Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

Ledoux Manuscript, Field Diary, Notes

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The Manuscript includes introductory pages, acknowledgements, prefaces, as well as chapters, diaries, and topic-based pages of Louis Pierre Ledoux’s time amongst the Murik of Kaup and Mendam in the Murik Lakes region of the lower Sepik River.

Box A: Intro, Acknowledgements
Box B: Chapter 1 Introduction
Box C: Chapters 1 – 6
Box D: Legends
Box E: Items Collected
Box F1: Diary Feb. 3 – Jun. 9, 1936
Box F2:Diary Jun. 10 – 23, 1936
Box G: Mendam Notes
Box H: Miscellaneous
Box I: Kaup Topics

Date: 1936
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection