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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Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents 6
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Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents 6
Ledoux's 1930s Customs Import Shipping documents into New Guinea 1936.
Sixteen documents from Louis Pierre Ledoux's 1930s Customs
Import Shipping documents into New Guinea 1936 A letter from J.H. McDonald to Mr. Ledoux, advising of import entries and that he had paid the balance since Mr. Ledoux did not take into account the duties on radio set, wine, liqueurs and beer. He mentions I trust you received your cargo safely at Kaup. Import Entry in Duplicate from June 16 1936 from Wewak Territory New Guinea
2 Import Duties Statements for Ledoux's gear to Kaup from Wewak Territory New Guinea
5 Credit Sales for Ledoux's expedition from - April 15th 1936 and December 2, 1936 - in Boram - Wewak, Territory New Guinea
6 Debit Notes by Glasson & IFound from Ledoux's purchases in 1936 Country: Papua New Guinea Date: 1930's Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
