Laura Thompson - Letters from Fiji, 1933-1934
Laura Thompson - Letters from Fiji, 1933-1934
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Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]
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PMB 1027
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : PMB 1027
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Letters from Fiji, 1933-34' is an unpublished manuscript of 65 pages, containing letters from the family correspondence of Dr Laura Thompson, written during her first Pacific study, in the Lau Islands of Fiji. The letters begin in Sept. 1933, the first written in Nakausuli, on the Wainimalo River, Viti Levu, prior to sailing to Kambara Island. Ther...
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Laura Thompson - Letters from Fiji, 1933-1934
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PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1027
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Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC USA
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Laura Maud Thompson was born in Hawaii. In a long and distinguished career her main interest has been applied anthropology. She undertook 3 major studies in the Pacific: The southern Lau Islands, Fiji (1933-1934); Guam (1938-1939); Hawaii (1940-1941). Thompson retired to Hawaii in 1985 where she recently completed the manuscript of her life story "...
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PMB 1027
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93QVrM71
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/93QVrM71
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441095
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