Typescript (five pages) narrating a visit to the Boosey & Hawkes Edgware factory in 1952. This may have been used as part of Boosey & Hawkes' publicity and educational material. The title is handwritten and appears to be in Eric McGavin's handwriting.
A Visit to the Musical Instrument Factory and Music Publishing Company of Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. Edgware Middlesex, Sept 1952
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Oja market, Ibadan trader with weaving and money
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/536/018
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35mm colour transparency of the profile of a Wai Wai man. This image is included in Nicholas Guppy's 1958 book and is entitled 'Churumá'
object | ARC/GUP/004/022
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Insert 1.4: 4-page typed document detailing the transparencies and photographs of the Wai-Wai and Mawayan Indians in this folder. Written by Nicholas Guppy. Page 4.
object | ARC/GUP/004/142
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Rice paste offerings inside a shrine. Poor focus.
object | ARC/DEZ/397/2045
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