Howitt & Fison's Archive

Andrew Lang

Lang was a Scottish classical scholar, literary critic and Folklorist. He was educated at the University of St Andrews and matriculated from Oxford University in 1864, where he then became a Fellow. Lang was required to leave Oxford University after his engagement, because of rules forbidding Fellows to be married. From then on he earned his living as a writer, leaving behind a legacy of over 120 books and more that 5000 essays and articles on his death. Lang had many disagreements with his contemporaries over his anthropological ideas regarding folklore, including Howitt and Fison.

Andrew Duff-Cooper (1986) Andrew Lang: Aspects of His Work in Relation to Current Social Anthropology, Folklore, Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 186-205
D. J. Mulvaney (1993) Australian Anthropology: Foundations and Funding, Aboriginal History, Vol. 17, No. 1/2, pp. 105-128.

Found in Transcriptions

Andrew Lang to Howitt 1 December

Pages 6

Registration Number XM225

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Physical Description Letter, handwritten in ink. Two sheets, eight pages. Dated 1 Dec only. On letterhead: Alleyne House, St Andrews, Scotland. Condition: good.

Fison to Howitt 5 Sept 1906

Pages 1 2

Registration Number hw0049

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Physical Description Handwrittten in black ink on lined paper.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 10 May 1899

Pages 1

Registration Number hw0052

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Physical Description Handwritten in black ink. Three pages only as fourth page is blank.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 24 July 1899

Pages 4

Registration Number hw0053

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink on yellow paper. Pencil annotation in a different hand top right of first page.

J G Frazer to Howitt 12 Feb 1905

Pages 3

Registration Number hw0054

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 22 July 1906

Pages 1 7

Registration Number hw0055

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated. Annotation top left of first page.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 21 August 1906

Pages 4

Registration Number hw0056

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Dated , however not signed. The letter continues from page four to the margin of page one.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 23 October 1906

Pages 6 7 8

Registration Number hw0057

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated.

J. G. Frazer to Howitt 23 January 1907

Pages 3

Registration Number hw0058

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated.

J. G. Frazer to Miss Howitt 20 April 1908

Pages 3

Registration Number hw0060

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated.

Andrew Lang to Howitt 1905

Pages 4

Registration Number hw0061

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed, however undated. Annotation top right of first page, indicates that Howitt replied 9/1/1905. Much of the content is underlined.

Andrew Lang to Howitt n.d.

Pages 4

Registration Number hw0062

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed, undated.

Andrew Lang to Howitt n.d.

Pages 7

Registration Number hw0063

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed, dated with day and month only. Top of first page additional notes in pencil.

Andrew Lang to Howitt 6 July 1906

Pages 3

Registration Number hw0064

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed, dated with day and month only. Annotation top right of first page, indicates that Howitt replied 8/8/1906.

Andrew Lang to Howitt 15 October 1906

Pages 3

Registration Number hw0065

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Physical Description Handwritten in ink. Signed and dated.

Howitt to Editor of Academy 30 November 1906

Pages 1

Registration Number hw0068

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Physical Description Draft copy of a letter. Signed and dated with handwritten annotation top left of page.

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Draft rebuttal by A W Howitt to A Lang 22 January 1907

Registration Number hw0070

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Letter from E Morris Miller 19 November 1906

Registration Number hw0083

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Fison to Frazer 29/8/01

Registration Number tip70-10-5-1

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Notes from Harry Aldridge

Registration Number XM10

Author Aldridge, Harry Edgar

Physical Description Notes, handwritten in ink, undated. Two separate sheets. Top sheet labelled (1) and is only half a sheet. One sheet has been torn in half. Fair condition; paper is quite brittle, minimal handling.

Notes by Howitt about Theories of Mathews and Lang

Registration Number XM101

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Physical Description Notes, handwritten, ink, undated. Eight sheets, ten pages. Some additional notations in margin. Condition: good

Howitt to Andrew Lang 1 September 1902

Registration Number XM226

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Physical Description Letter, typed, with sections underlined, and annotated in ink. Complete, but pages numbered 11 to 19 (top right). Annotated by A. Lang. Discussion of A. Lang's and A.W. Howitt's theories on social organisation. Condition: thin paper, slightly brittle, and tattered along lower edges.

Typed notes in response to Andrew Lang

Registration Number XM235

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Physical Description Notes, typed with handwritten annotations and corrections in ink, undated. Two sheets, two pages. Condition: faded unevenly.

A W Howitt Australian Group Relationships (paper)

Registration Number XM237

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Physical Description Notes, typed, undated. Sixteen sheets, sixteen pages. Handwritten corrections throughout. Annotated in pencil (top of first page) - 'Kindly set for Journal'. Ink-stamped 'Anthropological Institute, Hanover Square, London, W.' Condition: fragile - tattered & weak edges; stains from adhesive; some sheets badly marked.

Reuther to Howitt 30/01/1904

Registration Number XM293

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Physical Description Draft letter, handwritten in ink. One sheet, one page. (Unrelated typed text on the reverse.) Condition: light foxing.

Notes from Lorimer Fison

Registration Number XM455

Author Fison, Lorimer

Physical Description Notes, handwritten in pencil, undated. Eighteen sheets, seventy pages. Some text in French. On letterhead of 'Institution Ethnographique de Paris. Le Delegue Correspondant a Fiji'. Condition: good.

Mankara waka ya pima Part III

Registration Number XM610

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Physical Description Notes, handwritten in ink. Three foolscap sheets, three pages. Condition: foxing.

Pirrauru No 2

Registration Number XM660

Author Howitt, Mr Alfred William

Physical Description Notes, typed, undated. Cover sheet (envelope) and 17 sheets, 20 pages. Handwritten annotations and corrections throughout. Condition: fragile; some sheets are brittle; some need repair.

Aldridge to Howitt 10 May 1900

Registration Number XM7

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Physical Description Letter, handwritten. One sheet, one page. Vertical pencilled line. Good Condition