Royal Automobile Club Southampton UK 1931 letterhead international circulation permit application. For Lloyd Cabot Briggs, Boston MA. for his Rolls Royce. Letter signed by L Schman, branch manager. "Lloyd Cabot Briggs was an anthropologist who specialized in the prehistory of northwest Africa, but was also interested in the ethnology of Saharan peoples, especially the Tuareg. LLoyd Cabot Briggs was the son of Lloyd Vernon Briggs and Mary Tilotson Cabot Briggs. His father was a prominent Boston psychiatrist. A graduate of Harvard (B.A. 1931, M.A. 1935, Ph.D. 1952), Briggs was a Research Fellow in North African Anthropology at the Peabody Museum from 1952 until his death in 1975. He was also affiliated with the Museum through the American School for Prehistoric Research, of which he was an active member from the late 1940s until his death. From 1967 on, Briggs served as the chairman of the anthropology department at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire, and from 1970 he was a technical consultant to the Laboratory of Applied Anthropology, University of Paris. Briggs left his ethnographic collection, working library, and professional papers to the Peabody Museum. Briggs' publications include: Living Races of the Sahara Desert (1958), Tribes of the Sahara (1960), Archaeologicial Investigations near Tipasa, Algeria (1963), and No More for Ever (1964), with N. L. Guede. He was honored by France with the Ordre du Merite, Saharien (1960) for his African studies." (He lived passed away in Hancock, NH.) CONDITION: Folded when sent, small tear on right side of letter, pin with rust at top left, toned. SHIPPING: Included. Will combine postage send you a quote for multiple items. I am glad to answer any questions. Please message me with any concerns. Visit my other stores for more vintage and antiques. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AbbysTreasures?ref=listing-shop2-all-items-count#items https://www.etsy.com/shop/BookandPaperShop?ref=listing-shop2-all-items-count#items https://www.etsy.com/shop/BlueJugAntiques?ref=listing-shop2-all-items-count#items https://www.bonanza.com/booths/AbbysTreasures https://www.bonanza.com/booths/tansycollection https://poshmark.com/closet/abbystreasures https://www.bonanza.com/booths/Abbysantiques https://www.gunbroker.com/All/search?IncludeSellers=1131370 Type to enter text