Maori Recordings - Song lyrics and programme notes

Correspondence, Maori waiata and research papers relating to Maori performing arts, song lists and photographic prints. Includes a copy of a letter from Leo Fowler to the publisher Collins relating to the manuscript for his novel "Brown Conflict" which was published in 1959, also a copy of a letter to P Panapa in Tokoroa from Fowler, and a copy of a letter from H Te Kani Te Ua relating to an upcoming hui and the marae committee giving Fowler special rights in regards to recording the event [details unknown as to which event]. Also includes a copy of a poem "He Maoritanga" and the lyrics and research notes relating to the patere "Whangaramai-i-Tawhiti" and the dust jacket for "Ancient voyagers in the Pacific" by Andrew Sharp. Photographic prints include one of an unidentified baby and unidentified woman outside a suburban house ca. 1950s, and one of Leo Fowler sitting on a couch with two unidentified women and an unidentified man ca. 1960s, a small colour print of a group [possibly military] lined up on an unidentified field with a crowd present, and a black and white print of two boys in swimming costumes and sunhats bathing outside a suburban house in Beatty Bros metal washtubs [possibly Fowler's children?].

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Photographic prints (3 black and white, 1 colour)