Item HT 42387 Letter - Ron Edwards, to Dorothy Howard, Receipt of Dr Howard's Publications & Provision of Interesting Research Material, 10 Oct 1958

Summary

Typed letter written by Ron Edwards, an employee at The Rams Skull Press, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 10 October 1958. Edwards thanks Dr Howard send copies of her publications, promising to forward her any research material of interest. He writes that he is currently trying to contact Robert Rooney, who hand-printed a book containing eleven skipping rhymes.

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. Features signature in black ink on bottom right and the publishing company's stamped imprint on upper right corner. Typed address, postage marks and the company imprint on reverse.