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FRAZ/18/41
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Letter from R. A. Downie to Sir James Frazer
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- 16 July 1940 (Creation)
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13 Maple Avenue, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester - Understands [P. W.] Filby is no longer their secretary so does not expect an answer; is in Manchester, praises the John Rylands Library; has taken up Anglo-Saxon, and notes he is studying early stories of how England fought for its existence against invaders, topical now [during the Battle of Britain]; is translating Kruyt's books on the Toradjas, thinks people will be surprised how fully the Dutch have studied the people there; in case they do not meet again, thanks Frazer for his kindness and 'the example of devotion to truth and scholarship' he provided, hopes Ann will be worthy of bearing his name.
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- Frazer, Lilly (? 1855-1941), writer and translator, wife of Sir James George Frazer (Subject)
- Filby, Percy William (1911-2002) librarian (Subject)
- John Rylands Library (Subject)
- Kruyt, Albertus Christiaan (1869-1949) Dutch missionary and ethnographer (Subject)
- Downie, Robert Angus (b 1905) biographer (Subject)
- Downie, Ann (fl 1940) daughter of Robert Angus Downie (Subject)