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Reference numberNLB/67/352
Alternative reference numberNLB/67 p195
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Alfred Cort] Haddon, FRS
Date8 December 1924
DescriptionInforms Dr [Alfred Cort] Haddon that a copy of a letter by Mr E. H. Siebs will be sent to the members of the Sumatra Ethnological Expedition Committee [set up to search for the "orang pandak", "orang pondak" or "orang pendek", a cryptid ape-like figure said to live in Sumatra]. Suggests that they send Siebs a letter of thanks and propose to await the findings of the Dutch Committee before taking further action.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6614Haddon; Alfred Cort (1855 - 1940); anthropologist and ethnologist1855 - 1940
NA8234Hardy; Sir; William Bate (1864 - 1934); biologist and food scientist1864 - 1934
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