Item 13 - 'Totemism and Exogamy'

Identity area

Reference code

FRAZ/35/13

Title

'Totemism and Exogamy'

Date(s)

  • Oct. 1908 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol.

Context area

Archival history

A bookplate pasted on the inside front cover of other volumes transferred from the Haddon Library at the same time reads, 'This book formed part of the library of Sir James George Frazer, O.M., which was bequeathed by Lady Frazer to Trinity College, Cambridge. It was presented by the College to the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge.' The volume was then transferred to the Haddon Library of Archaeology and Anthropology and in 2010 was transferred to Trinity College Library to rejoin the Frazer Papers.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from the Haddon Library of Archaeology and Anthropology, 23 March 2010.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Bound volume in Frazer's hand with 45 pages of bibliographical notes, entitled 'Addenda to Totemism'. Turned upside down and started from the back cover are 17 pages of 'Subjects to be discussed in Summary and Conclusion of “Totemism and Exogamy"'.

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

      Related units of description

      Related descriptions

      Notes area

      Note

      '1' in pen-and-ink on inside front cover, possibly assigned by the Haddon Library.

      Note

      Date from front flyleaf.

      Alternative identifier(s)

      Access points

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Name access points

      Genre access points

      Description identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Accession area