trinity; saw a post advertised for University College, London, which he assumes is created for [William] Perry, 'who devils for [Grafton] Elliot Smith', but [Marcel?] Mauss tells him Malinowski has been appointed to the post.

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 of treatment; has been appointed to a readership in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics while W. J. Perry was made Reader in Cultural Anthropology at University College; isn't happy that he has been lumped with Perry, and had to postpone a year; his position is in part due to a strong movement to counteract Elliot Smithianism; is not happy that University College is full of hostility to Seligman; would be glad to lecture at Cambridge as others do, it is a more fruitful field for teaching and would like to work with Frazer, but cautions that there are some in Cambridge who see him as an outsider, but perhaps after his book has been published this may change; Seligman has been very ill; asks if he could introduce him to anthropological and sociological people in Rome, he has to do research there for articles for 'Nature'.

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 Cambridge Anthropological School which is not flourishing, asks if he knows [L. C. G.] Clarke, the Curator of the Anthropological Museum; asks his opinion of [W. H. R.] Rivers' posthumous works; are settled in Cambridge, has a room at Trinity for his library, and sleep at the Blue Boar Hotel in Trinity Street; is giving the Gifford lectures on the Worship of Nature in Edinburgh, so far the only novelty was a suggestion that the Biblical story of the Fall of Man is of negro origin.

2 rue Sarusate, Paris 15. Dated 18 June 1924 - Writes about the 'coyolli', or Mexican bell.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 11 August 1907 - Hopes this his effort to find Frazer's lost correspondence will be successful; wishes Marett had made an original contribution rather than criticising an old theory of his, there is much to do, and the differences turn largely on words: Marett's 'mana' being not very different from Frazer's 'taboo'.

Trinity College, Cambridge. Dated 22 October 1907 - Thanks him for his kind words about his article ['Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' in 'Anthropological Essays Presented to Edward Burnett Tylor'], but he thinks the section on Sacred oaks and terebinths had too many quotations and was tedious; [Marcel] Mauss has pointed out that he anticipated Frazer concerning 'Not to seethe the kid in its mothers milk'; the psychology in Marett's essays does not interest him; a new edition of 'Adonis' comes out shortly, he has addressed [Lewis] Farnell's objections, would like his comments.

St Keyne's, Cambridge. Dated 14 August 1912 - Would like to contribute to a volume in Andrew Lang's memory; Lang's death came as a complete surprise, thought the obituary he read hardly noticed his poetry and light humorous prose, which he thinks should have been his real vocation.

No. 1 Brick Court, Temple, E.C. Dated 24 August, 1917 - There is a good prospect to send [John] Roscoe out for a year among the Central African tribes, as the money has been donated, the Bishop has consented, but Secretary Long thinks they should wait until the end of the war, which Frazer deplores, and has written to Lord Bryce about; 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' is at the printers, received a MS from Colonel Gurdon about the hill tribes of Assam which he hopes to publish; trusts they have escaped submarines on their passages back and forth to Jersey; wonders if he could make out a case for Jersey being Ithaca, as a Frenchman [Théophile Cailleux?] a few years ago thought he discovered Troy on the top of the Gog Magog hills near Cambridge.

The Hague, Holland, Obrechtstraat 292. Dated Octr. 10th, 1923 - Has been reading 'The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings' and offers two futher references to head deformation.

Ambassadors' Court, St. James's Palace, S.W. Dated August 19th, 1922 - Asks him to contribute to the Queen Mary's dolls' house library something either copied out in his hand or preferably something original.

Christ's College, Cambridge. Dated 4.4.10 - Returns the proof [of 'Totemism and Exogamy'?] discusses whether to include the word cattle or change it to 'domestic animals' or 'stock'.

Cultra House, Co. Down. Dated 16th October, 1913 - Sends a cutting on the Last Sheaf ceremony at Toome [not transcribed].

The Grove, Kemsworth, Dunstable. Dated May 14 and 21, 1913 - Shares information on the May Day tradition in his village, with groups of children carrying dolls representing a mother and child.

Folk-Lore Society, 11 Old Square, Lincolns Inn. Dated January 13th, 1913 - E. S. Hartland will be forwarding an MS on totemism by the late Andrew Lang; it is not to be published; Mrs Lang has been persuaded that the chapter on Totemic Exogamy could be published on its own, only if Hartland and Frazer (as representing the opposing views) both agree that it is suitable for publication.

British Legation, Montevideo. Dated Feb. 27 - Writes with information about titles of the King of Siam, a theory for the custom of drinking of the blood of a murdered person, the custom of the soul leaving the body during sleep, a National Geographic magazine article about a man in Tunisia burying hair cuttings and nail parings to keep away the Evil One, the Egyptian belief in ghosts of murdered men, and an asthma cure involving Paraguayan hairless dogs.

St. Mark's Vicarage, Coventry. Dated December 11, 1918 - Has been reading 'Folk-Lore in the Old Testament' and suggests that he write a companion piece for the New Testament.

21 Abbey Grove, Bolton. Dated March 23rd, 1907 - Has read his article about swinging in GB, and sends an extract from 'Los Majos de Cádiz' by Armando Palacio Valdés [transcribed].

3 Queen Anne Terrace, Cambridge. Dated 18.11.01 - Continues to discuss Barabbas, with Rendel Harris's opinion and [A. A.] Bevan's; thinks he sees a connection between the Feast of the Fravishis and the Feast of Misrule; is writing an article on 'The Golden Bough' second edition for the 'London Quarterly'.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 17.11.02 - Has been working hard on a volume of Grenfell and Hunt papyri; is enjoying Manchester, and describes his teaching there, has found an expert in Iranian matters in L. C. Casartelli, the head of a R. C. College there; his friend Williams Jackson called on him from London; in answer to his letter discusses sources for the study of the Avesta; was interested in [A. B.] Cook's paper ['The Golden Bough and the Rex Nemorensis'] and hopes he will reply; the 'Hibbert Journal' is promising; thinks [F. C.] Conybeare made a strong case.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 11.11.05 - Has been reading 'Lectures on the Early History of the Kingship' and makes a few suggestions and additions, concerning throwing stones at a grave to keep the ghost down, some articles by S. I. Curtiss on Moslem saint-worship, trees and A. B. Cook's etymologies, the choice of the Refugium as the repeating day in a leap year, and quoting the leading case of Saul.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 13.12.06 - Encloses a scrap from a journal of his wife's brother-in-law C. A. Barber, about an Asklepion shrine among S. Indian aboriginals [transcribed]; his review is in [J. P.] Postgate's hands; wishes he could go for a walk with him.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 11.2.07 - Cites a Chinese custom of keeping an image of a god over the hearth, burning it at the end of the year so that their household is reported on to the Superi, and a successor not installed for ten days, thinks it a good case of an annual kingship; will be at Cambridge and hopes to meet.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 2.11.07 - Thanks him for the book, will be in Cambridge, but fears he won't have time to see him; discusses the 'Bundle of Life'; was told of a custom of young boys ringing bells at Halloween, wonders if he would connect it to the arrival of a ghost; hopes he will write a commendation for A. B. Cook to take the Greek Chair at Manchester; thanks him for the anthropological questions, will distribute them.

Didsbury College, Manchester. Dated 20.5.11 - Thanks him for the book ['Taboo and the Perils of the Soul'] which will go on a 25' long shelf of Frazer; will be coming to Cambridge to stay with A. B. Cook, and hopes to see him.

Burwood, Kotagiri, S. India. Dated 20.4.16 - Describes his life in India: the weather, living near Badagas and Kotas, and tells him in three weeks time will see Todas at Utakamand [Udhagamandalam, or Ootacamund], will make enquiries about their way of life if Frazer wishes; has sent home a very full journal; hopes to meet in the autumn.

The Bombay Y.M.C.A., Student Branch, Lamington Road, Girgaum, Bombay. Dated Oct. 8, 1916 - Encloses Sir A. G. Cardew's letter [not transcribed] with answers to Frazer's questions, sent him by Lord Pentland; is sure if Frazer writes him he would pass on fresh queries to this lady missionary [Miss Grove?] or her predecessor Miss [C. F.] Ling, or to [John Robertson?] Henderson; will be teaching at the United Theological College, Bangalore and will be joined by Rendel Harris; is working on his 'Treasure of the Magi'; tells of his son Ralph, killed in France after two days at the front.

No. 39 Settlement, Yokohama. Dated August 3rd, 1911 - Is an admirer, and is sending a copy of 'My Prehistoric Japan' and his last paper to the Japan Asiatic Society, on the Triskelion.

Challenger Lodge, Wardie, Edinburgh. Dated 22 April, 1918 - Instructs him to keep the [John Roscoe expedition money] until the terms on which it was given can be satisfied; is going to Russia in May; glad to hear they are settled in Liverpool; his portraitist Reid was asking about them both.