Louis Ledoux: Papua New Guinea Collection
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Nov 16, 2021
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Adventurer, Academic, Industrialist: Louis Pierre Ledoux 1936 New Guinea Expedition
In early 1936, on recommendation by American anthropologist Margaret Mead, Louis Pierre Ledoux, recent Harvard University graduate, headed to the lower eastern Sepik River of Papua New Guinea to study the Murik people.
The results of his self-funded expedition is an extraordinary collection of hundreds of artifacts, photographs, manuscripts, diaries, and letters left untouched for 85 years.
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LOT 263:
Louis Ledoux Ephemera Poetry and Non Asian Writing
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Louis Ledoux Ephemera Poetry and Non Asian Writing
Louis V. Ledoux (New York 1880-1948) Various poems on onionskin and type paper. Louis and Jean Ledoux 1935 passports Grouping of book and poem reviews for Louis Ledoux. Material and notes for Ledoux's Edwin Arlington Robinson writings. Albert R Ledoux (American 1852-1923) "The Village Chimes", a play in 3 acts. Albert Ledoux was Pierre Ledoux's grandfather. Albert was a play write as well as the founder of Ledoux Metallurgy.
