Summary

Typed letter composed by William J. Weeden, Director of the Commonwealth Office of Education, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard. Weeden writes to inform Dr Howard of the receipt of her six packages of questionnaires and research information. He states that he has forwarded the material, together with her instructions to distribute them to teachers for the recording of children's play traditions, to Mr L. Dodd, the Assistant Supervisor of Education, Northern Territory Administration in Darwin.

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 on blue paper aerogramme. Signature in blue ink on bottom left of page. Reverse features printed text address and postage imprints.

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