History, minutes, correspondence, and papers. 1922-54.
The fund was established by friends as a memorial to Dr W.H.R. Rivers, FRC, FRCP, MD (1884-1922), Fellow of St John’s College, Cambridge, RAI President 1921-2 (died in office) and to promote studies in which he had been interested. On 25 Mar. 1924 a Committee of Management was set up consisting of Prof. G. Elliot Smith, FRS and Sir Henry Head, FRS (Life Trustees), and the Presidents of the RAI, the British Psychological Society, and the Folklore Society. See Man, vol. 22, July 1922, Item 61, pp. 97-104 for the obituary by A.C. Haddon and F.C. Bartlett with a bibliography by Ethel S. Fegan.
Abbreviations
HJB H.J. Braunholtz (1888-1963), Keeper of Ethnography, British Museum; Honorary Editor 1925-34, President 1941-3
BPS British Psychological Society
ENF E.N. Fallaize, Hon. Sec. 1920-31
HH Sir Henry Head, FRS, FRCP (1861-1940), Editor of Brain
WLH W.L. Hildburgh, FBA (1876-1956), authority on amulets, generous benefactor to the Victoria & Albert Museum; President, Folk-Lore Society; Council Member 1917-47 passim
GDH G.D. Hornblower, OBE (1864-1951), Hon. Treasurer 1928-34, Vice President 1935-8
FAM F.A. Milne, Hon. Sec., Folk-Lore Society
CSM C.S. Myers, FRS (1873-1946), Director, Psychological Laboratory and Reader in Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge; President, British Psychological Society
JLM (Sir) J.L. Myres, FBA, OBE (1869-1954), Wykeham Prof. of Ancient History, University of Oxford; President 1928-31
CGS C.G. Seligman, FRS, FRCP (1873-1940), Prof. of Ethnology, University of London; President 1923-5
LES Dr L.E. Shore, OBE (1863-1944), Fellow and Junior Bursar, St John’s College and Lecturer in Physiology, University of Cambridge; Treasurer of the Fund
EWS Rev. E.W. Smith (1876-1957), President 1933-5
GES Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, FRS, FRCP (1871-1937), Prof. of Anatomy, University College London
1/ History, minutes and related correspondence
1 History and organization, 13 Dec. 1922-30 Mar. 1931 by J.L. Myres (JLM) (autogr.), f. 1
2 Minutes of meetings of the Committee, 18 July 1930-30 Mar. 1931 by JLM (autogr.), f. 2
3 Members of the Committee for 1931 listed by JLM (autogr.), f. 3
4 Letter with signatures approving grant to Revd James Williams, 17 Apr. 1932 (autogr.), f. 3 (tipped-in); see his Grammar, notes and vocabulary of the language of the Makuchi Indians of Guiana, Anthropos linguistische Bibliotek, Band 8, 1932; see also /4/1-16 below
5 Report on grant to Revd James Williams, 16 Apr. 1931 by JLM (autogr.), f. 4 and:
6 Copy of circular to Committee members, 16 Apr. 1931 on grant application and balance in hand, f. 4
7 Minutes of the meeting, 8 Feb. 1934 (autogr., hand not identified), f. 5
8 Letter from Assistant Secretary to two Trustees on grants to Dr A.C. Haddon to assist the publication of A.B. Deacon’s drawings and to J. Reid Moir to provide two coloured plates and line illustrations for his paper on Red Crag, 9 Feb. 1934 (tpc.), f. 6 (tipped-in); see Deacon’s Geometrical drawings from Malekula and other islands of the New Hebrides edited by Camilla H. Wedgwood, JRAI, vol. 64, 1934, pp. 129-76 and Reid Moir’s The age of the pre-crag flint implements, JRAI, vol. 65, 1935, pp. 343-74, 2 plates
9 Note of approval by HH, 10 Feb. 1934 (autogr.), f. 6 (tipped-in)
10 Ibid. from Prof. H.J. Rose, 10 Feb. 1934 (tp.), f. 7 (tipped-in)
11 Letter from J. Reid Moir acknowledging grant, 11 Feb. 1934 (autogr.), f. 7 (tipped-in)
12 Letter from Prof. John Carl Flugel (1884-1955), Assistant Prof. of Psychology, University College London to EWS on his mistaken withdrawal of an application for W.O.D. Pierce’s book, The selection of colour workers: being a research into the practical methods of measuring the ability to discriminate fine shades of colour, 1934, 20 Mar. 1934 (tp.) (see /7 above), f. 8 (tipped-in)
13 Circular letter from EWS to the other Trustees on Prof. Flugel’s letter, 23 Mar. 1934 (tp. with autogr. comments by the Trustees), f. 8 (tipped-in)
14 Circular on additional funding for W.O.D. Pierce’s book, 28 June 1934 (tp. with autogr. comments and corrections by the Trustees), f. 9 (tipped-in)
2/ Correspondence, circulars, and other papers
1922
1 20 Oct. GES to ENF on proposals for a memorial and the editing of Rivers’ manuscripts (autogr.)
2 30 Oct. CSM to ENF – Ibid. (tp. with autogr. note by CSM)
3 10 Nov. Revd F. Aveling, Hon. Sec., BPS to ENF – Council prepared to cooperate with fund raising (tp.)
4 21 Nov. CSM to ENF – very willing to help; suggests discussions with HH and general appeal to Rivers’ friends (autogr.)
5 23 Nov. FAM to ENF – requests information on proposed memorial (pc., autogr.)
6 24 Nov. CGS to ENF – requests more information on memorial before talking to the Director, London School of Economics (tp. with autogr. note by CGS)
7 29 Nov. CSM to ENF – has seen Prof. (Sir) Frederic Bartlett (1886-1969) and is to meet HH; date of meeting to be arranged (tp. with autogr. additions by CSM)
8 10 Dec. CGS to ENF – matter discussed with CSM and possibility of joint new rooms for the RAI and the BPS as a memorial (autogr.)
9 13 Dec. CSM to ENF – gives date of meeting of friends representing Rivers’ various interests (tp. with autogr. addition by CSM)
10 19 Dec. FAM to ENF - Folk-Lore Society Council ‘in entire sympathy’ with proposed memorial and prepared to cooperate (autogr.)
1923
11 5 Feb. CSM to ENF – approves draft appeal to friends; suggests further names (tp. with autogr. addition by CSM)
12 9 Feb. Ibid. – on meeting of BPS Council on draft appeal; possible omission of reference to housing fund (tp. with autogr. addition by CSM)
13 22 Feb. WLH to ENF – reports on Folk-Lore Society Council meeting and proposed circular; Society prepared to cooperate (autogr.)
14 1 Mar. FAM to ENF – proposed circular to be considered at next Council meeting (autogr.)
15 23 Mar. 1923 FAM to ENF – Folk-Lore Society Council in sympathy with appeal but suggests representatives of the RAI, BPS and Folk-Lore Society should meet to discuss the matter (autogr.)
16 25 Mar. – Circular letter to friends who have not subscribed to the Memorial Fund by P.M.S. Blackett (1897-1974), ENF and CSM, Hon. Secretaries (tp.)
17 24 Apr. FAM to ENF – reports the Folk-Lore Society Council has decided to send the appeal to all members with covering letter signed by the RAI President (pc., autogr.)
18 Apr. BPS printed covering letter to circular
19 [Apr.]. RAI covering letter (tp.)
20 Printed list of those on Organizing Committee and tear-off contributors’ form
21 11 May. FAM to ENF – Folk-Lore Society likely to undertake their printing costs (autogr.)
22 18 May. Ibid. – Society prepared to pay their printing costs (autogr.)
23 nd. A.M. Hocart, Anurdhapure, Ceylon (1883-1939), author of Caste, 1950 and Kings and councillors, 1936, to ENF – suggests aims appropriate to fund (autogr.)
1924
24 27 Feb. P.M.S. Blackett (1897-1974), King’s College, Cambridge to ENF – sends draft of circular (autogr.); see /25 below
25 Feb. Printed circular on Organizing Committee’s decisions taken on 19 Feb. by ENF and CSM (autogr. notes ?by ENF)
26 21 Mar. LES to ENF – sends list of subscribers and suggests personal letters should be sent to RAI contributors (autogr.)
27 23 Mar. Prof. Sir William Ridgeway, FBA (1853-1926), Prof. of Archaeology, University of Cambridge; President 1908-9 to LES – preference for support for publication costs rather than on an expedition (tp. with autogr. corrections by WR)
28 Subscribers to the fund, 13 leaves (tpc.)
1925
29 12 Jan. Circular letter on the establishment of the Rivers Memorial Medal for ‘meritorious anthropological work in the field’ from ENF (tpc.); see Council minutes 11 Feb. 1923 and 8 Jan. 1924, ff. 24-5, A10:4/2/1 and ‘Report of Council for the year 1924’, JRAI, vol. 55, 1925, p. 5; the first recipient was A.C. Haddon FRS (1855-1940), Reader in Ethnology, University of Cambridge, President, RAI, 1901-2; rules for the Medal were amended 19 Oct. 1937, 23 Nov. 1946, 8 Mar. 1949, June 1970, see Council minutes for these dates A10:4, ff. 313-14, A10:5, ff. 558-9, Council did not meet on 23 Nov. 1946, reference not traced, A10:8, ff. 165, 172
30 22 Jan. Draft letter to The Times on establishment of the medal (autogr. by CGS)
31 Ibid. Letter to The Times (tpc.)
32 31 Jan. GES to ENF – expresses concern by ELS of lack of plan for dealing with the funds (autogr.); suggests ELS should be invited to meetings (autogr.)
33 10 Feb. ENF to GES – replies that he had expected ELS to initiate plan as he held documents and funds (tpc.)
34 10 Feb. ENF to ELS – suggests he should write to the RAI asking Council to accept the fund and to appoint a Committee of Management (tpc.)
35 12 Feb. GES to CGS – reports ELS is anxious for the Committee to agree upon a policy and to take over the fund (autogr.)
36 5 Mar. ELS to ENF – has been unwell; will write in detail in a week (autogr.)
37 17 Mar. Ibid. – suggests date for meeting (pc., autogr.)
1928
38 1 May. ENF to JLM – notifies date of Committee of Management meeting (tpc.)
39 9 May. ENF to Committee members – meeting attended only by CSM and himself; suggests some income should be used to publish some of A.B. Deacon’s Malekula material (see /1/8 above) and that the capital should be transferred to the RAI (tpc.)
40 13 May. JLM to ENF – returns tpc. and indicates approval of suggestions (autogr. note by JLM)
41 12 Nov. CGS to ELS – inquires reason for delay in transferring capital to RAI (tpc., with autogr. note by JLM)
42 14 Nov. ENF to ELS – on transfer of capital (tpc.)
43 18 Nov. 1928 CGS to ELS – Ibid. (tpc. attached to /41 above)
44 Formal statement on transfer of capital with interest to the RAI and investment of the sum (tpc. with autogr. report on the Board of Education and a training college on verso; hand unidentified)
45 20 Nov. Receipt of capital acknowledged by Hon. Treasurer, RAI, G.D. Hornblower (GDH)(tpc.)
1930
46 10 Jan. [Hon. Treasurer] to Jackson, Pixley & Co, auditors – encloses yearly accounts; requests Fund account should be kept separate
47 18 July. JLM to GDH – reports on Trustees’ meeting; apparent lack of Trust deed, list of Trustees names and other business documents (autogr.)
48 25 July. ELS to ENF – reports he received no copy of resolutions passed at subscribers’ meeting; gives outline of meeting, the voting and decisions taken; encloses letters from Ridgeway, Clodd and Hocart (see /27 and /49; Hocart letter not present)(autogr.)
49 nd. Edward Clodd (1840-1930) to ELS – printed leaf on 1924 meeting with autogr. note by Clodd
50 23 Aug. JLM to CGS – on the lack of documentation of meetings and decisions adopted and the necessity of formalizing matters; asks if CGS, as Chairman, would provide statement on matters agreed (autogr.)
51 25 Aug. CGS to JLM – recalls 1924 meeting well; gives outlines of decisions taken and names of Trustees; encloses /52 below (tp. with autogr. note by JLM)
52 Printed leaf on 1924 meeting (attached to /51 above)
53 26 Aug. JLM to CGS – sends thanks for information sent (autogr.)
54 7 Oct. Kimber Bull, Howland, Clappé & C/o., solicitors to JLM – on the legal position of the RAI and the fund (tp.)
55 11 Oct. Ibid. – Ibid. (tp.)
56 13 Oct. JLM to solicitors – Ibid. (autogr.)
57 15 Oct. Solicitors to JLM – suggests meeting as the legal position is complex (tp.)
58 17 Oct. JLM to solicitors – suggests alternative date for meeting; outlines normal procedures for societies on the receipt f capital, cites practice of British Association (autogr.)
59 25 Oct. 1930 JLM to CGS – outlines difficulties with the wording adopted to express wishes of 1924 subscribers’ meeting; may be overcome if CGS can supplement letter of 25 Aug., /51 above (autogr.)
60 27 Oct. CGS to JLM – sends further details on income, investment, and Trustees of fund (tp.)
3/ H.A. Stayt’s grant, 1930-1
1930
1 15 May. H.A. Stayt to RAI Council – outlines monograph on the BaVenda of northern Transvaal; requests grant towards publication (autogr.); see The Bavenda, 1931
2 19 May. L.S.B. Leakey, FBA (1903-72), Curator, Coryndon Museum, Director, Centre for Prehistory and Palaeontology, Nairobi, 1962-72 to JLM – supports Stayt’s application for grant (autogr. with autogr. note by JLM)
3 20 May. Ibid. – encloses letter from Stayt, /1 above (autogr.)
4 21 May. A.C. Haddon (see /2/29 above for details) to JLM – supports Stayt’s application (autogr.)
5 22 May. GES to JLM – on meeting of Trustees (tp.)
6 28 May. Miss K.M. Martindell to JLM – names Trustees (autogr.)
7 30 May. Ibid. – reports capital in fund (autogr.)
8 12 July. JLM to HH – on meeting of Trustees and Stayt’s application for a grant (autogr.)
9 12 July. JLM to Revd F. Aveling (FA) – Ibid. (autogr.)
10 14 July. FA to JLM – replies to /9 above (tp. with autogr. note by JLM)
11 15 July. R. Head for HH to JLM – HH unable to attend meeting; agrees grant should be made to Stayt (autogr. with autogr. note by JLM)
12 17 July. CSM to JLM – hopes to attend meeting; gives his views on Stayt’s application (autogr. with autogr. note by JLM)
13 19 July. Ibid. – on Stayt’s manuscript (ibid.)
14 22 Aug. H.A. Stayt to JLM – expresses gratitude for grant (tp. with autogr. corrections by HAS; autogr. note by JLM)
15 23 Aug. JLM to H.A. Stayt – glad to hear he has sufficient funds for publication; asks to be informed when grant should be paid (autogr.)
1931
16 25 Mar. International Institute of African Languages & Cultures (IIALC) later International African Institute to JLM – Stayt’s book to appear under IIALC auspices; requests grant (tp. with autogr. note by GDH)
17 27 Mar. JLM to IIALC – has given instructions for the payment of the grant
18 30 Mar. IIALC to JLM – acknowledges receipt of grant
19 31 Mar. Ibid. to RAI – encloses receipt for grant
20 Ibid. Receipt enclosed with /19 above
4/ Revd James Williams’ grant, 1931; see also /1/4-5 above
1931
1 29 Jan. James Williams (JW) to RAI – inquires about possibility of grant for his Makuchi grammar (tp. with autogr. note by JLM); see his Grammar, notes and vocabulary of the language of the Makuchi Indians of Guiana, Anthropos linguistische Bibliothek, Band 8, 1932
2 Note on publication costs by JLM (autogr.) (attached to /1 above)
3 13 Feb. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) to RAI – agree to publish book in England at author’s expense (tp.)
4 28 Feb. JLM to JW – RAI prepared in principle to recommend an application to the Memorial Committee; requests further details on printing arrangements with Anthropos; suggests meeting (autogr.)
5 2 Mar. JW to JLM – agrees to meet in Oxford (tp. with autogr. note by JLM)
6 21 Mar. JLM to SPCK – on his meeting with JW; printing and publication arrangements outlined to him by JW; suggests grant in aid of publication should be submitted to the fund (autogr.)
7 28 Mar. – JW to JLM – following JLM’s suggestion he is applying for a grant from the fund (tp. with autogr. note by JLM and GDH)
8 Copy of /7 above (tp.)
9 28 Mar. JW to the fund – application to the fund (tp.)
10 Copy of /9 above (tp.) (/11-12 attached)
11 16 Apr. Circular to members of the fund on Williams’ application (tpc.)
12 Draft of circular by JLM (autogr.)
13 29 June. JLM to SPCK – reports fund members willing to make a grant (autogr.)
14 4 July. SPCK to JLM – on arrangements for publication (tp. with autogr. note by GDH)
15 13 July. JW to RAI – refunds £5 of grant; sum received from the continent (tp. with autogr. note by GDH)
16 1933-9 Royalty statements from SPCK and the Sheldon Press, 6 sheets
5/ Grants to Bernard Deacon, W.O.D. Pierce, and J. Reid Moir, 1932, 1934
1932
1 12 Mar. A.C. Haddon (see /2/29 above for details) to HJB on the geometrical drawings discovered by Deacon and possible publication by RAI; suggests grant from the funds (autogr. with autogr. notes by HJB)
2 9 June. President, RAI to President, BPS – on application to fund for publication grant (tpc.)
3 19 July. Prof. Beatrice Edgell (1871-1948), Prof. of Psychology, Bedford College, University of London; President, British Psychological Society to TAJ (see /6 below for details) – on considering application for Deacon’s paper and earlier application, i.e. for W.O.D. Pierce’s work (tp.); see /1/12 above for details
4 17 Nov. Ibid. – application for grant towards publication of Pierce’s book (tp.)
5 29 Nov. Ibid. – expresses concern at promise to give grant for Deacon’s paper; has had no statement from Trustees; would like matters clarified (tp.)
6 15 Dec. Prof. J.C. Flugel (see 1/12 above for details) to T.A. Joyce, OBE (1878-1942), Keeper of Ceramics and Ethnography, British Museum; President 1931-3 – on his election as President, BPS
1934
7 14 Jan. J. Reid Moir, FRS (1879-1944) to Hon. Sec., RAI – requests help with publication of paper on Red Crag (autogr.) see /1/8 above for details
8 21 Jan. A.C. Haddon (see /5/1 above) to EWS – notes Reid Moir is applying for a grant; draws attention to grant for Deacon’s paper submitted by HJB and himself (autogr.)
9 21 Jan. A.C. Haddon to HJB – expresses concern at Reid Moir’s application; considers application for Deacon’s paper has prior claim (autogr.)
10 24 Jan. Asst. Secretary to EWS – lists Trustees of fund; refers to G. Caton-Thompson (autogr.)
11 Balance in hand of fund, 1934 by GDH (autogr.)
12 24 Jan. CSM to TAJ – on grant towards Pierce’s book; neither President nor Hon. Treasurer knew of the grant; requests TAJ to write to the President; wishes to be informed of decision (autogr.)
13 28 Jan. TAJ to EWS – on applications for work by Deacon, W.O.D. Pierce, and J. Reid Moir (tp.)
14 31 Jan. GDH to President (EWS) – reports balance; BPS has received no reply to applications for grant; RAI procedures to cumbersome (autogr.)
15 31 Jan. GES to Asst. Secretary – is able to attend next me (pc., autogr.)
16 1 Feb. Prof. J.C. Flugel to Ibid. – Ibid. (tp.)
17 1 Feb. R. Head for HH to Ibid. – HH chronically ill and cannot leave home but wishes to be informed of outcome (autogr.)
18 1 Feb. Prof. H.J. Rose (1883-1961), Prof. of Greek, University of St Andrews to Ibid. – regrets cannot attend meeting
19 2 Feb. CSM to EWS – expresses thanks for the forthcoming meeting to discuss the BPS application for Pierce’s book; original request for £50
20 3 Feb. HJB to EWS – awards from the fund and the prior claim of the Deacon application; Council agreed to the award two years ago; Trustees may not have considered application; RAI cannot afford to publish paper without a grant; does not feel Reid Moir has a claim as Rivers was not specially interested in European prehistory; refers to letter from M.L. Tildesley on possible Yao crania (autogr.)
21 8 Feb. Notes on meeting of fund Trustees (autogr. by Asst. Secretary)
22 9 Feb. Asst. Secretary to J. Reid Moir – application successful; requests details of the cost of the plates
23 16 Feb. J. Reid Moir to Asst. Secretary – expresses gratitude for grant of £30
24 23 Feb. CSM to EWS – requests information on Trustees decision on the Pierce grant; draft reply by EWS: BPS President, Prof. C.J. Flugel withdrew the application (tp. and autogr.)
25 27 Feb. EWS to CSM – reply to /23 above as draft (tpc.)
26 23 Mar. EWS to Trustees – suggests balance in hand should be granted to Pierce; requests opinions (tpc.)
27 31 Mar. [R. Head] for HH to [EWS} – HH too ill to give opinion; approves of GES’s views (autogr.)
28 4 Apr. Prof. H.J. Rose (HJR)(see /18 above for details) to Asst. Secretary – letter on balance in hand not received; requests information (tp.)
29 5 Apr. Asst. Secretary to HJR – non-arrival of letter explained, now enclosed (tp.)
30 25 Apr. Asst. Secretary to EWS – inquires about balance for Pierce’s grant (autogr. with autogr. note by EWS confirming payment of £23)
31 27 Apr. Ibid. to CSM – encloses cheque for £23 (tpc.)
32 10 May. CSM to Asst. Secretary – acknowledges cheque; encloses copy of Pierce’s book (tp.)
33 16 May. Ibid. to EWS – receipt of cheque reported to BPS Council; Trustees sympathetic attitude on mistaken withdrawal of application appreciated (see /1/12 and /5/23 above); hopes balance of £50 will be available; regrets the grant was not known before publication of Pierce’s book (tp.)
34 7 June. Ibid. – requests approximate date for distribution of dividends due to fund (tp.)
35 18 June. Ibid. – outlines reasons for application for further grant; except for withdrawal of application, £50 would have been granted; book’s publication does not affect the circumstances (tp. with autogr. figures on balance)
36 28 June. EWS to Trustees – suggests further grant of £20; requests opinions (tpc.)
37 12 July. Asst. Secretary to CSM – further grant approved; cheque sent (tpc.)
6/ Grant to Mary Gillett (MG), 1935
1935
1 14 May. MG to EWS – application for grant towards publication of a collection of folk poetry of the Gonds collected by Verrier Elwin and Shamrao Hivale (autogr.); see Folk songs of the Maikal hills, 1944 by Elwin and Hivale
2 20 May. Asst. Secretary to MG - acknowledges letter
3 3 June. EWS to Trustees – encloses copy of /7/1 above; requests opinion (tp. with autogr. notes by GES and HH)
4 3 June. Copy of /7/1 above enclosed with /3 above
5 4 June. Prof. S.H. Hooke (1874-1968), Samuel Davidson Prof. of Old Testament Studies, University of London; President, Folk-Lore Society to Prof. J.C. Flugel, President, BPS – considers book merits a grant (autogr.)
6 5 June. Prof. J.C. Flugel to EWS – Ibid. (tp.)
7 12 June. EWS to Asst. Secretary – comments on title of his Presidential address; reports Trustees support application, MG and Trustees to be informed (tp.)
8 13 June. Asst. Secretary to EWS – reports Trustees informed; grant can be paid when Hon. Treasurer agrees (tpc.)
9 Ibid. Ibid. to HH – reports grant of £30 (tpc.)
10 Ibid. Ibid. to GES – Ibid.
11 Ibid. Ibid. to Prof. H.S. Hooke – Ibid.
12 Ibid. Ibid. to Prof. J.C. Flugel – Ibid.
13 Ibid. Ibid. to MG – Ibid.
14 15 June. MG to Asst. Secretary – conveys gratitude for grant (autogr.)
15 19 June. Asst. Secretary to MG – encloses cheque (tpc.)
16 21 June. MG to Asst. Secretary – acknowledges cheque and conveys gratitude (autogr.)
7/ Grant to Folk-Lore Society, 1936
1936
1 22 Jan. H. Coote Lake, Hon. Sec., Folk-Lore Society to H.S. Harrison (HSH), President 1935-7 – request for grant towards publishing Scottish calendar customs (tp.); see British calendar customs: Scotland, vol. 1, 1937 by M.M. Banks
2 25 Sep. – HSH to Trustees – requests opinion on possible grant (tp.)
3 22 Sep. Prof. S.H. Hooke, President, Folk-Lore Society to HSH – approves of a grant (autogr.)
4 29 Sep. Prof. James Drever to HSH – approves of a grant (autogr. with autogr. agreement by GES and HH)
5 2 Nov. R. Head for HH to [HSH] – regrets delay; unable to attend to business last week (autogr.)
£35 was awarded.
8/ Grant to the RAI, 1938
1938
1 27 May. HJB to Trustees – requests opinion on possible grant for printing of S.H. Ray’s Languages of east and south-eastern divisions of Papua and H. Ian Hogbin’s Social reaction to crime (tp. with autogr. note by HJB and autogr. agreement by J. Drever, Mrs M. MacLeod Banks, and HH); see JRAI, VOL. 68, 1938, PP. 153-208, 223-62
9/ Grant to L.S.B. Leakey, 1949
1949
1 29 Sep. M. Fortes (1906-83), Honorary Editor 1947-52 later President 1965-7 to President – applies for £50 grant for Leakey’s monograph on the Njoro cave excavations (autogr. with autogr. note by Asst. Secretary, F. Stallman, FS); see /3/2 for details and Excavations at the Njoro river cave, 1950
2 Ibid. Ibid. to FS – covering letter to /1 above (autogr.)
3 1 Nov. W.B. Fagg (WBF), Hon. Sec. 1940-56 to WLH, President, Folk-Lore Society – asks for consent to grant (tpc.)
4 3 Nov. WLH to WBF – agrees to grant (autogr.)
5 12 Nov. R.H. Thouless, President, BPS to WBF – Ibid. (tp. with autogr. note to FS)
6 15 Nov. FS to R.H. Thouless – informs him that other Trustees also agree (tpc.)
7 29 Nov. FS to WLH – Ibid.
10/ Grant to the late Henry Balfour, 1950
1950
1-2 26 Apr. WBF to R.H. Thouless and WLH, Vice President and President respectively of the BPS and Folk-Lore Society – asks for consent to grant for Balfour’s paper Ritual and secular uses of vibrating membranes as voice-disguisers (tpc.); see JRAI, 1948, i.e. 1950, vol. 78, pp. 45-69
3 28 Apr. WLH to WBF – agrees to grant (autogr. with autogr. note by FS)
4 8 May. Prof. Sir Frederic Bartlett (FB), CBE (1886-1969), President, BPS to WBF – has just succeeded as President and is unaware of the fund’s balance; provided funds are available agrees to grant (tp. with autogr. note by FS)
5 11 May. FS to FB – acknowledges agreement to grant; gives fund’s balance (tpc.)
6 Ibid. FS to WLH – acknowledges agreement to grant (tpc.)
11/ Correspondence on Rivers Memorial Medalists, 1934-54
1934 G. Caton-Thompson
1 25 Oct. M. Edith Durham (1863-1944), RAI Vice President 1934-41 and others to EWS – nomination of G. Caton-Thompson, FBA (1888-1985), Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge (tp. with 7 autogr. signatures; enclosed with /2 below)
2 3 Nov. Ibid. – covering letter to /1 above referring to an error in the selection rules in 1933 and the withdrawal of the medal as a result; hopes present nomination is now in order; Miss Caton-Thompson was awarded the medal in 1934
1939 Prof. I. Schapera
3 6 June. Asst. Secretary to the Royal Mint – on engraving medal for Prof. I. Schapera, President 1961-3 (tpc.)
1940 Prof. (Sir) Raymond Firth
4 31 May. Ibid. – on engraving medal for Prof. (Sir) Raymond Firth, President 1953-5 (tpc.)
1942 J.P. Mills
5 26 Aug. J.P. Mills, ICS (JPM)(1890-1960), Hon. Director of Ethnography for Assam, 1930, Advisor to Bengal Government on administration of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, 1935, and to the Assam Government for Tribal Areas and States, 1943, Reader at School of Oriental and African Studies 1948-55, RAI President 1951-3, Shillong, Assam to Secretary – expresses appreciation of the award (autogr.)
6 17 Sep. Asst. Secretary to JPM – on safe place for the medal (tpc.)
7 27 Oct. JPM to Asst. Secretary – asks for medal to be sent to his bank (autogr. photo)
8 1 Dec. Asst. Secretary to JPM – acknowledges letter
9 1 Dec. Ibid. to National Provincial Bank, Oxford – on despatch of medal
10 4 Dec. National Provincial Bank to Asst. Secretary – receipt of medal acknowledged
1952 L.S.B. Leakey
11 [13 Feb.]. Prof. (Sir) W.E. Le Gros Clark, FRS (1895-1971), Prof. of Anatomy, Oxford University; Vice President 1940-2, 1949-52 to Prof. C. Daryll Forde, FBA (1902-73), Prof. of Anthropology, University College London, Director, International African Institute, President 1947-9 – encloses nomination of L.S.B. Leakey (LSBL)(1903-72), Curator, Coryndon Museum, Nairobi (autogr.)
12 15 Feb. Prof. C. Daryll Forde to WBF, Hon. Sec. – encloses nomination (autogr. on verso of /11)
13 15 Feb. Nomination of LSBL (tp. with 6 autogr. signatures)
14 15 May. LSBL to RAI President – expresses appreciation of the award (autogr.)
15 16 May. WBF to LSBL – conveys award; on wording of medal and presentation (tpc.)
16 23 May. LSBL to WBF – acknowledges letter of 16 May (tp.)
1952 Prof. Monica Wilson
17 24 Jan. Prof. Max Gluckman (1911-75), University of Manchester to Prof. I. Schapera (IS) – supports nomination of MW (tp.)
18 29 Feb. IS to WBF – encloses nomination of Prof. Monica Wilson (MW)(!908-82) Prof. of Social Anthropology, University of Cape Town (autogr.)
19 28 Feb. Nomination of MW (tp. with 5 autogr. signatures; /17 also attached)
20 16 May. WBF to MW – conveys award; on wording of medal and presentation (tpc.)
21 26 May. MW to President – expresses appreciation of the award (tp.)
22 Ibid. MW to WBF – expresses appreciation; unable to accept medal in person; wording of medal satisfactory (tp.)
1953 Donald Fergusson Thomson
23 24 Jan. Dr E.J. Lindgren (EJL) (1904-88) to Mrs A.C. Bowe (ACB), Secretary to the Officers – proposes with others to nominate D.F. Thomson (DFT)(1901-70), University of Melbourne (tp.)
24 26 Jan. ACB to EJL – acknowledges letter (tpc.)
25 Information for nomination (autogr. by EJL)
26 Ibid., 6 leaves (tp.)
27 28 Jan. EJL to ACB – encloses /25-6 above for retyping (autogr.)
28 [Jan.]. RAI to proposers – covering note attached to /29 below (tpc.)
29 Ibid. Nomination of DFT (tp. with 6 autogr. signatures)
30 5 Mar. EJL – asks if nomination form has been received; unable to attend Council (autogr. pc)
31 7 Mar. ACB to EJL – nomination form received
32 21 May. DFT to J.P. Mills, RAI President – expresses appreciation of award; will ask a relative to receive the award on his behalf
33 30 May. Press cutting from the Australian and New Zealand Weekly
34 5 June. DFT to JPM – notifies his uncle, J.R. Habgood, JP will receive the award
35 13 June. JPM to ACB – asks for an invitation to Mr Habgood to be ready for signature (autogr.)
36 17 June. JPM to J.R. Habgood – welcomes him to the AGM to receive the medal and to the following garden party (tpc.)
1954 Max Gluckman
37 20 Jan. Nomination of Prof. Max Gluckman (MG)(1911-75)(tp. with 6 autogr. signatures)
38 Ibid. List of MG's publications (tp. attached to /37 above)
39 4 May. WBF to MG – notifies MG of award; on wording of medal; expresses apologies for delay in writing (tpc.)
12/ 1 Council agenda for 1 Apr. 1952 (CM/81/7) with regulations governing the medal attached (mimeo.)
2 Regulations governing the medal, 1953 (mimeo.)
