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Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
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Description
Original typed and signed letter on The American Museum of Natural History stationary, dated Oct. 29, 1935.
A letter of introduction written by Margaret Mead to Rev. Father Kirschbaum (who was stationed at Marienberg, New Guinea), introducing Louis Pierre Ledoux as someone set to do fieldwork in the Sepik district , and thanking Fr. Kirschbaum for his kind advice to herself and husband Doctor Fortune (R.F. Fortune and Mead had undertaken fieldwork in the Sepik from 1931-1933).
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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