Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection

Letters to Ledoux Referencing World II

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Various personal letters mentioning World War II, dating from 1936 – 1941.

Includes 1936 letter from D. Nelson mentioning music, going to Germany, and the Olympics; 1940 invitation from the Tolstoy Foundation to attend performance by the Don Cossack Chorus; compilation of personal letters 1939-1941 from Elfie von Kahler; 1939/1940 letter from ‘DoDo’ in Manila mentioning Douglas L. Oliver [anthropologist who was in Solomon Islands 1938-1939 and fellow Harvard graduate 1934] and wife Eleanor and their first born son, and mentions of war preparations; 1939 letter from Theo Stephens mentioning soldiers with envelope; and a 1941 letter from Louis Pierre Ledoux’s father mentioning World War II.

Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1930’s
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection