This letter highlights the trip into the Malay jungle by Dr. John Wren-Lewis, obtaining up-to-date photographs of the Temiar as well as some valuable historic photographs from a Malay civil servant. He also requests any reminiscences from Mrs. Robertson

Wren-Lewis, John

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 last updated by World Oral Literature Project staff on Wednesday, Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Accession Form for Individual Recordings:  Collection / Collector Name Ple Temiar Recordings Tape No. / Track / Item No. Document  13 Length of track  Related tracks (include description/relationship if appropriate)  Title of track  A Letter to Mrs. Robertson from Dr. John Wren-Lewis Translation of title  Description (to be used in archive entry)    This letter highlights the trip into the Malay jungle by Dr. John Wren-Lewis, obtaining up-to-date photographs of the Temiar as well as some valuable historic photographs from a Malay civil servant. He also request any reminiscences from Mrs. Robertson. Genre or type (i.e. epic, song, ritual)  Letter (Scanned) Name of recorder (if different from collector) Dr. John Wren-Lewis Date of recording December 22nd 1984 Place of recording 130 Erskineville Road, Erskineville, Sydney, NSW, 2043, Australia Name(s), age, sex, place of birth of performer(s)   Language of recording English  Performer(s)’s first / native language  Performer(s)’s ethnic group  Musical instruments and / or other objects used in performance   Level of public access  (fully closed, fully open) Fully open Notes and context (include reference to any related documentation, such as photographs)    

A Letter to Mrs. Robertson from Dr. John Wren- Lewis

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