Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS c/60/87
Title
Letter from W. A. Squire to J. G. Frazer
Date(s)
- 3 July 1896 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
West Maitland, N.S.W. - Sends him a copy of his ['Ritual, Myth, and Customs of the Australian Aborigines, a Short Study in Comparative Ethnology'] and indicates that while it is a popular work, there is some information which is new: sacrifice at the Bora Ceremony, the Barwon legend of the creation and notes about cave paintings and art of the 'aborigines'; asks for advice on further writing and publishing.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
A typescript copy of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.b.37/219.
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Frazer's docket on the envelope, in his hand 'W. A. Squire, answered Aug. 26.96. sent him Dr H. R. Mill's letter of 26 Aug.'