| RefNo | NLB/66/784 |
| AltRefNo | NLB/66 p434 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to His Excellency, the Netherlands Minister |
| Date | 7 July 1924 |
| Description | Informs that Dr. T. T. Barnard of Cambridge and Mr. M. D. Hill of Eton College are leaving shortly for an Anthropological research in South Sumatra. Asks for support of the exhibition on top of the sum given by the Royal Society towards the expedition expenses. [This is in relation to the Sumatra Ethnological Expedition Committee to search for the "orang pandak", "orang pondak" or "orang pendek", a cryptid ape-like figure said to live in Sumatra]. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | NLB/66/781 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8234 | Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist | 1864 - 1934 |