Marshall, Donald Stanley, 1919-2005 : Polynesian expedition journals

Date
1951-1961
By
Marshall, Donald Stanley, 1919-2005
Reference
Micro-MS-Coll-08-1335
Description

Comprise the journals of the first expedition (Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti) 1951-1953; the second expedition (Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tikehau, Ra'ivavae, New Zealand, Australia, European ethnological museums) 1954-1955; the third expedition (Society Islands, Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji) 1957-1958; the fourth expedition (Tuamotu Islands, Tahiti, Moorea, Hawaii, Fiji) 1959; the fifth expedition (Tahiti) 1960.

Marshall describes the journals as a compromise between a personal diary and field notes. More detailed data was kept separately. Page numbers of his field notebooks are entered in square brackets for cross referencing purposes

Source of title - Transcribed from collection

Marshall undertook 12 expeditions to Polynesia between 1951 and 1989.

Quantity: 3 microfilm reel(s).

Finding Aids: See http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pambu.

Provenance: The journals of the first to fifth expeditions are held at University of South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus. The remainder are at the Bernice Bishop Museum, Honolulu

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Part of
Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area
Format
3 microfilm reel(s), Diaries, Manuscripts, Microfilms
There are 3 items in total.
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Manuscript

Fourth (continued) and fifth expeditions - Box 7.5 and 7.6

Date: 1959-1961

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1335-3

Description: Continuation of journal of the fourth expedition (French Polynesia); Fifth expedition (principally in Tahiti), collecting Stimsoniana for a biography of Stimson, as well as revising the manuscript of his book Ra'ivavae Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

Third and fourth expeditions - Box 7.2, 7.3 and 7.5

Date: 1957-1959

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1335-2

Description: Journals of the third expedition (Society, Austral and Cook Islands, Fiji and Hawaii; the fourth expedition (Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti, Moorea, Hawaii and Fiji) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Manuscript

First and second expeditions - Box 7.1 and 7.4

Date: 1951-1955

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1335-1

Description: Journals of the first expedition (Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tahiti) 1951-1953; the second expedition (Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tikehau, Ra'ivavae, New Zealand, Australia, ethnological museums) 1954-1955 Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).