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Title: Letter - T. L. Robertson, to Dorothy Howard, Receipt of Letter & List of Dr Howard's Publications, 13 Oct 1961
Description: Typed letter composed by T.L. Robertson, Director-General of Education at Western Australia's Department of Education, addressed to Dr Dorothy Howard on 13 October 1961. Robertson thanks Dr Howard for her letter and the list of articles published following her Australian research project, writing that he is pleased to see the visit resulted in such a wealth of material. He requests copies of the publications and other relevant documentation. Robertson writes that Dr Neal send his regards. 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 letterhead and associated text along upper portion; signature in blue ink on bottom right of page. Reverse features typed address and postage imprints.
Control: HT 42391

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