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 246:
Collection of Ledoux's Photos From Harvard
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$200 - $300
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Collection of Ledoux's Photos From Harvard
A collection of photos, negatives and contact sheets from Ledoux's time at Harvard. Featured are views from on campus, his dorm, him and his fellow students and a portrait of his girlfriend at the time with a handwritten note. Circa 1931. Additionally, Notes from Ledoux's "Anthro II" class at Harvard circa 1934 are included.
