“Jim had already been over once and gotten some useful phrases, but not very much, so I went over, leaving Valerie to Jim’s and Eugenia’s mercies, and spending Saturday afternoon, Sunday, with Dayuma.”

Typed letter. Paper, 8.5" x 11", and an accompanying envelope. December 13, 1955. Letter from Betty Elliot to her mother, including descriptions of Jim’s meetings with Dayuma to learn the Wao language and prepare for contact. From BGC Archives, Collection 278, Box 4, Folder 3.