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.
More Information
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Collection Names
Australian Children's Folklore Collection, Dorothy Howard Collection
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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
William J. Weeden - Commonwealth Office of Education, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 Mar 1955
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Addressed To
Dr Dorothy Howard, Frostburg, Maryland, United States of America, 25 Mar 1955
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Collector
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Organisation Named
Department of English, State Teachers' College, Frostburg, Maryland, United States of America
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Organisation Named
Commonwealth Office of Education, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Inscriptions
Typed address on reverse of aerogramme: 'Dr. Dorothy G. M. Howard, / Chairman / Department of English / State Teachers' College, / Frostburg, / MARYLAND. [underlined] U.S.A.'.
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Overall Dimensions
176 mm (Width), 278 mm (Height)
Orientation: portrait
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