Five copies of Fry's 1959 'Classificatory Systems of Kinship' manuscript.
Within this manuscript, Fry describes the systems he used to document the kinships of the Australian Aboriginal people. He explains the terminology used the classify sub-classes within each "clan" and specifies the differences between patrilineal and matrilineal systems. He gives detailed descriptions of the social structures of the "clans" with examples of his marriage diagrams and genealogical patterns.
Each of the 5 copies of this manuscript contain example figures of Fry mairrage diagrams and geneaogical patterns.
- AA 105/2/4/1/1-21
'Classificatory Systems of Kinship'
Twenty-one page quarto typescript with references, examples/tables, notes and annoations.
- AA 105/2/4/2/1-21
'Classificatory Systems of Kinship'
Twenty-one page quarto typescript with references, examples/tables, notes and annoations.
- AA 105/2/4/3/1-20
'Classificatory Systems of Kinship' (Prelinimary Draft)
Twenty page quarto and foolscap typescript with references, examples/tables, notes and annoations.
- AA 105/2/4/4/1-21
'Classificatory Systems of Kinship'
Twenty-one page quarto typescript with references, examples/tables, notes and annoations.
- AA 105/2/4/5/1-20
'Classificatory Systems of Kinship'
Twenty page foolscap typescript with references, handwritten examples/tables, and notes.
Creator: Fry, Dr Henry Kenneth
Control: AA 105/2/4/1-5
Quantity:
6cm,
103
quarto and foolscap typescripts.
Series:
AA105/02