Identity area
Reference code
SYNG/G/57-60
Title
Visit to New Zealand: 'New Zealand 1958-9 [...]', Synge's letters home to his parents
Date(s)
- 1958-1960 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4 folders
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Scope and content
Contents of Synge's folder so inscribed divided into four for ease of reference.
The letters are very full and include accounts of travel, people met, observations on life in New Zealand etc. The folder is also inscribed with an itinerary and has been retained (with G/57).
G/57: 1958
G/58: Jan-Apr 1959
G/59: May-Sept 1959
G/60: Oct-Dec 1959
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Related units of description
G/49-G/106 all relate to Synge's visit to New Zealand: G/49-G/56, Correspondence re arrangements; G/57-G/63, Correspondence with relatives; G/64, Diary; G/65-G/81, Research work on facial eczema in sheep; G/82-G/91, Other engagements; G/92 Newspaper cuttings; G/93-G/99, Background material; G/100-G/106, Return journey.