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Events in the history of the Pitt Rivers Museum that took place in 1937.

Readers are reminded that this table is a work in progress and may be amended or added to at any time.

Go to 1936

Month Day Event Source of Information Notes
January
February [early] Balfour back in nursing home with absess on foot which require grafts in March 1937 Frances Larson pers comm: RGS correspondence Balfour to Hicks 2 February 1937
March
April 12 Blackwood travels to New Britain to carry out research requested by Balfour Frances Larson pers comm
May
June 12 Balfour and wife hold large party to celebrate their Golden Wedding anniversary PRM ms collections Beatrice Blackwood General Correspondence T-Z, Blackwood to F.E. Williams, 23 September 1937
July
August
September
October No day  Blackwood decides to spend final period of research among Bosmun Frances Larson pers comm 
November
December
Unspecified Balfour ill and in nursing home Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report
Unspecified Balfour gives Frazer lecture at University of Oxford 'Spinners and Weavers in Anthropological Research' Relational Museum timelines
Unspecified Glass roof again requires repair as it leaks during wet weather Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1937-38
Unspecified Museum House heating still causing problems Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report 1937-38
Unspecified Francis Howe Seymour Knowles continues to volunteer on cataloguing Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report
Unspecified Penniman takes on Balfour's teaching in his absence Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report
Unspecified Displays worked on during the year: None listed but work was done Relational Museum timelines / Annual Report

 

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