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Object Number
58-43-00/1.2.1
Display Title
1955 Expedition, records possibly from J.O. Brew
Descriptions
Archival Collections/Series
Southwest Africa Expeditions records > Records from accession file 58-43 > Expedition records by year
Archival Scope and Content
Correspondence related to past expeditions and prepping for 1955 expedition, including with Paul Nesbitt of US Airforce Air University Library (with summary of field conditions in letter from Laurence) and with Anneliese Scherz about ownership of photographs she took. Other correspondence covers financial arrangements with Peabody Museum, anticipated “Bushman commission” report, and working with L F. Maingard. Documents of note include: film inventory list from Byron Motion Pictures Studios and Laboratory, film editing agreement with Ralph L Smith, and 1954 Report on Vernay-Trasvaal Expedition led by Charles Koch. This material was removed from accession file 58-43B.
Department
Archival, Paper
Archives
Archival Collection - Folder
Archival Box, Folder
Box 2, Folder 8
Archival Inventory
Letters
4/23/54 Joseph K. Hooper to Laurence Marshall
inventory of original films at Byron Motion Pictures
note re bean specimens
7/21/54 J.O. Brew to Paul Nesbitt
re Marshall expeditions to date, proposed 1955 trip
8/19/54 Paul Nesbitt to J.O. Brew
possible Marshall input to USAF manual
9/1/54 Laurence Marshall to Paul Nesbitt
summary of conditions in Kalahari: water, food, dangers, etc.
12/21/54 Eugene G. Kraetzer, Jr. to Laurence Marshall
apology for erroneous acknowledgment of Marshall's gift to Peabody
3/5/55 Anneliese Scherz to Lorna Marshall
request for return of photographic enlargements or payment
3/10/55 Laurence Marshall to Anneliese Scherz
discussion of why pictures not returned
11/29/55 J.O. Brew to people on attached list
requesting them to request "Bushman Commission Report"
Aug 4 1954/55 Laurence Marshall to J.O. Brew
undated Raymond A. Dart to J.O. Brew
discussion of transliteration and translation of 12+ 1200 foot
reels of "Bushman" speech
extension of Kernal Ledino's contract
discussion of Professor L.F. Maingard
Notes
address of Wessel Venter
Memos
5/12/55 conversation between J.O. Brew and Ralph Smith
re editing and indexing South West Africa films
Invoices
5/9/55 Harvard University to J.O. Brew
South West Africa travel
Report
undated C. Koch to Director, Transvaal Museum
"Report on Vernay-Transvaal Museum Expedition to
Kunene River and Angola- from End February to August 1954"
Postcard
6/29/54 Lorna Marshall to Lauriston Ward from Morocco
Newspaper
3/1/54 Herald clipping "Marais and Miranda"
Date
4/23/1954-11/29/1955
Artist
Laurence Marshall
Artist
Dr. John Otis Brew
Artist
Lorna Marshall
Culture
- Ju/'hoansi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Khomas
/
<County>
/
Windhoek
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Alabama
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Middlesex County / Cambridge
North America / United States / New Mexico
North America / United States / Alabama
North America / United States / Massachusetts / Suffolk County / Boston
Materials
Paper , Ink , Pencil
Quantity
1
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