BLYTH, Aliston: notes on the 'Tedi River Tribes' of Papua New Guinea

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1446 MS 31
Held at	: Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.therai.org.uk/ ›
Full title	: BLYTH, Aliston: notes on the 'Tedi River Tribes' of Papua New Guinea
Date(s)	: 1922
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 2 items
Name of creator(s)	: Blyth | Aliston | fl 1920-1922

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Aliston Blyth went on an expedition in Papua New Guinea with Mr Lyons in search of Drexler and Bell, 1920. Nothing further is known about him.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescript anthropological notes by Aliston Blyth on the 'Tedi River Tribes' of Papua New Guinea, with an accompanying letter from Blyth to A R Minks of the Royal Geographical Society, 22 Jul 1922.

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Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Original order

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Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
May 2008