Summary

Typed letter written by A. G. Paull, the assistant of South Australia's Director of Education Mr Mander-Jones, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 28 Jan 1955. Paull writes to acknowledge the receipt of Dr Howard's letter notifying him of her research project and imminent arrival in Adelaide. He states that the department's Supervisor of Physical Education, Mr E. Butler, has agreed to assist with her investigations.

One of a collection of letters written to and from children's Folklorist Dr Dorothy Howard between 1954 and 1995. 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. The original fieldwork she collected during this period is held in the Australian Children's Folklore Collection (ACFC) at Museum Victoria and includes index cards, letters and photographs.

Physical Description

Typed letter in black ink on paper. Text printed on one side only. Features letterhead and associated text along top portion of page. Signature in black ink at bottom of page.

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