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Object Number
58-43-00/1.7.4
Display Title
Lauriston Ward
Descriptions
Archival Collections/Series
Southwest Africa Expeditions records > Records from accession file 58-43 > Subject files
Archival Scope and Content
Corresondence highights include: expedition agreement letter from J.O. Brew to Laurence Marshall, correspondence from South African officials re 1951 expedition, correspondence to/from the Marshalls, Ward, and Brew during 1952-53 and 1955 expeditions, and field observations. There are also news clippings, map sketches, Robert Dyson's reports on 1951 expedition, and notes from 1/15/62 "conference" of the Marshalls, Dyson, Brew, and Ward. This material was removed from accession file 58-43G.
Department
Archival, Paper
Archives
Archival Collection - Folder
Archival Box, Folder
Box 4, Folder 16
Archival Inventory
Newspaper clipping
letters
3/2/51 J.O. Brew to Laurence Marshall
Marshall's acceptance to lead 1951 expedition
goals of expedition
inclusion of Robert Dyson and Lauriston Ward
advisory committee on expedition
4/27/51 AJH Goodwin to J.O. Brew
offer to help Marshall
4/30/51 C.van Reit Lowe to J.O. Brew
offer to help Marshall expedition
6/7/51 Millicent C. McIntosh to Lauriston Ward
re Carey McIntosh
9/6/51 (Lauriston Ward?) to J.O. Brew (2 copies)
Robert Dyson report
letters from Lorna Marshall
7/14/52 Lorna Marshall to Lauriston Ward
update on plans
thoughts on expedition
7/25/52 (Lauriston Ward?) to Lorna Marshall
gossip re Cambridge, Archeological Society, etc.
8/31/52 Lauriston Ward to Lorna Marshall
personal gossip
8/31/52 Lauriston Ward to J.O. Brew
personal
10/1/52 Laurence Marshall to Lauriston Ward
John Marshall and Draft Board
John Marshall's work-photography
Lorna Marshall's work-kinship and genealogies
Charlie Handley's work-Smithsonian naturalist
11/4/52 Lauriston Ward to Laurence Marshall
re John Marshall and Draft Board
personal gossip
2/23/53 Elizabeth Marshall to ______
re Rorschach and Porteus Maze tests on "Bushmen"
"Bushman" intelligence
2/27/53 Lorna Marshall to Lauriston Ward
travel plans
Elizabeth Marshall's work
kinship-naming discussion
3/20/53 Lauriston Ward to Lorna Marshall
personal
comments on name relationship, kinship
4/26/53 Lorna Marshall to J.O. Brew
move to Gautscha
John Marshall on hunts
interpreters
kinship terms
7/29/53 Lauriston Ward to Lorna Marshall
personal re return home
Robert Dyson
5/?/55 Lorna Marshall to J.O. Brew
move to Bechuanaland
difficulty in knowing "Bushmen" quickly
other studies inaccurate
rareness of Gautscha experience
more than one "Bushman" language
5/19/55 Lauriston Ward to Lorna Marshall
personal gossip
6/11/55 Lorna Marshall to J.O. Brew
move to Ghanzi
ll Ganakwe system, kinship
6/11/55 Laurence Marshall to J.O. Brew
L.F. Maingard leaves expedition
arrival of Robert Storry and John Marshall
8/1/55 Lorna Marshall to J.O. Brew
at Ghanzi, leaving for Gautscha
end of "Bushman" life within 2-3 years
work with l Gikwe people
songs of Onkwane
8/55 John Marshall to J.O. Brew
"Bushman" films-technique
"Bushmen" working on farms
8/29/57 Lauriston Ward to Laurence Marshall
Cipriani photos
undated Lorna Marshall to Lauriston Ward
dinner invitation
undated postcard to Lauriston Ward from Robert Dyson, Laurence Marshall, etc
maps
map of Africa with route marked
2 hand drawn maps
map of Africa "Bushman Groups from Sketch furnished to LKM by Walter Battis, Pretoria, Union of South Africa"
newspaper
3/29/58 "Harvard Crimson" review of "The Hunters" film
magazines
2/3/47 "Life" "The Bushmen"
documents
"Nostalgia for Cambridge in the Kallahari (sic) Desert": "to Lorna and
Laurence May 24, 1952"- songs
5/7/51 Robert Dyson to J.O. Brew
description of meetings in Jo'burg
plans for expedition- location
Robert Dyson, Field Reports I - VII, 5/11/51-9/19/51
"SWA Expedition- Informal summary of results of conference at Beach
Road, January 15, 1952 (4 Marshalls, Brew, Dyson and Ward)"
(1 typed, 1 handwritten)
notes
handwritten list of expedition members, undated
handwritten "Branches of Technology"
handwritten "Joe Rideout" with attached business card of Frank M. Setzler
Date
2/3/1947-8/26/1960
Artist
Lorna Marshall
Artist
Robert H. Pfeiffer
Artist
Dr. John Otis Brew
Artist
Robert H. Dyson Jr.
Artist
The Harvard Crimson
Artist
Time-Life
Artist
Laurence Marshall
Artist
Lauriston Ward
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
Africa / South Africa
Africa / Botswana
North America / United States / New York / <County> / New York City
North America / United States / Massachusetts
Africa / South Africa
Africa / Botswana
North America / United States / New York / <County> / New York City
North America / United States / Massachusetts
Materials
Paper , Ink , Pencil
Quantity
1
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