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Reference code
FRAZ/28/166-187
Title
Newspaper cuttings mentioning Sir James Frazer
Date(s)
- 1940-1941 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
22 items
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Scope and content
22 cuttings of articles in which Frazer is mentioned personally or in which his books are mentioned as a source for a discussion of local customs and folklore, from England, Canada, Sweden, France, and the United States; they include an article, 'Sleeping Through the Sirens' from 'Saturday Night', a Toronto paper, telling a story about Frazer in the first World War watching bombs explode nearby and then returning to his studies (Item 28/180); an article by Bishop Tor Andræ, 'Odödlighetstrons bevis' in 'Svenska Dagbladet' of 7 Apr. 1940 (Item 28/177); and 'The Study of Folk-Lore' by R. Angus Downie in the 'Scottish Educational Journal' 1 Mar. 1940 (Item 28/176).