Summary
Handwritten letter composed by Andrew McLeay, a teacher at Ceduna Higher Primary School, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 9 March 1955. McLeay writes that he has enclosed his reply to the questionnaire and five of his 45 students' game descriptions, highlighting the descriptive abilities of students Joyce Jones, Eric Spry and Bruce Patterson. He offers to send the remaining game descriptions should they be required by Dr Howard.
One of a collection of letters describing a children's game written to children's Folklorist Dorothy Howard between 1954 and 1955. Dr Howard came to Australia in 1954-55 as an American Fulbright scholar to study Australian children's folklore. She travelled across Australia for 10 months collecting children's playground rhymes, games, play artefacts, etc. This letter, together with the other original fieldwork collected by Dr Howard during this period, is preserved in the Dorothy Howard Collection manuscript files, part of the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC), Archive Series 3. The ACFC is an extensive collection documenting children's folklore and related research.
Physical Description
Handwritten letter in blue ink on paper. Text printed on both sides on page. Features printed text on upper portion of front of page.
More Information
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Collection Names
Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Dorothy Howard Collection
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Cultural Gifts Donation from Dr June Factor, 18 May 1999
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Acknowledgement
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
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Author
Andrew H. McLeay - Ceduna Primary Higher School, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, 9 Mar 1955
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Addressed To
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Collector
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Organisation Named
Ceduna Higher Primary School, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia
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Person Named
Joyce Jones - Ceduna Primary Higher School, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Mar 1955
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Person Named
Eric Spry - Ceduna Primary Higher School, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Mar 1955
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Person Named
Bruce Patterson - Ceduna Primary Higher School, Ceduna, South Australia, Australia, Mar 1955
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
141 mm (Width), 214 mm (Height)
Orientation: portrait
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