AA 105  Dr Henry Kenneth Fry  Guide to Records
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Series AA105/06
Papers relating to anthropological data
Date Rangec. 1911 - c. 1959, with gaps
Quantity6 cm, 30 correspondence, maps, papers in Albox folder.
ProvenanceFry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Description

This series contains received by Fry relating to biliographies of published works from serveral Anthropologists, publications and news paper articles on New Australia, Ulalinya [Julaolinja] and Koonkalinya [Kungkalenja] vocabularies, marriage diagrams and genealogical patterns of the Keraki people of Papua New Guinea, and Australian Aboriginal mythology.

Inventory Listing

AA 105/6/1/1-2

Letter from Fry to Tindale.

 

Hand written letter from Fry to Norman B Tindale (1900-1993, see AA 338) in 1959 relating to publications by Fry.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/1/1-2
Date Range c. 05/01/1959
Quantity 6 cm, 2 20.5x13cm pages.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/1/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/2/1

'Professor J. A. Prescott'

 

Two copies of the same letter from Fry to Professor James A Prescott (1809-1987) of the Royal Society, Adelaide outlining Fry's submission of field data on Australian Aboriginal social systems. Fry also mentions the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Sience (ANZAAS) and Tindale (see AA 338).
One of the copies has annotations.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/2/1
Date Range c. 04/01/1969
Quantity 6 cm, 2 quarto pages.
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/2/1
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/3

Untitled.

 

One loose sheet numbered "17" which references Norman B Tindale's (see AA 338) 1940 "Distinction of Australian Aboriginal Tribes" map.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/3
Quantity 6 cm, 1 quarto. Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/3
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/4

'University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.'

 

Letter to Fry from the Anthropology Department at the University of Pennsylvania requesting a copy of Fry's "Australian Aboriginal Marriage Rules' published in Sociological Review, 1933.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/4
Date Range c. 07/07/1956
Quantity 6 cm, 1 21.5x14cm page.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/4
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/5/1-2

Letters from John Greenway

 

Two letters from John Greenway.

  • AA 105/6/5/1
    Letter requesting a complete list of Fry's published works. Greenway notes Tindale (see AA 338) and Dr John B Cleland (1878-1971, see AA 70).
  • AA 105/6/5/2
    Letter thanking Fry for copies of his 'kinship charts' and Tindale's tribal maps.
  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/5/1-2
Date Range c. 07/07/1956 - c. 10/03/1957, with gaps
Quantity 6 cm, 2 Quarto.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/5/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/6/1-2

Letters from Ernest E Kramer

 

A two page letter from Ernest E Kramer (1889-1958, see AA 669) to Fry relating to totems.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/6/1-2
Date Range c. 08/05/1933
Quantity 6 cm, 2 19.6x16.7cm pages.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/6/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/7

Untitled

 

Letter to Fry from an unreadable source.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/7
Date Range c. 06/02/1933
Quantity 6 cm, 1 11x17.7cm page.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/7
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/8

Untitled

 

Letter to Fry written in French.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/8
Date Range 1912?
Quantity 6 cm, 1 27.1x21cm page.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/8
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/9/1-2

'Ministere de L'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts.'

 

Letter and envelope to Fry, written in French.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/9/1-2
Date Range 1911?
Quantity 6 cm, 2 26.6x20.7cm and 11.2x14.4cm pages.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/9/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/10

Untitled.

 

A french postcard sent to Fry whilst he was in Oxford, England.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/10
Date Range c. 31/01/1912
Quantity 6 cm, 1 9x14.1cm card.
Formats General Correspondence
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/10
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/11

'A Short History of New Australia'

 

A transcription by Fry of JS Sibbald's original manuscript 'A Short History of New Australia'.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/11
Date Range c. 20/04/1947
Quantity 6 cm, 1 25.6x21.2cm book.
Formats Books
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/11
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/12

'Letters from Henry Taylor to his sisters'

 

An envelope titled 'Letters from Henry Taylor to his sisters' includes address.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/12
Quantity 6 cm, 1 9.2x14.5cm envelope. Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/12
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/13/1-7

'New Australia'

 

Seven newspaper articles relating to 'New Australia'.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/13/1-7
Date Range c. 1929 - c. 1930
Quantity 6 cm, 7 13.7x7cm to 67x6.5cm clippings.
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/13/1-7
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/14/1-2

'Two More Australian Aboriginal Legends by Mark Wilson'

 
  • AA 105/6/14/1/1-3
    'Old Woman and her Two Dogs'
    An Australian Aboriginal legend about an old lady and her two dogs.
  • AA 105/6/14/2/1-2
    'the Moolgewauk'
    An Australian Aboriginal legend about the "Moolgewauk" [the Bunyip].
  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/14/1-2
Quantity 6 cm, 5 Foolscap sheets. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/14/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/15

Australian Aboriginal Legends.

 

A foolscap sheet with notes relating to Australian Aboriginal legends, some based around classes and totems, others regarding evil spirits.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/15
Quantity 6 cm, 1 33x20.2cm sheet. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/15
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/16

Untitled.

 

A small, hand-drawn map.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/16
Quantity 6 cm, 1 14.5x8.5cm page. Formats Maps
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/16
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/17/1-2

'Iliaura Tribe. Star shore. Macdonnel Downs.'

 

Star lore of the Iliaura at MacDonnell Downs (NT), including vocabulary, legends and an astronomical map of the Southern Hemisphere.

Tindale Tribes: Iliaura.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/17/1-2
Date Range c. 08/1930
Quantity 6 cm, 2 28.4x20.3cm and 58x48cm sheets.
Formats Maps and Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/17/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/18

'Yalbayurunga. Ngalia'

 

Loose piece of note paper with totem details of Yalbaurunga Ngalia. This item also contains a reference to a the Sociological, Anthropological, Vital Statistics and ACER data recorded by Board for Anthropological Research (see BAR: AA 346/4).

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/18
Quantity 6 cm, 1 17.4x21.5cm sheet. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/18
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/19

'Kekari Kinships'

 

Hand written genealogical pattern and marriage diagram with kinship terms of the Kekari tribe, Papua New Guinea.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/19
Date Range c. 1926
Quantity 6 cm, 1 20.3x20.5 sheet.
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/19
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/20/1-3

'Psychological Data'

 

Three page typescript, psychological data taken at Cockatoo Creek from Central Australian Aboriginal people with two subsections:

  1. Males, 62 in total ranging from ages 3 to 60.
  2. Females, 30 in total ranging from ages 11 to 65.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/20/1-3
Date Range c. 1931
Quantity 6 cm, 3 25.7x20.3cm pages.
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/20/1-3
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/21

Untitled

 

A foolscap sheet folded in two with handwritten notes from an unidentified publication on one side and a typescript titled 'Table Shewing Class Relationships of the Arunta Nation' on the reverse.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/21
Quantity 6 cm, 1 32.7x20cm sheet. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/21
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/22/1-10

'In Press - 1938'

 

Bibliography including:

  • Cleland, Prof. John Burton (1878-1971, see AA 70)
  • Campbell, Prof. Thomas Draper (1874-1984, see AA 52)
  • Harvey-Johnston, Dr Thomas (1881-1851, see AA 161)
  • Hicks, Prof. Cedric Stanton (1892-1976)
  • Spath, Prof. Ernst (1886-1946)
  • ?Zajie
  • ?Emil
  • Gray, Prof. James Hugo (1909-1941, see AA 111)
  • Hackett, Cecil John (1905-1995, see AA 122)
  • Tindale, Dr Norman Barnett (1900-1993, see AA 338)
  • ?Hoore, H O
  • ?Eldridge, R
  • ?Dodswell, I W
  • Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth (1886-1959)
  • ?Matters, H F
  • ?Le Mosaurier, H
  • ?Brucks, F Th
  • ?Hueber, R F
  • Davies, Dr Edward Harold (1867-1947, see AA 70)
  • Maegraith, Prof. B G
  • ?Mitchell, M L
  • ?Moore, A P R
  • Pulleine, Dr Robert Henry (1869-1935)
  • ?Woollard, H H

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/22/1-10
Date Range post1938
Quantity 6 cm, 10 33.5x21cm sheets.
Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/22/1-10
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/23/1-3

'Primitive Education and Primary Principles'

 

Typescript explaining Fry's views of the European education system in contrast to the education methods of the Australian Aboriginal people.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/23/1-3
Quantity 6 cm, 3 Foolscap and 11.5x20cm pages. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/23/1-3
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/24/1-3

'Lake Eyre District'

 

Three page typescript of legends of the Dieri and Wonkonguru [Wongkanguru].

Tindale Tribes: Dieri; Wongkanguru.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/24/1-3
Quantity 6 cm, 3 35.4x20.5cm pages. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/24/1-3
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/25/1-2

Vocabularies from Western Queensland

 

Hand written notes and typescripts of vacabularies from the Julaolinya and Kungkalenja tribes of Western Queensland.

  • AA 105/6/25/1/1-12
    Twelve pages of hand written vocabularies of the Ulalinya [Julaolinja] near Sandingham Station and Koonkalinya [Kungkalenja] near Cluny Station in Western Queensland. These vocabularies were possibly taken by a Mr WG Field and supplied to Fry.
  • AA 105/6/25/2/1-7
    Five typescript vocabularies of the Ulalinya [Julaolinja] at Sandingham Station and the Koonkalinya [Kungkalenja] at Cluny Station, Western Queensland. These vocabularies were taken by WG Field, supplied to Fry for publication by Mrs Catherine Stow (1856-1940). This typescript is complete with introductory notes and annotations.

Tindale Tribes: Julaolinja; Kungkalenja.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/25/1-2
Quantity 6 cm, 19 Foolscap and quarto sheets. Formats Loose Notes and Vocabularies
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/25/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/26/

'Methods for Preparing Instects for Microscopic Examination'

 

Typescript of methods used to prepare insects for microscopic examination with notes and annotations.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/26/
Quantity 6 cm, 1 Foolscap sheet. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/26/
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/27/1-2

Instructions for Preserving and Packing Insects.

 

Typescript description of the processes used to preserve and pack insects.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/27/1-2
Quantity 6 cm, 2 Foolscap sheets. Formats Loose Notes
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/27/1-2
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/28

Anthropological Data Card

 

A blank Anthropological card with hand written notes and references. The card is identical to those used during the Board of Anthropological Research expeditions (see BAR: AA 346/4).

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/28
Quantity 6 cm, 1 12.7x20.1cm card. Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/28
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/29

Untitled

 

Coverless notebook with handwritten notes, diagrams and annotations in Fry's handwritting.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/29
Quantity 6 cm, 1 32.7x18cm booklet. Formats Books
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/29
Series AA105/06

AA 105/6/30

Untitled

 

Coverless booklet with notes in Fry's handwritting.

  Creator Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control AA 105/6/30
Quantity 6 cm, 1 22.8x17.6cm booklet. Formats Books
Inventory Identifier AA 105/6/30
Series AA105/06