Notes and correspondence

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Series 16002

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Comprises: correspondence (1925-34) to Haddon, press cuttings and miscellaneous notes re Deacon's death and work in Malekula, shipping his papers and effects back to England and publishing his book.

Correspondents include: Margaret Gardiner (London, one incomplete); Bernard Deacon (SS Ormonde and South West Bay [copy to his mother]); AR Radcliffe Brown (Sydney Univ.); Haddon to Brown (copy); Clifford Francis (Vila); Brenda Seligman (Oxford); G Elliot Smith (London); John Layard (London); Felix Speiser (Basel); Camilla Wedgwood (London); Lucy Cheesman (London); Emily Deacon (Worksop); Arthur Deacon (Galatz); Routledge Sons Ltd. (London).

Miscellaneous notes include: Bank statements re AB Deacon Fund; photograph of map of Malekula; draft obituaries of Deacon by ACH; Deacon's notes re people to meet in Sydney, equipment to take to Malekula.

(c. 133p.).

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