Working copy and related papers for the preparation of the sixth edition, 1951.
The sixth edition was revised and rewritten by a Committee of the RAI, edited by Brenda Z. Seligman, and published in 1951 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd., see the 5th edition, 1929, pp. v-ix and the 6th, 1951, pp. v-vii for details of the Committee and its work.
1/ Beatrice M. Blackwood's copy of the 5th edition used in the preparation of the 6th edition with amendments on pp. 187-362, 371-90 passim by various hands and attached inserts (now in envelope):
1 p. 246
2 p. 246 (illus.)
3 p. 248
4 p. 268
5 p. 290
6 p. 326
2/ Drafts
1 Physical anthropology: general. i, 17 leaves (tpc. with autogr. corrections)
2 Measurements on the living subject. A-C, 1-4, 4a, 5-15 (tpc. with autogr. corrections)
3 Skeletal measurements. i, 8 leaves (tpc. with autogr. corrections)
4 Field antiquities, 13 leaves numbered 302-14 (tpc. with autogr. corrections)
5 Material culture, 5 leaves (3 autogr., 2 tpc. with autogr. corrections)
6 Bibliography (based on Book List 185, Anthropology, compiled by the RAI, sponsored by the British Council, and distributed by the National Book Council) - printed list with autogr. corrections, additions, and deletions, 14 leaves
7 Ibid. - List B, ibid. 10 leaves
8 Ibid. - corrected 23/2/48, 6 leaves (tp., tpc., with autogr. corrections)
9 Ibid. - ibid., further additions and corrections, [17] leaves (autogr. by B.Z. Seligman and autogr. list, 9a by Prof. V.G. Childe)
10 Bibliography - typescript (carbon) draft, 17 leaves (with some autogr. corrections, 1 leaf, tp.)
11 Ibid. - typescript and typescript (carbon), 3 leaves (with autogr. additions and corrections)
12 Sociology. 7 leaves (corrected tp.)
3/ Comments on the bibliography from:
1 Prof. Meyer Fortes, July 1946. 4 leaves (tpc., items ticked)
2 Prof. J.H. Hutton, 23 July 1946. 6 leaves (tpc., printed leaflet with autogr. additions and corrections, incl. covering autogr. letter)
3 Prof. Sir John Myres, July 1946. 6 leaves (tpc., printed leaflet, incl. autogr. notes)
4 S.F. Nadel, 26 July 1946. 5 leaves (tpc. with autogr. additions, printed leaflet with suggested deletions by Prof. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown, incl. autogr. letter)
5 Prof. C. Daryll Forde, 29 July 1946. 3 leaves (tpc., printed leaflet with autogr. corrections)
6 Adrian Digby, 16 Dec. 1947. 6 leaves (tp., tpc., incl. covering letter)
7 Prof. J.H. Hutton, 5 Jan. 1948. 1 leaf (tp., no list enclosed)
8 Prof. R. Firth, 13 Jan. 1948. 1 leaf (tp., no list enclosed)
9 Prof. C. Daryll Forde, 22 Jan. 1948. 1 leaf (tp.)
10 Prof. I.L. Foster, 2 and 25 Aug. 1948. 2 leaves (autogr. pc., tp.)
11 R.U. Sayce, 11 Aug. 1948. 1 leaf (autogr.); see also /14 below
12 (Prof.) Max Gluckman, 28 Aug. 1948 (tp., no list enclosed)
13 Miss M.M. Green, covering letter from Mrs B.Z. Seligman enclosing the former's suggestions, 11 Nov. 1948. 2 leaves (tp., tpc. with autogr. additions)
14 Adrian Digby, 22 Nov. 1948, note attached to letter from Miss F. Stallman (FS) Assistant Secretary enclosing R.U. Sayce's autogr. list. 9 leaves (autogr. tpc.)
4/ Odd Notes
1 Beatrice Blackwood, 4 Mar. 1948 on Helen Roberts's article and the bibliography, pc. (autogr.)
2 Notes by FS, 4 leaves (autogr.)
3 Suggested alternative title by W.B. Fagg (autogr.)
5/ Count of words. 5 leaves (autogr. by FS)
6/ Planning, contents
1 FS to C.A. Franklin, Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1 leaf (tpc.)
2 Suggestions on printing for discussion. 5 leaves (tp., tpc. with autogr. notes by FS)
