Letter to Edith F. Ewart from Peter Henry Buck, 23 December 1924
Item
Identifier: Coll-14/9/30/14
Scope and Contents
Buck sends Christmas greetings to the Ewarts and reminisces about their meeting at the Pan-Pacific Science Congress in Australia. He writes that the Board of Maori Ethnological Research has been busy and that they have established a Maori Improvement Fund to promote practical and higher education among the Maori people. He also reports that the Government has granted him leave to accompany an American scientific expedition into Polynesia.
Dates
- Creation: 23 December 1924
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Full Extent
From the Series: 4 boxes
Physical Location
CLX-A-1138
Physical Description
1 leaf
Subject
- Buck, Peter Henry, 1877?-1951 (doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist, museum director) (Person)
- Ewart nee Muir, Edith Fairlie, 1878-1953 (third wife of James Cossar Ewart) (Person)
- Maori Purposes Fund Board. The Maori Ethnological Research Board (1923-) (Organization)
Repository Details
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk