Item HT 42375 Letter - D.K. Wheeler, to Dorothy Howard, Offers of Assistance with Research Project, 22 Mar 1955

Summary

Typed letter composed by D.K. Wheeler, Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Western Australia, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 22 March 1955. Wheeler writes to inform Dr Howard of two schools, who have agreed to assist with her research project. He states that Miss Mitchell of St. Hilda's Girls' School and Mr Maxwell Keys of Scotch College are both willing to participate.

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 on upper portion; signature in blue ink on bottom right of page.