Summary

Typed letter written by Geoffrey G. Rossiter, Executive Officer at the United States Education Foundation in Australia, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 21 April 1955. Rossiter thanks Dr Howard for copies of her final report, stating that they will be distributed to members of the Foundation Board and later sent to the Department of State. He continues with a discussion of the payment of Dr Howard's travel arrangements to the United Kingdom and Europe.

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 right of page. Reverse features typed address, handwritten annotations in blue ink, and postage imprints.

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