Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/16/3/9
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 8 (VIII)/16/3/9
Title
Correspondence of Keast Burke
Date(s)
- 23 Sep. 1964–4 Dec. 1964 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3 sheets paper
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Two typed, signed letters from Keast Burke of New Zealand to Guy Lee, Librarian of St John's College, Cambridge. Refers to his father Walter Burke's photographs of Samuel Butler's homestead in Mesopotamia. Encloses an extract from the Weekly News of 22 July 1964, featuring some of Walter Burke's photographs. [Walter Burke was field photographer for the Christchurch Press, 1899-1903.]