[Copy of] Letter from Raymond Firth to Reo Fortune, September 7, 1932

Name: [Copy of] Letter from Raymond Firth to Reo Fortune, September 7, 1932
Author: Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002

written by Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002, in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N92: Papua New Guinea, Folder 3: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. General correspondence) (District of Columbia) (07 September 1932) , 2 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: In a two-page, typewritten letter under the letterhead of the University of Sydney, Australia, Raymond Firth gives concrete details of a research opportunity for Fortune and Margaret Mead among the Ungarinyin aborigines of western Australia, which he says 'will be waiting for you when you are ready.' He includes travel information and some background on the culture. Firth also notes that he will be leaving for the London School of Economics soon, and all but offers Fortune the chance to be his replacement at Sydney, at least for a year. He ends with mention of money owed for certain arrangements. A written note at the top indicates this letter was 'Xeroxed.'
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Author: Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Content Type: Letter
Duration: 0 sec
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 2
Page Range: 1-2
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Academic life, Field work for anthropology, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, University of Sydney, Western Australia, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Australian Aborigines
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural