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Handwritten Memo From Margaret Mead to Ledoux 1938 - Letter from Margaret Mead to Louis Pierre Ledoux regarding content of his manuscript (Lot#108), and his collected items (lost). Original handwritten memo by Margaret Mead to Louis Pierre Ledoux. Written onboard the MV Macdhui, near Rabaul, on Nov. 25, 1938 Includes Margaret Mead's intention to help Louis Pierre Ledoux with the Murik social structure, that his material ”ought to make a very good book”, that his lost items seem lost forever based on an enclosed letter dated Nov. 6 1938 (included) from Father de Bryn in Marienberg, New Guinea, and reference to Eleanor and Douglas L. Oliver. Date: 1938 Material: Paperwork Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection