From: Isaac Schapera (03 April 1947)

From: Isaac Schapera (03 April 1947)

Correspondence

A letter from Dr Isaac Schapera of the University of Cape Town's School of African Studies (and Head of UCT's Editorial Board) to Dorothea Bleek, 3 April 1947. Schapera reports on a letter received from Professor Zellig S Harris investigating the possible publication of "A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages" by the American Oriental Society. Harris proposes using a "Varityper", as finding a printer is so difficult, and sends samples of the typefaces to which he refers in his letter. Schapera thinks this a satisfactory solution to the problem of publishing the dictionary and encourages Dorothea to consider it. He encloses a copy of Harris' letter and asks Dorothea, if she is interested in the proposal, to let him have her MS to send to Harris as soon as possible.

03 April 1947

Bushman Dictionary ("A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages"), type samples (letter from I Schapera to Dorothea Bleek), 3 April 1947, Dorothea Bleek (publication of "A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages"), type samples (must send dictionary MS to I Schapera for dispatch as soon as possible), 3 April 1947, publication (of "A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages"), type samples for - (letter from I Schapera to Dorothea Bleek), 3 April 1947, letter (re publication of "A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages"), 3 April 1947, Isaac Schapera (Dr), type samples (Dorothea Bleek must send him dictionary MS for dispatch as soon as possible), 3 April 1947, Zellig Harris (Professor), Journal of the American Oriental Society (publication of "A Comparative Dictionary of the Bushman Languages"), publication (I Schapera sends Dorothea Bleek his letter proposing Varityper), type samples (I Schapera's letter to Dorothea Bleek), 3 April 1947

1. See C19.21 for the copy of Zellig Harris' letter proposing the Varityper. This machine is also spelt Veri-typer elsewhere in Dorothea's letters, but Vari-typer/Varityper is the official name.